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Film Studies: Films & Scripts

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Columbia Resources for Films

MERLIN Catalog
Search for films available from the MU Libraries.
Columbia Public Library
Check out movies they have physical copies of or download movies from their digital collection.
Redbox
Moving Image Archive

Search for films in other libraries

WorldCat
International catalog containing over 95 million records of books and other materials held in libraries worldwide. Titles unavailable elsewhere can be requested here.
Date Coverage: Before 1000 BC-date

Maximum Users: Unlimited

Truncation:
Plurals: +; Truncation: *; Wildcard: ?

License Terms: http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/search/databases/oclclicense.htm

Search Guide: http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/databases/details/dbinformation_WorldCat.html

MOBIUS
See and request films and books from other libraries in Missouri.

Find Films on the Internet

Independent Television Service (ITVS)
Has a catalog of award winning documentaries and dramas. Some are available online, while others list times available to watch on public TV.
blinkx video search engine
Google Video Search
Yahoo Video Search
Amazon Prime Instant Video
Hulu
Netflix
Moving Image Archive
National film preservation foundation
Includes a directory of film archives in the U.S.A., lists of the films they have preserved
The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
Movie Dictionary - Filmbug

Find Scripts

Simply Scripts
Internet Movie Script Database
Drew's Script-o-rama
Movie Scripts and Screenplays
MERLIN catalog
Include "motion picture plays" in the subject.

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