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ACUP/APUC eBound Collection
A collection of over 3,000 ebooks published by Association of Canadian University Presses/Association Des Presses Universitaires Canadiennes (ACUP/APUC) publishers. Comprises works published up to and including 2022.
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Springer Nature Link: Books
Access Springer's very large and growing collection of electronic books, reference works, and book series, covering primarily science, technology, and medicine and related topics, but also the arts and humanities, and social sciences.
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Taylor & Francis eBooks
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Cambridge Books
Cambridge University Press publishes a wide range of research monographs, academic reference, textbooks, books for professionals, and large numbers of books aimed at graduate students. We publish more than 30,000 ebooks for the global market, with 1,500 new titles added on average each year alongside our print publications.
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Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)
The Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) provides a searchable index to peer-reviewed monographs and edited volumes published under an open access model, with links to the full texts of the publications at the publisher’s website or repository.
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Duke University Press Books and Journals
Access to over 1000 electronic books and journals published by Duke University Press in the humanities and social sciences, including its full backlist of titles currently available as electronic books. Approximately 100 titles are added annually.
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Erudit
A collection of over 170 scholarly electronic journals, several books and proceedings, primarily published in Quebec and Canada in the French language and covering a wide range of disciplines in the human, social and natural sciences. Also includes a portal to french language theses available from Quebec and international locations. The Quebec journals are supported by the Fonds quebecois de rechercher sur la societ et la culture (Quebec fund for research on society and culture). Includes 3 collections: Scholarly Journals, Scholarly Journals (Additional Titles), Cultural Magazines. Access Note: A search in Erudit will permit authorized users to retrieve articles published in NRC Research Press, and vice versa.
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HathiTrust
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Searching the library for books effectively

The University of Saskatchewan library has a significant collection of resources (print and electronic) that discuss French Cinema. Searching USearch (the large search box on the library's main home page or using the search box to the left) will bring back books, articles, and more.

To make your searching effective, try the following search terms:

Motion pictures—France [general works about French films shown in France or produced by French companies]

Motion pictures—France—history

Motion pictures—France—history—20^th century

Motion pictures—France—influence

Motion pictures, French [French produced films shown outside of France]

Motion pictures—history

[Name of film production company]

National characteristics, French, in motion pictures

[Person’s last name, first name] in motion pictures [films about particular people]

[Place] in motion pictures [films about particular places]

Silent films--France