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Cinema Resources
To find resources on Cinema,
- Use a General Search of our collection for books, articles, videos, and more.
- Or try a specialized journal database to find scholarly articles.
- Browse the reference sources below to find author biographies, work summaries, overviews of literature topics, and more.
Include a genre or theme of interest in your search. For example:
- motion pictures criticism
- Hitchcock Psycho
- minorities film
Kanopy Streaming Films
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Kanopy is a streaming video service that contains thousands of films that can be accessed with your Augsburg credentials or a public library card.
These films can be watched by Augsburg faculty, staff, and students anywhere, anytime.
See the Finding Videos page for others ways to find films in our collection.
Web Resources
- IMDB: Internet Movie DatabaseThis is a great resource for production information, cast lists, and other details about films.
- Film Studies - Dartmouth LibrariesVisit the Dartmouth Libraries' Film Studies guide for tips on researching films, film reviews & criticism, and primary sources about films.
- JSTOR - Film StudiesA collection of 19 journals about film studies accessible through JSTOR.
Print Reference Sources
Encyclopedia of Early Cinema by Call Number: Reference PN1993.45 .E53 2005Explore technological and artistic developments in early cinema in America and internationallly. The thematic entry list at the beginning is especially useful; see topics arranged by country, cultural and social contexts, and much more.
Queer Cinema in America by ISBN: 9781440867163Publication Date: 2019-11-11Explore queer cinema over time with this comprehensive encyclopedia, helping readers understand films, directors, actors, themes, and other topics related to LGBTQ cinema history. Included are alphabetically arranged entries on stars, directors, films, themes, and other topics related to queer cinema in America, including films and persons from outside the U.S. who nonetheless figured prominently in America popular culture. Entries cite works for further reading, sidebars provide snippets of interesting trivia, a timeline highlights key events, and a selected, general, end-of-work bibliography cites the most important major works on the topic.
