CC Fast and Furious Research for Your Film Analysis Paper
I created this tutorial for you as an overview of using the college library to find supporting research for your Film Analysis Paper. I usually do an in-class tutorial for my on campus classes, so this is my attempt for online classes.
In order to receive the points for this Assignment, please follow the instructions below:
Research Database Tutorial
Go to the Grossmont College website: www.grossmont.edu
1
Click on “Quick Links”
2
Click on “Library”
3
This will bring you to the Library main page
4
Click on “Databases”
5
You will see a list of 59 databases. These are all the databases
Grossmont has purchased access for you to use. For CCS/SOC, I
find that “Academic Search Premier” provides many quality
articles. Click on “Academic Search Premier.”
6
You will be required to log on using your Grossmont credentials
7
Once you are logged in, you will see the EBSCOhost search page
8
Type in a search phrase. For example, if you were to analyze Fast
and the Furious, you might research “street racing.”
You can see this search resulted in 2,107 articles – WOW!
However, we need to filter for full text and scholarly articles (see
next slide)
9
Make sure you have selected “Full Text” and “Scholarly (Peer
Reviewed) Journals” on the left side; now a more manageable 76
articles
Then, you will read the abstracts of the articles that seem to be
connected to your Film and the Assignment. The purpose of
including peer-reviewed articles is to find support for your
statement.
10
For example, using Fast and the Furious, I want to discuss the role
of masculinity in street racing. I would read the article below to
find support to my analysis of the film that street racing is a
manifestation of masculinity.
11
In order to read the full text of this article, I need to click “PDF Full
Text”
12
The full text will appear, and I can read/download it:
In my Film Analysis Paper, I would have a paragraph addressing
Question 3 that reads something like this:
In the film, masculinity is displayed by [insert example from film;
this example is likely a several sentences long]. Masculinity is
defined as [definition from a source, possibly Griffiths et al] (MLA
citation). In the article “Spectacles of Speed” by Marston (2015),
the author discusses masculinity and auto racing. Specifically
applicable to the film, auto racing and masculinity are connected
[insert example from Marston].
13
