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Looking for Hitch: Looking for Hitch: A (Not So) Frenzied Strategy A (Not So) Frenzied Strategy
for Researchfor Research
Looking for Hitch: Looking for Hitch: A (Not So) Frenzied Strategy A (Not So) Frenzied Strategy
for Researchfor Research
Gary HandmanDirectorMedia Resources CenterMoffitt Library
1. Describe organization of library information
2. Introduce selected sources for finding books and journal articles in film studies
3. Discuss how to select article databases (and determine what’s in them)
4. Discuss how to develop search strategies
Writing About Writing About Film…Film… IndustryIndustry
Pop and Pop and fanfan
ScholarlScholarly/y/In-depthIn-depth
CurrentCurrentHistoricaHistoricall(The movies are (The movies are over 100 years over 100 years old!)old!)
•ReviewsReviews•Critical/Scholarly Articles Critical/Scholarly Articles
inin•Periodicals (aka magazines, journals, Periodicals (aka magazines, journals,
serials…)serials…)•NewspapersNewspapers
•BooksBooks•Biography, genre writing, thematic Biography, genre writing, thematic writing, individual films, individual writing, individual films, individual directors, specific erasdirectors, specific eras
•Web Sites (more about this later…)Web Sites (more about this later…)
•Other online databasesOther online databases
LookingLooking for Hitch: What Kinds of Stuff is out for Hitch: What Kinds of Stuff is out there?there?
Reviews? Reviews? Critical Articles?Critical Articles?
Whas tha Whas tha difference?difference?
Journal Articles:Journal Articles:
Reviews:
Found in popular periodicals, film periodicals, and (less often) in more scholarly journals
Assessment of aesthetic and content merits of a film
Usually cover current releases, more pop theatrical releases
Tend to be relatively short and relatively superficial (with some exceptions and depending on the publication and who’s doing the writing)
Journal Articles:Journal Articles: Reviews? Reviews?
Critical Writing? What’s the Diff?Critical Writing? What’s the Diff? Critical analysis: Found in books and scholarly or film-related journalsDiscuss films in:
broader historical, cultural, political, artistic context and/orFocus on a specific aspect of a film, film genre, or filmmaker
Tend to be longer, more substantive than reviews (with some exceptions and depending on the publication and who’s doing the writing)Often include notes, bibliographies, other scholarly apparatus
Journal Articles:Journal Articles:
Critical analysis:
Scholarly writing about film…really only took off after the 1950s
So…..So…..
Critical analysis of pre-WWII films written atCritical analysis of pre-WWII films written atthe time the movie was released are rarethe time the movie was released are rare
Found in:Found in:•Film studies Film studies
& scholarly journals in & scholarly journals in other other disciplines—eg:disciplines—eg:
•Language & LitLanguage & Lit•Women’s studiesWomen’s studies•Gay/Lesbian studiesGay/Lesbian studies•Area studies…etc.Area studies…etc.
•Web sites (even lessWeb sites (even less occasionally…except occasionally…except
for for academic and academic and commercial commercial databases)databases)
Critical/Scholarly ArticlesCritical/Scholarly Articles
Scholarly Articles and ReviewsScholarly Articles and Reviews
ReviewsReviews
Critical/Scholarly ArticlesCritical/Scholarly Articles
Ngai, Sianne. "Moody Subjects/Projectile Objects: Anxiety and Intellectual Displacement in Hitchcock,Heidegger, and Melville." Qui Parle: Literature, Philosophy, Visual Arts, History. 12(2):15-55. 2001
Rear window. (Review) Peter Travers. Rear window. (Review) Peter Travers. Rolling Stone Rolling Stone Feb 17, 2000 i834 p63(2) Feb 17, 2000 i834 p63(2)
BooksBooks•Scholarly/authoritative worksScholarly/authoritative works
•Pop schlock and fan worksPop schlock and fan works
• Author’s credentials/affiliationsAuthor’s credentials/affiliations
• Publisher (e.g. BFI, AFI, Publisher (e.g. BFI, AFI, University University Presses vs pop Presses vs pop press)press)
• Scholarly apparatus and Scholarly apparatus and sources: sources: notes, bibliographies, notes, bibliographies, other other documentationdocumentation
• If they’ve been widely cited by If they’ve been widely cited by other other scholarsscholars
How Do You Tell em’ apart?How Do You Tell em’ apart?
……But how do you locate all this stuff?But how do you locate all this stuff?
•Catalogs: Catalogs: PathfinderPathfinder (aka Gladis)(aka Gladis)
•Article databases Article databases (Indexes)(Indexes)
Inventory of what the Inventory of what the Library owns:Library owns:BooksBooksJournals (Journals (BUT NOT what’s BUT NOT what’s inside of them!!!!!!inside of them!!!!!!) )
……But how do you locate all this stuff?But how do you locate all this stuff?
