AFS 310Portrayal of

African Americans in Film

A research guide for using websites

Let’s review from your class…

Click on the film that matches the quote from the review:

“…a cinematic masterpiece, or racist, propagandist trash…”

Shaft

Do the Right Thing

Birth of a Nation

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You are correct !!

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You have been paying attention !!

You are correct !!

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What do you know?

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...

Click on the film that matches the quote from the review:

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.

Driving Miss Daisy

The Color Purple

Birth of a Nation

Movie Reviews

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

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 differentresearch materials

you can use.

Using the Class Wiki

These are the different research

categories

Let’s click here (this is just a demonstration)

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

Use Journal Finder from the UNCG Library home

page

TIP: When you know the name of the journal and want to see if UNCG has full text, just go to Journal Finder

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”

Your article on “Bamboozled” is from 2000, so there is only one choice available for you to use

Click here to access the journal through Proquest

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”

Here it is. You can read

it, save a copy, or

email it to yourself.

Save OR e-mail choices

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

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

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 ?

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: http://afs310.pbwiki.com

Melanie Knier, Subject Specialist Bird Library, UNCG Ask Us !