UNAS1716/UNAS1717: Hiroshima to K-Pop

Getting Started

Course research guide for students in Hiroshima to K-Pop

Researching in the Humanities

This page provides a few entry points for students getting started with college-level research. The goal here it to move beyond a Google search and begin searching intentionally for excellent material.

This page lists a few resources related to film specifically, as well as a few databases for research. You can also use the following guides to find more resources related to Asian Studies, History, or Film.

Modern Asia History Guide

Asian Studies Portal

Film Studies

Background Information to Start Your Research

Oxford Bibliographies Online This link opens in a new window
The Oxford Bibliographies are designed to help researchers find reliable sources of information quickly by directing them to chapter, book, website, archive, or data set selected by experts in the subjects.

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History
This scholarly encyclopedia features articles covering the breadth of Asian history which are regularly updated and peer reviewed. Articles provide an introduction to a scholarly topic and references to sources for further research.

Finding Journal Articles for Context

JSTOR
JSTOR is a collection of scholarly journals and ebooks across multiple disciplines. Content includes back issues and some current issues.

Bibliography of Asian Studies | 亚洲研究文献目录 | Ya Zhou Yan Jiu Wen Xian Mu Lu This link opens in a new window
Contains titles on all subjects (especially humanities and social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide from 1971 to the present. Please note, since 1992, newly published individual monographs are no longer being added to the database.

Bibliography of Asian Studies™ (BAS)是研究东亚、东南亚和南亚（尤其是文学科和社会科学）最全面的西方语言书目数据库。数据库有超过900,000条引文信息，可追溯至1971年，其中包括40万多条引文信息可追溯至1992年所有条目均可按作者、标题、出版年份、出版地点、出版语言、期刊名称、国家/地区、主题、关键字、ISSN和ISBN轻松搜索涵盖许多重要期刊以及在编辑卷中的章节，包括未被其他资源编入索引的亚洲出版物利用独特的索引可访问已编辑卷、会议论文集、选集、节日主题和类似出版物资源
Supported Languages: Chinese and other languages

Interdisciplinary Streaming Films

BC Libraries Film Search
To check our catalog for film and video. Be aware that this list doesn't reflect all of our holdings. Consider writing your librarian to ask about film access.

Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
View streaming videos in dozens of subject areas. Special features allow users the ability to organize and bookmark clips, create and share playlists, and personalize folders.
Kanopy This link opens in a new window
Kanopy provides streaming video content. We license Kanopy films at the request of faculty for use in their teaching and research. Requests for new films should include the course name and number. Kanopy films include public performance rights.
Note: All MA residents and students can get BPL eCard to gain access to 8 films per months.
Movies.bc.edu This link opens in a new window
Boston College's film streaming website. Films are meant solely for class use and are NOT licensed for public film screenings. Website is only accessible on the Boston College campus.

Additional Platforms

Additional titles are also available through Amazon Prime and Netflix. Students should be aware that the libraries can't acquire licenses for those titles.

Finding Film Reviews & Critical Commentary

FIAF Index to Film Periodicals Plus This link opens in a new window
For scholarly & critical commentary on Films: FIAF Plus contains over 500,000 article citations from more than 345 of the world's foremost academic and popular film journals dating from 1972 to the present.
ProQuest Historical U.S. Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Searches 9 major US newspapers from roughly 1900-1990: great for finding reviews of older films. Enter the title of the film in the search bar, and in the drop down to the right select "document title." Scroll down to the "document type" box and select "review." Click Search.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Thousands of US & world news sources, both print and TV/Radio transcripts 1990-present. For film reviews: Advanced search. Enter the film title in the search box. Select "title" in the "all fields" drop-down. Search. If there are too many results, narrow with limiters by date, publication type, source, etc.

Citations

Use the Library Guide on Citations to learn more about different citation styles, as well as Zotero, a citation manager that can help you save sources and cite them in your research.

Citation Guide