Professional Resources for Film & Media Studies Scholars

Resources for Original Research in Film and Media Studies

• Finding Archival Resources from the library class web page for HIST 783 at BGSU
  Lists reference books, research databases, and web sites useful for finding archival materials.
• Research Collections in Microform
  A resource to help locate all of the microfilm, microfiche, and microcard collections in the BGSU Libraries.
• American Periodicals Series Online, 1741-1900
  Indexes page images of more than 1000 historic American magazines
• Consult the Finding Archives & Manuscripts page on this site

Professional Organizations and Conferences in Film and Media Studies

• Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) (http://www.cmstudies.org/)
• University Film and Video Association (UFVA) (http://www.ufva.org/)
• Literature/Film Association (LFA) (http://www.salisbury.edu/lfg/Events.html)
• Modern Language Association (MLA) (http://www.mla.org/)
• Popular Culture Association (PCA) (http://www.h-net.org/~pcaaca/)
• Union for Democratic Communications (UDC) (http://udc.org/)

In addition to these resources, you may also try:

• "Conference Reports Archive" in Scope: An Online Journal of Film Studies (http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/film/journal/conrep/conarch.htm)
• Film Studies Conferences Worldwide (http://conferencealerts.com/film.htm)
• All Conferences.Com (http://allconferences.com)

Additional associations can be found in the library at the Main Reference Desk. For instance, check out: Encyclopedia of Associations. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1961-present.

Publishing in Film and Media Studies

The library offers access to Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory. You can search this online database for journals based on subject, title, keyword, etc. The listing will tell you if the journal is still active, whether the submissions are refereed, and where/how to contact the journal. This database is not available off-campus. You might also want to check the list of Film Journals in the BGSU Libraries.

The following websites also offer lists of film and media journals. They are not exhaustive, but they do include journals from around the world: Screen Site: Research: Journals (http://screensite.org/link-12.html) and Artslynx (http://www.artslynx.org/film/journals.htm)