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Resources for Film Studies at CWRU

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By Genre page

Looking for a specific genre of film? This page has resources grouped for Film Studies research on a particular genre, including Silent Films, Horror Films, Science Fiction Films, Documentary Films, and International Films. The International Films are divided by region - Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. 

Silent 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:

  • Silent Films
  • Silent Films – History
  • Silent Films – History and Criticism
  • Silent Films – United States
  • Silent Films – United States – History and Criticism

Horror 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 Horror Films that are are available in the CWRU e-Journal portal:

  • Horror Studies

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: 

  • Horror Films
  • Horror Films – History and Criticism
  • Horror Films – United States – History and Criticism

Science Fiction 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: 

  • Science fiction films
  • Science fiction films – History and criticism 
  • Science fiction films – United States – History and criticism

Documentary 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 Documentary Films that are are available in the CWRU e-Journal portal:

  • Studies in Documentary 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: 

  • Documentary films
  • Documentary films – History and criticism
  • Documentary films - Production and direction

International 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 European Film that are are available in the CWRU e-Journal portal:

  • French Forum
  • German Films Quarterly
  • Journal of Italian Cinema & Media Studies
  • Journal of Scandinavian Cinema
  • Studies in Eastern European Cinema
  • Studies in European Cinema

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 African Film that are are available in the CWRU e-Journal portal:

  • Journal of African Cinemas

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 Asian Film that are are available in the CWRU e-Journal portal:

  • Asian Cinema
  • Journal of Chinese Cinemas
  • Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema

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 Latin American Film that are are available in the CWRU e-Journal portal:

  • Studies in Spanish & Latin-American Cinemas