ASIA AM 122B

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Selected Library Resources for Asian American Studies 122B: Gender and Film in the Pacific (Spring 2009)

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Basics

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Reference Sources

The following are print and electronic reference sources that will help you get started on researching course-related topics.

Finding Books

Identifying and locating books on your topic is most conveniently done through a keyword or subject (heading) search using the UCLA Library Catalog or the UC systemwide MELVYL Catalog. Keyword searching (when available) is the most flexible, usually producing the largest retrieval, while subject searching can often be more precise since it relies on authorized Library of Congress Subject Headings.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Although the advent of online catalogs with keyword search capabilities has sounded the death knell for rigidly structured subject heading/classification schemes, it is still worth considering how language is used to organize materials in a research library. For example, it is possible (and frequently extremely beneficial) to do a subject search in the UCLA Library Catalog or MELVYL using Library of Congress subject headings.

A subject heading is a word or term that describes, often quite broadly, the contents of a book, journal article, videotape, dataset, etc. All nonfiction books and media are assigned one or more subject headings, allowing for multiple points of access to the same item.

  • Examples of subject headings relevant to this course:
Islands of the Pacific--In motion pictures
Orientalism
Women--Oceania
Women--Oceania--Social conditions
Oceania--History
Hawaii--In motion pictures
Motion picture locations--Hawaii
Women in motion pictures
Minorities in motion pictures
Feminism and motion pictures
Sex role in motion pictures
Women--Hawaii
Hawaii--Ethnic relations

UCLA Library Catalog

http://catalog.library.ucla.edu The UCLA Library Catalog provides quick and efficient access to the holdings of the UCLA Library. The catalog should be your first stop for books and other monographic materials, periodicals, and media. The UCLA Library Catalog is directly accessible from the UCLA Library homepage; Click on the "search and find" tab. The catalog is the first item on the drop-down menu.

The UCLA Library Catalog offers the following unique features:

  • Circulation status of material -- the catalog tells you whether a book is available (on the shelf), checked out (and date it's due back), or missing;
  • Serials information -- catalog lists both print and electronic journals and magazines with UCLA holdings. However, the catalog does NOT search the titles or contents of articles.
  • Personal circulation data -- the catalog allows you to keep track online of materials you have checked out of the Library. Click on My Account and key in your UCLA Bruin Card number.
  • Electronic reserves -- from the Services button at the top of the page you can go to course reserves and from there link to a specific course and check to see what, if anything, is "on-reserve" for the class in electronic format.

UC MELVYL Catalog

http://melvyl.cdlib.org/ If you want to search the holdings of other libraries in the UC system, the Melvyl Catalog is the best resource. UCLA users can request many of the materials listed in Melvyl via interlibrary loan, including journal articles and books.

Next Generation Melvyl

http://ucla.worldcat.org/ A beta project that cross-searches the UCLA Catalog, Melvyl, and WorldCat from a single user interface, including very selective article indexing.

Finding Articles in Library Databases

  • Academic Search Complete A general multidisciplinary database that indexes journals across many different fields, with selected full text. Cross-searchable with Women's Studies International. (Licensed Resource)
  • Women's Studies International An interdisciplinary indexing database covering topics related to women and gender. (Licensed Resource)
  • Contemporary Women's Issues The Contemporary Women's Issues database provides full-text access to global information on women. Journals, newsletters, and research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies are easily accessed through CWI. Information on women in over 190 countries is compiled in a single collection bringing together such disciplines as sociology, psychology, health, education, business administration and political science. Coverage: 1992-present. (Licensed Resource)
  • GenderWatch Contains the full text of publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas from the 1970's to the present. Provides in-depth coverage of subjects that are uniquely central to women's lives. (Licensed Resource)
  • Ethnic NewsWatch Full text articles from the ethnic, minority, and native press in the United States. (Licensed Resource)
  • International Index to the Performing Arts (IIPA Full Text) Selected full text from journals and magazines in the performing arts, including film studies. (Licensed Resource)
  • Film Literature Index The FLI Online contains approximately 700,000 citations to journal articles on film and television, film reviews and book reviews published between 1976-2001. (Licensed Resource)
  • FIAF International Filmarchive Database The FIAF database indexes international film and television journals and magazines, and covers articles written 1972-present. (Licensed Resource)
  • JSTOR Online access to full back-runs of academic journals across disciplines, primarily in the social sciences and humanities. (Licensed Resource)
  • Project MUSE Full text of current issues (from about 1990) of scholarly journals published by university presses, chiefly in the arts, humanities and social sciences. (Licensed Resource)
  • MLA International Bibliography Covers modern languages, literatures, folklore, film and more, in articles written 1925-present. (Licensed Resource)
  • Anthropology Plus Covers cultural anthropology and more from the 19th century to the present. (Licensed Resource)
  • Art Full Text Coverage of the fine arts, including photography and cartoons/animation. (Licensed Resource)
  • Full Text Newspapers and ReviewsIncludes links to full text newspapers subscribed to by the UCLA Library, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and international papers. Also includes links to numerous other resources for finding current and historical film reviews. (Licensed Resources)

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