Library Catalog (HELIN and beyond)
A large body of critical material, as well as excellent background sources, are published in books and in collections of essays. Here are some sample strategies based on the three large units into which the course is divided (some examples are live links and some are not):
AUTHORSHIP - searching the director as Author and as the Subject (of other people's writing)
- Kubrick, Stanley (Kubrick as author/creator of his own works)
--In addition to the director's films, interviews and autobiographical material often appear under the AUTHOR entry in the Library Catalog. Consider using the filters to limit to BOOK and eliminate copies of the films from the results.
Kubrick, Stanley. (Kubrick as SUBJECT)
--This Subject Heading should give results such as biographies and other writings about Kubrick where criticism may be contained, but does not predominate
--critical analysis of the author (director/creator) of the film appears under the author's name as a SUBJECT, often qualified by "criticism and interpretation" to distinguish it from biography
GENRE - searching film types or genres
A few selected examples of Subject Headings which are film genres:
Vampire films
NATIONAL CINEMA - using geographic subdivisions
GENRE and NATIONAL CINEMA are sometimes combined in a single Subject Heading, for example:
or