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Film and Television

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Books Databases

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Basic information from specialized encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks. (Full-text).

ebrary

Electronic books with full-text searching, bookmarks, and personal notes. (Full-text).
Free software is required: download ebrary Reader™

EBSCOhost E-Books (formerly NetLibrary)

Electronic books from academic, professional, and popular publishers. (Full-text).

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers

Essays on films, actors, directors, and writers. (Full-text).

Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts

Covers film genres and theoretical terms with lists of related readings. (Full-text).

Encyclopedia of Television

Covers people, programs, and events with cast credits and lists of related articles. (Full-text).

Encyclopedia of Television News

Covers people, programs, events with lists of related articles. (Full-text).

History of the American Cinema

A comprehensive 10-volume history of the American film industry. (Full-text).

Literature Criticism Online

Book reviews, drama reviews, film reviews, and literary essays from historical sources. (Full-text).

netLibrary

Now known as EBSCOhost E-Books. (This cross-reference will be removed on 7/21/12).

Pop Culture Universe

Resources on American popular culture from 1900 to the present. (Full-text).

Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film

A comprehensive encyclopedia of film and film studies. (Full-text).

St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture

Covers film and television genres, people, and events. (Full-text).

UHD Library Catalog

Find books and videos in the UHD Library's print and electronic collections.

WorldCat

A catalog of books, dissertations, sound recordings, and videos in libraries around the world. (Citations only).

 

Browse Books by Topic:

• African Americans in motion pictures
• African Americans on television
• Animated films
• Detective and mystery films
• Film noir
• Gangster films
• Hispanic Americans in motion pictures
• Homosexuality in motion pictures
• Homosexuality on television
• Horror films
• Motion pictures - political aspects
• Police films
• Prison films
• Minorities in motion pictures
• Minorities on television
• Motion pictures -- History
• Motion pictures -- United States -- History
• Motion pictures and history
• Science fiction films
• Television -- History
• Television broadcasting
• Television broadcasting of news
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Motion pictures and the conflict
• War films

 

 

 

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