Books & eBooks
A small selection of the thousands of books & ebooks available to borrow or read online. See 'Subject Terms' for more on finding information.
Subject Terms & Call Numbers
Use Subject Terms to find a wider range of items by looking at your topic from a different subject perspective. These are just a few of the main subject terms the library uses for film and video materials.
The Dewey Shelf Numbers listed help you browse nearby items in the Library on the same subject. This can be a very powerful way to find research material.
Hint! If the item you want isn't in, browse the shelves around its number for similar items.
| Call # | Subject Heading | Call # | Subject Heading |
| 791.433 | Animated Films | 791.430994 | Motion Picture Industry Australia |
| 791.4375 | Children's Films | 791.43023 | Motion Picture Production and Direction - Handbooks, manuals |
| 778.53 | Cinematography | 770 | Photography |
| 791.435 | Documentary Films | 791.43615 | Science Fiction Films |
| 791.43611 | Experimental Films | 808.2 | Screenwriting |
| 791.43 | Feature Films | 791.45023 | Television Production and direction |
| 791.436 | Film Adaptations | 778.5 | Video Art |
| 791.43655 | Film Noir | 791.43658 | War Films |
| 791.43616 | Horror Films | 791.43090932 | Western Films |
| 791.4309 | Independent film | 791.4309093520 | Women in Motion Pictures |
| 808.2 | Motion Picture Authorship |
Reference Sources for Film & Video
Reference Resources
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Quick reference information
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Brief histories, explanations & overviews
- Discover keywords, synonyms & related terms
- FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Database This link opens in a new windowCovers Film history, Film theory, and Film criticism
- Film Index International This link opens in a new windowCovers Film history, Movie industry, Cinema studies, Hollywood, and World cinema.
Databases
ECU Library's collections of Film Industry publications, and Academic Journals:
This list of individual journals is a guide to select key publications, and is not comprehensive:
- Cinémas: revue d'études cinématographiques = Journal of Film Studies
Cinémas is a specialty journal primarily concerned with cinematographic studies and theoretical or analytical projects that embrace different approaches, methods and disciplines (aesthetics, semiotics, history, communications, human sciences, art history, etc.) likely to stimulate reflection. Particular attention is given to research into the changes underway with regard both to creative practices and theoretical discourse.
Australian
Inside Film delivers a 'who, what, where and how' guide to success in screen content creation. It's the bible for Australia's filmmakers - essential reading for anyone working in the film and TV industry. Inside Film features exclusive interviews with the creative personalities behind today's most entertaining and stimulating screen content, as well as detailed info about new productions and technologies.
Australian
Media & Education Magazine, Australian Teachers of Media Inc.
Welcomes manuscripts on film as language and literature; acting; film music; film as visual art (painting and cinematic style, set design, costuming); film and photography; film history; aesthetics; the response of film nd the humanities to technology; interdisciplinary studies in theme and genre; film and American Studies; reappraisals of seminal essays; book reviews and interview
Many researchers go direct to subject specific databases to search for articles on their topic. Have a mind map of keywords and combinations of keywords planned for your topic before you begin searching on any database.You can access databases from the library Databases A-Z list.
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American Film Institute CataloguePremier, authoritative resource of American film information, covers the history of American cinema comprehensively from 1893 to 1975, with full or short records for films from 1976-2011. New records are added each year.
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Lantern: Search the Media History Digital LibraryA non-profit initiative dedicated to digitizing collections of classic media periodicals that belong in the public domain for full public access. The project is supported by owners of materials who loan them for scanning, and donors who contribute funds to cover the cost of scanning. We have currently scanned over 2 million pages, and that number is growing.
- Art & Architecture Source This link opens in a new windowCovers Fine Decorative and Commercial Art, Architecture, and Architectural Design.
- Arts & Humanities Database This link opens in a new window
Covers Art, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre and Cultural Studies. - Cambridge Core - Journals & eBooks This link opens in a new window
A multidisciplinary database, coverage includes: Art, Chemistry, Computer Science, Drama and Theatre, Economics, Education, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Music, Psychology, and more...
