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Film Reference Books

Browsing the shelves around the books below will yield far more reference books on film topics than these listed here.

The A list : the National Society of Film Critics' 100 essential films
ref PN1995 .A33 2002

American Film Comedy
REF PN1995.9.C55S48 1994

Annual Index to Motion Picture Credits
Looking for the costume designer on "The Grifters" or the cast of characters of "Short Time"? Find them here.
REF PN1993.A48a 1990

The A-Z of Horror Films
REF PN1995.9.H6M3245 1997

Cassell's movie quotations
REF PN1994.9 .C29 2000

Chicorel Index to Film Literature
Index to information in books on film, split into subject areas (see Contents)
REF Z5784.M9C48 V. 1-2

Cinema : year by year, 1894-2004
REF PN1993.5.A1 C5663 2004

Directors and Their Films: A Comprehensive Reference 1895-1990
REF PN1998 .B85 1993

Encyclopedia of American War Films
REF PN1995.9.W3L36 1989

Encyclopedia of Film Themes, Settings and Series
REF PN1997.8 .A76 2001

Fade to Black : a Book of Movie Obituaries
REF PN1998.2 .D65 2003

Film Research: A Critical Bibliography with Annotations and Essay
Z5784.M9B897 (located in the Northwest Ohio Regional Book Depository)

The Film Encyclopedia (E. Katz)
popref PN1993.45.K34 2001 (Browne Popular Culture Library)

Film Noir: A Comprehensive Illustrated Reference to Movies, Terms, and Persons
REF PN1995.9.F54S74 1995

Frame By Frame: A Black Filmography
REF PN1995.9.N4K57

Halliwell's Film & Video Guide
popref PN1993.45.H27 1999 (Browne Popular Culture Library)

The Hispanic Image on the Silver Screen
REF PN1995.9.L37 R55 1992

Horror Films of the 1970s
REF PN1995.9.H6 M85 2002

Magill's American Film Guide
Covers 1000 American films, carefully selected
Includes cast information and in-depth analysis for each film, list of reviewers is in the Publisher's Note
popref PN1997.8.M24 1983 (Browne Popular Culture Library)

On the Screen: A Film, Television, and Video Research Guide
A bibliography of dictionaries, encyclopedias, periodicals, indexes/abstracts, and more.
popref PN1994.F57 (Browne Popular Culture Library)

Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Film Sequels, Series, and Remakes
REF PN1995.9.S26 H59 1997

Media Studies Reference Books

Entertainment awards : a music, cinema, theatre and broadcasting guide, 1928 through 2003
REF PN2270.A93 F68 2005

Entertainment law : cases and materials on film, television, and music
REF KF4290.A7 B88 2004

Encyclopedia of television
REF PN1992.18 .E53 2004 v.1

The encyclopedia of 20th-century American television
REF PN1992.18 .L33 2003

Television program master index : access to critical and historical information on 1,927 shows in 925 books, dissertations, and journal articles
REF PN1992.9 .D56 2003

Gardner's film, video & TV dictionary
REF TR847 .G37 2003

Finding New Books

To find newer books in the BGSU Libraries Catalog, simply begin with a Word search. Type the topic you're looking for in the top box of the search forms. Then, move down the form until you see "Year: After and Before" with boxes beside each one. If you would like to find books published after the year 2000, use the "After" box and type 2000 in it. You will retrieve results with items published from 2001 to the present.

Tips for Effective Searching

Materials about films usually are not retrieved in the library catalog or many of the Research Databases using the word "film". Many of the subject headings used are: motion pictures, moving pictures, etc. Film or films may work occasionally. Consult the Searching for Film and Media Studies Resources page for more information.

The authors of this website are members of or affiliated with the BGSU Department of American Culture Studies and the BGSU Department of Theatre and Film. They are: Molly Brost, Nathan C. Crook, Stefan Hall, Zach Hilpert, Michael Jordan, Michael Lupro, Dr. Cynthia Baron, and Stefanie Hunker.