Selected Sources for Researching Film

General Works

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

REF PN1998 .A16 2005

Chronicle of the Cinema

REF PN1993.5.A1 C566 2000

The Film Encyclopedia, 4th ed.

REF PN1993.45 .K34 2001

Film Facts

REF PN1993.45 .S75

Halliwell’s Film Guide

REF PN1993.45 .H27

International Film Guide

REF PN1993 .I6428

International Motion Picture Almanac

REF PN1993.3 .I55

The Oxford Companion to Film

REF PN1993.45 .O9

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and Theory

The Complete Film Dictionary

REF PN1993.45 .K66 1997

Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory

REF PN1993.45 .C75 2001

Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema

REF PN1993.5 .I8 .R227 1999b

The Encyclopedia of Ethnic Groups in Hollywood

REF PN1995.9 .M56 .M85 2003

Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema

REF PN1995.9 .N4 .B433

Guide to British Cinema

REF PN1993.5 .G7 .M327 2003

The International Encyclopedia of Film

REF PN1993.45 .I5 1972

Screen World Presents the Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors : From the Silent Era to 1965

REF PN1998.2 .M655 2003

Film Directors and Actors

Directors and Their Films, 1895-1990

REF PN1998 .B85 1993

Michael Singer’s Film Directors: A Complete Guide

REF PN1998 .A2 .D568 1992

New Biographical Dictionary of Film

REF PN1998.2 .T49 2002

Wallflower Critical Guide to Contemporary North American Directors.

REF PN1998.2 .C62 2002

Reviews and Criticism

Magill’s Cinema Annual

REF PN1993.3 .M34

Magill’s Survey of Cinema, English Language Films, 1st series

REF PN1993.45 .M3

Magill’s Survey of Cinema, English Language Films, 2nd series

REF PN1993.45 .M32

Databases: All are available through GALILEO http://galileo.usg.edu

Academic Search Complete
Gale Literary Index
JSTOR
LexisNexis
Literature Resource Center
MLA International Bibliography
Historical New York Times (Proquest)
Project Muse

Internet Film Resources

Internet Movie Database http://www.imdb.com
This site bills itself as "the biggest, best, most award-winning movie site on the planet." It features: trailers, information on upcoming movies, some TV news, and reviews, as well as box office rankings.

Film Literature Index (citations only 1976-2001), http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/fli/index.jsp
"The Film Literature Index (FLI) annually indexes 150 film and television periodicals from 30 countries cover-to-cover and 200 other periodicals selectively for articles on film and television. The periodicals range from the scholarly to the popular. More than 2,000 subject headings provide detailed analysis of the articles." This site does not include references from the last three to five years.

TV Guide -- Most Popular Movies http://www.tvguide.com/top-movies
Click on a movie's title for a detailed review, information about the cast, related celebrity news, and more. There are user comments as well. Users must register before they can add comments.

MovieFone http://movies.aol.com/
This site features movie reviews both for those films in theaters and those available on DVD. It also has interviews with celebrities, and trailers.

Movie Review Query Engine http://www.mrqe.com/
There is a searchable database of links to film reviews in popular newspapers and magazines as well as more specialized sources. The site also offers a forum where enthusiasts can discuss their favorite films. The forum not heavily in use.

Yahoo! Movies Coming Soon, http://movies.yahoo .com/mv/upcoming/
This site offers information on movies that will appear in theaters soon. This site also offers links to see what films are playing locally and a way to order tickets online.

Variety.com http://www.variety.com/
The web version of a popular and respected entertainment industry magazine. Variety's film production charts, and box office rankings, are available under the tab marked, Film, in the gray box half way down the left side of the page. Click the small blue link marked Film Reviews to see revies of current films in their entirety.