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HART/ENGL 349 : Alfred Hitchcock (BMC)

Finding Books & Videos:

Tripod library catalog.

To locate BOOKS on Hitchcock,

try a subject search: Hitchcock, Alfred

or a keyword search: Hitchcock and Rear Window.

To locate books on specific films,

try a subject search: Psycho Motion Picture.

To locate VIDEOS, limit by video, and search by title of film.

WorldCat

Provider: OCLC

Use the same search strategies as above, and research your topic beyond the tri-co libraries.
Use EZ-Borrow/Inter-Library Loan to borrow materials that we do not own.

Reference Sources:

Use these sources to gather background information on Hitchcock's films.

Film indexes online

Provider: ProQuest

Similar to the IMDB, but more authoritative! The American Film Institute Catalog documents every American film from from 1893-1971. Most records include extensive plot summaries.

The A-Z of Hitchcock

Author: Maxford, Howard.

Publisher: London : B.T. Batsford, 2002.

Information on every Hitchcock film, TV programme, actor, actress, cinematographer, film editor, costume designer, producer and composer.

Alfred Hitchcock

Author: Sloan, Jane, 1946-

Publisher: New York : G.K. Hall ; c1993.

Biographical Sources:

Use these sources to get biographical information on Hitchcock and others in his films.

Biography resource center

Includes full text from International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers .

American national biography

Oxford dictionary of national biography

Provider: Oxford

Contains biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond.

Contemporary Articles & Film Reviews:

Use these sources to gather information from the time period when the film was released.

The New York times on the Web

Holdings:
(Bryn Mawr College) Available from 1851-present.
(Haverford College) Available from 1851-present.
(Swarthmore College) Available from 1851-present.

Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : New York Times.

Offers full-page-images and article images from the New York Times from its first issue in 1851 to three years before the current date.

Periodicals index online (Chadwyck)

Index to journal articles in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, including some published as far back as 1770.

Readers' guide retrospective

Provides indexing of general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America.

Retrospective index to film periodicals, 1930-1971

Author: Batty, Linda, 1940-

Publisher: New York : R. R. Bowker Co., 1975.

Selected film criticism

Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1982-1985.

Variety film reviews.

Publisher: New York : Garland Pub., c1983-c1996.

Recent Articles, Reviews & Scholarly Work:

Film literature index

Holdings:
(Bryn Mawr College) Available from 1976-2001.
(Haverford College) Available from 1976-2001.
(Swarthmore College) Available from 1976-2001.

Publisher: Ipswich, Mass. [etc.], EBSCO Pub. [etc.]

Offers citations to articles from film and television journals from 30 countries. The journals range from scholarly to popular titles. Contains approximately 700,000 citations to articles, film reviews and book reviews published between 1976-2001. Print version covers years 1973-75, 2002-2004.

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.

MLA international bibliography

Provider: ProQuest

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.

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.

Project Muse

Provides access to journals published by the Johns Hopkins University Press. Disciplines covered are humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.

Just For Fun - Hitchcock Links:

UC Berkeley - Hitchcock Film Bibliography

An extensive bibliography from Gary Handman of UC Berkeley. Use tripod to search for the materials in the Tri-Co.

Hitchcock Gallery - Stills From The Films

Glen Johnson of Catholic University of America has scanned some nice images to this page.

Alfred Hitchcock's Trailers

Alain Kerzoncuf and Nándor Bokor have posted the transcripts and some images from the trailers for Hitchcock films.

Hitchcock Biography - Senses of Cinema

Ken Mogg, who runs the MacGuffin website, writes an extensive biography for Senses of Cinema.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Celebrating the Centenary of Britain's Greatest Filmmaker

Online exhibition from the University of Exeter.

Hitchcock Basic Film Techniques

Jeff Bays advice on "how to turn your boring movie into a Hitchcock thriller!"

Vertigo: Then & Now

Before and After locations used in Hitchcock's 1958 film.