Check out the Course Reserves.

The Chinese Cinema Book
edited by Song Hwee Lim and Julian Ward.
PN1993.5.C4 C4422 2011

 

Chinese Films in Focus II
edited by Chris Berry.
PN1993.5.C4 C4624 2008

 

Chinese Films in Focus: 25 New Takes
edited by Chris Berry.
PN1993.5.C4 C463 2003

A. Use Library Catalogs to find books

1. Tufts Libraries Catalog

2. WorldCat (beyond Tufts)

B. Searches & Results

(note the search pattern; modify to your own needs)

1. on particular themes:

The Rural and Urban Themes in Chinese Cinema

Advanced Keyword search; limiting to only books.

Tips: 1. Or and ( ) to search any or all of the words; 2. urban* searches for urban, urbanism, etc.

2. Filmmakers (advanced keyword search; limit to books.)

Wong Kar-Wai

John Woo

Zhang Yimou

3. place the themes in the larger context -- Chinese Cinema

Motion pictures -- China

Motion pictures -- China -- Hong Kong.

Motion pictures -- Taiwan.

Regional and Geopolitical

Motion pictures Asia

Motion pictures -- Developing countries. (geopolitical)

Sample Findings:

Sinascape: Contemporary Chinese Cinema.
Gary G. Xu.
PN1993.5.C4 X8 2007

China On Screen: Cinema and Nation.
Chris Berry and Mary Farquhar.
PN1993.5.C4 B44 2006

Chinese-language Film: Historiography, Poetics, Politics.
edited by Sheldon H. Lu and Emilie Yueh-yu Yeh.
PN1993.5.C4 C463 2005

Speaking In Images: Interviews With Contemporary Chinese Filmmakers.
Michael Berry.
PN1993.5.C4 B49 2005

A. Use the subject databases to find journal articles.

1 & 2. JSTOR and Project Muse

JSTOR is a favorite with its full texts in core journals of all disciplines. Project Muse does not include exactly the same JSTOR journals, but it has more recent and current articles on many topics.

 

Expand your search into more databases and from various perspectives

3. Academic OneFile
All subjects; a convenient Quick Start. Here are some sample findings:

 

 

5. Film/Television, Mass Media and Women's Studies

Limit Your Results

Peer Reviewed

 

 

6. Bibliography of Asian Studies

 

7. When use GoogleScholar, set your Library Links to access Tufts full texts.

B. Finding Full Texts

1. Click on the button in your search results screen to a window of three sequential options:

a. link to the digital full text when available;

b. link to a Library Catalog search for the print journal;

c. link to ILliad for requesting the article when the above two options are negative.

2. Search for a journal directly here:

a. Tufts Library Catalog (including e-journals)

b. Electronic journals list

c. Use ILliad to request your article, if Tufts does not have your journal.

C. Request Articles/Books

Set up for your ILliad account

Use ILLiad, our Interlibrary Loan Service, to request articles, books and other materials that are not available at Tufts.

A. Current:

Book, Movie, Music, Play, And Video Reviews (in LexisNexis)

Factiva (more international coverage)

B. Historical

Times Digital Archive  (1785 - 1985)

New York Times Online Archive
(1851 - 3 years before current date)

Art Index Retrospective   (1929- 1982)

 

Readers' Guide Retrospective (1890-1982)

American Periodicals (1740 - 1940)

British Humanities Index (1962- )
British Periodicals (1680s - 1930s)

Movie Reviews vs Film Criticism (Timothy J. Corrigan.)

Writing About Film (Dartmouth Writing Program)

MLA Style (for citing sources)