General

• Current Biography (Ref CT 100 C8) In-depth biographies.

• Dictionary of Literary Biography (Ref PN 451 D545)

• v. 7, pt. 1. Twentieth century American dramatists, A-J

• v. 7, pt. 2. Twentieth century American dramatists, K-Z

• v. 10, pt. 1. Modern British dramatists, 1900-1945, A-L 

• v. 10, pt. 2. Modern British dramatists, 1900-1945, M-Z

• v. 13, pt. 1. British dramatists since World War II, A-L

• v. 13, pt. 2. British dramatists since World War II, M-Z

• v. 26. American screenwriters

• v. 38. Afro-American writers after 1955: dramatists and prose writers

• v. 44. American screenwriters, second series

• v.228. Twentieth-Century American Dramatists

Artists

• Contemporary Artists (Ref N 6490 C6567 1996)

• Artists in Quotation: a dictionary of the creative thoughts of painters, sculptors, designers, writers, educators, and others (Ref PN 6084 A8 L3 1989)

• Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (Ref N 6512 C854 1988)

• Encyclopedia of World Art (Ref N 31 E4833 V.1-17)

• The Grove’s Dictionary of Art (Ref N 31 D5 1996 V. 1-34)

• Modern Art Criticism  Ref N 7475 M62 v.1-4

• Phaidon Dictionary of Twentieth Century Art (Ref N 6490 P46 1977)

• Women Artist in America II (Ref N 43 C6

• World Artists, 1950-1980 (Ref N 6489 M37 1984)

Architects

• American Architects  (Ref NA 736 K7 1989)

• Contemporary architects Ref NA 680 C625 1994

• Macmillan encyclopedia of architects Ref NA 40 M25 1982 V.1-4

• Modern Art Criticism Ref N 7475 M62 v.1-4

Musicians

• Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (Ref ML 105 B16 1978)

• The International Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians (Ref ML 100 T47 1975)

• The New Grove Dictionary of American Music Ref M 101 U6 N48 1986 V.1-4

• The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (Ref ML 100 N48 V.1-20)

Film Reviews

• International dictionary of films and film-makers (not on the Internet)
  (Ref PN 1997.8 I58 1990 V.1)

• Film Review Index:  Vol. I:  1882-1949,   Vol. II:  1950-1985.
  (Ref PN 1995 .F5)
  An index to film reviews in newspapers, magazines, trade journals, reference works, and monographic surveys. 

• Movie Review Query Engine
  http://www.mrqe.com/
  Full-test of reviews from a variety of sources.  Again, select the reviews carefully as many are from questionable sources.
• Film.com
  http://www.film.com/
  Reviews of current films, plus movie news and film festival information and news.  Full-text access.
• Academy Awards Database
  http://www.oscars.org/awards_db/index.html
  Academy award nominees and winners in all categories.
• New York Times Movie Reviews
  http://movies.nytimes.com/ref/movies/reviews/index.html
  An archive of all NYT's movie review from 1983 on, plus reviews of all best picture academy award winners, and of NYT's list of the 1,000 best movies. A premier source for movie reviews.

Playwrights

• Contemporary Black American playwrights and their plays (Ref PS 153 N5 P43 1988)