Going to the Movies?
Loews Palace Theater, Washington, D.C. 1932 or 1933 (Harris & Ewing) Library of Congress
The Motion Picture Production Code 1927-1968
Draft of letter to Howard Hughes, Scarface folder p.8.
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Hollywood, Censorship, and the Motion Picture Production Code 1927-1968 Archives Unbound's collection of documents pertaining to the regulation and censorship of the U.S. film industry through the middle 20th century.
- Use the search box under "Explore This Collection" and press return
- Don't use quotes
- Check the "Allow Variations" box for a better search.
In the manuscripts box, you should see an entry for the film, which you can click on to explore that film's documents.
In addition to navigation tools and arrows to turn pages, note the Cite and Get Link options. Always add page numbers to your citations. Enable others to find your source.
Find Books, E-books & Films
Search our library catalog.
For remote learning, look for a small circular red E in the icons to the left of your results . This is how CBBcat designates online resources.
Or use the drop-downs on the CBBcat search page for a more precise search.
Get Physical Items
You can retrieve books/DVDs from the Miller Stacks. DVDs and film books are on the same level as the service desk. (DVD drives can be checked out.)
To order other books in CBBcat:
Enter your name and bar code number (omit beginning and ending letters) from your Student ID or Library Card.
You will be notified by email when your request arrives.
You can also order print books through MaineCat.
Find Writings and Publicity Artifacts of the Time
Digital Resources:
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AFI Catalog (American Film Institute) Search by film title for entries that include articles of the time along with a plot summary, cast, credits and production information.
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Historical Newspapers Digitized articles from five major U.S. newspapers dating back to the 18th century -- includes the Boston Globe (1872-1982), the Los Angeles Times (1881-1990), the New York Times (1851-2009), the Wall Street Journal (1889-1996), and the Washington Post (1877-1997).
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PAO - Periodicals Archive Online "Periodicals Archive Online is a major archive that makes the backfiles of scholarly periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences available electronically, providing access to the searchable full text of hundreds of titles. The database spans more than two centuries of content, 37 key subject areas, and multiple languages."
Print:
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Variety Film Reviews 1907-1984REF PN1993 .V36 Miller Library Reading Room
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Film Review Index Volume 1: 1882-1949REF Z5784.M9 F513 1986
Miller Library Research Librarians Alcove
Find Specific Magazine/Newspaper
Want to see if Colby has FULL-TEXT of a particular magazine or journal?
On the Colby Libraries home page click on the "Journals and Articles" tab. 
Once the orange bar has moved down, enter the publication's name in the search box. 
If more than one access point is given, check dates and explore. Some may be full digital versions and others may not.
Find Scholarly Articles
Articles can be found using databases.
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Academic Search Complete A multidisciplinary database providing full-text access to scholarly and popular journals in broad areas of academic study, as well as indexing and abstracts of additional titles unavailable in full text. Coverage: 1990-present.
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JSTOR Full-text access to thousands of scholarly journals covering the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, plus monographs and other academic materials.
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Arts (Proquest) Search across journal articles, historic periodicals, newspapers and dissertations to find scholarly and popular analyses on topics in fine arts, fashion, design, film, music, dance and theater.
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Oxford Bibliographies Online: Cinema and Media Studies Scholar created subject modules (e.g. Gangster Films, Censorship) that includes important scholarship (books and articles) about that topic. Searchable by film title.
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MLA International Bibliography The Modern Language Association of America's database of journal articles, books, dissertations, working papers, proceedings, and bibliographies covering scholarship on literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts, printing, publishing, rhetoric, and composition, with coverage from 1926 to the present.
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Google Scholar Google Scholar indexes many scholarly journals, theses, books, and white papers from academic and society publishers. It also indexes patents and some case law.
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Project MUSE Project MUSE is a leading provider of digital humanities and social sciences content; since 1995, its electronic journal collections have supported a wide array of research needs at academic, public, special, and school libraries worldwide. MUSE books and journals, from leading university presses and scholarly societies, are fully integrated for search and discovery.modules, designed to help researchers find reliable sources of information by directing them to chapters, books, websites, archives, or data sets.
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Performing Arts Periodicals Database (formerly IIPA) This database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 395 international periodicals, plus full text for more than 160 of the indexed journals. The database currently includes almost a million records, the majority from the most recent ten years of each journal. Performing Arts Periodicals Database covers a broad spectrum of the arts and entertainment industry - including dance, drama, theater, stagecraft, musical theater, circus performance, opera, pantomime, puppetry, magic, performance art, film, television and more.
Some databases have a box that limits your search to peer-reviewed journals, the gold standard of scholarship.
Scholarly/Academic Journals
- report original research in a specific discipline
- use in-text citations and bibliographies
- typically contain peer-reviewed articles
Librarian
Contact me by email or chat (send me a Google Hangouts invite). Or let's talk about your research or information need on Google Meet or Zoom!
Find Full-Text of a Citation
- Find FULL-TEXT of an known article
- Search first part of article title AND author last name
- Find reviews
- Search film title AND director/actor last name AND review
- Find articles or book chapters on lesser-known people or narrow topics
- Use limiters! E.g. journal articles, scholarly material, book chapters, book reviews
- It's usually NOT good for searching broad topics. Instead use CBBcat or recommended databases.