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Film STUDIES
DATABASES
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & Handbooks
- Blacks in American films and television: an encyclopedia Reference Room PN1995.9.N4.B58 1988
- Encyclopedia of European cinema Reference Room PN1993.5.E8.V56 1995
- Encyclopedia of film themes, settings and series Reference Room PN1997.8.A76 2001
- Encyclopedia of the musical film Reference Room PN1995.9.M86.G7
- Film handbook Reference Room PN1998.2.A64 1990
- Film noir: an encyclopedic reference to the American style Reference Room PN1995.9.F54.F55 1992
- New Grove dictionary of music and musicians Reference Room ML100.G885 2000
- Science fiction image: the illustrated encyclopedia of science fiction in film, television, radio and the theater Reference Room P96.S34.W7 1983
- The New biographical dictionary of film Reference Room PN1998.2.A2.T55 2002
- World encyclopedia of film Reference Room PN1993.45.C3
Additional Print Sources
- A hundred years of Japanese film Reference Room PN1993.5.J3R47115 2001
- American Film Institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the United States Reference Room PN1998.A57
- Celluloid Indians: Native Americans and film Reference Room PN1995.9.I48.K56 1999
- Chinese filmography: the 2,444 feature films produced by studios in the People's Republic of China from 1949 through 1995 Reference Room PN1993.5.C4.M37 1997
- Columbia companion to American history on film Reference Room PN1995.9.U64.C65 2003
- Filmography of American history Reference Room PN1995.9.H5.T73 2002
- Forbidden films: censorship histories of 125 motion pictures Reference Room PN1995.62.S67 2001b
- Guide to Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino made film and video Reference Room PN1995.9.L37.G85 1998
- History goes to the movies Reference Room PN1995.9.H5.R67 2000
- History of the American cinema Reference Room PN1993.5.U6.H55 1990
- Magill's cinema annual Reference Room PN1993.3.M34
- Movies and American society Reference Room PN1993.5.U6M6695 2002
- Sin and censorship: the Catholic Church and the motion picture industry RESERVE at Circulation Desk PN1995.5.W27 1996
- South American cinema: a critical filmography Reference Room PN1993.5.S63.S68 1996
- Thinking about movies: watching, questioning, enjoying 2nd fl. PN1995.L42 1999
Unless indicated otherwise, all of the above print resources are located at the O'Toole Library, Jersey City Campus.
Selected Internet Resources
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences "Oscar is a major icon in Western culture, and the Academy a major institution. This site can be easily accessed through either the five headings atop the home page or the three drop-down menus at the bottom." Source: ChoiceReviews.online
- American Film Institute The mission of this organization is "dedicated to advancing and preserving the art of the moving image". Links to the AFI's annual report, information on workshops, life achievement awards, preservation and history are included.
- British Film Institute Links to a variety of pages including selected reviews in the current issue of Sight and Sound magazine and access to the BFI National Library Catalog.
- Cinema in Latin America One of several links included in "The Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) which is affiliated with the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at the University of Texas at Austin."
- Cinema: Bobst Collection and Resources New York University - Includes links to Bobst collections and resources, cinema studies information servers, and internet discussion groups.
- Classic Cinema Online Collection of free films in a variety of genres. To view selections, you must have the latest version of Adobe Flash Player installed in your browser.
- Drew's Script-O-Rama Extensive collection of movie and television scripts.
- EarlyCinema.com "The introduction sets forth a menu of options for the scholar and fan of silent film before 1905, with subpages covering topics ranging from pioneers like Thomas Edison and Cecil Hepworth to the various technological devices that led to the invention and diffusion of moving pictures to an A-Z glossary." Source: ChoiceReviews.online
- Film Literature Index Coverage: 1976 - 2001.
- Film Society of Lincoln Center Includes access to selected articles featured in Film Comment magazine. Links to the annual gala tribute, membership information, and the New York film festival are provided.
- Films in Review The FIR Webzine will be updated often. This online version includes the FIR Archive. Going back forty, fifty and sixty years into the publication’s past.
- Images: A Journal of Film and Popular Culture All previous features and reviews are available online.
- INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections " INFOMINE is a virtual library of Internet resources relevant to faculty, students, and research staff at the university level. It contains useful Internet resources such as databases, electronic journals, electronic books, bulletin boards, mailing lists, online library card catalogs, articles, directories of researchers, and many other types of information."
- Internet Movie Database Comprehensive overview of the motion picture industry that includes links to new releases, cast lists, reviews, filmographies and plot summaries.
- Journal of Religion and Film Online journal provided by the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
- Landmark Loew's Jersey Theatre Maintained and operated by local volunteers, presentations include restored copies of classic movies in a variety of genres. Guest speakers often lecture on films and hold question and answer sessions.
- Links to Cinema History and Cinema Studies University of Minnesota - Site developed by professor Robert E. Yahnke. Provides links to cinema history, museums, resources for teaching and directors to watch.
- Literature, arts, and medicine database This database from New York University Medical School provides interesting annotations to works of art, literature and film that relate to medicine.
- Mina Rees Library - Film Studies CUNY Graduate Center Links to New York film sites, popular culture, journals, news, screenplays, organizations and museums, film reviews and theory are included.
- Movie Review Query Engine Contains 79,772 reviews.
- MovieFlix.com "This site offers more than 1,200 titles free to anyone who registers at the site and provides "basic demographic information" (only name, e-mail, and snail-mail address required). Viewing requires RealPlayer, available for downloading through the site. Ranging from Hollywood classics and independent films to cartoons, shorts (including educational films), and TV shows, films are grouped into 28 clickable categories, e.g., Black Culture, Classics, Classic TV, Horror, Indie, Martial Art, Science Fiction." Source: ChoiceReviews.online
- National Film Preservation Foundation Includes information on preservation basics, news, grants & projects, and films preserved through the NFPF.
- New York Times Movies Free access to New York Times film reviews from 1983 on.
- Prelinger Archives "is a collection of over 45,000 "ephemeral" (advertising, educational, industrial, and amateur) films. It is located in New York City and San Francisco."
- Public Moving Image Archives and Research Centers Access to major national and international film archives.
- SIBMAS International Directory of Performing Arts Collections and Institutions " lists over 7000 international institutions with material relating to the performing arts (theatre, opera, music, ballet, film, circus, radio, television, cabaret, pantomime)."
- Silents Majority Dedicated to the study of silent films.
- University of Chicago - Film Studies Center Offers an excellent starting point for research. Selected web sites are categorized into the following content areas: cinema and entertainment sites; film trades, magazines, and journals; film festivals and awards; libraries, archives and collections; early cinema and film preservation; universities and organizations; copyright, the web and multimedia; search engines.
- Variety.com This weekly publication provides coverage on industry news, domestic and international box office, film reviews, and television.
Page maintained by Ilona MacNamara
Last updated 21 January 2010
email imacnamara@spc.edu
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