AFS 310
Portrayal of
African Americans in Film
A research guide for using websites
Let’s review from your class…
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Click on the film that matches the
quote from the review:
Shaft
“…a cinematic masterpiece, or
racist, propagandist trash…”
Do the Right Thing
Birth of a Nation
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What do you know?
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Click on the film that matches the
quote from the review:
“A new hero, black as coal,
deadlier than Bogart,
and as handsome as Gable,
was doing the thing that everyone
in the audience wanted him to do.
A black man was winning.”
Shaft
Do the Right Thing
Birth of a Nation
Let’s try one more...
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Click on the film that matches the
quote from the review:
Driving Miss Daisy
The wonderful performances
in this movie are contained in
a screenplay that may take some of
the shocking edges off Walker's novel,
but keeps all the depth and dimension.
The Color Purple
Birth of a Nation
Movie Reviews
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Where would you go to find a movie
review about a film you are
researching?
One good place to start is a website
We are going to explore a website
from your class wiki
Using the Class Wiki
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The class wiki is located at
http://afs310.pbwiki.com
This can be used as your research
guide for your project
This demonstration is not hyperlinked
to the website. After you view the
demonstration, you can return to the
class wiki to practice your own
research techniques.
The Front Page of the Wiki
This is the front page.
You can scroll down to
see all the different
research materials
you can use.
Using the Class Wiki
Let’s click here (this is
just a demonstration)
These are the
different
research
categories
Exploring Websites from the Wiki
We’re going to go to the
research center on
Movies, Race, Ethnicity
The Movies, Race, and Ethnicity
Now you’re at the website
from UC-Berkeley
These are all
listings of different
African American
Films separated by
category
Bibliography
Let’s look at the
bibliography of
African Americans
in Film and TV
More In Depth Information
Any of these
hyperlinks will take
you to more in depth
information.
Let’s do some research on
Spike Lee
Click on his name in the
drop down box
Spike Lee Bibliography
We want a specific
film “Bamboozled” so
you can scroll down to
find articles and books
Spike Lee & “Bamboozled”
This movie review
looks good, but you
need more. Where
can you find the full
text movie review?
Note the citation: “Film
Comment” v. 36, n. 6,
Nov 2000, p. 76
Using UNCG Journal Finder
TIP: When you know the
name of the journal and
want to see if UNCG has
full text, just go to Journal
Finder
Use Journal Finder from
the UNCG Library home
page
Using UNCG Journal Finder
Type in the name of
the journal here. If
you don’t know the
exact name, use the
Advanced Search
Journal Finder Access
The 4 icons show if UNCG
has access online, in print,
delivery, or elsewhere
We are off campus, so we
want to access this article
online only
Online Access Choices
There are 4 different
databases that have full text
from “Film Comment”
Click here to
access the journal
through Proquest
Your article on “Bamboozled” is
from 2000, so there is only one
choice available for you to use
Off Campus Validation
If you are off campus, you
may be asked to enter your
UNCG user name and
password (same as e-mail) so
that you can access these
databases
ProQuest Database
Now you are in the
ProQuest database.
Scroll down to find
the volume and issue
number (v. 36, n. 6)
Film Comment, v. 36, n. 6
You are now scrolling
through the contents of
“Film Comment” 36(6)
Look for the movie
review by Paul Arthur
on “Bamboozled”
Full Text HTML vs. PDF
Here’s the article we want.
The full text choices are:
•full text + graphics
•full text -PDF
Choose full text-PDF if possible.
This is the best choice for pictures,
graphs, and tables. Choose the full
text + graphics (also known as
HTML) if you have a slower
connection speed
Reading about “Bamboozled”
Save OR
e-mail choices
Here it is.
You can read
it, save a
copy, or
email it to
yourself.
Back to Exploring the
Bibliography
Lots of good choices to
explore. You may want to try
“Blaxploitation Films”
Website -- highlights
•Website is good for browsing
•Great categories for exploring
•Links included to articles and
books
•Not truly searchable
Website - summary
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Use the websites for exploring more topics
Note the citations of books, reviews,
journal articles, movie clips
Some websites may even provide video
clips for viewing
Check the author of the website to validate
authenticity (websites from universities
and libraries are great choices)
This website from University of California
Berkeley is a great choice
Website - summary
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Website may just provide citations
and links
You may need to go further to your
own library to get full text access to
books and articles
Digitized collections are great to find
on a website because they include
actual images
TMI ?
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If you need further information about using
the class wiki or exploring any of the
resources, please contact me directly at the
library and I will be happy to assist you.
Time for you to try it out:
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http://afs310.pbwiki.com
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Melanie Knier, Subject Specialist
Bird Library, UNCG
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