margaret herrick - resources DIGITAL COLLECTIONS View items from the Academy's collections This database provides public access to a selection of digitized materials from the holdings of the Margaret Herrick Library. LIBRARY CATALOG Explore the library's holdings The catalog includes bibliographic records for the library's holdings of books, pamphlets, periodicals, scripts and posters, as well as information about archival collections. LIBRARY DATABASES Manuscript Inventories This database includes records for the library's special collections holdings. It allows users to search across the library's collections for original materials like correspondence, production materials, screenplays, and studio records. Photograph Inventories This database is a finding aid to photographs in the library. It enables users to search across the library's photograph collections, which include film stills, off-camera photographs, publicity shots, portraits and research photographs. Production Art Database This database is a guide to original artwork in the library's collection, including costume design and production design drawings, animation art, storyboards and paintings. Index to periodical articles This database contains in-house indexing to selected journals in the library's periodical collection. Journals indexed here can be requested at the library's Reference Desk. Motion Picture Credits Database The Index to Motion Picture Credits includes film credits in all Academy Award categories. The database covers the years from 1953-2012. Motion Picture Scripts Database This database is an inventory of the motion picture script holdings of eight Los Angeles-area libraries. It is limited almost exclusively to the screenplays of produced films; that is, films which were actually made. AWARDS DATABASES ACADEMY AWARDS DATABASE The Academy Awards Database contains the record of past Academy Award winners and nominees, including Scientific and Technical Award winners. Basic and advanced search options are available as well as an option to browse statistics. ACCEPTANCE SPEECH DATABASE This searchable database contains over 1,400 onstage acceptance speeches given by Academy Award winners and acceptors. Many records include links to video clips.