Critical Writing Program: Zombie Culture - Spring 2020: Overview

Bibliography: Zombies in cinema and media

Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film

Encyclopedia covers topics like production, national cinemas, studios, genres, theory and film history. A-Z index, short bios, and further recommended sources.

Oxford Dictionary of Film Studies
Defines terms and concepts in film theory and criticism, film movements and genres, film industry organizations, practices and technical terms.

General Databases

• JSTOR
• EBSCO MegaFILE
• Project Muse
• Google Scholar

Subject-Specific Databases

• Film & Television Literature Index (EBSCO)
• FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals
• GenderWatch
• Communication Source - Communication & Media Studies research, including video games
• MLA International Bibliography - Literature research
• ATLA Religion Database - Religious Studies research
• Art & Architecture Complete - Art & Art History research, including Animation
• Anthropology PLUS - Anthropology research
• Sociological Abstracts - Sociology research
• Historical Abstracts - World History research
• Agricultural & Environmental Science Database - environmental research
• PubMed Plus - Biomedical and Neuroscience research
• Compendex - Engineering and technology research
• ACM Digital Library - technology, Internet Studies and gaming research
• Hein Online - Law and legal research
• Search for databases by subject

Book citations generally show a publisher and a city of publication. Book chapters will include the title of the chapter as well as the name of the book.

Article citations have a journal/periodical title in addition to the article title. They will usually also show a volume and issue number, and may show a day and month.

Useful apps for Cinema & Media Studies

   

   

• IMDb, the Internet Movie Database, for filmographies, casts, credits, showtimes, reviews, and watchlists for film and TV.
• Letterboxd, a social network for film people with watchlists and reviews.
• JustWatch or ReelGood, streaming search and watchlists.

Not available to stream? It happens.
Search for the DVD

Search Franklin for films and TV, streaming or as a DVD. Sometimes, for rights reasons, a DVD may be your only option.

DVDs can offer bonus essays, booklets, interviews, and extra content.

• All zombie films at Van Pelt
• Zombie films to stream
• List of zombie films (Wikipedia)

This document suggests a good method of crafting effective keyword searches: