Popular Entertainment Research - Hardcover

Pruett, Barbara J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810825015 ISBN 13: 9780810825017

Publisher: Scarecrow Press, 1995

Synopsis

Designed to assist writers and journalists, researchers, and fans, as well as professionals in the entertainment industry who need information on a regular basis, this book details how to do research in film and television, the theater, popular music, and recorded sound. Separate chapters discuss how to conduct effective research in small towns where large entertainment collections do not exist, the best commercial databases to use, how to conduct successful interviews with performers, and how to do entertainment research in Great Britain. In addition to discussing research techniques, the book lists basic reference materials for each area and some of the better known professional organizations, libraries, and research facilities.

About this title

About the Author:

Barbara Pruett ( M.L.S., California State, San Jose) is a librarian, researcher, and writer. In the early 1970s she was head of the Information/Research Center for Cesar Chavez's United Farm Workers before taking a position as head of Catholic University's Social Sciences Library. Active in the library profession for many years, she has served two terms on ALA's Council and worked on a number of committees. She is the author of Fast Cars and Country Music, a bibliography of Marty Robbins (Scarecrow, 1990).

Review:

Extremely useful... (Classic Images)

This wide-ranging reference tool will assist writers, journalists, scholars, fans, and all others interested in researching materials in the areas of entertainment. (American Reference Books Annual)

A must buy. (Sightlines)

A veritable research course for the popular entertainment field... (American Libraries)

...virtually every when, why, where, and how.... extremely valuable advice... (Movie Collector's World)

The especially helpful quality about Pruett's book is that it's for anyone up against any entertainment research project. Its hundreds of leads to sources are particularly useful. (The Big Reel)

This volume is really quite useful for the researcher in popular entertainment, popular culture in general, or research in general. (The Journal of Popular Culture)

...a well-designed and serviceble primer...will be particularly valuable for beginning researchers, or those exploring an entertainment topic for the first time...the index is comprehensive and well-arranged for quick referencing.... (Communication Booknotes Quarterly)

...excellent introduction...librarians will welcome Pruett's emphasis on database searching...recommended for all medium-large academic and public libraries. (CHOICE)

Valuable to the neophyte...even seasoned researchers may pick up a few hints and discover new sources of information...has included the most significant titles. (Dorothy L. Swerdlove, Retired Curator, Billy Rose Theater C)

About this edition

• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0810825015
• ISBN 13: 9780810825017
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 593