Reference & Encyclopedias
- Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) This link opens in a new window- Collection of 1000+ reference resources
History of the American Cinema (series)
Publication Date: 1990-2001- 10 volume e-book, each covering a decade
- Analyzes genre's, themes, social and political influencesHistorical Dictionary of African American Cinema
Publication Date: 2007- E-book with hundreds of entries on notable actors and actresses, singers, dancers, comedians, directors, producers, cinematographers, scriptwriters
- Summaries of better-known films, old and new, good and bad, Academy Award winners, cult classics
The Wiley-Blackwell History of American FilmPublication Date: 2012- 4-volume e-book (full text) with over 90 essays, 200 illustrations
- Chronological portrait of American film history from origin to present, with overviews of industry, audiences, aesthetics, culture, politics, issues, ideology