LibGuides: Food in Film (LART-317): Getting Started

Streaming Film Collections

Kanopy Videos
Swank Digital Campus
Streaming film library.

Getting Started with Reference Resources

Use dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases and handbooks to find background information, definitions, data, and more. Helpful for choosing a topic, narrowing or expanding a topic, and identifying terminology.

Selected Film Reference Books

The Oxford Guide to Film Studies
Call Number: Reference PN1995 .O93 1998
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Popular Culture
Call Number: Reference HM621 .G74 2007
History of the Mass Media in the United States : an encyclopedia
Call Number: Reference P92.U5 H54 1998
Movies in American History : an encyclopedia
Call Number: Reference PN1993.5.U6 M685 2011
Multicultural Films : a reference guide by Janice R. Welsch; J. Q. Adams
Call Number: PN1995.9.M56 W45 2005
Historical Dictionary of French Cinema
Call Number: Reference PN1993.5.F7 O83 2007
Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema
Call Number: Reference PN1993.5.I88 M56 2008
Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema
Call Number: Reference PN1993.5.I8 R277 1999

Resources for Writing & Research

Writing about Movies
Call Number: Reserve PN1995 .G547 2016
A Short Guide to Writing about Film
Call Number: PN1995 .C66 2015

Purdue OWL General Writing Resources
Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab)
Strategies for Essay Writing
Concise advice on fundamental elements of academic writing from the Harvard College Writing Center.
The MLA Style Center
Writing Resources from the Modern Language Association. A free resource companion to the MLA Handbook.
Purdue OWL Conducting Research
Purdue OWL Common Writing Assignments > Research Papers