Latin American and Caribbean Cinema

Course Number:

FST 480

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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

"imperfect cinema"
"santiago alvarez"
"amores perros"
"new latin american cinema"
"like water for chocolate"

bunuel and mexic*
cuba* and documentar*
cinema and "latin america"
"city of god" and meirelles

chilean and (film or cinema)
"che guevara" and (film or cinema)

"latin america*" and (cinema* or film* or movie* or "motion picture*")
"latin america*" and (cinema or film) and adapt*
"latin america*" and (film or cinema) and wom?n
"latin america*" and (film or cinema) and (audience or reception or spectator*)

Recommended Databases:

EBSCOHost

Try clicking on the boxes next to Academic Search Premier, MasterFILE Premier, Communication & Mass Media Complete, Humanities International Index, MLA International Bibliography, and Newspaper Source to search these databases simultaneously. General subject/Humanities subject databases; both full text and citations.

Film Literature Index

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.

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

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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

maria candelaria
cinema novo
auteur theory
third cinema

cinema and caribbean
cinema and "latin america"
cinema* and "latin america*"
(cinema* or film* or movie*) and "latin america*"
(cinema* or film* or movie*) and ("latin america*" or caribbean)

Subject Search

Suggested searches:

Motion Pictures

Motion Pictures Latin America
Motion Pictures Latin America Catalogs
Motion Pictures Latin America History

Motion Pictures Social Aspects Latin America

Motion Pictures Political Aspects Latin America

Motion Pictures Brazil
Motion Pictures Brazilian

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: Amores Perros [title]

Know the subject area? Try a SUBJECT search, and then LIMIT/SORT by the material type [videorecording]. Example: Latin America [the subject]

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

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

Websites

Handbook of Latin American Studies

A searchable index of books, journal & magazine articles, and other resources on the subject of Latin American studies. This database consists of items selected and reviewed by Latin American studies scholars and is maintained by the Library of Congress.