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Postcards from the Edge V: Film Studies: Reference

ARLIS/NA 2012 | Toronto

A Must-Have

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Terminology

Film Analysis Web Site 2.0 | Yale University
Demystifies the vocabulary of film studies and the techniques of cinema.
Complete Film Dictionary
Call Number: PN1993.45 .K66 1997
Location: Library North 2 | Reference
Critical Dictionary of Film & Television Theory
Call Number: PN1993.45 .C75 2001
Location: Library North 2 | Reference

Core

	International Dictionary of Films & Filmmakers (Gale) Part of Gale's Virtual Reference Library. Trial will be live until 4/18/2012
	Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film (Gale) Part of Gale's Virtual Reference Library. Trial will be live until 4/18/2012
	Oxford Bibliographies Online: Cinema Module See workshop handout for trial log-in info. Trial will be live until 4/15/2012
	Encyclopedia of Television 1st edition - free online! 2nd edition (2004) - in print only

Filmographies

AFI Catalog of Feature Films

About the Catalog (AFI website)
Simple Search (AFI website - free version)
Advanced Search (AFI website - free version)
AFI Catalog (ProQuest)
Trial will be live until 4/9/2012

BFI Catalog

Chronicles worldwide film and film people, 1900-2003 (~100,000 titles)
Film Index International (ProQuest)
Trial will be live until 4/9/2012

Biographical

Fifty Contemporary Filmmakers (Routledge)

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Special Topics: Some Favorites

Wiley-Blackwell History of American Film
Trial will only be live on the day of the workshop. Contact Wiley to set up an institutional trial.
Encyclopedia of Early Cinema
UofT ebook version is linked here.
Encyclopedia of Ethnic Groups in Hollywood
Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film
New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry
Women Filmmakers & Their Films