Busse Library provides these websites for the historical, aesthetic, and idealogical study of cinema icons.
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- American Cultural History: the 20th Century -- Kingwood College Library
- Big Shots: Andy Warhol, Celebrity Culture, and the 1980s -- University of Kansas, Spencer Museum of Art
- "Celebrity Culture" by Joseph Epstein -- Hedgehog Review, Spring 2005
- "Celebrity Culture: Bibliographic Review" by Kristine Harmon -- Hedgehod Review, Spring 2005
- Cultural Studies -- University of Iowa, Department of Communication Studies
- "The Culture of Celebrity." By Jill Neimark. Psychology Today, May 1995.
- The Culture of Celebrity: A Bibliography of Critical Writings -- The College of New Jersey
- Film Studies Research Guide --Yale University Library
- Film Studies Resources -- University of Iowa, Department of Communication Studies
- Filmbug.com
- Filmsite -- written and edited by Tim Dirks
- The Hollywood Blacklist: Seeing Red. NewsHour, PBS.
- The Hollywood Museum
- Hollywood's America -- Digital History
- The Internet Movie Database
- Media Fabrics -- MIT
- Motion Picture Association of America
- Movie Stars.com
- People Magazine
- UCLA Film & Television Archive
- USC Cinematic Arts Library
- The Wesleyan Cinema Archives