WCL 2352 - World Cinema
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Hello and welcome to the library course guide for WCL 2352 - World Cinema. This guide provides resources that are useful for completing your assignments and projects for the class.
Library Tools and Resources
The following databases contain journal articles that will support your research on film studies.
- UH Libraries CatalogUse the advanced search on our online platform and select the radio button next to Library Catalog to search for books and ebooks in our collection. Or if you wish to browse the physical collection to see what we have, visit the 4th floor of the Blue wing and look in call number areas PN 1993-1995.
- Google BooksComprehensive index of full text books.
To search for film reviews, use the following library databases to locate reviews dating as far back as the early 1900s..
- Academic Video Online This link opens in a new windowAcademic video online (AVON) delivers more than 66,000 video titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more. More than 17,000 titles are exclusive to Alexander Street (a ProQuest Company) and includes every kind of video material available with curricular relevance: documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, raw footage, and thousands of award-winning films, including Academy®, Emmy®, and Peabody® winners.
- Kanopy This link opens in a new windowThe library has licensed access to a portion of the films in this database. For this course there is current licensed access to La Haine and Le Havre.
The library also has a collection of films on DVDs. Feel free to browse them on the first floor of the M. D. Anderson Library or search the catalog for titles.
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