Check out the Course Reserves.

Arab Cinema Directory

Filmography/Bibliography of Palestinian Cinema

Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema
Terri Ginsberg, Chris Lippard ; with contributions by Farshad Aminian ... [et al.].
PN1993.5.M53 G56 2010

 

Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film
edited by Oliver Leaman.
Ref. PN1993.5.A65 C66 2001

 

European Cinema in Motion: Migrant and Diasporic Film in Contemporary Europe
edited by Daniela Berghahn and Claudia Sternberg.
PN1993.5.E85 E85 2010

 

Rethinking Third Cinema: the Role of Anti-Colonial Media and Aesthetics in Postmodernity
edited by Frieda Ekotto and Adeline Koh. 
PN1993.5.D44 R49 2009

 

Colonialism and Nationalism in Asian Cinema
edited by Wimal Dissanayake.
PN1993.5.A75 C65 1994

 

Postcolonial African Cinema: Ten Directors
David Murphy and Patrick Williams.
PN1998.2 .M87 2007

 

Arab Cinema: History and Cultural Identity
Viola Shafik.
PN1993.5.A65 S53 1998

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)

By Country

Motion pictures Turkey

Motion pictures -- Iran.

Motion pictures Palestine

 

Regional and Geopolitical

Motion pictures Arab

Motion pictures -- Developing countries.

Motion pictures -- Middle East.

 

Filmmaker

Makhmalbāf, Muhsin

 

Themes

Intercultural communication in motion pictures
Emigration and immigration in motion pictures.

 

Topics

(diaspora or exile) and cinema

"third cinema"

(film* or cinema) and postcolonial

 

Advance Keyword Search

On the topic of diaspora/exile and cinema:

 

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

 

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

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, Mass Media, History , and Women's Studies

Limit Your Results

Peer Reviewed

 

 

5. Index Islamicus (Islamic Studies)

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

B. Find "Literature Review"

Reviews of recent books and other types of review articles in major journals in a discipline are likely to summarize the current state of research in an area. Here are some examples:

 

An Example of a Book Review:

Tomaselli, Keyan G. "Postcolonial African Cinema: From Political Engagement to Postmodernism (review)" African Studies Review 52.2 (2009): 228-229.

 

 

A Few Core Journals

Camera Obscura

Cinema Journal

Discourse

Film & History

Film History

Film Quarterly

Framework

Journal of Film and Video

The Movie Image

PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art

Projections

Quarterly Review of Film and Video

Screen

The Velvet Light Trap

Wide Angle

 

International Journal of Middle East Studies

Islamic Studies

Journal of Near Eastern Studies

Journal of Middle East Women's Studies

The Middle East Journal

Muqarnas

 

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies

African studies

 

 

Find an electronic-journal by title

 

C. 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.

 

D. 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)

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)