ACRL/EBSS Library Resources for Communication Studies (LRCS)

This guide supports the study of film. Film studies is a broad and interdisciplinary field, and there are many resources, both academic and non-academic, that may be used.

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• Motion Pictures is the standard subject heading for film. There are several hundred narrower terms available; the list below is a small sample.
  • African Americans in motion pictures
  • Asian Americans in motion pictures
  • Feminist Films
  • Hispanic Americans in motion pictures
  • Motion pictures--Art direction
  • Motion Pictures--Censorship
  • Motion pictures--Editing
  • Motion pictures--Production and direction
  • Motion pictures--Religious aspects
  • Motion Pictures--Reviews
  • Sex in motion pictures
  • Women in motion pictures
  • Youth in motion pictures
• Animated Films
• Cinematography
• Documentary Films
• Feature Films
• Film Critics
• Film Noir
• Foreign Films
• Moving Pictures (used for for print materials before 1978)
• Musical Films
• Silent films

Please consult the Library of Congress subject headings for more ideas.

See General Communication Databases to get started.

For audience measurement sources see Media Ratings, Data, & Statistics.