Check out the Course Reserves.

French National Cinema.
Susan Hayward.
PN1993.5.F7 H39 2005

 

French Cinema: from its Beginnings to the Present.
Rémi Fournier Lanzoni.
PN1993.5.F7 L33 2002

 

Contemporary French Cinema: an Introduction
Guy Austin.
PN1993.5.F7 A95 2008  

 

The French Cinema Book. Stacks: PN1993.5.F7 F72 2004

Histoire du Cinéma Français: Encyclopédie des Films. Stacks: PN1993.5.F7 B44 1995

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)

Filmmakers:

Agnes Varda

Chabrol, Claude

Yamina Benguigui

Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Marcel Carné

Godard, Jean Luc

Mathieu Kassovitz

Renoir, Jean

Satrapi, Marjane

Truffaut, François

Vigo, Jean

 

Themes:

New wave films -- France -- History

 

In the Broader Contexts:

motion pictures Europe (a region)

motion pictures France (a country

 

On the Topic of women and French films:

Advanced Keyword search, limiting to books:

Any Field: And Any Field: And Any Field: And
Material Type:	All Books/Journals

Path of Discovery in the Catalogs

1. Find a title/author (assigned readings/Course Reserves);

2. Note the descriptive language of the Catalog record.

3. Use that language in further searches

e.g. Click on subject/author in the record to see further results and related topics.

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:

 

 

4. Film & Television and Mass Media

Limit Your Results

Peer Reviewed

 

 

5. 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)

Writing About Film (Dartmouth Writing Program)

MLA Style (for citing sources)