Careers in Media & Entertainment -- Film Industry
Career Information
Vault Reports
Vault Reports give access to free downloadable
industry, career and company guides. In addition, Vault provides
access to insider company research, industry research and career
advice.
- Click on Industry Guidelines.
- Select Vault Career Guide to Media & Entertainment.
WetFeet
WetFeet provides access to free downloadable company, industry and
job search guides. WetFeet also gives access to company research,
career research, industry research and career advice articles.
- See Career Profiles: Performing Arts, Visual Arts.
- See Industry Profiles: Entertainment & Sports.
Industry Information
S&P
Net Advantage
Collection of S&P's information products, including
Industry Surveys, Register of Corporations (public and private companies),
and Stock and Bond Guides.
- Click on Industry button at top of screen.
- Select Movies and Home Entertainment.
ValueLine
Investment Survey Online
Web access to Value Line's U.S. public company Investment Surveys
highlighting a company's year-ahead and three- to -five-year probable
relative price performance, projections of key financial measures,
and commentary on current operations and future prospects.
- Choose "Subscriber logon" and type in user name and password.
- Click on ValueLine Investment Survey online--Standard Edition.
- Click on "Look Up Industry."
- Click on "Industry Commentary" icon next to "Entertainment."
Wall
Street Transcript
The Wall Street Transcript presents, in a series of question
and answer formats, financial analyst and company CEO perspectives
on a range of industry sectors relative to investment outlooks and
financial performance.
- Type "media" in search box.
Investext
Plus
Analysis from investment bankers on U.S.
and international public companies as well as broad-sector and industry
niches.
- Type company name or "film" in Keyword Search box.
Articles in Periodicals:
Factiva
Full-text coverage of more than 9,000 business publications; comprehensive
company and industry information.
- Click on Industry.
- Click on Media to expand.
- Click on Motion Pictures/Sound Recording to expand.
- Highlight any of the "cinema" categories of interest.
- Add free text terms.
- Click "Run Search" button.
LEXIS-NEXIS
Academic Universe
Full-text access to news, business,
medical, educational and legal sources. The sources include international,
national, and regional newspapers; magazines; trade journals; newsletters;
wire service reports; and transcripts.
- Use "Business
News" and select "Industry News" for a
news source. - Pull down to Broadcasting & Publication News in the "Industry" box and change defaults as necessary.
ABI/Inform
Complete
Indexes over 1,000 US and international business and trade journals
in the areas of business, management, finance, economics, human
resources and marketing. Includes full text of 700 journals in an
image (PDF) format. Archives are now included in this database with
a limited selection of business journals from pre-1986 back to their
first issue.
- Type "motion picture industry" in the search box.
Trade Associations:
Associations
Unlimited
This database contains detailed listings for over 460,000 international
and U.S. National, regional, state and local membership organizations
in all fields. It also includes IRS information on U.S. nonprofit
organizations.
- Search using "Subject Descriptor" box.
- Pull down to "Film Industry."
National Trade and Professional Associations of the United
States
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