English 14: Shanghai Imagined
Professor: Belinda Kong
Librarian: Joan Campbell (
)
Fall 2007
Background and Biographical Information
Encyclopedia of Chinese Film.
Ref PN1993.5.C4 Z53 1998 . Also available as an ebook. Good introductory essay on film in China.
- Encyclopedia of China: The Essential Reference to China, It's History and Culture
Ref DS 705.P47 1999
Encyclopedia of Early Cinema
Ref PN1993.45 .E53 2005
Cultural Atlas of China
Ref DS721 B56 1998
Secondary Sources
Library Catalogs for Books
Bowdoin College Library Catalog
Access to Bowdoin Library's holdings of books, videos, government documents, etc.
NExpress
Permits searching --and borrowing from--the combined collections of Colby, Bates, Bowdoin, Williams, Northeastern and Wellesley for both books and articles. Books arrive from Colby and Bates in two days.
- Call Number Searching Browse the book shelves online by connecting to a major subject section of the Library. Some examples follow:
Indexes/Databases for Articles
Academic Search Premier
Journals in the social sciences, humanities and science. Many full text.
Bibliography of Asian Studies
An index to journal articles, books, and chapters in books on all facets of Asian studies.
Film and Television Literature Index
An index to articles in film jounals.
Film Literature Index
An index to articles in film jounals
Historical Abstracts
An index to journal articles, books, and chapters in books on all facets of history. Many links to the full text of journal articles.
JSTOR
Full text of scholarly journal articles up until about 2002.
MLA International Bibliography
An index to journal articles, books, and chapters in books on literature and film. Many links to the full text of journal articles.
New York Times Archive 1851-2004
An exact replica of the New York Times.
Additional Sources
See also the Research Guides to English, Film Studies and Asian Studies.