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Documentary Film

Resources for study of documentary film and filmmaking

Reference & Encyclopedias

Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)
- Includes articles related to documentary film, history, development
A collection of over 2000 reference resources.

The Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film by Ian Aitken (Editor)
Publication Date: 2013

International reference work on the history of the documentary film from 1885 to 2004
History of the American Cinema (series)
Publication Date: 1997 - 2003

TIP: search within results for "documentary" to find articles
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers by Tom Pendergast; Sara Pendergast
Publication Date: 2001 (e-book)

- Includes filmographies, bibliographical references, films, directors, actors, writers, production artists

Documentary Film by Ian Aitken (Editor)
Publication Date: 2012

- Foundational and cutting-edge scholarship on documentary film
- 4-volume print collection
International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences by N. J. Smelser and P. B. Baltes
Publication Date: 2001

-Interdisciplinary areas of research
- Searchable full text with electronic reference links
- Search of "film and cinema" produces over 30 articles
Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications
Publication Date: 2003

- Explores and analyzes media effects of the "Information Age" globally
- Search of "documentary" produces over 50 articles
The International Encyclopedia of Communication [Online]
Publication Date: 2008 (with updates through 2015)

- Covers theories, media and communication phenomena, problems, concepts, research methods
- Advanced search of "documentary" produces over 80 articles