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- Anne Garrison, Humanities Librarian (SC)
Sections:
- finding books
- deciphering the Library of Congress classification system
- finding books outside of Tripod
- finding journal articles
- getting the articles you've found
- reference sources
- selected film and media studies journals
- useful websites
- useful books
- assembling a bibliography, citing sources, avoiding plagiarism
- getting more help
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English 9P : FYS: Women and Popular Culture (SC)
finding books:
Tripod
To locate books at the Tri-College Libraries:
4. Finally, search by those subject headings.
1. Start with a KEYWORD search.
2. Look at relevant items.
3. Note the subject headings assigned to those items.
4. Finally, search by those subject headings.
4. Finally, search by those subject headings.
Once you identify books you would like to check out, write down the book title, location, and call number of the book. Then use the call number to find the book in McCabe Library.
- A-G call numbers are on the lower level of the library
- H-K call numbers are on the second floor of the library.
- L-Z call numbers are on the third floor of the library.
- Film and Media Studies are on the third floor of the library in the PN1993-PN1998 call number range.
Request items located at Bryn Mawr or Haverford using the REQUEST button. These are usually delivered within 24 hours.
If all copies of a book in Tripod are checked out, use E-Z Borrow to request the book from a partner library. These books are delivered in 2-7 days.
deciphering the Library of Congress classification system:
Believe it or not, those letters at the beginning of call numbers actually mean something! Letters stand for general bodies of knowledge, called “classes”. Each class is further subdivided into more specific categories.
B – Philosophy, Psychology, Religion
C – Auxiliary Sciences of History
D – History of Africa, Asia, Europe & Oceania
E – History: America
F – History: America
G – Geography, Anthropology
H – Social Sciences
J – Political Science
K – Law
L – Education
M – Music, Books on Music
N – Fine Arts
P – Language and Literature
Q – Science
R – Medicine
S – Agriculture
T – Technology
U – Military Science
V – Naval Science
Z – Bibliography, Library Science
A – General Works
B – Philosophy, Psychology, Religion
C – Auxiliary Sciences of History
D – History of Africa, Asia, Europe & Oceania
E – History: America
F – History: America
G – Geography, Anthropology
H – Social Sciences
J – Political Science
K – Law
L – Education
M – Music, Books on Music
N – Fine Arts
P – Language and Literature
Q – Science
R – Medicine
S – Agriculture
T – Technology
U – Military Science
V – Naval Science
Z – Bibliography, Library Science
finding books outside of Tripod:
WorldCat
Provider: OCLC
A catalog of the holdings of books, journals, and other materials held by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) member libraries. Includes manuscripts, maps, films and sound recordings. Covers works published before 1,000 BC-present.
EZ-Borrow
EZ-Borrow is PALCI's (Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc.) web gateway that allows simultaneous searching of academic library catalogs in Pennsylvania. Many items found in PALCI can be directly requested by authorized users from participating libraries.
finding journal articles:
JSTOR
Provides full-text and page images from many of the top journals in most academic disciplines. Coverage is from the inception of the journal through three to five years ago.
MLA international bibliography
Provider: ProQuest
The definitive scholarly source for articles and books in literature. Provides citations to journal articles, books, working papers, conference proceedings, bibliographies, and other materials. Areas covered include literature, language, linguistics, film, theatre and folklore. Covers 1926-present.
International index to the performing arts
Publisher: [Alexandria, Va.] : Chadwyck-Healey, Inc.,
Provides abstracts and full-text to journal articles. Covers a broad spectrum of the arts and entertainment industry including dance, film, television, theater, opera, and broadcasting. Covers 1864-present.
ProQuest Research Library
Provider: ProQuest
Provides citations and full-text magazine and journal articles in a wide variety of disciplines, both scholarly and popular in scope. Covers 1971-present.
getting the articles you've found:
In MLA, and indeed most databases that don't have the full-text of the article, there is a 
icon next to each citation. Click on it to find out if the article is available in full-text online from the campus where you are doing your research, to search Tripod for the journal in print, or to request the item through interlibrary loan. If does not appear in your database, use Tripod to search for the journal title in your citation.
icon next to each citation. Click on it to find out if the article is available in full-text online from the campus where you are doing your research, to search Tripod for the journal in print, or to request the item through interlibrary loan. If does not appear in your database, use Tripod to search for the journal title in your citation.If the journal is in print or online at one of the other two schools, you can request that the journal or article be sent to you. If a journal in not in Tripod, you can request the article using ILL. In both cases, follow the directions on the EZ-Borrow/ILL page
reference sources:
Women and American television
Publisher: Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c1999.
