This Guide is a selective list of reference resources for the study of the cinema. The Library’s online catalogue BORIS is the primary source for locating materials in the collection. For works BY a particular author, or works where the title is known, search under the author’s name, or the title of the book or film. For works ABOUT a particular subject, search under the appropriate subject headings. If you are not sure what subject headings to use, consult the Library of Congress Subject Heading Lists (the large red books on the table in the Main Lobby) for suggestions, or ask at the Reference Desk.
The Library maintains a collection of periodicals of interest to researchers in cinema. For titles and holdings of these periodicals, please consult BORIS.
NOTE: Materials dealing with the cinema are shelved in the PN section of the Library. Note that the materials in this Guide with locations marked Ref. or Ref. Ind. Sd. are shelved in the Reference Room. Materials with the designation Ref.M. are shelved on the Reference Mezzanine.
INTERNET RESOURCES
A sample of interesting sites is given here: a more complete idea of what is available on the internet can be obtained by using one of the internet search engines such as Google, Yahoo, AltaVista or Copernic. Ask at the Reference Desk.
1. The American Film Institute
This extensive website contains information on the Institute’s history, as well as material on the development of the film industry in the United States.
2. The National Film Board of Canada
A bilingual website which contains a history of the NFB, visuals from NFB productions, and information on the NFB’s catalogue of 9000+ titles.
3. The Internet Movie Database
A commercial site with information on close to 150,000 film titles including cast lists, plot summaries, awards, trivia, etc.
4. Cinema Sites
An index of movie and television resources organized and annotated by a film industry professional. A gateway to other internet sites.
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
800 films for film study.
Canadian feature film index, 1913-1985.
Canadian feature films, 1913-1969.
Cinema booklist (with supplement).
The critical index: a bibliography of articles on film in English, 1946-1973.
Enser’s filmed books and plays: a list of books and plays from which films have been made, 1928-1991.
Film research: a critical bibliography with annotations and essays.
How to locate reviews of plays and films: a bibliography of criticism from the beginnings to the present.
Motion picture directors: a bibliography of magazine and periodical articles, 1900-1972.
Motion picture performers: a bibliography of magazine and periodical articles, 1900-1969.
| PN 1998 .E45 1970 Ref.
PN 1998 .T87 1986 Ref.
PN 1998 .M6 Ref.
PN 1995 .R4Z99 Ref.
PN 1993.5 .A1G37 1974 Ref.
PN 1997.85 .E57 1993 Ref.
PN 1993.7 .B85 1972 Ref.
PN 1707 .S19Z99 1976 Ref.
PN 1998 .A2S3 1973 Ref.
PN 2205 .S35 1971 Ref. |
DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS
The American film industry: a historical dictionary.
Cinema studies: the key concepts.
Complete film dictionary.
Critical dictionary of film and television theory.
Diccionario del cine español.
Dictionary of 1,000 best films.
Dictionnaire du cinéma.
Dictionnaire du cinéma québécois.
Dictionnaire du cinéma québécois.
The encyclopedia of Alfred Hitchcock.
The encyclopedia of Stanley Kubrick.
The film encyclopedia.
Halliwell’s film & video guide.
Halliwell’s filmgoer’s and video viewer’s companion.
International dictionary of films and filmmakers.
New biographical dictionary of film.
New York Times encyclopedia of film.
Women filmmakers and their films.
Women filmmakers encyclopedia.
World encyclopedia of the film.
Encyclopedia of television.
Encyclopedia of early cinema.
Schirmer encyclopedia of film.
Film noir: an encyclopedic reference to the American style.
Dictionnaire de la censure au cinema: images interdites.
Encyclopedia of film noir.
| PN 1993.5 .U6S539 1986 Ref.
PN 1993.45 .H36 2000 Ref.
PN 1993.45 .K66 1997 Ref.
PN 1993.45 .C75 2001 Ref.
PN 1993.5 .S7D53 1998 Ref.
PN 1997.8 .P5 Ref.
PN 1993.45 .P37 1998 Ref.
PN 1993.45 .D42 1988 Ref.
PN 1993.45 .D42 1999 Ref.
PN 1998.3 .H58L45 2002 Ref.
PN 1998.3 .K82P449 2002 Ref.
PN 1993.45 .K34 1994 Ref.
PN 1993.45 .H27 Ref.
PN 1993.45 .H3 1993 Ref.
PN 1997.8 .I58 1984 Ref.
PN 1998.2 .T49 2002 Ref.
PN 1993 .N465 1984 Ref.M.
PN 1998.2 .W66 1998 Ref.
PN 1998.2 .S683 1999 Ref.
PN 1998 .A2C38 1974 Ref.
PN 1992.18 .E53 2004 Ref
PN 1993.45 .E53 2005 Ref.
