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A Shot in the Dark: Researching Film Noir

A Shot in the Dark: Researching Film Noir. …or, walking the bibliographic mean streets. A Shot in the Dark: Researching Film Noir. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library. A Shot in the Dark. Reviews (journals, newspapers)

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A Shot in the Dark: Researching Film Noir

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  1. A Shot in the Dark:Researching Film Noir …or, walking the bibliographic mean streets

  2. A Shot in the Dark:Researching Film Noir Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library

  3. A Shot in the Dark • Reviews (journals, newspapers) • Critical Articles (journals) • Books • Web Sites

  4. A Shot in the Dark • Books • Scholarly/authoritative works • Pop schlock and fan works How Do You Tell em’ apart?

  5. A Shot in the Dark • Author’s credentials/affiliations • Publisher (e.g. BFI, AFI, University Presses vs pop press) • Scholarly apparatus and sources: notes, bibliographies, other documentation

  6. A Shot in the Dark • REVIEWS • Current • Historical • Popular & fan journals and newspapers • Film studies & scholarly journals • Web sites • Fan sites • Commercial sites • Scholarly sites

  7. A Shot in the Dark…Critical/Scholarly Articles • Current • Historical • Film studies & scholarly journals • Popular & fan journals and newspapers (only occasionally) • Web sites (even less occasionally…except for academic and commercial databases)

  8. A Shot in the Dark... Books Use Pathfinder, Baby...

  9. A Shot in the Dark... Reviews: Historical • Use: • Readers Guide • NY Times Index (or NYT Film Reviews 1913-68) (in MRC) • Film Review Index, 1882-1985 (in MRC) • Film Index International (British Film Institute) (CDROM in Main/Moffitt Only)

  10. A Shot in the Dark... Reviews: Current • Use: • Magazine Index (MELVYL) • News Index (MELVYL) • ProQuest(Library Web; some full-text) • Lexis/Nexis (Library Web; some full-text) • Movie Review Query Engine (web: full-text) • Film Review Annual

  11. A Shot in the Dark... Reviews: Scholarly/Critical • Use: • Magazine Index (CDL) • Modern Language Assn. (MLA) Bibliography (CDL) • Film Index International (CD-ROM) • Film Literature Index (Media Center) • America: History & Life (Library Web) • Periodicals Content Index (PCI) (Library Web)

  12. A Shot in the Dark... Once You Find a Citation, How Do You Find the Article? …don’t be a sap, sweetheart, use Pathfinder …to look up which library owns the journal

  13. A Shot in the Dark... Credits and Other Production Information • AFI Index (afi.chadwyck.com) • BFI Index (Film Index International) (CD-ROM) • Internet Movie Database (user-supplied info) (web: www.us.imdb.com)

  14. A Shot in the Dark • Media Resources Center Website • MRC Holding • Bibliographies • Listing of Critical • Resources • www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC

  15. Questions…? Gary Handman ghandman@library.berkeley.edu 643-5530

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