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Article Databases
To find a DVD or VHS in the Durick Library: see Videos - DVD & VHS
To find books about a director or film:
In the Durick Library: search the Library Catalog
Search a topic by keyword (Keyword Anywhere AND with Relevance). Occasionally, the Library has a book solely on one director's films. You can try searching the director's lastname firstname as a Subject.
Beyond the Durick Library: search WorldCat
WorldCat contains over 50 million records of books, Web resources, and other material owned by libraries worldwide. You may use Interlibrary Loan to request books not owned by Durick Library. |
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Find Full Text Film Reviews: |
- Academic Search PremierTo find film reviews: Choose Advanced Search. Enter film title in Find box. In drop down menu, select "PS Reviews & Products".
- LexisNexis Academic
Select "Guided News Search". Under "Select a News Category", choose "Arts & Sports News." Select "Book, movie, music & play reviews" for reviews or "Entertainment News" for feature articles.
- New York Times Current text only
New York Times Historical includes images M
To find film reviews: Choose Advanced Search. Type film title in box and choose "Article title" from the drop down menu. Use second box (AND) to type the last name of the film director. |
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Books
SMC Library Catalog - Search for books, DVDs, and other resources in the Durick Library
Course Reserves - Items that faculty have put on reserve
eBooks - Search the library's online book collection
Other Libraries - Links to the catalogs of other libraries
WorldCat - Search libraries around the world |
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Reference
Credo Reference (Chambers Film Factfinder)
Magill's Cinema Annual (1-2 page film reviews of the year in film).
REF PN1993.3.M34
VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever: the Complete Guide to Movies on Videocassette (short paragraph reviews)
REF PN1992.95.V554
BROWSE: call numbers PN1992 - PN1998 in the Reference collection for encyclopedias on women in film, African Americans in film, film genres, directors, and more.
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Websites
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| MLA Style for your bibliographies |
- RefWorks
A service provided by Saint Michael's College, RefWorks allows you to create bibliographies, import references from online databases, and organize your references into folders.
- MLA Documentation (from the Ohio State University Libraries)
http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/mlagd.php
- Citing Internet and Electronic Sources
http://academics.smcvt.edu/sburks/citing_internet.htm
(compiled by Steve Burks, Saint Michael's College Reference & Instruction Librarian)
- Citing Film & Video:
See Film & Video citation notes from Yale University: http://www.yale.edu/bass/writing/sources
/kinds/miscellaneous/film.html
Citing Film or video
See section 5.8 of the MLA Handbook for citing radio, TV, live performances, recordings, interviews, and works of art. |
Taxi Driver. Screenplay by Paul Schrader. Dir. Martin Scorsese. Perf. Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd, and Jodie Foster. Columbia Pictures, 1976. |
Mention in your text:
"The violence in Taxi Driver..."
See section 6.4.1 of the MLA Handbook for more information. |
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