Films

• WebLinks - your easy way to find useful films web sites, giving information about awards, cast lists, locations and much more
• Encyclopaedia Britannica Online - find articles, photos and web links on films and film people
• Reference books online - search for details of films, film people, quotations and film connections

In particular, Credo Reference includes Chambers film factfinder' and a range of general encyclopaedias, biographical dictionaries and books on quotations

Oxford Reference Online has general works such as 'Who's who in the twentieth century' and also dictionaries of quotations

at the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography you can find detailed articles on notable film people from British history, excluding living people

• Newspapers online - check for film reviews and news in daily and Sunday newspaper articles; for historical information see the complete text of 'The Times' newspaper in the Times Digital Archive 1785 -1985
• At Bedford Central Library you can browse through film magazines 'Empire' and 'Stardust international'

Further information

• Library catalogue
• Contact us - for help to find information, from your local librarians
• 'Enquire' - a 24-hour chat enquiry service from the national People's Network. Local librarians take part in 'Enquire' on a rota basis but it is likely that you would be answered by a librarian from another library service

Library contact details and opening times

Printed
information

See Film reference books for systematic surveys, historical details and more