Film and Television Studies
Resources for Film and Television Studies
Film and Television Studies definitions and overviews
- Dictionaries help you to define your keywords
- Encyclopedias help you to get an overview of your topic and provide more information than a dictionary
Online dictionaries and encyclopediasPrint dictionaries and encyclopediasTo find additional reference items
- Search the Library Catalogue
- Select advanced keyword search
- Combine a broad keyword AND the word dictionar**
film AND dictionar**
film AND encyclop**
- To retrieve variations of your keyword use the truncation symbol **
e.g. film** will retrieve film, films, filmic, filmgoer, filmgoers, filmmaker, filmmakers  Need help? Ask a question.
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Film and Television Studies books and moreSearch the Library Catalogue to find books, videos, DVDs If you know the exact title
- Select title search
- Type in the exact title
- Check the location, call number and status boxes to find the item in the Library collection
If you don't have an exact title OR only have a topic area
- Select advanced keyword search
- Type in keywords from your topic
- Combine your keywords with AND to find catalogue records that contain all of your keywords
e.g. hitchcock AND criticism
- To retrieve variations of your keyword use the truncation symbol **
e.g. criti** will retrieve critic, critics, critical, criticism, criticisms, critique, critiques
Catalogue search tips:
- Too many hits? Add another keyword e.g. hitchcock AND criticism AND narrative
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Use the limit functions in advanced keyword search e.g. limit by publication date, format, location
- Found a useful title? Click on the subject headings to find similar material
- Studying at a different UOW campus? Use an advanced keyword search and limit by location
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Film and Television Studies journal articlesSearch a database to find journal articles, book chapters, conference papers and reviews Try these first
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Australian Public Affairs Full Text (APAFT)
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Current affairs, humanities, politics and social sciences. Australian. Some fulltext
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Expanded Academic ASAP
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General database in arts, humanities and social sciences. Some fulltext
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JSTOR
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Fulltext archives of significant scholarly journals. Includes arts, humanities and social sciences
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MLA International Bibliography
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Modern languages, literatures, film, theatre, folklore, and linguistics.
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Project Muse
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Fulltext. Includes cultural studies, film, theatre and performing arts.
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Complete list of Arts databases Found a useful reference?Some databases do not provide the fulltext of the article. To locate these articles, you will need to search the catalogue to determine if the Library holds the journal title(s) either in print or electronically on another database. Database search tips:
- Break your topic into keywords and/or phrases. The search strategy worksheet will help you
- Consider alternative keywords or spelling variations
- To narrow your search combine your keywords with AND to find records that contain all your keywords
e.g. television AND audience
- To broaden your search combine your keywords with OR to find records that contain either of your keywords
e.g. audience OR viewer
- Use truncation to retrieve variations of your keyword.
e.g. view* retrieves view, views, viewed, viewer, viewers, viewing
- Found a useful reference? Use the subject headings to find similar material
- Use library database tips or the database help screens for tips on how to search
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Film and Television Studies Internet sitesIt is important to critically evaluate all information found on the Web. Try the following sites as a starting point. Australian film and televisionScreen studiesFilm and television historyFilm libraries and archivesProduction credits and reviewsFestivals and awardsOther useful sitesSearch enginesSearch engines create databases using computer programs called 'spiders', 'robots' or 'crawlers' that trawl the web and other Internet sites and return results to the database. Try these first: DirectoriesDirectories organise Internet resources by subject. The information provided in directories is created, arranged and maintained by people rather than machines. top of page
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