Today's class:
Goal: By the end of this session you will learn about searching for scholarly sources for your assignment, and have some time to try to locate 1-2 sources you might use.
Primary Sources
The particular film being studied, or a collection of such works (e.g., the overall works by a particular director or actor). May also include scripts or screen plays, or other media and documents related to the production (e.g., behind the scenes recordings or photos).
Secondary Sources
Research and scholarship about the primary source, or about the subject or creator of the primary source.
Articles and Books - your best option
Reference Works
Reviews, newspapers, magazines
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Scholarly (peer-reviewed, academic) |
Non-scholarly (popular) |
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Author(s) |
Subject matter expert; often with advanced education (e.g., PhD) or working at a university |
Journalists, professional, or creative writers; may be crowd generated content |
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Verification |
Reviewed by an editorial board or other subject matter experts (peers) |
Reviewed by an editor (sometimes) |
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Audience & language |
Researchers, scholars, students; language is academic or technical |
General public; uses everyday, easy to understand language |
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Content |
Reports original research; builds on previous knowledge |
News, and practical information, creative works |
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Cites sources? |
Always cites other research |
Occasionally, but not required |
How do you know if you have a credible, reliable, relevant source? Consider the following:
Your resource doesn't necessarily have to meet all of these criteria.
The following video has more information about ways to understand and evaluate the credibility of sources.
There are many terms to describe film. When it comes to searching for research, five main keywords are used most frequently:
An effective start is to combine at least a couple of these terms into a single search, like this: (adaptation OR remake) (film OR cinema OR movies OR motion pictures OR moving pictures).
Of course there are also many keywords that describe a particular cinematic genre, format, or technology: animation, anime, French cinema, IMAX, silent film, superhero films, etc. Choose term(s) that seem most useful for your assignment.
There are many terms used to describe the art of cinematic adaptation. Here are some that are commonly used across our resources, especially for books and other items from our local library collections.
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As with the previous category, some terms are used more often than others. so select the keywords best describe your focus. You can combine some terms from adaptation with terms from film like this: (adaptation OR remake) (film OR cinema OR movies OR motion pictures)
In your essay you are expected to do some formal/stylistic analysis. Here are some common elements that can be added to your search.
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Use these to find scholarly articles and critical reviews and analysis.
Digital library of academic journals, ebooks and primary sources. Includes content across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
Some film reviews can be found in the research databases. A few other trusted resources are listed on this Film Reviews section of this guide.
Try browsing or searching within these scholarly journals. The first two in this list specifically focus on adaptation.
For high quality - though non-scholarly - reviews written by professional film critics, watch for the following publications in search results. You can also search directly within the magazines below.
Please take a few minutes to complete the online Student Evaluation of Instruction for this class.
