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Film and Nation: Russia and Central Asia
Research Sources & Tips
Contents:
1. Facts and Overviews
2. Books on Russian and Central Asian Films
3. Scholarly Journal and Magazine/Newspaper Articles
4. Writing and Citing Sources
1. Facts and Overviews
Directory of World Cinema: Russia
edited by Birgit Beumers.
PN1993.5.R9 B48 2009
A History of Russian Cinema
Birgit Beumers.
PN1993.5.R9 B48 2009
Russia and its Other(s) on Film: Screening Intercultural Dialogue
edited by Stephen Hutchings.
PN1993.5.R9 R83 2008
Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema
Peter Rollberg.
Bookstacks: PN1998.2 .R578 2009
East European Cinemas
edited by Anikó Imre.
PN1993.5.E82 E37 2005
Cinema of the other Europe: the Industry and Artistry of East Central European Film.
Dina Iordanova.
PN1993.5.E82 I57 2003
The BFI Companion to Eastern European and Russian Cinema
edited by Richard Taylor ... [et al.].
PN1993.5.E2 B44 2000
2. Books on Russian and Central Asian Films
A. Use Library Catalogs to find books
B. Sample Searches:
(note the search pattern; modify to your own needs)
2. WorldCat (beyond Tufts)
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.
Author Menashe, Louis. Title Moscow Believes in Tears: Russians and Their Movies Publisher Washington, DC: New Academia Publishing, 2010. Subject motion pictures Soviet Union Motion pictures -- Russia (Federation) -- History. Motion picture producers and directors -- Soviet Union -- Interviews. Motion picture producers and directors -- Russia (Federation) -- Interviews. Subject Browses:
Filmmakers:
Tarkovskii, Andrei Arsenevich.
Pudovkin, Vsevolod Illarionovich.
in the Context of:
motion pictures -- Russia (Federation)
the Broader Context:
motion pictures Europe Eastern
motion pictures -- Europe central
A Specific Topic:
European national cinema, identity/culture in cinema
Advanced Keyword search:
Material Type:
Tip: nation* searches for nation, national, etc.
3. Journal and Magazine/Newspaper Articles
A. Collections of Journals and Subject Databases:
B. Finding Full Text
1. and 2. JSTOR and Project Muse
Two favorite collections of core journals of all disciplines.
3. Academic OneFile
All subjects; a convenient Quick Start. Here are some sample findings:
4. Film, Mass Media, History, Women's Studies and East European Studies
5. When use GoogleScholar, set your Library Links to access Tufts 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)
c. Use ILliad to request your article, if Tufts does not have your journal.
C. Magazines and Newspaper Articles
D. A Few Core Journals
1. Current:
Book, Movie, Music, Play, And Video Reviews (in LexisNexis)
Factiva (more international coverage)
2. Historical
Times Digital Archive (1785 - 1985)
New York Times Online Archive
(1851 - 3 years before current date)
PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art
Quarterly Review of Film and Video
Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History.
Slavic and East European Journal
4. Writing and Citing
A Short Guide to Writing about Film by Timothy Corrigan. Ref: PN1995 .C66 2010
Writing About Film (Dartmouth Writing Program)
Tufts Academic Resources Center -- Writing Tutors
MLA Style (for citing sources)
Last updated: 11/30/12
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