LibGuides UFV: Photography & Film: Links

Evaluating Sources

Although librarians have carefully compiled these sources, there is no substitute for your own evaluation. Use the following guides to help you.

CARS Evaluation Checklist
CARS = Credibility, Accuracy, Reasonableness, and Support
The CRAAP Test
CRAAP = Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose
Critical Evaluation of Information Sources
Questions to ask, and where to find the answers when evaluating sources

Canadian Media Production Association
Canadian Society of Cinematographers
Links to digital sites, manufacturers, photographers, organizations, photojournalism, sports photography, etc.
Cultural Human Resources Council
Publications on the creative industries in Canada, including film and television
FIAPF (International Federation of Film Producers Associations)
Motion Picture: Creative BC
Need to know about the film/television industry in BC? Look here.

Life
Iconic images from Life magazine
Smithsonian Photography
Has several photographic exhibitions including aerial, documentary, landscape, nature and portrait styles of photography.
Images Canada
This centralized database allows visitors to search across the image collections of Canadian cultural institutions such as the Nova Scotia Museum, the Simon Fraser University Library, the Toronto Public Library and the Canada Aviation Museum. This is a great place to find images about Canadian history, people and events. Images found in this collection can be used for non-commercial purposes, but cannot be manipulated or modified. Proper credit to the image source must be given. See the “Copyright” page for more details.
Science Photo Library
"Searchable collection of over 100 000 photos... of science, health & medicine, space exploration & astronomy, technology & industry, earth science, satellite imagery, and nature & wildlife".
University of Washington Libraries - Digital Photography Collections.
Extensive collections of early photographs.
Eastman Museum
Includes digital images of photographs from their collections, including Man Ray, Eugene Atget, and Imogene Cunningham.

Motion Picture: Creative BC
Need to know about the film/television industry in BC? Look here.

National Film Board (NFB) This link opens in a new window
Search a catalogue of NFB films; preview upcoming NFB films. Also includes Across Cultures which features films on-line.

Canadian Film Encyclopedia
Over 500 title, biographical and subject entries covering Canada's foremost historical and modern films/filmakers as well as articles from Canadian film critics and academics.
Origins of American Animation
Search the title lists or by keyword for "clay, puppet, cut-out animation, and pen drawings" from 1900 to 1921.
Classic Horror: Reviewing the History of Terror
"Non-commercial site which studies and evaluates Horror in the Medias through reviews, editorials, and articles profiling the creative influences of Classic Horror"; online forum available for fans.