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Film Studies

Resources for Film Studies at CWRU

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By Era page

Looking for a specific time period of film history? This page is divided into Pre-1930s Films, 1930s-1990s Films, and Contemporary Films, which encompasses films from the year 2000 to present day. 

Pre-1930s Films

To find related journals through the CWRU e-Journal portal, you can type in a journal's title or ISSN in the main Search bar, or you can select Film in the Browse by Discipline section to explore available titles. 

Here are some journal titles related to Pre-1930s Films that are are available in the CWRU e-Journal portal:

  • Early Popular Visual Culture
  • Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film

One of the options in the dropdown menu for catalog searching is Subject. Searching by Subject means finding specific Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSHs), which tell you what a work is about using standardized rules for the order of terms, the language used, etc. It works best when you already know what to look for. 

Here are some Library of Congress Subject Headings that you can use in a Subject search to lead you to relevant works: 

  • Motion Pictures – History – 19th century
  • Motion Pictures – United States – History
  • Cinematography – History

1930s - 1990s Films

One of the options in the dropdown menu for catalog searching is Subject. Searching by Subject means finding specific Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSHs), which tell you what a work is about using standardized rules for the order of terms, the language used, etc. It works best when you already know what to look for. 

Here are some Library of Congress Subject Headings that you can use in a Subject search to lead you to relevant works: 

  • Motion Pictures – History – 20th century
  • Motion Pictures – United States – History – 20th century
  • Cinematography – History

Contemporary Films

To find related journals through the CWRU e-Journal portal, you can type in a journal's title or ISSN in the main Search bar, or you can select Film in the Browse by Discipline section to explore available titles. 

Here are some journal titles for Contemporary Films that are are available in the CWRU e-Journal portal:

  • New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film

One of the options in the dropdown menu for catalog searching is Subject. Searching by Subject means finding specific Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSHs), which tell you what a work is about using standardized rules for the order of terms, the language used, etc. It works best when you already know what to look for. 

Here are some Library of Congress Subject Headings that you can use in a Subject search to lead you to relevant works:

  • Motion pictures – History – 21st century
  • Motion pictures – United States – History – 21st century