RESEARCH AND CLEARANCE LINKS

• THE INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE - A searchable movie database which includes all info in TV Guide database as well as television shows.

• GLOBAL PHOTOGRAPHERS SEARCH-  This site has a database for photographers, photo assistants, industry suppliers, models and stock photography.  

• ALL-MOVIE GUIDE- A search engine for each film title, person and keyword.  The result is a comprehensive account for each film.

• ULTIMATE BAND LIST- A music search engine that breaks down any keyword into lists of bands, record labels, clubs & concerts, radio stations, record stores, online events, magazines & ezines, and various musical resources 

• THE VANDERBILT NEWS ARCHIVES - Vanderbilt University has been recording NBC,CBS and ABC news since 1968. You can search this database by year. It also gives abstracts of the news for any date.

• Thomas Register of American Manufacturers- free membership - great for commercial shows

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  AROUND THE WORLD

• World Clock   - check the time in other countries

• Currency Converter - find out what currency is worth today

• Dialing codes to other countries  - global phone codes, holidays, etc.

• INTERNATIONAL YELLOW PAGES - search the world's yellow pages

• THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER- The latest in entertainment news and resources

• VARIETY - the daily newpapers

• THE LOS ANGELES TIMES - current news stories

• THE NEW YORK TIMES - current news stories

• AMAZON.COM- Large on-line book store

• BARNES AND NOBLE ONLINE- Another large on-line book store

• CURTIS MANAGEMENT HOME PAGE - Curtis Management represents many famous actor estates including Sir Laurence Oliver and Humphrey Bogart. Includes filmographies of their clients.

• CORBIS - They absorbed Roger Richman's clients at Hollywood Legends and handle many other collections.

• LAW OFFICES OF SUZANNE R. VAUGHAN - represents  Vivian Vance, Ruth Gordon, Florence Ballard of the Supremes, and Paul Williams of the Temptations.

• STATE OF CALIFORNIA SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST WEBSITE - if person has been registered, can find contacts.  Excellent source.

MUSIC  

• ASCAP- Searchable Database

• BMI- Searchable Database

• Warner/Chappell Music Publishing- Searchable Database

• THE HARRY FOX AGENCY Searchable Database that lists all songs represented by the Fox agency with songwriter names, but does not list publishers

• SESAC'S  DATABASE -  Searchable database

• MTV ONLINE- MTV's home page

• ALL MUSIC.COM-  great place to find record labels and artist information

SEARCH ENGINES  

• DOGPILE- Search engine to search other search engines - very fast

• GOOGLE - Search engine - very good and fast

• ASK JEEVES!- Meta Search Engine. Just type in a question, and click "Ask!"

• METACRAWLER- Meta Search Engine.

• NATIONAL ARCHIVES - The best way to access the National Archivesâ vast collection of newsreels, photos, documentaries, and government films. 

• THE SHAKESPEARE PAGE - searchable database for quotations and names and complete copies of all the plays

• OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY - the very BEST dictionary 

• WIKIPEDIA - online encyclopedia

• BARTLETT'S FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS - searchable database for quotations from thirteenth century to the present

• BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY - searchable database of 18,000 biographies of famous people

• DICTIONARY.COM - excellent dictionary

• Quotes Search Page - search for famous quotes

• INTERNET PUBLIC LIBRARY- search for famous quotes

 STOCK FOOTAGE

• FOOTAGE NET - Listing of Stock Footage Libraries

• BBC LIBRARY FOOTAGE - has news footage and archival interview and music performance footage

• RESEARCH VIDEO - has library of major music footage

• PAUL BROWNSTEIN PRODUCTIONS - has library of major music footage and also public domain newsreel

• REELIN IN THE YEARS - David Peck has an extensive library of material including music videos

• DESERT ISLAND FILMS - extensive library of public domain materials

• VIDEOTAPE LIBRARY STOCK FOOTAGE - large library of stock footage and public domain materials.

• PUBLIC DOMAIN INFORMATION PROJECT - all kinds of useful information about public domain music and links to other website.  Great site!
  
  

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  LEGAL RESOURCES

• U.S. COPYRIGHT OFFICE -- searching the U.S. Copyright records back to 1978 (applies especially to film and TV)

• U.S. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS - searching Library of Congress records back to 1898

• U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE - search patent and trademark databases including drawings

• CANADIAN TRADEMARK OFFICE - search Canadian Trademarks 

• CANADIAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY  OFFICE   - search Canadian Copyrights

• FINDLAW - internet legal research

• COURT TV  - (Now TRU TV) - information about their site 

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This page updated 4-15-09