Gary Handman

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Journal Index and AbstractsJournal Index and Abstracts Reviews and Critical AnalysesReviews and Critical Analyses Current and retrospectiveCurrent and retrospective ejournals: licensed and open-sourceejournals: licensed and open-source MonographsMonographs Books and eBooksBooks and eBooks Whole Works and ContentsWhole Works and Contents DissertationsDissertations Film Credits DatabasesFilm Credits Databases Archival SourcesArchival Sources What We’ll Be Covering:

Online Indexes Hundreds of disciplinary, multi-disciplinary, and news-based-- licensed by the library (many via CDL)Hundreds of disciplinary, multi-disciplinary, and news-based-- licensed by the library (many via CDL) Each indexes dozens to hundreds of journalsEach indexes dozens to hundreds of journals Multiple indexes sometimes under one company portal (eg: CSA Illumina, EBSCO, Wilson)Multiple indexes sometimes under one company portal (eg: CSA Illumina, EBSCO, Wilson) Coverage better for current than retro (in most cases)…relatively few before 1960Coverage better for current than retro (in most cases)…relatively few before 1960 Some overlap in coverage between dbsSome overlap in coverage between dbs Full-text availability: varies from database to database; many are still citation onlyFull-text availability: varies from database to database; many are still citation only Most citations have UC eLinks (more about which later)Most citations have UC eLinks (more about which later) Accessible from off-campus via proxyAccessible from off-campus via proxy

Online Indexes: Current Reviews and Scholarship Where to start Where to start

GH Desert Island Film Studies Index/Article Database List: Current No Now Playing EBSCO databases (Academic Search Complete; Film & TV Lit Index, and others) MLA Bibliography International Index to the Performing Arts JSTOR (most retro, but in 2011, some current)

GH Film Studies Desert Island List: Retrospective No Now Playing Readers Guide Retrospective Internat’l Index to Performing Arts JSTOR Historical Newspapers (ProQuest) International Index to the Performing Arts Periodicals Archive Online (PAO) AFI and BFI Indexes Remember: the farther back in time, the thinner the scholarship and academic writing…

GH Desert Island List: Retrospective Film Reviews Print Sources No Now Playing Variety Film Reviews (soon to go online) Print in MRC, 1907– (online in 2011!!!) Hanson and Hanson: Film Review Index (in MRC) (in MRC)Retrospective index to film periodicals, (in MRC) Readers Guide to Periodical Lit (print) SEE Kristen Whissel List!

Ejournals EjournalsIncluding Open-source and commercial one-offsOpen-source and commercial one-offs Publishers’ collections*:Publishers’ collections*: Some can be accessed directly; Some only thru an index Film ejournals: All ejournals (searchable or browseable by title) ejournals A-Z OskiCat: Can look up journals by title: links to full text when available *e.g. Taylor and Francis; Caliber (UC Press), Cambridge Sage; Wiley

Where Do I find The Most Recent Articles on Griffith’s Intolerance? MRC Bibliographies MRC Bibliographies

Take em’ out for a spin..

UC eLinks UC eLinks

Books on Buñuel: OskiCatBooks on Buñuel: OskiCat Books on Buñuel since 2000: OskiCat with publication limitsBooks on Buñuel since 2000: OskiCat with publication limits Chapters or essays on Buñuel in booksChapters or essays on Buñuel in books Notes keywords in OskiCat (advanced search)Notes keywords in OskiCat (advanced search) MLA and Essay and General Literature IndexMLA and Essay and General Literature Index Google Scholar!! (includes Google Books!)Google Scholar!! (includes Google Books!) EbraryEbrary (electronic books collection)

Archives Listing of International Archives via LC FIAF (Db of international archival holdings) (UCB/proxy only) American Memory Project (LC) (early films, animation, et al.): Europa Film Treasures Film Archives online (European archives) Internet Moving Image Archive (ephemera, orphans, PD works) UbuWeb (streamed avant-garde works)

Where do I find out about recent archival film acquisitions in the broader UC system?Where do I find out about recent archival film acquisitions in the broader UC system? Where do I find foreign-language film databases (which might include, say, more French journals from the early twentieth century than would an English database)?Where do I find foreign-language film databases (which might include, say, more French journals from the early twentieth century than would an English database)? I've seen the immense Shakespeare adaptations bibliography on the Media Resources website; where do I find such a resource for other authors? I've seen the immense Shakespeare adaptations bibliography on the Media Resources website; where do I find such a resource for other authors? Scholarship on prisons and silent cinema (e.g. representation of prisons/figure of prison in silent cinema)Scholarship on prisons and silent cinema (e.g. representation of prisons/figure of prison in silent cinema) Information about film screenings in alternative exhibition sites such as prisonsInformation about film screenings in alternative exhibition sites such as prisons Scholarship that references the mug shot in silent cinemaScholarship that references the mug shot in silent cinema

Gary Handman