Dictionary of contemporary photography / by Leslie Stroebel & Hollis N. Todd
Encyclopedia of twentieth-century photography / Lynne Warren, editor
The Focal dictionary of photographic technologies [by] D. A. Spencer
International photography : George Eastman House index to photographers, collections, and exhibitions / Andrew H. Eskind, editor ; Greg Drake, Kirsti Ringger, Lynne Rumney, associate editors.
Photography : a cultural history / Mary Warner Marien
The visual dictionary of photography / David Präkel.
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Includes approximately 1,000 hours of newsreels from the late 1890s to the 1980s.
This online catalog of films from "American independents as well as filmmakers from all over the world" (for sale on this Web site) can serve as an index to documentaries. Films are searchable by subject, title, director, or production company. Check with a librarian to see if any of these films can be borrowed from the Rider libraries or from another library.
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Digital Journalist: A Multimedia Magazine for Photojournalism in the Digital Age
Documentary Photography - Duke University Libraries Digital Collection
A free educational website for all forms of electronic media, with hundreds of exclusive tutorials covering video & television production, audio work, photography, graphics, and web design, utilities, reference material (e.g. user manuals), industry news and a helpful forum
This website shows the front pages of hundreds of newspapers. Different countries are included. You can choose from thumbnail images to see a large, full-color copy. Use it to explore different styles in journalism.
"...Online resource and industry directory for film, television, video and digital media production. Developed as a tool for people to locate production products, services and professionals."
Visual Communication - Visual Rhetorics