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Electronic Reference

Biography Reference Bank
Biographical information on approximately half a million people, from antiquity to the present.

Chambers Film Factfinder
A collection of useful and often fascinating information on many aspects of film, from the early days of silent cinema to the twenty-first century.
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930
Examine women’s contributions to film - in front of the camera and behind it.

Oxford Reference
Over 34 dictionaries and encyclopedias on a variety of subjects.

Reference Books in the Library

The Complete Film Dictionary by Ira Konigsberg
Call Number: 791.4303 K836c,1997
ISBN: 0670100099
A Dictionary of Film Studies by Annette Kuhn; Guy Westwell
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 9780199587261
Encyclopedia of Early Cinema by Richard Abel (Editor)
Call Number: 791.4309 Ab35e,2005
ISBN: 0415234409
The film encyclopedia : the complete guide to film and the film industry by Ephraim Katz; Ronald Dean Nolen
Call Number: 791.4303 K159f,2008
ISBN: 9780061432859
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film by David Thomson
Call Number: 791.43 T382n,2010
ISBN: 9780307271747
Publication Date: 2010-10-26
Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film by Barry Keith Grant
Call Number: 791.4303 Sch35Gr,2007 v.1-4
ISBN: 9780028657912
4 volume set