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These links provide access to other electronic resources that can be helpful in researching topics in Film Studies.

British Film Institute- Online Library catalogue
Gateway to accessing one of the world's largest collections on cinema and television which is international in scope. Use this catalogue to find books, pamphlets, annuals & directories, theses, published scripts, and the BFI library's own publications.
British Film Institute Archive Collections
Access to many freely-available resources for the study of film, television, and historical footage.
Cinemetrics
Site that shows statistical data of over 4400 films, including number of shots and average shot length.
Classic Cinema Online
Large collection of classic feature films, streaming in embedded player.
Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque
Cleveland's alternative film theater.
Cleveland International Film Festival
Cleveland Film Society's International Film Festival
CWRU Film Society
The official web page of the CWRU Film Society, listing current and past semester film offerings on campus
David Bordwell's website on cinema
Selection of books, essays, blog postings and links to a wide variety of the film scholar's own work and that of others.
Film Threat
Reviews and news with a slant towards independent and cult films.
Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
Contains film/TV credit information for over 1 million titles with links to reviews and other information.
Japanese Reference Materials for Studying Japanese Cinema at Yale University
In depth guide to Japanese language materials for research in Japanese cinema.
Media History Digital Library - Online Access to the Histories of Cinema, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound
a non-profit initiative dedicated to digitizing collections of classic media periodicals that belong in the public domain for full public access.
MovieTone British newsreel archive
Searchable archive of British MovieTone digital archives.
Moving Image Collections Home
Catalog to collections of moving images from around the world.
Collection Space
CollectionSpace is a free, open-source, web-based software application for the description, management, and dissemination of museum collections information.

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