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The Motion Picture Industry


Your search for information on the Motion Picture Industry can include books, periodicals, online databases, and authoritative Internet resources.

Books

Use the Library Catalog to find books on the Motion Picture Industry. Books can provide a broad overview of a topic or in-depth information. You can search for books by Author, Title, Subject, or Keyword.

Listed below are some Library of Congress Subject Headings used in the catalog for books relating to the motion picture industry. Use these terms to Search by Subject. Remember, this list is by no means conclusive.

Motion picture actors and actresses Minorities in motion pictures
Motion pictures editing Silent films
Motion pictures production and direction Academy Awards
Motion picture industry

Selected Reference Books

Reference books are a good starting point for your research because they help you become better acquainted with your topic. Listed below are some reference books that may be useful in your research.

Variety: Icons of the Century

REF PN2000 .A1 V3 2005

The Hollywood Novel and Other Novels About Film, 1912-1982

REF Z1231 .F4 B85 1985

 

The Encyclopedia of Ethnic Groups in Hollywood

REF PN 1995.9 .M56 M85 2003

Frame by frame II : A Filmography of the African American

REF PN 1995.9 N4 K58 1997

 

Women Filmmakers & Their Films

REF PN1998.2 .W66 1998

Fifty Great American Silent Films 1912-1920 : A Pictorial Survey

REF PN 1993. 5 .U6 S553

 

History of the American Cinema

REF PN1993.5 .U6 H55 V1

70 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards

REF PN1993.92 .O82 1999

 

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers

REF PN1997.8 .I58 2000 (4 vols.)

 

The Complete Film Dictionary

REF PN1993.45 .K66 1997

The Film Encyclopedia

REF PN1993.45 .K34 2001

 

The Encyclopedia of Filmmakers

REF PN1998.2 .T53 2002 (2 vols.)

The Film Studies Dictionary

REF PN 1993.45 .B49 2001

Filmmaker’s Dictionary

REF PN1993.45 .S56 2000

Handbook of American Film Genres

REF PN1993.5 .U6 H335 1988

Magill’s Cinema Annual

REF PN1993.3 .M34 1982

The Motion Picture Guide

REF PN1993 .M4334

 

The American Film Institute Catalog

REF PN1998 .A57

Career Opportunities in the Film Industry

REF PN1995.9 .P75 Y34 2003

 

Finding Magazine, Journal and Newspaper Articles

Journals and magazines usually provide the most current information on a topic. Journal articles are more scholarly or professional while magazine articles tend to be shorter and more general. Newspaper articles, while not usually scholarly or professional, can give you the most current news and some additional facts on your topic.

To find articles on your topic, use one of the online databases listed below. These databases usually provide full-text articles on almost every topic. Conduct your search in these databases by using subjects and keywords similar to those you used to locate books.

Online Databases for topics dealing with the Motion Picture Industry

EBSCOhost
 Ethnic News Watch

GaleNet

Gender Watch

NewsBank

Project Muse

Proquest Newspapers

 

For remote access to the library databases, see E-Resource Login & Searching Options.

For historical research, the Library also has print indexes that must be used to find older articles, generally anything published before 1985.

 

Internet Sites

The Internet can be a valuable source for supplementing the information you have gathered from books and periodicals. It is important that you evaluate the information you get from the Internet to determine if it is reliable and useful to your research. A few Internet sites that may be useful are listed here.

Cinemedia

Directory of websites related to film and media.

http://www.cinemedia.org

 

Internet Public Library

http://www.ipl.org

 

indieWIRE

Covers independent filmmaking business, filmmakers and their films

http://www.indiewire.com

 

Librarians’ Index to the Internet

http://lii.org

 

ScreenSite

http://www.screensite.org

 

Box Office Online

http://boxoffice.com

 

Internet Movie Database

http://imdb.com

 

Motion Picture Association of America

http://www.mpaa.org/

 

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

http://www.oscars.org/

 

Film Festivals Index

http://www.filmfestivals.com/index.shtml

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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