1. The Film
First check Roger (the UCSD Libraries on-line catalog) to see
if the Film & Video Library owns the film. You are looking for
VERTIGO
[videorecording]. You can either
use scoped
Roger (limited by collection), or regular Roger
(the entire catalog) for a title search. A title search -
VERTIGO in regular Roger will retrieve everything
with VERTIGO as the first word in the title. In this
particular case the 1st item in the list retrieved is VERTIGO
( 8 entries ). Click on and you will get the film. In scoped Roger
(limited to the FVL) your title search - VERTIGO
will be automatically narrowed to the 8 entries.
If you want to retrieve a list of all the Hitchcock films the FVL owns
do an Author (director) search.
In general when you are looking for the film or video only, it is better
to use scoped Roger.
You can view the film (vhs,dvd or laser disc)
at the FVL.
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2. Books
on either VERTIGO and or ALFRED
HITCHCOCK.
Roger (UCSD
Library catalog)
- Title
Using VERTIGO as a title search term will get you entries with
VERTIGO as the first word in the title. Among the
books on dizziness you will find at least one book on VERTIGO
the film - VERTIGO: THE MAKING OF A HITCHCOCK CLASSIC.
- Keyword
Using HITCHCOCK, will get you a large collections
of books. Many but not all about Alfred Hitchcock.Using VERTIGO
will get all records with the word VERTIGO in the record.
Limit by using the phrase VERTIGO AND NOT DIZZINESS will retrieve
less records.
- Subject
search on HITCHCOCK, ALFRED, will retrieve a large list of items on
the director.
Can't find it at UCSD try;
Circuit
(Library catalogs for UCSD, SDSU, USD, & CSUSM. 24
hour wait )
MELVYL/CDL
(UC system-wide catalog)
At CDL menu you will see - choose a database, select MELVYL catalog
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3. Journal articles
on VERTIGO and or ALFRED HITCHCOCK.
You will want to change from Roger to CDL.
CDL includes MELVYL the UC system's on-line library catalog and
a collection of UC licensed databases. You will use the same basic
search strategies as you use in Roger. At the CDL menu page you will see
Choose a database.
A. Three helpful (among many) databases
for this subject are;
- Expanded Academic ASAP (
scholarly and popular journals. many full text )
- ArtAbstract
(citations to articles and reviews from 200 art
related journals )
- Film Literature Index (annually indexes 150 film
and television periodicals from 30 countries cover-to-cover and 200
other periodicals selectively for articles on film and television. The
periodicals range from the scholarly to the popular.)
Expanded
Academic ASAP (CDL's UC licensed database)
- A subject search VERTIGO will give you a long
list of articles. Once again a lot of articles on dizziness!
Also articles on the film.
- To limit a subject search combine terms. VERTIGO
MOTION PICTURE. This will narrow your hits to articles about
the film.
- A Subject search HITCHCOCK, ALFRED will retrieve
another long list.
- To limit, try HITCHCOCK, ALFRED, VERTIGO.
This will retrieve articles directly related to the film.
Film
Literature Index (CDL UC licensed database)
You can search the citations or browse by subject headings, browse by
person names, browse by production titles, or browse by corporate names.
ArtAbstract
(CDL's UC licensed database)
- A Subject search ALFRED HITCHCOCK will
retrieve articles. HITCHCOCK, ALFRED retrieved
0 hits!. Each database handles somewhat differently so be prepared
to vary your search from time to time.
- A Subject search VERTIGO retrieved articles
on the film.
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| 4. On-line
AFI: American Film Institute
Catalog: information on all American films, 1893
to 1970 (except 1951 to 1960), with plot summaries.
Film Index International a
major information resource for entertainment films and personalities produced
in collaboration with the British Film Institute. With a scholarly, inclusive
approach to all areas of film studies
Internet Movie Database
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