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Students taking film studies classes at the University of Guelph-Humber may be asked to augment assignments...
...analyzing specific historical or important films by citing film reviews from prominent critics.
Finding a film review penned by a quality and respected critic can often be a difficult task.
To combat this problem, the library staff at the University of Guelph-Humber suggests students use Film Literature Index.
Developed at Indiana University, Film Literature Index provides over 700,000 citations for reviews and articles published between 1976 and 2001.
To find Film Literature Index, go to Media Studies under Best Resources for...
Then hover over the arrow on the General Tab and click Film Studies.
Then scroll down and click Film Literature Index
And in this example, I'm going to look for reviews of Citizen Kane.
Using the drop-down menu listed next to the search box, I can search for just the film, Citizen Kane by setting the drop-down menu to Production Title.
And since Film Literature Index collects numerous citations for articles in languages other than English, you will want to make sure you select English as your language.
And to ensure you only receive Reviews, it's recommended that you select Reviews in the drop-down menu for Document Type.
Then click search.
And in this example, the first result I get back is an article by respected film critic Todd McCarthy.
Now if I want to view this record, I can find more information about the article.
However, the full-text for the article is not available on Film Literature Index.
Also the website doesn't contain a link resolver.
So you will have to write-down important citation information, such as the name of the publication, its volume number and publication date.
To find if a full-text copy of this article exists, you will need to follow the same procedure used to find a specific e-Journal by its title.
First go back to the University of Guelph-Humber's library website.
Then click Find E-Journals.
And at this point you will need to log-in using your Guelph Central Login. This is the same as your Gryphmail.
In this case, the title of the magazine I am looking for is Variety.
And since I already know the exact title, I can also click the Exact button to speed up the process.
Next I'll want to select one of the available databases that the journal is found in.
Now I'll need to refer back to the citation information that I've written down about the article.
So I know it was published in 2001. So, I'm going to look for issues from 2001.
Next I know the article was from the October 8th issue of Variety.
So I will scroll down to look for that particular issue.
Now I've retrieved a list of all the articles contained in that issue of Variety in numerical order.
So since I know that Todd McCarthy's review of Citizen Kane was published on page 61, I'll just look through these pages to find it.
And here it is.
So to access the full-text of the review, I just need to click the PDF file, which will open the review in a new window.
And in this case, McCarthy's review can be found under the DVD releases.
I can also access the review by clicking on the title, which provides me with a....
...HTML version of the review. As well as information necessary for citing the review.
End of video.