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Basic Reference Works in Hunt Library

Film

Halliwell, Leslie. Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies. 15th ed., rev. and updated, 1st HarperResource
FA-REF-4 PN1993.45 .H3 2003
Encyclopedia of film actors, directors, producers and writers. Includes more than 11,000 entries.

Katz, Ephraim. The Film Encyclopedia. 5th ed., revised by Fred Klein and Ronald Dean Nolan. New York, NY : Collins, 2005.
FA-REF-4 PN1993.45 .K34 2005

Lopez, Daniel. Films by Genre: 775 Categories, Styles, Trends and Movements Defined With A Filmography for Each. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 1993. FA-REF-4 PN1998 .L63 1993

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers. Chicago : St. James Press, 1990-
FA-REF-4 PN1997.8 .I58 2000

Lowe, Denise. Women and American Television: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 1999
FA-REF-4 PN1992.8 .W65 L69 1999

Magill's Cinema Annual. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Salem Press.
FA-REF-4 PN1993.3 .M34, 1990-present

Motion Picture Guide. Chicago: Cinebooks.
FA-REF-4 PN1993 .M4334 (Annual) 1927-1983; 1986- .

New York Times Film Reviews. New York: New York Times. 1913-1982.
FA-REF-4 PN1995 .N4
For more current film reviews be sure to ask at the Arts Reference Desk about databases such as the International Index for the Performing Arts or Proquest Direct via Carnegie Mellon Libraries: Databases by Name.

Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey, ed. The Oxford History of World Cinema. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
FA-REF-4 PN1993.5 .A1 O96 1995

Osborne, Robert A. 75 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards. New York: Abbeville Press, 2003.
FA-REF PN1993.92 .O82 2003

Parish, James Robert and Allan Taylor, assoc. ed. The Encyclopedia of Ethnic Groups in Hollywood. New York, NY:Facts on File, Inc., 2003.
Includes both film and television.
FA-REF-4 PN1995.9 .M56 M85 2003

Screen World. New York: Crown Publishers.
FA-REF-4 PN1993.3 .D3 (Annual) 1951- .

Singleton, Ralph S. and Conrad, James A. Filmmaker's Dictionary. 2nd ed. Hollywood, Calif. : Lone Eagle Publishing Co., 2000.
FA-REF-4 PN1993.45 .S56 2000

Trottier, David. The Screenwriters's Bible: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script. 3rd Edition. Los Angeles: Silman-James Press, 1998.
FA-REF-4 PN1996 .T76 1998

Truitt, Evelyn Mack. Who Was Who On Screen. New York : Bowker, c1977.
FA-REF-4 PN1998 .A2 T73 1977
Around 9,000 names from the years 1905-1975.

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Television

Brooks, Tim and Earle Marsh. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. 9th editon. New York: Balantine Books, 2007.
FA-REF-4 PN1992.18 .B68 2007

Holland, Patricia. The Television Handbook. 2nd Edition. London and New York: Routledge, 2000.
FA-REF PN1992.5 .H63 2000

Inman, David M. Performers' Television Credits, 1948-2000. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2001.
FA-REF-4 PN1992.4 .A2 I58 2001 (3 volumes)

Lackman, Ron. The Encyclopedia of American Television: Broadcast Programming Post-World War II to 2000.
New York: NY, Facts on File, Inc., 2003.
FA-REF-4 PN1992.18 .L33 2003

Lowe, Denise. Women and American Television: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California: ABC Clio, 1999.
FA-REF-4 PN1992.8 .W65 L69 1999

Moschkovitz, Moshe. Dictionary of Television and Audiovisual Terminology. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 1998.
FA-REF-4 TK6634 .M67 1998

Newcomb, Horace ed. Encyclopedia of Television. Chicago : Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, c1997.
FA-REF-4 PN1992.18 .E53 1997, 3 Vols.

Parish, James Robert and Allan Taylor, assoc. ed. The Encyclopedia of Ethnic Groups in Hollywood. New York, NY:Facts on File, Inc., 2003.
Includes both film and television.
FA-REF-4 PN1995.9 .M56 M85 2003

Reed, Robert M. and Maxine K. Reed. The Facts on File Dictionary of Television, Cable and Video. New York: Facts on File, 1994.
FA-REF-4 PN1992.18 .R44 1994

Rose, Bryan G. TV Genres: A Handbook and Reference Guide. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1985.
FA-REF-4 PN1992.3 .U5 T88 1985

Steven, Tracy, ed. International Television & Video Almanac 2002. La Jolla, CA.: Quigley Publishing Company, Inc.
FA-REF-4 HE8700 .I57 2002

Terrace, Vincent. Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials. New York, N.Y. : New York Zoetrope, 1986.
FA-REF-4 HE8700.7 .P76 T47
Vol 1: 1937-1973, Vol 2: 1974-1984 Vol 3: Index.

Terrance, Vincent. Encyclopedia of Television Subjects, Themes and Settings. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2007.
FA-REF-4 PN1992.18 .T38 2007

Terrace, Vincent. Television Character and Story Facts: Over 110,000 Details From 1,008 Shows, 1945-1992. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 1993
FA-REF-4 PN1992.8 .S4 T48 1993

Terrace, Vincent . Television characters : 1,485 profiles, 1947-2004. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2006.
FA-REF PN1992 .3.U5 T465 2006

Zettl, Herbert. (San Francisco State University). Television Production Handbook. 9th edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Thomas Learning, 2006.
FA-REF-4 PN1992.75 .Z4 2006

Open-Web Links

Local

Pittsburgh and Region: Guides to Film, Movies and Television (Three Rivers Free Net, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh)
Also includes selected national venues and resources

National and International

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Official site. Detailed; including Academy Awards information, events, archives, grants and fellowships;
Index to Motion Picture Credits.

Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Official site; Emmy Awards and information about the organization.

AFTRA (American Federation of Television & Radio Artists)
A national labor union affiliated with the AFL-CIO. AFTRA represents its members in four major areas: news and broadcasting; entertainment programming; the recording business; commercials and non-broadcast, industrial, educational media.

Films for the Humanities and Sciences: Literature and Language Arts (Films Media Group)
Educational videos and multimedia programs

IMDb (Internet Movie Database)
A searchable database of films, performers and synopses.

MIC: Moving Image Collections: A Window to the World's Moving Images
Locate and, in some cases, view moving and other images from image repositories around the world. Part of the National Science Digital Library; sponsored by the Library of Congress, Association of Moving Image Archivists; funded through the National Science Foundation 2002-2005.

Shop PBS: Arts: Drama
Videos and DVD's aired through PBS.

Screen Actors Guild (SAG)
Information of interest to SAG members.

Spectrocom Industry Links (International Online Film Directory)
Brought to you by the same people who publish the Producer's Masterguide Annual..