Search by:Search by:•AuthorAuthor•TitleTitle•Subject (keywords)Subject (keywords)
MediaMediaManuscripts, documents, Manuscripts, documents, maps…etc. etc. etc. etc.)maps…etc. etc. etc. etc.)
What What isis Pathfinder, Pathfinder,my darling?my darling?
Articles/Reviews Articles/Reviews (how do you find this (how do you find this
stuff?)stuff?)
Article databases Article databases (aka Indexes)(aka Indexes)
•Library subscribes to hundreds of Library subscribes to hundreds of them in all disciplinesthem in all disciplines•Can’t find what’s in the by using Can’t find what’s in the by using GoogleGoogle•Often look/feel/behave differently Often look/feel/behave differently from each other (proprietary from each other (proprietary products from diff commercial products from diff commercial vendors)vendors)•Need to come in from berkeley.edu Need to come in from berkeley.edu account or use Proxy Server (more account or use Proxy Server (more later)later)
Articles/Reviews Articles/Reviews (how do you find this (how do you find this
stuff?)stuff?)
Film-related (not many Film-related (not many exist) exist) General news General news Literary and ArtsLiterary and ArtsOther disciplines: e.g. Other disciplines: e.g. Women’s Studies, Women’s Studies, American Studies, Ethnic American Studies, Ethnic Studies, History…etc.Studies, History…etc.
Article databases Article databases (aka Indexes)(aka Indexes)
Jumping Off point for Finding Online Indexes:
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu
Article Databases Article Databases (how do you know which (how do you know which ones to use?)ones to use?)
Once You Find a Journal Citation, Once You Find a Journal Citation, How Do You Find the Article?How Do You Find the Article?
•Some indexes provide Some indexes provide holdings info [UC eLinks]holdings info [UC eLinks]
•Some indexes Some indexes link tolink to full-full-texttext
If neither…????If neither…????
Use Use PathfinderPathfinder to look to look up the JOURNAL by titleup the JOURNAL by title
How to Begin? Before you click: THINK
•Formulate a concise, concrete statement of
the research problem•Formulate your search in terms of
keywords and key phrases:
The impact of television advertising and television violence on school performance and pre-adolesecent social interaction.
How to Begin? Before you click: THINK
•Think of synonyms for key words/phrases
The impact of television advertising and television violence on school performance and pre-adolesecent social interaction.
ChildrenYouthAdolescents…etc.
CommercialsAds…etc.Academic achievement
Grades…etc.
MediaTV…etc
Socialization, relationships,peer interaction…etc.
Common Search Features:
•Basic and Advanced Search Screens
•Trunction: “wild card” that allows you to scoop up broader results:* # or ? Depending on db
--e.g.: Advertis* will give you:advertise, advertising, advertisers, advertisements
•Search by keyword or by phrase•Search specific fields (e.g., SUBJECT, TITLE)•Use of AND, OR, NOT
<Bob Dylan and Robbie Robertson>< Bob Dylan or Bruce Springsteen>< Bob Dylan not Bruce Springsteen >
Common Search Features:
--Save list of good stuff--Mail Articles/Citations to yourself
The Information Universe
Remember Also:
•Not every topic has lots written about it, either in books or journal lit.
--Research on very current topics--Research on extremely specific topics--Research on topics off the beaten
academic track or off the pop culture radar
What to do if too much is turning up(“I’m doing a paper dealing with murder in
Hitchcock’s films ”)
•Narrow your topic: •e.g.: geographically, chronologically; by race, gender, ethnic group; •Specific focus or aspect of the topic (e.g. ethical, social, economic, political aspects)
What to do if nothing is turning up:(I’m doing a paper on the use of the color blue
in Hitchcock’s films”)•Broaden your topic / go for the more general / select a different angle•Rethink your search strategy (new keywords, new concepts, etc.)•Bail out and choose another topic
Connecting from off-campus
Instructions at http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/HELP/CONNECTING FROM OFF CAMPUS
Why Didn’t He Give Us Paper HandoutsWhy Didn’t He Give Us Paper Handouts About All This Stuff???? About All This Stuff????
Handman Hitchcock Bibliography:www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/hitchcockbib.html
Mother would have Mother would have wanted mewanted meto use to use Pathfinder!
Inventory of what the Inventory of what the Library owns:Library owns:BooksBooksJournals (Journals (BUT NOT what’s BUT NOT what’s inside of them!!!!!!inside of them!!!!!!) )
……But how do you locate all this stuff?But how do you locate all this stuff?
Search by:Search by:•AuthorAuthor•TitleTitle•Subject (keywords)Subject (keywords)
MediaMediaManuscripts, documents, Manuscripts, documents, maps…etc. etc. etc. etc.)maps…etc. etc. etc. etc.)
