History of World Cinema

Course Number:

FST 205

Click on the headings below to view suggested resources.

Articles & eResources

In order to find scholarly journal or popular magazine articles, you need to search the online databases.

Suggested Search Strategies for the Databases

"maya deren"
"ousmane sembene"
"cinema of attractions"

"poetic realism" and carne
"blade runner" and style

"stan brakhage" and "dog star man"

"milos forman" and czech*

"new wave" and (france or french)

"poetic realis*" and (film or cinema)

"maya deren" and (danc* or choreograph*)

czech* and (film or cinema) and industr*

"new wave" and czech and (film or cinema)

"hong kong" and (film or cinema) and styl*

Recommended Databases for Film Studies

EBSCOHost

General subject/Humanities subject databases; both full text and citations. To search databases simultaneously, try clicking on the boxes next to: * Academic Search Premier, * MasterFILE Premier, * America: History & Life (for North American cinema topics), * Art Abstracts, * Communication & Mass Media Complete, * Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text, * Historical Abstracts (for international cinema topics), * Humanities International Index, * MLA International Bibliography.

Arts and Humanities Citation Index

Good film coverage, often with links to full text. Good film coverage, often with links to full text.

Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text

Film subject database; primarily full text.

Film Literature Index

A free web source. Citations only. Note scope: 1976-2001

Film and performing arts subject database; both full text and citations.

JSTOR

Good film coverage; predominantly full text.

LexisNexis Academic

Full-text access to major newspapers and non-English language news.

New York Times Archive

Full-text access to the New York Times from 1851 to (last three years not available).

Project MUSE

Good film coverage; full text.

Readers' Guide Retrospective

Citations to articles published in popular American periodicals from 1890 to 1982.

WorldCat

The best source for finding books and other materials that are available at other libraries worldwide -- like searching our catalog, but with access to a global library. Use this in conjunction with Interlibrary Loan (ILL).

Using the Library Catalog

Click here to search the Library Catalog

Scoped Searching
To search for books, videos, DVDs, CDs, and other library materials located at Randall Library, use the link above to search the catalog.

Unscoped Searching
To search for items located at UNCP or FSU, "unscope" the catalog by selecting "UNC Coastal Library Consortium" from the dropdown menu below the catalog search box.

To request an item located at UNCP or FSU, click into the full record for the item. Then click the "Hold Item" button located at the top of the screen and log in with your name, university ID number, and library PIN.

Suggested Search Strategies

Keyword Search

bresson
kuleshov
brakhage
deren

italian neorealism
cinema of attractions

eisenstein and montage

minimal* and cinema
minimal* and (cinema or film)

"hong kong" and (cinema or film)

("avant garde" or experiment*) and (cinema or film)

Subject Search

Motion Pictures

Motion Pictures China
Motion Pictures China History
Motion Pictures China Hong Kong History

Motion Pictures France
Motion Pictures France History

Motion Pictures Japan
Motion Pictures Japan History

Videos, DVDs & Music

Videos and DVDs are shelved according to Library of Congress call number, and are kept in the Recreational Materials area of the library. To locate the call number of a film, search the catalog:

Library Catalog

Know the title of the work? Try a TITLE search. Example: Cape Fear [title]

Know the subject area? Try a SUBJECT search, and then LIMIT/SORT by the material type [videorecording]. Example: Korean War [the subject] You can also limit the search by video.

Know the performer or director? Try an AUTHOR search. Example: Scorsese, Martin [author/artist]

Want a listing of all of our DVDs? Try a SUBJECT search using DVD.

Citation, Writing & Presentation Resources

Citation Guides:

Citing Sources Using MLA

Citing Sources Using Chicago

Zotero

"Zotero is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work — in the web browser itself."