"From thought-provoking trends to entertaining trivia, this work presents more than 400 entries on the individuals, programs, media innovations, and broad topics that tell the story of women's involvement both in front of and behind the television camera." "A-to-Z entries cover specific individuals, television programs and entities, such as Gracie Allen, Ally McBeal, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Penny Marshall, Our Miss Brooks, Jane Pauley, Jamie Tarses, That Girl, and Oprah Winfrey. Readers wishing to pursue broader trends in television history will thrill to browsing the encyclopedia's numerous sidebar articles, which treat such topics as Asian Women, Buddy Characters, Fifties Moms, Older Women on Television, Rural Women, and Screwball Wives." "Although limited in focus to the role of women in and on television, this work is notable for unearthing the more obscure personalities and programs not covered by other television encyclopedias. Includes bibliography, several appendixes, and a subject index."--BOOK JACKET.
Historical dictionary of African-American television
Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2006.
"From Amos 'n' Andy to The Jeffersons to Family Matters, Historical Dictionary of African-American Television covers it all. The introduction traces the difficult journey African-American performers faced while advancing to the present, more satisfactory situation, and a chronology details the notable people and events along the way. The dictionary includes hundreds of entries on many different genres, including animation, documentaries, sit-coms, sports, talk shows, and variety shows and popular performers, such as Muhammad Ali, Louis Armstrong, Bill Cosby, and Oprah Winfrey, as well as lesser-known and up-and-coming actors. General information can also be found on African-American audiences, stereotypes, and related networks and organizations. A photospread contains images of prominent African Americans, and an extensive bibliography provides reference material."--BOOK JACKET.
The queer encyclopedia of film & television
Publisher: San Francisco : Cleis Press, c2005.
"Film and TV aficionados will relish this volume celebrating the actors, directors, screenwriters, and producers whose queer sensibilities infuse our popular culture with brilliance, drama, and wit. How did Liberace's costumes almost kill him? Which lesbian comedian spent her high school years as "the best white cheerleader in Detroit"? For these answers and more, dip into The Queer Encyclopedia of Film and Television. Drawn from glbtq.com-dubbed the "Encyclopedia Britanniqueer" by The Advocate-this is the only reference book in which Tallulah Bankhead, Jean Cocteau, Judy Garland, Gus Van Sant, and Christine Vachon jostle for space. From Dorothy Arzner to John Waters, from Alla Nazimova to Divine, and from Paul Lynde to Ellen DeGeneres, it's a queer, queer world. The Queer Encyclopedia of Film and Television is your indispensable guide: entertaining, authoritative, and concise. And perfect to read by candelabra. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.
selected film and media studies journals:
Cinema journal
Holdings:
(Bryn Mawr College) Available from 1961-present.
(Haverford College) Available from 1966-present.
(Swarthmore College) Available from 1961-present.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Society of Cinematologists,
Camera obscura (Berkeley, Calif. : Online)
Holdings:
(Bryn Mawr College) Available from 2000-2004.
(Haverford College) Available from 2000-present.
(Swarthmore College) Available from 2000-present.
Publisher: Durham, NC : Duke University Press.
Velvet light trap
Holdings:
(Bryn Mawr College) Available from 2002-present.
(Haverford College) Available from 2002-present.
(Swarthmore College) Available from 2002-present.
Publisher: Austin, TX : University of Texas Press.
Sight and sound
Holdings:
(Bryn Mawr College) Available from 1932-present.
(Haverford College) Available from 2000-present.
(Swarthmore College) Available from 1932-present.
Publisher: [London, British Film Institute]
Film quarterly
Holdings:
(Bryn Mawr College) Available from 1958-present.
(Haverford College) Available from 1958-present except most recent 3 month(s).
(Swarthmore College) Available from 1958-present.
Publisher: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press,
Cineaste
Holdings:
(Bryn Mawr College) Available from 1994-present.
(Haverford College) Available from 1994-present.
(Swarthmore College) Available from 1994-present.
Publisher: [New York, G. Crowdus]
Filmmaker
Holdings:
(Bryn Mawr College) Available from 2003-present.
(Swarthmore College) Available from 2003-present.
Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : Independent Feature Project & Independent Feature Project/West,
Quarterly review of film and video
Holdings:
(Swarthmore College) Available from 2002-present.
Publisher: Chur, Switzerland : Harwood Academic Publishers,
Senses of cinema
Holdings:
(Bryn Mawr College) Available from 1999-present.
(Haverford College) Available from 1999-present.
(Swarthmore College) Available from 1999-present.
Publisher: West Preston, Victoria, Australia : Senses of Cinema.
Online film journal with an emphasis on art, independent, experimental and third world cinemas.
