2. Queer Cinema: Some Basic Strategies for Research

3. Queer Cinema: Basic Strategies for Research Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library (Wonder Bar, 1934)

4. Writing About Film… 100+ Years of Movies & Movie Writing

5. Writing About Film: The Basic Questions What types of writing are out there? What types of writing are out there? What are the sources of writing? What are the sources of writing? Who’s doing the writing? Who’s doing the writing? Where do you find the stuff? Where do you find the stuff?

6. Scholarly Fan Writing About Film…  Reviews  Critical analysis  Biography  Reviews  Pop talk  Biography Pop  Gossip  Fantasy & fetish  General weirdness Industry  Box office and market info  Production info  gossip

7. What are the Sources for Film & TV Scholarship and Research? For Reviews?

8. BooksBooks Journals, Magazines, NewspapersJournals, Magazines, Newspapers ReviewsReviews Critical/ScholarlyArticlesCritical/ScholarlyArticles Chow, Rey. "Nostalgia of the New Wave: Structure in Wong Kar-wai's Happy Together." Camera Obscura 09-30-1999 N.42 p. 31-40 Chow, Rey. "Nostalgia of the New Wave: Structure in Wong Kar-wai's Happy Together." Camera Obscura 09-30-1999 N.42 p. 31-40 Stuart, Jan. "Happy Together/Chunguang Zhaxie." (Review) Advocate, n746 (Nov 11, 1997):67 (2 pages). Film Scholarship/Film Reviews Sources

9. BooksBooks Journals, Magazines, NewspapersJournals, Magazines, Newspapers ReviewsReviews Critical/ScholarlyArticlesCritical/ScholarlyArticles Web Sites (the good, the academic, and the ugly)Web Sites (the good, the academic, and the ugly) Other online databasesOther online databases Film Scholarship/Film Reviews Sources

10. Scholarly/authoritativeScholarly/authoritative works PopPop schlock and fan works How Do You Tell em’ apart? 4Author’s credentials/affiliations 4Publisher (e.g. BFI, AFI, University Presses vs pop press; juried vs pop journals) 4Scholarly apparatus and sources: notes, bibliographies, other documentation 4If they’ve been widely cited by other scholars

11. Scholarly Writing About Film… Who’s doing the writing? Film Studies Film Studies Women’s Studies Women’s Studies Ethnic studies Ethnic studies Queer Studies Queer Studies Literature Literature Area Studies (i.e. areas of national focus) Area Studies (i.e. areas of national focus) Others… Others…

12. Scholarly Books ( Some generalizations ) Older Films Films w/in last 5 years or so Books about directors and genres Books about individual films (xcept the biggies) More LESS

13. Found in: Film studies & scholarly (print & online)Film studies & scholarly (print & online) Journals in various disciplines (print & online)Journals in various disciplines (print & online) Web sites (occasionally… academic and commercial databases)Web sites (occasionally… academic and commercial databases) Critical/Scholarly Journal Articles Current Films (fewer) Current Films (fewer) Older Films (more) Older Films (more) (Bringing Up Baby, 1938)

14. Found in: Popular, news, & fan journals and newspapers (print & online)Popular, news, & fan journals and newspapers (print & online) Film studies & scholarly journals (print & online)Film studies & scholarly journals (print & online) Industry journals (e.g. Variety)Industry journals (e.g. Variety) Web sitesWeb sites Fan and enthusiast sitesFan and enthusiast sites Commercial sites (e.g., studio sites, video distributors)Commercial sites (e.g., studio sites, video distributors) Academic (or at least academically-minded) film sitesAcademic (or at least academically-minded) film sites REVIEWS Current Articles Current Articles Retro Articles Retro Articles

15. Pathfinder Indexes & Abstracts (oooh baby!) Inventory of Books and Journals (what the Library owns) Journal articles by discipline How do you locate this stuff?

16. Journal Articles/Reviews Film-related (not many) Film-related (not many) General news General news Literary Literary Other disciplines: e.g. Women’s Studies, American Studies, Ethnic Studies Other disciplines: e.g. Women’s Studies, American Studies, Ethnic Studies Jumping Off point for Finding Online Indexes: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/filmstudies/reviewslist.html Online & Print Indexes and Abstracts (Morocco, 1930)

17. Reviews: How to Look em’ Up Search index using title of work (as a phrase)Search index using title of work (as a phrase) You can also include directorYou can also include director Try using and reviewTry using and review e.g. Happy Together and review or Happy Together and Wong Kar-wai and review

19. Once You Find a Citation, How Do You Find the Article? Some indexes provide holdings info [UC eLinks]Some indexes provide holdings info [UC eLinks] Some indexes link to full-textSome indexes link to full-text If neither…use Pathfinder

21. How to Begin searching for books and/or articles on a research topic? Before you click: THINK Formulate your search in terms of: KEY WORDS and SYNOMYMS: --Looks for words anywhere in record: title, subject, abstract and full-text (if avail) PHRASES: --Looks for words in the exact order entered

22. How to Begin? Before you click: THINK Formulate your search in terms of keyword and key phrases: The representation [reflect* portray* depict*] of gender [sex*] and masculinity [masculin*, male, men] in the films films [cinema, movie*] of Rainer Fassbinder. **** Truncation varies from db to db: * # ? emigra* = emigrant, emigrants, emigrate, emigration

23. Tweak your topic: Broaden it / select a different angle Rethink your search strategy (new keywords, new concepts, etc.) Bail out completely and choose another topic What to do if nothing is turning up

24. http://www.lib.berkeley. edu/MRC/FilmBibMenu.html Bibliographies on various film topics and individual films compiled by MRC (includes bibs for genres, filmmakers, national cinemas, and individual film). Film Reviews and Criticism

25. …being driven over the edge by your research? Call me: Gary Handman 643-8566 ghandman@library.berkeley.edu Review this presentation at: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/filmstudies/instruction.html