Library Resources

• The Library's collection of licensed databases may include information on this topic; these are commercial, copyrighted materials that PGCMLS licenses for the reference and research needs of its customers; often this material comes directly from printed books. Most of these databases may be accessed remotely, while a few are available only to users on PC's in our Branches.
• The Library's collection of electronic reference books may also include information on this topic. These online versions of printed books do not have to be checked out or downloaded; like databases, content can be searched and sections printed. They are always available for your use in the Library and through remote access from home.

Web Resources

Films, DVDs, Television & Theater | Music Sites l Copyright

Films, DVDs, Television and Theater

• All Movie Guide
  Searchable database of films, actors, directors and themes. Includes biographies.
• Encyclopedia of Television
  Sponsored by the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago, this online reference includes more than 1000 original essays from 250 contributors that describe programs and people, historic moments, policy disputes and special topics.
• IBDB (Internet Broadway Database)
  The official database for Broadway theatre information, IBDB provides records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today. Includes people, interesting facts and production statistics.
• Internet Movie Database
  A huge movie site with recommendations, movie news, U.S. movie showtimes, and loads of details on films, people, and characters.
• Rotten Tomatoes
  "With more than 127,000 titles and 644,000 review links in its ever-growing database, Rotten Tomatoes offers a fun and informative way to discover the critical reaction on movies from the nation's top print and online film critics, neatly summarized via the Tomatometer™."

• All Music Guide
  Searchable database of recordings by artist, album, song, style and label. Includes biographies and music videos.
• ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) -- ACE Database Search
  ACE is a database of song titles licensed by ASCAP in the United States. Find songwriters, publishers' contact information and, often, some of the artists who have made a commercial recording.
• Billboard
  Provides news, reviews, current charts by genre, trivia, blogs and more.
• BMI
  A performing rights organization, BMI represents over 350,000 songwriters, composers, and publishers with more than 6.5 million works.
• Festival Finder
  Seek out music festivals in North America by genre, date, location, performers or festival name.
• The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music
  This Johns Hopkins University collection contains over 29,000 pieces of music dating from 1780-1980; search or browse the collection, view and print.
• The Mudcat Cafe
  Traditional music site with chat, forums, kids' stuff, and the searchable Digital Tradition Folksong Database (indexes over 9000 folk songs).
• Public Domain Music
  A reference site to help identify public domain songs and public domain music . . . lists of public domain music, royalty free music recordings you can license, and public domain sheet music reprints . . . precisely the music you need for your business, organization, or personal use.

Copyright

• United State Copyright Office
  Get applications and information for registering all sorts of musical works.