UCC LibraryInformation Literacy - MA Film Studies Session 1.

Topics 1.1 Library resources for film, catalogue, new website 2. Journals and e-journals:- what they are, what they’re for - how to source a journal article 3. Resource discovery using electronic databases: full-text and bibliographic: Boolean searching, fields, etc.4. Off-campus access to e-resources5. How to use the web effectively e.g. advanced searching, Google Scholar, alternative search engines, gateways, Web 2.0

6. Evaluating web and other information resources for quality7. Getting started with a literature searchTopics 2.

Library Resources for Film StudiesA-V Collection Q+3: -DVDs: 1000 titles -VHS: 2407 titles -Blu-ray: 8 titles so far!Multimedia area (for more see here) -View DVD, Blu-ray and VHS -Access audio and visual material from the webGroup research rooms: -2 have large screens + DVD/video combis -Bookable at the Q+3 desk (2 hours)Open Reserve:-4 hour loan, DVDs and videos included

New Library Web SiteNew Features:Journal PortalDatabases A-ZArticle FinderSubject PortalsHow do I?Study & Research Help

Journal Portal

Databases A-Z

Article Finder

Subject Portals

How do I?

Study & Research Help

Subject Portal Starting point for relevant library & web material - databases - journals - websites See ‘Film Studies’ subject portal

Catalogue: TipsTitle searches must be word-perfectFor keyword searches, you can ‘modify search’ e.g. material type ‘Video/DVD’Use the ‘bookcart’ to export recordsUse ‘My Library Account’ to request books on loan, to see your reading history and to access e-resources from home.

Journals Periodicals, published continuouslyContain new research, cutting-edgeAvailable in print and/or electronic (30,000+ e-journals in UCC)Open access V subscriptionOften ‘peer-reviewed’/‘refereed’ – academic journalsPeer review/Refereed/Juried: ‘The process by which an academic journal passes a paper submitted for publication to independent experts for comments on it’s suitability and worth; refereeing’.Accepted/rejected: contribution to the field/new ideas, bias/conflicts of interest, suitability for journal

Other PeriodicalsPopular Magazines: (articles written by journalists)- Newspapers - Substantive news e.g. ‘The Economist’, ‘National Geographic’, ‘Film Ireland’, ‘Sight & Sound’ - Journal of opinion e.g. ‘Magill’, ‘Phoenix’ - Magazines e.g. ‘Empire’, ‘Hot Press’ ‘Vogue’, ‘Readers Digest’ etc.Trade Journals (specific industry, enable practitioners share market and product information within an industry)e.g. ‘Restaurant Business’, ‘Chemical Week’, ‘Moviemaker’, ‘Film Journal International’

Finding a Journal ArticleExample:Kilker, Robert. “All Roads Lead to the Abject: The Monstrous Feminine and Gender Boundaries in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.” Literature/Film Quarterly 34.1, (2006): 54-63.N.B. Check the Journal Portal

What if the Journal is not in UCC?Google the article title or the author and you may be lucky.Inter-library loanhttp://booleweb.ucc.ie/index.php?pageID=44Visit other libraries: ‘ALCID’ card or SCONUL card required check with customer services in Boole Libraryhttp://booleweb.ucc.ie/index.php?pageID=340

Google the article title or the author and you may be lucky.

Inter-library loan

Visit other libraries:

PracticeFind the following article online:Koepnick, Lutz P. “Colonial Forestry: Sylvan Politics in Werner Herzog's Aguirre and Fitzcarraldo.” New German Critique 60, (1993): 133-159. Is it also available in hard copy in the Library?Password: Qfloor1

What are Databases? 1.Collections of logically related data, designed to meet information needs of one or more users e.g. files on your computer, company database of customers or products, library catalogueA bibliographic or research database is a database of bibliographic information i.e. usually an electronic index to periodical articles, containing citations, abstracts. Sometimes information about books, conference proceedings, theses etc. also included.

What are Databases? 2.Sometimes the full text of the articles is included, or links to the full text. Some are indexing and abstracting only: i.e. metadata – not necessarilya link to the full text.Some are general e.g. Web of Science, others are more subject-specific e.g. ABI-Inform, Medline.Must be used when conducting literature searches. Other examples: ARTstor for images, Music Online for streaming music

How are Databases Organised?Consist of records: one record for each article, book etc.A field is the basic unit of entry in a recordFor a journal article fields might include: - Title, Author, Keywords, Source, Publication Year, Abstract etc.For each record (e.g. article) added to the database, these fields must be included, and data is entered in that format.Searches of the databases can be narrowed to one or more fields: e.g. Author, Title, Author + Keyword, Keyword + Publication Year etc.

Search SkillsBoolean Operators: AND, ORpoverty AND crimecollege OR university

Search SkillsBoolean Operator: NOTcats NOT dogsYoutube videos:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsSZps3NH-Mhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vube-ZcJFk4

Search Skillsfilm noir AND womenfilm noir AND (women OR feminism OR gender)“film noir” AND (women OR woman OR feminis* OR gender)_____________________________________________Kubrick NOT shining

How to Find Relevant DatabasesSubject Portal: Film StudiesDatabases A-Z: (See ‘Search the Library’) Drop-down menu ‘Browse databases by Subject area’. Use ‘Film Studies’ list as a starting point. Depending on your topic, you may also need to search other lists e.g. - Humanities

Subject Portal: Film Studies

Databases A-Z: (See ‘Search the Library’)

Start with:JSTORAcademic Search Premier (not all full-text)Wilson Omnifile(not all full-text)Project MuseAlso: ABI Inform, Oxford journals online, Sage, Springer, Taylor & Francis, Cambridge journals online, Business Source Premier, DOAJ, Wiley, Swetswise[All available on the Databases A-Z]Full-text Resources

Bibliographic Databases/IndexesIndexing and abstracting databasesMetadata – descriptive information i.e. not necessarily a link to the full textSome have a link to the full text if it is available in UCC through another resourceYou may need to search the Journals portal to find the full textMust use as many databases as possible in order to conduct a thorough literature search

Bibliographic Databases/IndexesRelevant examples: - Film Index International- LION (Literature Online) - OCLC (Worldcat etc.) - Web of Knowledge - British Humanities Index - ASSIA - Socindex[All available on the Databases A-Z]

Further Resources 1.Online Reference Resources: (as an alternative to Wikipedia) See: Reference Resources under ‘Search the Library’Images: ARTstor and others: See Images pageOnline Newspapers: Irish Newspaper Archive, Irish Times Digital ArchiveMusic: Music Online, Oxford Music Online (See Music Subject Portal)

Further Resources2.E-books: ACLS Humanities E-book (HEB), EEBO (Early English Books Online), ECCO (Eighteenth Century Collections Online)Thesis Databases: Index to Theses (UK/IRL), Dissertations Abstracts (North America), Worldcatdissertations. Also: How do I find a thesis?Conferences Proceedings: Conference Proceedings (WOS), Proceedings (OCLC), ZETOC, Papersfirst (OCLC)

Off-Campus AccessUse ‘My Library Account’ (like when renewing or requesting books)Name + student number + six digit password (alpha-numeric)N.B. You should access e-resources through the Library web pages so that the ‘Your Library Record’ screen will appearStudents contact Information desk on Q floor if they have a query e.g. forgot their password

Practice:Password: Qfloor1Look for scholarly articles that discuss depictions of race and class differences in African American cinema Search: JSTOR, Wilson Omnifile, Project Muse, Academic Search Premier, Web of Knowledge, etc. Search: Google, Google Scholar, INTUTE etc.