Subject Guides: Film & Video: Home

Film & Video: Home

Visual and Media Arts

Citing Sources
style guides & examples for reference lists (aka bibliographies).
Knowledge Market
help with research, writing, presentations, and data
Resource Market
Guides, definitions of academic jargon, and helpful links created by Knowledge Market consultants
Government Resources
data, census, info about federal, state, & local government, & cool stuff

This guide's purpose is to provide resources for doing research in film and video production courses.

Directions on how to link right to a specific spot in a YouTube video, from the Swiss Army Librarian

Focusing a Topic
This video shows different ways of focusing a topic for a research paper.
Keywords, Search Terms, and Subject Headings
This short video demonstrates finding items with keywords and subject terms.

Building a Search Strategy
Video explains how to develop a search strategy before using the catalog or databases. These concepts are universal and apply to any database, or search engine.

Databases, journals, & articles
Video defines each and explains how they fit together
Citation Tutorial
Learn and test your skills

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by GVSU Libraries
Requesting Books, Journals in Print Form, and DVDs
Watch video of the ASRS robot in action.
Some books, DVDs, and journals are in the book retrieval system (Automated Storage Retrieval System or ASRS) behind the Service Desk on the 1st floor.
Mary Idema Pew Library Virtual Tour
Resource Market
The Resource Market has guide sheets, definitions of academic jargon, and helpful links created by Knowledge Market consultants. Use the search bar or browse using the buttons.