There are amazing resources available to you across the UofT Libraries system in print and online. It can be a lot of information to navigate, but there is always help for you to draw upon: 

• Innis College Library (email your librarian Kate Johnson or to set up a time to meet): Books & print journals relevant to cinema studies, guides for Microfilm colllections
• Film & Video Collections through UofT Libraries, online streamable collections, physical films (DVD, Blu-ray, viewing stations at Robarts),  Microfilm
• Robarts Library (Reference help on 2nd Floor, Periodicals / Journals on 4th Floor): Books, print journals, government resources relevant to cinema studies, social sciences, humanities. 
• Online Resources (highlighted in this guide): Finding Books & EBooks, Finding Journal Articles, Finding Primary Sources
• Innis College Writing Centre (other UofT Writing Centres) 

Don't forget that you can access resources from the TIFF Film Reference Library and Toronto Public Library (especially the Toronto Reference Library at Bloor / Yonge).

Primary Resources are key for this assignment. Please be sure to take a look at this section and contact Kate if you have questions. 

What terminology would be current for your time period and how would it be different? Think about abbreviations, slang, and dated or time specific language, e.g., talkies, pressbooks, industry terminology vs. newspapers for general public, etc.

Make a record of your search strategies - both the good and the bad! In a spreadsheet or document, track: 

• Search terms and how you combined them
• Resources you used the search terms in 
• Filters you applied to your search results. 

You won't remember them later and you are going to discover new terms and topics that will shape new searches so it's useful to have a record of what worked and what didn't.