The American Film Institute Desk Reference, introduction by Clint Eastwood; preface by Jean Picker Firstenberg (New York: DK, 2002).

LOCATION

Main Reference: PN1994.A599 2002

The Cinema Book, edited by Pam Cook and Mieke Bernik (London: BFI, 1999).

LOCATION

Main Oversize: PN1994.C489 1999

Cinema: a Critical Dictionary: the Major Film-makers, edited by Richard Roud (New York: Viking Press, 1980)

LOCATION

Main Reference: PN1993.45.C5 1980 vol.1

Main Reference: PN1993.45.C5 1980 vol. 2

A collection of critical essays by heavy-hitter film scholars and critics (with some bias toward the UK) primarily covering directors. The work is intended as "a contemporary view of the first eighty years of the cinema...to the beginning of the last quarter of our century."

The Complete Film Dictionary, by Ira Konigsberg (New York: Penguin Reference, 1997).

LOCATION

Main Reference: PN1993.45.K66 1997

"This definitive sourcebook covers all the latest advances in filmmaking, including the...impact of the digital revolution...[and] the artistic, economic, and technological changes brought about by the interaction of film with other media and the marketplace..." Includes nearly 4,000 entries on all aspects of filmmaking, and more than 250 line drawings and photographs.

Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory, edited by Roberta E. Pearson and Philip Simpson (London; New York: Routledge, 2001).

LOCATION

Main Reference: PN1993.45.C75 2001

Dictionary of Film Terms: the Aesthetic Companion to Film Analysis, Frank Eugene Beaver (New York: Twayne; London: Prentice-Hall International, 1994).

LOCATION

Main Reserve: PN 1993.45 B43 1994

Film terms in this source relate to cinematic expression including: editing, cinematography, composition, and lighting.

Encyclopedia of Film Themes, Settings and Series, Richard B. Armstrong and Mary Willems Armstrong (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. 2001).

LOCATION

Main Reference: PN1997.8.A76 2001

The Encyclopedia of Filmmakers, John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh; contributing editors, Gene Phillips, Tony Williams, Ron Wilson; foreward by Kevin Brownlow (New York: Facts on File, 2002).

LOCATION

Main Reference: PN1998.2.T53 2002 vol.1

Main Reference: PN1998.2.T53 2002 vol.2

The Film Anthologies Index, Stephen E. Bowles (Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1994).

LOCATION

Main Reference: Z5784.M9B637 1994

This comprehensive bibliographic tool indexes thousands of articles, books, and films about all aspects of cinema. It provides "access to the contents of over 700 film anthologies and links to the contents under their respective authors." Contains an author index, title index, and is cross-referenced by subject in the general index. Anthologies are in English and have been published through 1991.

The Film Audience: an International Bibliography of Research, Bruce A. Austin (Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1983).

LOCATION

Main Reference: Z5784.M9A87 1983

One of the rare reference resources where the movie screen looks back at who's sitting in the seats. This is a journal-based bibliography examining cinema and its audience. The bibliographies (indexed by author, subject, title, and a periodic listing) cite material from 1930 through 1982.

The Film Encyclopedia, Ephraim Katz (New York: HarperResource, 2001) 4th edition revised by Fred Klein and Ronald Dean Nolen.

LOCATION

Main Reference: PN1993.45.K34 2001 vol. 1

Main Reference: PN1993.45.K34 2001 vol. 2

Katz has produced short (and some not so short) essays on the movements, theories, major films, and directors in a volume that serves as one of the most respected single volume encyclopedias of film. The scope is international, with an emphasis on North American and European filmmakers. The 8,000 entries are not about specific films so much as they are about genres, significant individuals, and the history of film. Arranged alphabetically with a subject and keyword index.

The Film Studies Dictionary, Steve Blandford, Barry Keith Grant, Jim Hillier (London: Arnold; New York: Co-published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press, 2001).

LOCATION

Main Reference: PN1993.45.B49 2001

Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readings, edited by Gerald Mast, Marshall Cohen, and Leo Braudy (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992).

LOCATION

Main Library: PN 1994.M364 1992

Halliwell's Film and Video Guide, edited by Leslie Halliwell (New York: HarperPerennial, 1996-).

LOCATION

Main Library: PN 1998.H433 16th ed. 2001

Main Reference: PN1998.H433 17th ed. 2002

Brief annotations for over 23,000 films. Includes information on cast members, writers, directors, and producers; videocassette, laserdisc, and DVD availability. Occasionally excerpts bits of dialogue, as well as other critics' comments. Includes plot summaries. Use this source for short, factual information about the films themselves.

