Mike,
Unless things have changed recently, The Motion Picture Guide, is the database
that is used on the TV Guide site (http://www.tvguide.com/movies/) as the
Cinebooks Database. I use it fairly often, and our Humanities Dept. has a set
of the hard copy. As the TV Guide contract with Cinebooks seems to be open to
renegotiation (for awhile the Advanced search feature was dropped), the web
access may not always be there, so I can't really advise whether purchasing
the new work might be worth it or not.
See you at ALA.
Marc
Mike Boedicker wrote:
> Has anyone used Jay Robert Nash's multi-volume Motion Picture Guide? It's
> being replaced with the "Master Directory of Motion Pictures," to be
> published in November 2002, which I might buy. If you own the previous
> guide, does it get much use? The new edition looks good but the price is
> rather steep for a smallish public library ($350). Thanks.
>
> Mike
>
> Mike Boedicker
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> Danville Public Library
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