Selected Film Studies Reference Sources

Bibliographies & Research Guides

Film: an International Bibliography. Stuttgart: Metzler, c2002.
Firestone Library (F) Z5784.M9 H29 2002

Film Researcher's Handbook : a guide to sources in North America, South America, Asia, Australasia and Africa. London ; New York: Routledge, 1996.
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone PN1994 .F555

Film Study: an Analytical Bibliography, 4 vols. Rutherford : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1990.
Firestone Library (F) Call Number: Z5784.M9 M34 1990

The Macmillan Film Bibliography. New York: Macmillan, c1982.
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone Z5784.M9 R423 1982

Oxford Guide to Film Studies. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone PN1995 .O93 1998

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Brewer's Cinema : a Phrase and Fable Dictionary. London: Cassell, 1995.
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone PN1993.45 .B73 1995

Chambers Film and Television Handbook. Edinburgh: Chambers, 1991.
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone PN1993.45 .C47 1991

Complete Film Dictionary. New York: Penguin Reference, 1997.
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone PN1993.45 .K66 1997

Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory. London ; New York: Routledge, 2001.
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone PN1993.45 .C75 2000

Dictionary of Film Terms. New York: McGraw-Hill, c1983.
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone TR847 .B43 1983

Encyclopedia of European Cinema. London: Cassell, British Film Institute, 1995.
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone PN1993.45 .V56s

Encyclopedia of Television. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, c1997.
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone PN1992.18 .E53 1997

Film Encyclopedia. By Ephraim Katz. 4th ed. New York: HarperPerennial, 2001.
A reference of more than 1,500 pages offering 7,000 entries on terms, topics, and individuals related to the history of film.
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone: PN1993.45 .K34 2001

Film Studies Dictionary. London: Arnold ; New York : Co-published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press, 2001.
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone PN1993.45 .B49 2001

International Dictionary of Broadcasting and Film. Boston: Focal Press, c1995.
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone PN1990.4 .B64 1995

International Motion Picture Almanac. New York: Quigley Pub. Co., c1955
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone PN1993.3 .I57

Oxford Companion to Film. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976.
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone PN1993.45 .O9

Guides to Films

Guide to World Cinema : covering 7,200 films of 1950-84 including capsule reviews and stills from the programmes of the National Film Theatre, London. Detroit, MI : Distributed in North America by Gale Research Co., 1985.
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone PN1995 .G84 1985

Halliwell's Film Guide. New York, NY: HarperCollins, c1991.
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone PN1993.45 .H27 1991

The International Film Index : 1895-1990 London ; New Jersey: Bowker-Saur, c1991.
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone Oversize PN1998 .I573 1991q

Magill's Survey of Cinema (English Language Films, Foriegn Language films, and Silent Films). Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Salem Press, c1980
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone: PN1993.45 .M3

Biography

Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co., c1984
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone PN2285 .C58

Film Directors : a complete guide. Los Angeles, CA: Lone Eagle, c1999-
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone PN1998.A2 D568

Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies. New York: Harper Resource, c2001.
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone PN1993.45 .H3 2001

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 3 vols. Chicago: St. James Press, c1990.
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone PN1997.8 .I58 1990

Quinlan's Illustrated Directory of Film Character Actors. London: Batsford, 1995.
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone PN1998.A2 Q56 1995

World Film Directors. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1987-1988.
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone PN1998.2 .W67 1987

Special Topics

The Bent Lens : a World Guide to Gay & Lesbian Film. St Kilda, Vic.: Australian Catalogue Company, 1997.
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone PN1995.9.H55 B467 1997

Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film. London: Routledge, 2001.
Online

Encyclopedia of Film Themes, Settings, and Series. Jefferson, N.C. ; London: McFarland, c2001.
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone PN1997.8 .A762 2001

A Guide to Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino-Made Film and Video. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1998.
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone PN1995.9.L37 G85 1998

Images in the Dark : an Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Film and Video. London: Titan Books, 1998.
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone PN1995.9.H55 M87 1998

Oxford Companion to Australian Film. Melbourne, Australia ; New York: Oxford University Press, c1999.
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone PN1993.5.A8 O96 1999

Film Studies Resources at Princeton

Wayne Bivens-Tatum
Film Studies Librarian