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- Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
An online library of hundreds of reference titles for multi-disciplinary research, including texts related to American and world history, biography, health, arts, business, travel, religion, and multicultural studies. - AFI Catalog This link opens in a new window
The AFI Catalog covers the history of American cinema comprehensively from 1893 to 1993 with full or short records for films from 1994 to 2015. Every film produced on American soil or by American production companies is indexed from the birth of cinema to the present day.
- Internet Movie Database (IMDB)IMDB features encyclopedic coverage of films with links to reviews, official film sites, and more. This is one of the largest movie sites and provides basic information on film stars and production crews.
- MRQE: Movie Review Query EngineA movie review index with links to over 120,000 full-text reviews covering more than 17,000 films from international, national, and local newspapers, arts and entertainment journals, and other sources.