Halliwell's Filmgoer's Companion, Leslie Halliwell (New York: Scribner's, 1988, 12th ed 1999).

LOCATION

Main Library: PN 1993.45.H3 1988

The focus of this companion piece is primarily people. Over 10,000 brief entries cover American, British, and European actors, directors, writers, and cinematographers, plus a few screen characters. Entries include film themes, styles, technique, and subjects. Use this for short-fact reference and biographical material. Contains a foreword from the first edition (1965) by Alfred Hitchcock, "Not that many glaring errors will be discovered: the author has done his homework better than the villains in my films, who always seem to get found out sooner or later."

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, edited by Tom Pendergast and Sara Pendergast (Detroit: St. James Press, 2000).

LOCATION

Main Reference: PN1997.8.I58 2000 vol. 1

Main Reference: PN1997.8.I58 2000 vol. 2

Main Reference: PN1997.8.I58 2000 vol. 3

Main Reference: PN1997.8.I58 2000 vol. 4

Presented in four volumes dedicated (in order) to: Films; Directors; Actors and Actresses; and Writers and Production Artists, this beautifully illustrated work offers encyclopedic and bibliographic information about selected members of the aforementioned professions. International in scope, and therefore remarkable, the Films volume contains 680 entries with production information; a list of cast and crew; a bibliography on the film, and an essay by a specialist in that area.

International Motion Picture Almanac (New York: Quigley, 2003). Library has: 1961, 1973, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1997, 2000, 2002-Latest edition in Main Reference, earlier editions in Main Library.

LOCATION

Main Reference: PN1993.3.I55

Provides a wealth of information on films, actors (there is a large Who's Who section), and film companies. Includes statistics, lists of award winners, etc.

The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism, edited by Michael Groden and Martin Krieswirth (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994).

LOCATION

Main Reference: PN81.J554 1994

The Film Theory entry in the above contains a substantial bibliography on the topic.

Literature and Film: an Annotated Bibliography, 1900-1977, Jeffrey Egan Welsh (New York: Garland, 1981).

LOCATION

Main Reference: Z5784.M9W37

The Macmillan Film Bibliography, by George Rehrauer (New York: Macmillan, 1982).

LOCATION

Main Reference: Z5784.M9R423 1982 vol. 1

Main Reference: Z5784.M9R423 1982 vol. 2

A critical guide to the literature of the motion picture. Volume 1: 6,762 annotated, evaluative entries for biographies, histories, reference works, directories, production handbooks, and film scripts in English published 1900-1982. Volume 2: author/title/script indexes. Students will want to take a look at the "research" entry in the subject index.

Major Film Directors of the American and British Cinema, Gene D. Phillips (Bethlehem, PA: Lehigh University Press; London: Associated University Presses, 1999).

LOCATION

Main Library: PN 1998.2.P55 1999

The New Film Index: a Bibliography of Magazine Articles in English, 1930-1970, Richard Dyer McCann and Edward S. Perry (New York: Dutton, 1975).

LOCATION

Main Reference: Z5784.M9M29

Designed to be a supplement to The Film Index. Indexes over 12,000 articles with brief notes, arranged by subject with author index.

The New York Times Encyclopedia of Film, edited by Gene Brown (New York: Times Books, 1984, 13 vol.).

LOCATION

Main Reference: PN1993.N465 1984

Facsimiles of every film review appearing in the New York Times from 1896-1979. Covers motion pictures, the motion picture industry, and motion picture personalities. Indexes to titles, subjects, and names. An invaluable source of primary source material on the history of American film. Index: vol. 13.

On the Screen: a Film, Television, and Video Research Guide, Kim N. Fisher (Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1986).

LOCATION

Main Reference: Z5784.M9F535 1986

The Oxford History of World Cinema, edited by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1996).

LOCATION

Main Reference: PN1993.5.A1 O96 1995

Pre-cinema history: an Encyclopedia and Annotated Bibliography of the Moving Image Before 1896, Hermann Hecht; edited by Ann Hecht (London: Bowker Saur, 1993).

LOCATION

Main Reference: ORDERED 5/7/2003

The Women's Companion to International Film, edited by Annette Kuhne and Susannah Radstone (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994).

LOCATION

Main Reference: PN1993.45.W6 1994

"Shaped by feminist perspectives," the Companion "...ranges over the entire spectrum of cinema– both historically and geographically– in terms of personalities and film movements. It also deals with ideas and concepts in film theory and criticism, and includes explanations of 'technical' terms and jargon..." Comprehensive coverage of national cinema and women directors of the past. Entries arranged alphabetically.