Overview of cinema studies
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Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film from Gale Virtual reference Library
Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film from Gale Virtual Reference Library
The Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film provides full-text reference articles in HTML and PDF on film and film studies, covering such aspects as production, national traditions, studios, genres, critical theory, and film history.
Performing Arts encyclopedias from Oxford Reference Online
Performing Arts encyclopedias from Oxford Reference Online
Search or browse across 11 subject encyclopedias and dictionaries with over 39,000 entries. References are linked via Get VText.
Humanities International Complete from EBSCOhost
Humanities International Complete from EBSCOhost
Humanities International Complete indexes citations, abstracts, and full text from journals, books and book reviews, art work and images, performances and reviews, literature and criticisms, poems and short stories, and conference proceedings. Full text is available as HTML and PDF; images are available in a variety of formats. You can limit to peer-reviewed sources. 1909-present.
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