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With university classrooms and libraries shuttered because of the COVID-19 crisis, scholars are facing disruptions not only in their teaching lives but also in their ability to access research materials. In response, many academic presses have made hundreds of their titles freely accessible online. The Public Books Database aims to catalog such resources in a single location and to highlight titles of particular interest.
Source: https://www.publicbooks.org/public-books-database/#list
To identify books on your topic, search the Library Catalogue using the keyword or word option. The books in the library are located on floors 6 through 10. Reference and Reserve books are located on the 2nd floor. With a few exceptions, books are shelved according to an alphanumeric sequence of call numbers.
Most books related to Film Studies are located in the call number range PN1992 - PN1999 on the 9th floor. If you do not have a specific author or title of a book, and you do not know the Library of Congress Subject Heading, search the Library Catalogue by Keyword or the "any word or words" option.
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Anthologies and Survey Texts
Introductory courses to Film Studies often require resources that cover a broad spectrum of time periods, styles, and schools. These books will give a basic introduction to many topics, highlight major artists associated with movements, and include resources for further information.
Film History : An Introduction by Call Number: PN1993.5.A1 T45 1994ISBN: 0070064458Publication Date: 1994-02-01Written by two leading film scholars, this text acknowledges the contributions of Hollywood and films from other US sources, as well as examining film-making internationally. Concepts and events are illustrated with over 1400 frame enlargements.
Internet Archive copy: https://archive.org/details/filmhistoryintro00thom_0
An Introduction to Film Studies by Call Number: PN1994 .I5 2003ISBN: 0415262690Publication Date: 2003-06-01One of the leading textbooks for students of cinema, this revised and updated third edition guides students through the key issues and concepts in film studies and introduces some of the world's key national cinemas.
Internet Archive copy: https://archive.org/details/introductiontofi0000unse
Film Researcher's Handbook by Call Number: PN1993.4 .F55 1996ebISBN: 0415151236Publication Date: 1996-09-06The Film Researcher's Handbook is a comprehensive reference guide to international film and video libraries, archives and collections. The Handbook will enable researchers to select footage sources by subject and location in North and South American, Asia, Australasia and Africa. Features of the Handbook include: * A guide to the perils and pitfalls of footage research * Information on fees, rights, copyright legislation and contracts * A glossary of key terms in film research * Over 200 sources listed alphabetically both by country and by subject * Each entry gives details of opening hours, contact information, subjects and format of material held and research procedure
