Subject Specialist:
African American and Diaspora Studies
African Studies
Ethnic Studies
814-865-8864
e-mail: san17@psu.edu
Sylvia A. Owiny
Title: Social Sciences Librarian
Subject Specialist:
African American and Diaspora Studies
African Studies
Ethnic Studies
814-865-8864
e-mail: san17@psu.edu
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) are common terms and names used in American Libraries. The Library of Congress Subjects Headings (LCSH) for film, movies, or cinema is motion pictures.
Example: In Basic or Advanced Search, enter motion pictures in Africa and in the drop down window (left of the screen), select LC Subject Heading [or Keywords Anywhere]. In Advanced Search you can limit your search to format, year, library, etc.
Use Library of Congress Subject Headings below to find books and other materials in The CAT [Penn State Libraries' online catalog]:
Black African Cinema (1994) by Nwachukwu Ukadike
Offers an informed and survey of the history and development of cinema in sub-Saharan Africa.
Arab and African Film Making (1991) by Malkmus and Armes
Includes sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa in its coverage.
African Experiences of Cinema (1996) by Bakari and Cham
A collection of documents, testimonies, and essays that address significant aspects of the experiences and challenges of cinema in various parts of Africa.
Bibliographies provide lists of books, articles, and online resources about a particular topic. Filmographies list films about a topic or by a particular director.
Some examples:
Sub-Saharan African films and filmmakers, 1987-1992: an annotated bibliography
Blacks in film and television: a Pan-African bibliography of films, filmmakers, and performers
Twenty-five Black African filmmakers: a critical study, with filmography and bio-bibliography
Sub-Saharan African Films and Filmmakers: An Annotated Bibliography
Provide background information and overviews of topics as well as references to cited works. They are a good starting point for your topic.
Some examples:
Using the LionSearch Advanced Search menu:
Indexes and databases provide information about, and access to, articles about your topic. The following titles are available via the Libraries' Databases by Title (A-Z List) to researchers with a Penn State Access Account:
Use LionSearch to search across the Penn State Libraries catalog (The CAT) and Libraries-subscribed databases to find books, journal articles, electronic content, and more.
The selected web sites below provide news and reviews of African films:
The African Women in Cinema Project [Ecrans d'Afrique/African Screen] (Ouagadougou)
Index [Center for the Study and Research of African Women in Cinema]
CODESRIA [Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa] publications
The Penn State Libraries' Research Guide, Film/Video Studies, can also be helpful for your research.
Citation and Writing Guides, a Penn State Libraries' Research Guide, provides links to online citation guides as well as citation management tools that will help you correctly format your bibliographic references.
