LibGuides: Film & Television: Background

Featured Encyclopedias

Film noir : the encyclopedia by edited by Alain Silver
Call Number: REF PN1995.9.F54 F54 2010
Encyclopedia of television shows, 1925 through 2010 by Vincent Terrace
Call Number: REF PN1992.3.U5 T463 2011
Encyclopedia of early cinema by Richard Abel (ed.)
Call Number: REF PN1993.45 .E53 2005 & E-Book
The Film Encyclopedia by Ephraim Katz; Ronald Dean Nolen
Call Number: REF PN1993.45 .K34 2012
Encyclopedia of the documentary film by Ian Aitken (ed.)
Call Number: REF PN1995.9.D6 E53 2006
Encyclopedia of Television Shows: a comprehensive supplement, 2011-2016 by Vincent Terrace
Call Number: MAIN STACKS PN1992.3.U5 T464 2018
Publication Date: 2017

Featured Dictionaries

While general dictionaries are useful for basic definitions, there are also a number geared specifically to film, television, and media studies concepts. See below for a few of our top picks!

Cinema Studies by Susan Hayward
Call Number: Main Stacks PN1993.45 .H36 2023 & E-Book
Publication Date: 2022
Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory by Roberta Pearson (Editor); Philip Simpson (Editor)
Call Number: REF PN1993.45 .C75 2001 & E-Book
A Dictionary of Film Studies by Annette Kuhn; Guy Westwell
Call Number: E-Book
Publication Date: 2012
Dictionary of film terms : the aesthetic companion to film art
Call Number: PN1993.45 .B33 2006
Historical Dictionary of Film Noir by Andrew Spicer
Call Number: Main Stacks PN1995.9.F54 S685 2010 & E-Book
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers by Tom Pendergast (Editor); Sara Pendergast (Editor)
Call Number: E-Book