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American Film Scripts Online
Contains 823 scripts by 969 writers. When it is complete there will be 1000 scripts. Most of them have never been published before and appear through arrangements with major film studios. (Alexander Street Press)
Censorship in America: A Reference Handbook
(1999, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics
Brief definitions of terminology in the field of linguistics, with coverage of regional dialects. (2nd ed., 2007, Oxford Reference Online)
Dictionary of the Internet
Terms related to the Web, software technology, jargon, e-commerce, security, and the technical and organizational infrastructure of the Internet. (2003, Oxford Reference Online)
Dictionary of the Social Sciences
Covers many disciplines (anthropology, sociology, political science, economics, human geography, cultural studies, and Marxism), and defines basic terms, concepts, theories, schools of thought, methodologies, techniques, topics, issues, and controversies. (2002, Oxford Reference Online)
Encyclopedia of Conflict Resolution
(1997, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Encyclopedia of Rhetoric
A comprehensive treatment of the art of persuasion, with articles on theory, history, and practice, with special emphasis on public speaking, performance, and communication. (2006, Oxford Reference Online)
Freedom of Speech: Rights and Liberties under the Law
(2003, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Freedom of the Press: Rights and Liberties under the Law
(2004, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
From Talking drums to the Internet: An Encyclopedia of Communications Technology
(1997, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences
The major scholarly encyclopedia covering the social sciences broadly. (26 v., 2001, Elsevier available via ScienceDirect)
Media and Politics in America: A Reference Handbook
(2003, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Propaganda and Mass Persuasion: A Historical Encyclopedia, 1500 to the Present
(2003, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film
Introduction to film and film studies, covering such aspects as production, national traditions, studios, genres, critical theory and film history. (4 v., 2007, Gale Virtual Reference Library)
Violence and the Media: A Reference Handbook
(1996, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
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