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Contains a wide range of journals, ebooks, and research reports in the field of Art, Business and Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Medicine and Allied Health, Science and Mathematics, and Social Sciences. - Bloomsbury Video Library This link opens in a new windowThis collection features exclusive independent films and shorts, avant-garde performances, interviews, documentaries and much more. Content includes dance, film and media, history and culture, music, visual and applied arts, and opera
An index or article database is a good place to start your research. It will assist in locating articles and chapters published in magazines, scholarly journals, books or trade publications. Indexes are useful as they present a range of resources from a variety of sources including books, chapters, articles and dissertations and each entry will list subject headings and an abstract - all useful in assisting you with your research.
- FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Database This link opens in a new windowCovers Film history, Film theory, and Film criticism
- Film Index International This link opens in a new windowCovers Film history, Movie industry, Cinema studies, Hollywood, and World cinema.
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Teaching Media QuarterlyTMQ: Teaching Media Quarterly is an online journal dedicated to circulating practical and timely approaches to media concepts and topics from a variety of disciplinary and methodological perspectives.
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Cinema Journal Teaching DossierCinema Journal and TeachingMedia.org have formed a partnership to develop a quarterly feature called the Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier. The goals of this partnership are to foster critical reflection on media studies teaching and pedagogy and to engender serious discussion of pedagogical issues via an active online platform.
Web Resources
There are many websites devoted to the study and enjoyment of film. This is a list of portals will help you find many of them and other resources.
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AFI Research CollectionSpecialist film and television industry resource open to the public
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Australian Film ClassificationIncludes media and student resources, the classification process and classification search on a title (Date, Category, Classification, Consumer Advice)
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Australian Screen Education CollectionEducation collection developed by Education Services Australia through the Le@rning Federation
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Bonza - National Cinema & Television DatabaseOnline collection of national cinema databases (to date French, Australian and New Zealand) prepared by film researchers and students.
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Film Australian CollectionDocumentary titles from the Film Australia Collection (FAC), spanning over a century of Australian government documentary film production.
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National Film & Sound ArchiveCollection of film, television and radio programs, videos, audio tapes, records, compact discs, phonograph cylinders, wire recordings, documents and artefacts.
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Oz Film DatabaseAustralian Film Database created by students at Murdoch University.
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Screen AustraliaInformation about Australian productions, and co-productions, key cast and creatives, duration, genre, co-production partners, international sales contacts and website links.
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Screening the PastOnline Australian journal with historical focus on film
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ScreenWestWestern Australia's screen funding and development agency, committed to working in partnership with the screen industry to develop, support and promote film, television and digital media production.
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Senses of CinemaAustralian-based online journal devoted to the serious and eclectic discussion of cinema from the industrially-produced blockbuster to the hand-crafted experimental work.
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Bright Lights Film JournalCommitment to wide-ranging, literate, fun, progressive articles on any subject related to film
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CineasteQuarterly magazine on social, political and esthetic perspective on the cinema in all areas including Hollywood films (old and new), American independents, quality European films, and the cinema of the Third World.
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Film Comment MagazineArts and culture magazine published by the Film Society of Lincoln Center
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Film Maker MagazineThe magazine of independent film
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Internet Movie Database (IMDb)Contains film details and filmography listings for actors, producers, directors and others associated with film making.
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Sight & Sound MagazineThe British Film Institute's film magazine
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Society for Cinema & Media StudiesScholarly organization dedicated to promoting a broad understanding of film, television, and related media through research and teaching grounded in the contemporary humanities tradition.
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Teaching Media QuarterlyTMQ: Teaching Media Quarterly is an online journal dedicated to circulating practical and timely approaches to media concepts and topics from a variety of disciplinary and methodological perspectives.
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Top Documentary FilmsWatch free documentaries online.
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UbuwebAn independent resource dedicated to all strains of the avant-garde, ethnopoetics, and outsider arts