Databases
- FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Plus This link opens in a new window
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Provides citations to articles on film and television, with some full text. - JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. Most journals are included from their first issue until 5 years ago.
- Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
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Great place for learning the original title of films translated into English.
For example, "Shi mian mai fu” is the original title of “House of Flying Daggers,” and this will be useful to you when searching for reviews or articles.
It’s also useful for determining the cast and crew names, production and distribution companies, international release dates, and (to a lesser extent) budget and box office figures.
Journal titles
The library offers electronic access to the Journals titles listed below, and are recommended by your professor. Below are some journal titles pertinent to this course.
Websites for Further Research
- Online Tools-Modern Chinese Literature and Culture OSUOffers links to China Portals and sites.
Reference Works
Pop Culture China! by ISBN: 1851095829Publication Date: 2007-07-27A reference book in Credo Reference that gives you overviews of many of the topics for your class.
Online reference books let you search by keyword across multiple titles. Written for an academic audience, these entries are helpful both in providing context, providing language and ideas for where to look next, and bibliographies to help you identify the most important literature.
- Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
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Search across all of Carleton's online reference sources from Oxford University Press, including dictionaries, encyclopedias, maps, timelines, and quotations. - Oxford Bibliographies This link opens in a new window
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This is a key starting place for research in several different fields, providing bibliographies on current scholarship on topics from the social sciences and humanities.
Worldcat
Books and more from other libraries
Request books you find on WorldCat using the "Request Via Illiad" links.
About Worldcat:
Worldcat allows you to search for books and films not owned by Carleton and St. Olaf. Be aware that when ordering books from other libraries, there is usually a turn around of more than just a couple of days. Please place your request well in advance.
You can use the link above called "request via ILL" to log in to the ILL system or set up a free ILL account. Please see your librarian for more information.
