"[...] designed to acquaint the student, researcher, librarian and anyone interested in motion pictures and television with the important English-language reference works in these fields." (Introduction) Fisher has indeed accomplished this. The 731 carefully selected and comprehensively annotated entries of resources include bibliographic guides; dictionaries and encyclopedias; indexes, abstracts and databases; biographies and credits; film reviews and television programming; catalogs; directories and yearbooks; filmographies and videographies; bibliographies; handbooks and miscellaneous sources; core periodicals; research centers and archives; and societies and associations. Emphasis is on the U.S., but some publications from England, Canada and Australia are included. As a general rule each entry contains author/s, title, place of publication, pagination, date and, where available, Library of Congress and ISSN or ISBN information. An appendix gives database service suppliers, with addresses and telephone numbers. Author/title and subject indexes. This is an essential sourcebook." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 1649)