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Film and Television

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Academic OneFile

Academic OneFile One-stop source for millions of peer-reviewed, scholarly full-text articles in HTML and PDF formats from over 8,000 of the world's leading academic journals and reference sources. Comprehensively covers the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Multimedia feature includes podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and the CBC, as well as full-text New York Times content to 1995.

Type:Database

Character Actors

Bio sketches, filmographies, and television appearance listings of character actors. The website includes an alphabetical index sorted by the last name, first name, age, film, tv, and guest appearances. Search by last name, first name, or by film or television appearance. Also includes trivia, interviews and links to related sites.

Type:Website

Encyclopedia of Television

Browse the alphabetical index of 1,000+ original that examines specific programs and people as well as general historic moments and trends. Topics include violence, tabloid television and the quiz show scandal as well as histories of major American television networks.

Type:Website

Gale PowerSearch

Gale PowerSearch The Gale PowerSearch platform offers comprehensive access to authoritative reference, periodical and primary source information. Select from a list of Gale databases. Search multiple databases simultaneously with a single query. PowerSearch features include: advanced searching, bookmarks, search results, quick search and document delivery in email, print and download formats.

Type:Database

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers 4th ed...

Thorough coverage of legendary films, actors, actresses, directors, writers, and other production artists through detailed essays and commentary by experts. Entries include biographies, filmographies, comprehensive credits, production information, major awards, and bibliographies.

Type:eBook

Internet Movie Database

Billing itself the “Earth’s Biggest Movie Database,” IMDb contains detailed information on film and television productions such as the complete cast, director, writers, film crew, release dates, plot lines as well as user comments and recommendations, links to external reviews, and more.

Type:Website

Metacritic Film

A clearinghouse of film criticism excerpts with films (both wide and limited releases) ranked on a 100-point score. Also includes weekend box office data and an upcoming releases calendar.

Type:Website

New York Times, The

Complete full text content including the Book Review and Magazine. Paid ads are excluded. New additional electronic versions feature exact digital reproductions of the printed edition, with keyword searching and ability to browse the full publication. All pages, including advertising, photos and graphics are included.

Type:Database

OneFile, 1980 to current

OneFile, 1980 to current source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles many with images. Updated daily.

Type:Database