Citing Film and Video
- MLA Style Center This link opens in a new windowOnline summary of information in the most recent edition of the MLA Handbook. Does not include the full content of the print Handbook, but does include supplemental material, such as guidelines for formatting papers.
- Citing Film, Video and Online Media (MLA Style)Guide from UCB Media Center. Consult latest edition of the MLA handbook for any changes to formatting.
- Audiovisual Citation Guidelines (British Universities Film & Video Council)Examples of best practices for citing media materials, including clips, DVD extras, games, and more.
- Audiovisual Media (APA Style)Examples from the Purdue OWL.
- Film and Television Citations (Chicago Style)From the Purdue OWL.
- Chicago Manual of Style Online This link opens in a new window
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The complete 17th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style.
Basic Filmographic Information
- IMDb: Internet Movie DatabaseFreely available vast database with filmographic information, links to reviews, and some box office data.
- AFI Catalog This link opens in a new window
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The online AFI (American Film Institute) Catalog draws its content from printed volumes that document every American feature film from 1893 to 1974. Also includes some short films from the first era of filmmaking, 1893–1910. Provides detailed filmographic information, including music credits, release dates, plot descriptions, and bibliographies. See also the AFI web version of the catalog.
- Film Index International This link opens in a new window
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Provides in-depth indexing of international films from the silent period to the present, with selected biographical information, searchable plot summaries, and full cast and crew lists. Based on the Summary of Film and Television database maintained by the British Film Institute.
- VideoHound's Golden Movie RetrieverUseful guide to feature films available on home video formats, including an extensive subject index.
- Subject Access to Films & VideosCompilation of Library of Congress subject headings and genre terms for the classification of film and video materials.
Copyright and Fair Use
- Exemptions from Prohibition on Circumvention of Technological Measures that Control Access to Copyrighted WorksFrom the U.S. Copyright Office.
- Copyright for Libraries: Videos/MoviesGuidelines from ALA on appropriate use of commercially distributed videos in library collections.
- SCMS: Best Practices for Fair Use documentsFrom the Society for Cinema Studies.
- Performance of or Showing Films in the Classroom (ALA/ARL)Short document from the American Library Association and the Association of Research Libraries, with information on current law regarding classroom use of films.