FilmThreat
Focuses on recent reviews, independent film.
Rotten Tomatoes
Focuses on recent reviews; site is a little ad-heavy but still useful.
Box Office Guru
Box office data from 1989 to the present. Find opening and total gross for
over 3400 titles, or browse box office weekends going back to 1997.
DVD Beaver
DVD release reviews, comparisons and other information. DVD Beaver also posts side-by-side comparisons of DVD transfers, including frame
grabs and bitrate charts.
Our online catalog and online databases use hot-linked subject headings
that you can search by, then follow to find more on the same subject. A
general subject term is often followed by terms that make your search
more specific. Here are some examples:
To
request items in the online catalog from Roanoke College or from the library
Annex, click "Request this Item" and fill out your name/ID bar code
number (last 5 digits only). Requests made before 10:30 a.m. are
available the same weekday after 1:00 p.m.; requests made after 10:30
a.m. are available next weekday after 1:00 p.m.
SEARCH TIP: the subject headings in each record can help you find
similar titles. Once you have found a book on your topic, scroll down to
the subject headings and click to search for more books under each
subject heading.
BROWSE
You can also browse the shelves. The following call numbers contain
the majority of film-related materials:
If you need materials from outside of the Hollins/Roanoke College
system, we can help!
WorldCat
is one of our e-resources databases. This site allows you to search
libraries worldwide. (Note: books with an "HU" symbol are held in our
library.)
Our
Interlibrary Loan department will help you order books and articles
you need from other libraries; use their online
form, or fill out a paper copy at the reference desk. Remember to
start early! Interlibrary loan procedures can take 1-3 weeks before you
get your book.
Use our online catalog
to search for screenplays by title, author,
or key word. You can also
browse the shelf; most screenplays are shelved at call number PN
1997 on the library's second floor.
American Film Scripts Online This database contains more than 800 full-length
scripts, starting with "The Great Train Robbery (1903) and ending with
The Departed (2006); it also contains unproduced scripts by a variety of
authors including James Agee, Norman Krasna, Paul Schrader, James
Dickey, Dorothy Parker and others. Search by author, title, subject,
character and more.
SCREENPLAYS FROM OTHER LIBRARIES
If you need materials from outside of the Hollins/Roanoke College
system, we can help!
WorldCat
is one of our e-resources databases. This site allows you to search
libraries worldwide. (Note: books with an "HU" symbol are held in our
library.)
Our
Interlibrary Loan department will help you order books and articles
you need from other libraries; use their online
form, or fill out a paper copy at the reference desk. Remember to
start early! Interlibrary loan procedures can take 1-3 weeks before you
get your book.
Reference books are great for quick fact-finding or for beginning a
larger research project.
CALL NUMBERS:
PN 1993 - PN 1999 (film and television)
Z 5782 - Z 5784 M9 (film research guides: indexes,
bibliographies etc.)
Bibliographies provide references to useful books, journal and
newspaper articles; they are often organized by subject and can make
your research a lot easier. BUT you may find a book or article that is
not held within our library, so start your research early.
Our
Interlibrary Loan department will help you order books and articles
you need from other libraries, but it can take
1-3 weeks before you get your
materials.
EXAMPLES OF REFERENCE TITLES
The American Film Institute desk reference
-
PN1994 .A599 2002
American silent film comedies : an
illustrated encyclopedia - PN1995.9.C55 M53 1995
The British film catalogue -
PN1993.5.G7 B75 2000
Encyclopedia of Chinese film - PN1993.5.C4
Z53 1998
Encyclopedia of Early Cinema -
PN1993.45 .E53 2005
Encyclopedia of the documentary film
- PN1995.9.D6
E53 2006
The encyclopedia of fantastic film : Ali Baba to
Zombies -
PN1995.9.F36 Y68 2000
Encyclopedia of film themes, settings and
series - PN1997.8 .A76 2001
Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema - PN1993.5.I8 R277
2002
Encyclopaedia of the musical film -
PN1995.9.M86 G7 1981
Film noir guide : 745 films of the classic
era, 1940-1959 - PN1995.9.F54 K43 2003
Historical dictionary of African American cinema
-
PN1995.9.N4 B433 2007
Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film -
PN1993.45 .G65 2007
Indexes help you search magazines and newspapers for film reviews and
articles. These are the most important print indexes for film research:
Art Index
(includes film), covers 1929-1984, continued online.
Biography Index, covers 1946-present.
The critical index; a bibliography of articles
on film in English, 1946-1973. (ref. call number: Z5784.M9 G47)
Film Literature Index, 1973-1997.
Film Review Annual,
1987-2000. (ref. call number: PN 1995.F 465)
International Index to Film Periodicals,
1972-1986.
Motion picture directors: a bibliography of
articles, 1900-1972. (ref. call number: Z5784.M9 S34 )
New York Times Index, 1851-present.
N.Y.T. Obituary Index,
1858-1978.
N.Y.T. Film Reviews, 1913-1968. (ref. call
number: PN 1995.N 4)
Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature,
1900 - present. (Note: pre-1977 look under "moving picture plays",
1977 - "motion pictures")
Note: if no call number is listed, the index is shelved alpha by
title in the Index section, before the reference books.
Our
Interlibrary Loan department will help you order books and articles
you need from other libraries; use their online
form, or fill out a paper copy at the reference desk. Remember to
start early! Interlibrary loan procedures can take 1-3 weeks before you
get your materials.
You'll find the most recent issues in the Lewis Reading Room on the
first floor; the rest are downstairs.
Some titles are kept in microfiche format. All are shelved
alphabetically.
Lexis-Nexis
(full text, includes The New York Times, AP, and CNN)
SEARCH TIP: Some of these databases give access to full-text articles,
some don't, and some have a mix of both. Make sure you check the
JournalFinder; an article indexed in one database may be available
in full text in another.
If you'd like some help in selecting the right database for your search,
just
ask a librarian for help.
SEARCH BY TITLE
To find out whether the library has a journal in paper or electronic
form, use the
JournalFinder.
Your search results will tell you whether we have a title, in which
database it can be found, and which years are covered. For example,
Cineaste is available both in print, and in several databases:
Cineaste (New York, N.Y.)
(0009-7004)
in Hollins University Print Titles
from 02/01/1990 to present in Academic Search Elite
from 09/22/1992 to present in Expanded Academic ASAP
from 01/01/1995 to present in Factiva
from 01/01/1997 to present in Art Full Text
ARTICLES FROM OTHER LIBRARIES
Our
Interlibrary Loan department will help you order books and articles
you need from other libraries; use their online
form, or fill out a paper copy at the reference desk. Remember to
start early! Interlibrary loan procedures can take 1-3 weeks before you
get your materials.
