Film & Visual Culture - Reference Works

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The Library holds over 25 reference works relevant to Film Studies. These are located on Floor 4 of the Sir Duncan Rice Library. An indicative selection is given below:

AuthorTitleShelfmark

Blandford, S.

The film studies dictionary

791.4307 Bla

Foster, G.

Women film directors: an international bio-critical dictionary

791.430233 Fos

Gifford, D.

The British film catalogue

Ref 791.430941 Gif

 

International dictionary of films and filmmakers

Ref 791.43 Int

Hagener, M.  

Film: an international bibliography

Ref 791.43 Hag

Halliwell, L.

Halliwell's Film Guide

Ref 791.43 Hal

Katz, E.

The Macmillan international film encyclopaedia

Ref 791.43 Mac

Rampley, M.

Exploring visual culture : definitions, concepts, contexts

701.8 Ram

Silver, A.

Film Noir: an encyclopedic reference to the American film style

Ref 791.43055 Sil

Slide, A.

A new historical dictionary of the American film industry

791.430973 Sil

Zhang, Y.

Encyclopedia of Chinese film

791.430951 Zha

Other relevant items may be found in the general collections elsewhere in the library - search Primo to discover material in other areas.

Electronic

Search the catalogue and databases for Film & Visual Culture material using Primo.

Databases for Film & Visual Culture include the JISC MediaHub, a searchable database of seventeen collections including Films of Scotland, Anglia Television Library and Performance Shakespeare. These collections are available for download so students can incorporate the films and sound in electronic form in their work.

 

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