FMST 211 workshop - What we will do
• How to prepare an annotated bibliography
• How to find documents (using a citation)
• How to check if a magazine is available at
Concordia Libraries
• How to search library online tools
• Some paper resources to consider
Assignment
• Annotated Bibliography (3-4 pages) Due – Oct. 6th at 8 pm
• …. present an annotated bibliography, for an argumentative paper
on the topic the reception of a film of your choice which premiered
before Jan. 1, 1932.
• You will need to select a film. It’s not terribly important which film,
so long as there’s a “decent” amount of writing available about it
Film Example: Way Down East by DW Griffith
Annotated Bibliography
In your own words:
describe the content of the source
and mention why the source is useful
Help and How to Page
http://library.concordia.ca/help/howto/annotatedbibliog.php
Bibliography: MLA Style
Agate, James. “Art and the Film.” Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and
Art 134 (1922): 710-1. Proquest. Web. 17 Sep. 2015.
“Down Came the Storm.” The Washington Post Jan 30, 1921: 52. Proquest. Web. 17 Sep.
2015.
“Griffith in interview discusses British row over ‘Way Down East’.” Variety
Nov 25, 1921: 2. Proquest. Web. 17 Sep. 2015.
Smith, Lee. “How Griffith shot the ice stuff.” American Cinematographer Dec 1, 1925: 5.
Media History Digital Library. Web. 17 Sep. 2015.
Elements in a bibliography:
Author name. Title of the article. Title of magazine or newspaper (italicized) Date Volume
number Page numbers Format (paper, web). Database name. Date accessed.
Find out if Concordia Libraries has a magazine by checking
CLUES Journal Title search
Citation:
“Way down East.” The Moving Picture World Nov 13, 1920: 224. Microfilm.
Search for the Journal Title & check to see if dates available – also
check the page number.
The Moving Picture World
CLUES – classic catalogue
Make an article delivery request to receive a free scan of the article
Example of scan
Searching online databases & resources
• Double check spellings
• For unique names, use just last name
– eisenstein
• For names and titles that are also common phrases, use
“quotation marks”
– “curtain pole”
• Try different spellings of names
– charles chaplin
or
charlie chaplin
Searching online databases & resources
• Use date limits if available
– Limit to date range for the few years after film
premiered.
• Check for other ways to limit lists of results if
you have too many
Proquest Databases
• Choose all databases
• Set date limits – usually a range of 2 years after release
Film Review Index lists references to articles about films
Search Media History Digital Library
• Set date limits
• Set collection & title limits if necessary
• How to check for information to include in
bibliography
• Get bibliographic information from actual page
Reprints of early articles:
Some articles are sometime reprinted in more recent publications
(books, articles, etc.)
Selected Film Criticism in the course reserves room for FMST 211includes a number of
reprints from early magazines and newspapers. (Available in the Course Reserves
room.)