Reference sources (encyclopedias, catalogs, dictionaries etc.) can be useful to get an overview of topics you may be interested in researching and to develop your research question. The more background information you have on a topic of interest, the more you will be able to think of promising research questions.
Selected Media Reference Books
The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present by Tim Brooks; Earle Marsh
Call Number: MAIN REF PN1992.18 .B68 1999 [Non-circulating]
ISBN: 0345429230
Publication Date: 1999
Complete Encyclopedia of Television Programs 1947-1979 by Vincent Terrace
Call Number: Main Library PN1992.3.U5 T46 1979
ISBN: 0498021777
Publication Date: 1979
Encyclopedia of New Media by Steven Jones (Editor)
Call Number: MAIN REF QA76.575 .E5368 2003 [Non-circulating]
ISBN: 0761923829
Publication Date: 2003
The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film and Television by John Kenneth Muir
Call Number: MAIN REF PN1995.9.S76 M85 2004 [Non-circulating]
ISBN: 0786417234
Publication Date: 2004
Encyclopedia of Television by Horace Newcomb (Editor)
Call Number: MAIN REF PN1992.18 .E53 2004 [Non-circulating]
ISBN: 1579583946
Publication Date: 2004
The Encyclopedia of Television News by Michael D. Murray (Editor)
Call Number: MAIN REF PN4888.T4 E53 1999 [Non-circulating]
ISBN: 1573561088
Publication Date: 1998
The Hill and Beyond: children's television drama [an encyclopedia] by Mark J. Docherty; Alistair D. McGown
Call Number: MAIN REF PN1992.8.C46 M39 2003 [Non-circulating]
ISBN: 0851708781
Publication Date: 2003
Les Brown's Encyclopedia of Television by Les Brown
Call Number: MAIN REF PN1992.18.B7 1992 [Non-circulating]
ISBN: 0810388715
Publication Date: 1992
Multicultural Encyclopedia of Ethnic Groups in Hollywood by James Robert Parish (Editor); T. Allan Taylor (Editor)
Call Number: MAIN REF PN1995.9.M56 P37 2003 [Non-circulating]
ISBN: 0816046042
Publication Date: 2003
Special Edition: : a guide to network television documentary series and special news reports, 1980-1989 by Daniel Einstein
Call Number: MAIN REF PN1992.8.D6 E56 1997 [Non-circulating]
ISBN: 0810832208
Publication Date: 1997
Television Program Master Index by Charles V. Dintrone
Call Number: Main Library PN1992.9.D56 2014 [Regular Loan]
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TV Reference Tools
Broadcasting & cable yearbook. (1993-2010)
Call Number: Main Library HE8689 .B77 [Regular Loan]
Publication Date: 1980-1993
Television & cable factbook. (Library keeps latest edition only)
Call Number: MAIN REF HE8700.8 .T45 [Non-circulating]
International television & video almanac
Call Number: MAIN REF HE8698 .I5 [Non-circulating]