LibGuides: Acting for Camera and Voice: Home

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This guide was created to support the Acting and Performance students and faculty at Seneca Polytechnic. It showcases articles, documents, websites, and other resources of interest to the programs.

Additional support is available by booking a personalized Research Appointment with library staff. You will find the library to be a friendly place to visit when you need guidance finding resources.

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APA Citation Guide

Use the Seneca Libraries APA Citation Guide to support integration of sources in your academic work. The Citation Guide will help you avoid plagiarism, create in-text citations, and citations for your References page.

MLA Citation Guide

Use the Seneca Libraries MLA Citation Guide to support integration of sources in your academic work. The Citation Guide will help you avoid plagiarism, create in-text citations, and citations for your Works Cited page.

Destination Academic Integrity

Complete this interactive module to discover the supports and services that will help you understand and practice academic integrity at Seneca.

Fine Arts Collection This link opens in a new window
(Gale) The Gale Fine Arts Collection provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that support research in areas including drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. The database emphasizes full-text content for publications included in the Wilson Art Index and RILM bibliography.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window
(ITHAKA) Provides access to a multidisciplinary collection of over 4000 journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.

- JSTOR does not include current issues of journals (2 to 11 year gap depending on the title).
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Arts & Humanities Database This link opens in a new window
(ProQuest) Part of ProQuest Central. This database has hundreds of titles on art, architecture, design, history, philosophy, music, literature, theater and cultural studies.
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Audio Cine Films This link opens in a new window
(Audio Cine Films) Feature films and documentaries from Universal, Disney, MGM, Sony Pictures, VVS Films, and Lionsgate among other film studios.

- The vendor has indicated their platform works best with Google Chrome. You may use other browsers, but they may require 3rd party plug-ins.
- Audio Cine videos will not display in classes delivered via MS Teams or Zoom. Share the link for the film instead, ask viewers to open another browser tab and view the film or scene, and then return to class in Teams or Zoom.
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Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
(Gale) Provides access to literary criticism, biographical information, interviews and reviews on more than 140,000 authors and their works.
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Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
(Films Media Group / Infobase Learning) The Master Academic and Technical Education collections of educational and news films from Films Media Group and Infobase covering a wide range of subject matter. Studios represented include PBS, BBC, Films For Humanities & Sciences, National Geographic, TED, and others.

- Users who wish to create Playlists, Favorites, and Preferences must set up their own Films on Demand account (separate from their Seneca User Name and Password) by clicking "Your Profile" and then "Sign up".
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Assignment Planner
This Planner will help you break down your assignment or project into manageable steps and guide you to useful services and tools from the Library and Learning Centre. Follow the guidelines for the assignment as discussed in class and consult with your Professor/Instructor if you have any specific questions about the assignment dates.

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The following subject guides may be of interest to ACV students:

Library Research for Students
This guide is for Seneca students completing a research assignment. Includes overview of research process, tools to conduct research, how to evaluate your resources, and much more.

Google Research for Students
This tutorial is for students conducting research via Google. Includes overview of google scholar, advanced searching, tips and tools, statistics searching and more.