American Film Scripts Online contains 497 scripts by 605 writers together with detailed, fielded information on the scenes, characters and writers related to the scripts. Most have never been published in any format, and about half appear as facsimile. When complete, the collection will include over 1000 scripts.
Search tips:
- For a quick search use the table of contents feature in the search bar. With this search you can get an alphabetical list of each entry in the database by either writer’s name, script title, year released, character name, subject of script or people associated with the script including writers, directors, actors and producers.
- By using the find feature in the search bar, you can criteria search writers, scripts, scenes and characters. For example you can search the database for writers that have won the academy award or those of a certain race.
- To search within the text of scripts select full text search from the search bar. You can select either a simple search or an advanced search. An advanced search provides the capability of searching more fields and for proximity searching within sentences or paragraphs.
Where is it :
Go to the UNLV Libraries' home page. Under Find, select Articles, then under Article databases by name, click on the letter A and select American Film Scripts Online.
Quick link:
http://ezproxy.library.unlv.edu/login?url=http://www.alexanderstreet2.com/afsolive/index.html
