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FMST 211: History of Film to 1959Library workshop

Paule Kelly-Rhéaumepaule.kelly-rheaume@concordia.ca Cinema Librarian

Agenda (45 minutes)• Introduction to the library (15 min.)

• Library basics• Searching the library catalogue • Searching in a database• Citation guides

• Hands-on: Work on your assignment (30 min.)

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Webster Library SGW Campus

Vanier Library Loyola Campus

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Contact me:• Paule Kelly-Rhéaume• paule.kelly-rheaume@concordia.ca• 514-848-2424 ext. 7699• Office hours by appointment

Computers, etc.Login to library computers with netname Borrow laptop (1 day) or iPad (3 days)

Use your ID card for printing, copying, scanning

Print books• Cinema books : PN 1993 - PN 1999• Webster Library 4th floor, Vanier Library 2nd floor

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SEARCHING THE LIBRARY CATALOGUE

• Books (print and ebooks)• Audiovisuals (DVD,VHS, streaming)• Government documents (print and online)

Many databases+

Library Catalogue

Discovery search vs. catalogue

Finding booksStart with a search keyword Use the subject terms

Use advanced search to search by• Title• Author• Language or work

Searching for a specific article

• Go to the E-journals page and search by journal title

Teraoka, Arlene A. “Detecting Ethnicity: Jakob Arjouni and the Case of the Missing German Detective Novel.” The German Quarterly 72.3 (1999): 265-289.

FINDING THE RIGHT DATABASE

Searching on a topic?• Go to database with that subject coverage or a

multidisciplinary database

• Databases by subject• Subject guide

Recommended databases (for yourassignment)• ProQuest Early Film• Media History Digital

Library• Google News Archive

Topic: Explore death and tragedy in Mexican literature

Concept 1 AND Concept 2 AND Concept 3

Death Literature MexicoTragedy FictionSuffer* PoetryFuner*

Combining concepts

Death OR Tragedy AND

Literature OR Fiction OR Poetry ANDMexico

Combining concepts withAND / OR / NOT

Examples shakespeare AND theatre drama OR plays literature NOT drama “live free or die” direct* (film OR cinema OR

movie) AND (music* ORsound*)

Wom?n

OperatorsANDORNOT “ ” * ( )

?

Search tips

WHY CITE?

• Fundamental in academia • Readers can follow up on

sources• Gives credit to where you

got your information • Adds credibility to your

statements • Demonstrates breadth and

depth • Leads to integrity

The importance of bibliographies

Paraphrasing

• According to Postman, broadcast news influences the decision-making process (51-63).

OR

• Broadcast news influences the decision-making process (Postman 51-63).

Direct quotationIn response to rapid metropolitan expansion, urban renewal projects sought "an order in which more significant kinds of conflict, more complex and intellectually stimulating kinds of disharmony, may take place" (Mumford 485).

Book citationGarcia Márquez, Gabriel. La Hojarasca. Nueva York: Vintage

Español, 2011. Print.

• Author(s) (and/or editors[s] if there is no author)

• Title

• Place of publication

• Publisher

• Year of publication

• Format

Article citationBruno, Paula M. "Yin/Yang, Axolotl/Salamander: Mercè Rodoreda and Julio Cortázar's Amphibians.” Confluencia 21.1(2005): 110-122. Academic Search Complete. Web. 9 Jan.2014.

• Author(s)• Article Title• Journal title• volume/issue

numbers• Year of publication

• Page range• Database• Format• Date accessed

Agate, James. “Art and the Film.” Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art 134 (1922): 710-1. Proquest. Web. 17 Sep. 2015.

“Down Came the Storm.” The Washington Post Jan 30, 1921: 52. Proquest. Web. 17 Sep. 2015.

“Griffith in interview discusses British row over ‘Way Down East’.” Variety Nov 25, 1921: 2. Proquest. Web. 17 Sep. 2015.

Smith, Lee. “How Griffith shot the ice stuff.” American Cinematographer Dec 1, 1925: 5. Media History Digital Library. Web. 17 Sep. 2015.

Elements in a bibliography:

Author name. Title of the article. Title of magazine or newspaper (italicized) Date Volume number Page numbers Format (paper, web). Database name. Date accessed.

Bibliography: MLA style

Citation guidesHelp > Citing > MLA, APA, Chicago

Purdue University Online Writing Lab

Yourassignment

An index lists films and the reviews written about them

but does not contain those reviews

Preparing an annotated bibliography

Annotating entries Describe the item’s content

Mention why it is useful

Usually one paragraph, 4-5 sentences

Use your own words

ProQuest Early Film: search tips

Change the box to the right of the search box to say"Anywhere"

Publication date: Select "Specific date range" and put down 1940 as the end year

Go search!

Thank you!

• For further assistance- Cinema subject guide – course guide- Ask a librarian

- In person- Chat- Email- Phone

- Contact me- Paule Kelly-Rhéaume- paule.kelly-rheaume@concordia.ca- 514-848-2424 ext. 7699- Office hours by appointment