PN 1993.45 .G65 2007 Ref.
PN 1995.9 .F54 F55 1992 Ref.
PN 1995.6 .D68 20021 Ref.
PN 1995.9 .F54 M39 2007 Ref. |
GUIDES AND HANDBOOKS
The American film induActors on acting for the screen: roles and collaborations.
The American movies reference book: the sound era.
Bowker’s complete video directory.
The film buff's bible of motion pictures (1915-1972).
The film companion.
Film directors: a guide to their American films.
The film handbook.
The gangster film.
The great spy pictures.
The handbook of Canadian film.
International film prizes: an encyclopedia.
Oxford history of world cinema.
Reel life, real life: a video guide for personal discovery.
Take One’s essential guide to Canadianfilm.
VideoHound’s golden movie retriever.
Video movie guide 2001.
The western.
1001 movies you must see before you die.
The Columbia companion to American history on film: how the movies have portrayed the American past. stry: a historical dictionary.
Cinema studies: the key concepts.
Complete film dictionary.
Critical dictionary of film and television theory.
Diccionario del cine español.
Dictionary of 1,000 best films.
Dictionnaire du cinéma.
Dictionnaire du cinéma québécois.
Dictionnaire du cinéma québécois.
The encyclopedia of Alfred Hitchcock.
The encyclopedia of Stanley Kubrick.
The film encyclopedia.
Halliwell’s film & video guide.
Halliwell’s filmgoer’s and video viewer’s companion.
International dictionary of films and filmmakers.
New biographical dictionary of film.
New York Times encyclopedia of film.
Women filmmakers and their films.
Women filmmakers encyclopedia.
World encyclopedia of the film.
Encyclopedia of television.
Encyclopedia of early cinema.
Schirmer encyclopedia of film.
Film noir: an encyclopedic reference to the American style.
Dictionnaire de la censure au cinema: images interdites.
Encyclopedia of film noir.
| PN 1995.9 .A26A37 1994 Ref.
PN 1993.5 .A3U65 1969 Ref.
PN 1992.95 .B68 Ref.
PN 1998 .B25 Ref.
PN 1993.5 .C3M68 1984 Ref.
PN 1998 .P24 Ref.
PN 1998.2 .A64 1990 Ref.
PN 1995.9 .G3B3 1970 Ref.
PN 1995.9 .S68P26 1974 Ref.
PN 1993.5 .A3C3 1977 Ref.
PN 1993.4 .H28 1991 Ref.
PN 1993.5 .A1O96 1996 Ref.
PN 1995.9 .S62R44 1994 Ref.
PN 1993.5 .C3T29 2001 Ref.
PN 1995 .V554 Ref.
PN 1992.93 .V53 Ref.
PN 1995.9 .W4E9 1975 Ref.
PN 1995 .A12 2005 Ref.
PN 1995.9 .U64 C65 2003 Ref. |
BIOGRAPHY
The American cinema: directors and directions, 1929-1968.
Current biography.
Dictionary of film makers.
Hollywood baby boomers.
New biographical dictionary of film.
The New York Times directory of the film.
Who was who on screen.
| PN 1993.5 .A3U64 1968 Ref.
CT 100 .C8 Ref.
PN 1993.45 .S313 1972 Ref.
PN 2285 .P37 1992 Ref.
PN 1998.2 .T49 2002 Ref.
PN 1995 .N39 1974 Ref.
PN 1998 .A2T73 1977 Ref. |
REVIEWS
A guide to critical reviews.
Halliwell’s film and video guide.
The New York Times directory of the film.
New York Times encyclopedia of film.
The New York Times film reviews: a one-volume selection, 1913-1970.
Roger Ebert’s movie home companion.
| PN 1707 .S17 1973 Ref.
PN 1993.45 .H27 2000 Ref.
PN 1995 .N39 1974 Ref.
PN 1993 .N465 1984 Ref.
PN 1995 .A43 Ref.
PN 1995 .E318 Ref. |
INDEXES
Canadian index.
Canadian periodical index.
Chicorel index to film literature.
Film literature index.
International index to film periodicals.
Reader’s guide to periodical literature.
Retrospective index to film periodicals, 1930 -1971.
| AI 3 .C245 Ref.M.
AI 3 .C25 Ref.Ind.Sd.
PN 1994 .C52Z99 1975 CStor
PN 1998 .I5F5 Ref.M.
PN 1993 .I54Z99 Ref.Ind.Sd.
AI 3 .R48 Ref.Ind.Sd.
PN 1993 .B3Z99 1975 Ref.M. |
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
The Reference Department has a number of relevant databases either online or on compact discs. These include Academic Search Elite, ProQuest, the Humanities Index, and the Social Sciences Index. Please ask at the Reference Desk for more complete information.
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