FlowTV
"FlowTV is a critical forum on television and media culture published by the Department of Radio, Television, and Film at the University of Texas at Austin. Flows mission is to provide a space where researchers, teachers, students, and the public can read about and discuss the changing landscape of contemporary media at the speed that media moves."
useful websites:
Society for Cinema and Media Studies
Founded in 1959, SCMS is a professional organization of college and university educators, filmmakers, historians, critics, scholars, and others devoted to the study of the moving image
useful books:
Thinking outside the box
Publisher: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2005.
"While television genre was seen as static in the scholarship of the 1980s, Thinking Outside the Box explores the malleable and reflective nature of various TV programs. The book begins with a historical and theoretical overview of television genres and examines their influences on a national popular culture. The authors analyze less-studied genres such as cartoons, soap operas, and talk shows, locating their place and critical importance in American society."--BOOK JACKET.
Seeing through the eighties
Publisher: Durham : Duke University Press, 1995.
The 1980s saw the rise of Ronald Reagan and the New Right in American politics, the popularity of programs such as thirtysomething and Dynasty on network television, and the increasingly widespread use of VCRs, cable TV, and remote control in American living rooms. In Seeing Through the Eighties, Jane Feuer critically examines this most aesthetically complex and politically significant period in the history of American television in the context of the prevailing conservative ideological climate. With wit, humor, and an undisguised appreciation of TV, she demonstrates the richness of this often-slighted medium as a source of significance for cultural criticism and delivers a compelling, decade-defining analysis of our most recent past. With a cast of characters including Michael, Hope, Elliot, Nancy, Melissa, and Gary; Alexis, Krystle, Blake, and all the other Carringtons; not to mention Maddie and David and even Crockett and Tubbs, Feuer smoothly blends close readings of well-known programs and analysis of television's commercial apparatus with a thorough-going theoretical perspective engaged with the work of Baudrillard, Fiske, and others. Her comparative look at Yuppie TV, Prime Time Soaps, and made-for-TV movie Trauma Dramas reveals the contradictions and tensions at work in much prime-time programming and in the frustrations of the American popular consciousness. Seeing Through the Eighties also addresses the increased commodification of both the producers and consumers of television as a result of technological innovations and the introduction of new marketing techniques. Claiming a close relationship between television and the cultures that create and view it, Jane Feuer sees the eighties through television while seeing through television in every sense of the word.
Screen tastes
Publisher: London ; Routledge, 1997.
In Screen Tastes: Soap Opera to Satellite Dishes Charlotte Brunsdon analyses a wide range of contemporary film and television programmes, from British soap operas and crime series to Hollywood movies such as Working Girl and Pretty Woman. As well as interpreting the pleasures and meanings that these texts offer - particularly for women viewers - the book is concerned with the language of criticism, particularly feminist criticism, and the aesthetics of popular culture. Why have feminist media critics been so interested in the soap opera viewer? What is meant by 'quality' in television? What are the 'race' politics of the television crime series? And was the fuss about the erection of satellite dishes on British homes really about architecture? Screen Tastes documents an important contribution to the development of a feminist cultural studies in the 1980s and 1990s with concerns ranging from 'shopping films' to the deregulation of public service broadcasting, from feminist teaching to the aesthetics of television. While acknowledging debates about the female spectator which underpinned the defence of soap opera and women's films, Brunsdon argues against feminist criticism getting stuck forever in a girly zone. In a period in which global television is undergoing radical transformation, the book responds to problems facing the cultural studies agenda in an age of aggressive de-regulation.
The feminist, the housewife, and the soap opera
Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; c2000.
"The Feminist, the Housewife, and the Soap Opera traces the history of the feminist engagement with soap opera using a wide range of sources from programme publicity to interviews with key scholars. The book reveals that feminist scholarship on soap opera was a significant site on which the identity 'feminist intellectual' was produced in dialogue with her imagined other, the soap opera watching housewife. The book integrates personal autobiographical accounts within a broader history which traces both the move from 'women's liberation' to 'feminism', and the acceptance of soap opera as a serious object of study."--BOOK JACKET.
assembling a bibliography, citing sources, avoiding plagiarism:
Swarthmore Libraries' research FAQs
Includes a guide to citation styles and instructions for using the EndNote citation software package.
citation, paraphrasing, and avoiding plagarism
A handout from the Writing Center, explaining how to avoid plagiarism and when citations are necessary.
guide to citing sources, from Duke University
This guide deals with the proper way to cite various kinds of sources, demonstrating all the major citation styles (MLA, Chicago, Turabian, APA). See the "Assembling a List of Works Cited" guide for help with putting together a bibliography.
getting more help:
Contact Information: Anne Garrison, agarris1, x8492
If you need research assistance, I am at the Reference desk on Tuesdays 3:00-5:00 and Thursday nights, 7:00-10:00. You can also make an appointment and meet with me in my office, which is on Level 1 of McCabe in the far southeast corner.