Research Guides: Library Ebooks Used in Classes: CTAT

About Library Ebooks

The books below, which have been assigned in CTAT classes, are listed in alphabetical order by title.

Please read the tips, as many of these ebooks have use restrictions.

If the edition listed here does not match the edition assigned by your professor, you might want to ask the the professor before using the ebook version.

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The library has print texts for some courses available at the Library Service Desk. Most of these will be for 2 hour in-library use.

CTAT Ebooks

The American Film Industry by Tino Balio (Editor)
Publication Date: 1985
This ebook is provided by the Michigan eLibrary.
This is an unlimited ebook, so you won't ever get a "busy signal." Scroll down to find chapter links or use the PDF or EPUB link in the left column. You can read the entire book when logged in online, but can only print, download or email a limited number of pages. If you get an odd error message when trying to log in, try refreshing the browser page. More tips for EBSCO ebooks.
Audio Production Worktext: Concepts, Techniques, and Equipment, 9th ed. by Samuel J. Sauls; Craig A. Stark
Publication Date: 2019
This is an unlimited ebook, so you won't ever get a "busy signal." You can only print a limited number of pages. Be wary of using the download PDF option to read chapters, as this will quickly deplete your printing quota. Instead use Read Online, then print only specific key pages. You can download this book to your computer for a week at a time. After the 7 days, you can download it again as many times as you want. More tips for ProQuest ebooks.
Made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services
Basic Cinematography: A Creative Guide to Visual Storytelling by Kurt Lancaster
Publication Date: 2019
Scroll down the page to see the chapter table of contents, where you can download PDF copies of chapters. Note: If the ebook stops working, you may need to clear cookies from your browser settings. More tips for Taylor & Francis ebooks.
Funded as part of a Faculty Development Center workshop
Broadcast Announcing Worktext, 5th ed. by Alan R. Stephenson; Reed Smith; Mary E. Beadle
Publication Date: 2020
This is a 3-user ebook. If you are the 4th reader, you will get a "busy signal" and have to try again later. If you plan to rely solely on the ebook, it's wise to read ahead. You can only print a limited number of pages. Be wary of using the download PDF option to read chapters, as this will quickly deplete your printing quota. Instead use Read Online, then print only specific key pages. More tips for ProQuest ebooks.
Funded by GAMEABOVE.
Cinematography for Directors: A Guide for Creative Collaboration, 2nd ed
This is a 1-reader-at-a-time ebook. If you are the 2nd reader, you will get a "busy signal" and have to try again later. If you plan to rely solely on the ebook, it's wise to read ahead. You can only print a limited number of pages. Be wary of using the download PDF option to read chapters, as this will quickly deplete your printing quota. Instead use Read Online, then print only specific key pages. More tips for ProQuest ebooks.
Funded as part of a Faculty Development Center workshop
Documentary Film: A Very Short Introduction by Patricia Aufderheide
Publication Date: 2007
This is an unlimited ebook, so you won't ever get a "busy signal." You can only print a limited number of pages. Be wary of using the download PDF option to read chapters, as this will quickly deplete your printing quota. Instead use Read Online, then print only specific key pages. You can download this book to your computer for a week at a time. After the 7 days, you can download it again as many times as you want. More tips for ProQuest ebooks.
The Documentary Filmmaking Master Class: Tell Your Story from Concept to Distribution by Betsy Chasse
Publication Date: 2019
This is a 3-user ebook. If you are the 4th reader, you will get a "busy signal" and have to try again later. If you plan to rely solely on the ebook, it's wise to read ahead. You can only print a limited number of pages. Be wary of using the download PDF option to read chapters, as this will quickly deplete your printing quota. Instead use Read Online, then print only specific key pages. More tips for ProQuest ebooks.
Funded by the GAMEABOVE alumni group.
Documenting the Documentary, New Expanded Ed. by Barry Keith Grant (Editor)
Publication Date: 2014
This ebook is provided by the Michigan eLibrary.
This is on an unlimited ebook, so you won't ever get a "busy signal." Scroll down to find chapter links or use the PDF or EPUB link in left column. You can read the entire book when logged in online, but can only print, download or email a limited number of pages. If you get an odd error message when trying to log in, try refreshing the browser page. More tips for EBSCO ebooks..
Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China by Leslie T. Chang
Publication Date: 2008
This is a 2-user ebook. If you are the 3rd reader, you may get a "busy signal" and have to try again later. Wait for at least 15 minutes before trying to access it again. If you plan to rely solely on the ebook, it's wise to read ahead. Scroll down to find chapter links or use the PDF or EPUB link in the left column. You can read the entire book when logged in online, but can only print, download or email a limited number of pages. If you get an odd error message when trying to log in, try refreshing the browser page. More tips for EBSCO ebooks.
Gender, Race, and Class in Media, 6th ed by William E. Yousman; Lori Bindig Yousman; Gail Dines; Jean McMahon Humez (Editors)
Publication Date: 2020
This is a 3-user ebook. If you are the 4th reader, you will get a "busy signal" and have to try again later. If you plan to rely solely on the ebook, it's wise to read ahead. You can only print a limited number of pages. Be wary of using the download PDF option to read chapters, as this will quickly deplete your printing quota. Instead use Read Online, then print only specific key pages. More tips for ProQuest ebooks.
Funded as part of a Faculty Development Center workshop
Grammar of the Edit, 4th ed. by Christopher J. Bowen; Roy Thompson
Publication Date: 2017
This is an unlimited ebook, so you won't ever get a "busy signal." You can only print a limited number of pages. Be wary of using the download PDF option to read chapters, as this will quickly deplete your printing quota. Instead use Read Online, then print only specific key pages. You can download this book to your computer for a week at a time. After the 7 days, you can download it again as many times as you want. More tips for ProQuest ebooks.
Introduction to Cinematography by Tania Hoser
Publication Date: 2018/2019
This is a 3-user ebook. If you are the 4th reader, you may get a "busy signal" and have to try again later. Wait for at least 15 minutes before trying to access it again. If you plan to rely solely on the ebook, it's wise to read ahead. Scroll down to find chapter links or use the PDF or EPUB link in the left column. You can read the entire book when logged in online, but can only print, download or email a limited number of pages. If you get an odd error message when trying to log in, try refreshing the browser page. More tips for EBSCO ebooks.
Making Media: Foundations of Sound and Image Production, 4th ed. by Jan Roberts-Breslin
Publication Date: 2017
This is an unlimited ebook, so you won't ever get a "busy signal." You can only print a limited number of pages. Be wary of using the download PDF option to read chapters, as this will quickly deplete your printing quota. Instead use Read Online, then print only specific key pages. You can download this book to your computer for a week at a time. After the 7 days, you can download it again as many times as you want. More tips for ProQuest ebooks.
Placing Shadows: Lighting Techniques for Video Production by Chuck Gloman; Tom LeTourneau
Publication Date: 2012
Scroll down the page to see the chapter table of contents, where you can download PDF copies of chapters. Note: If the ebook stops working, you may need to clear cookies from your browser settings. More tips for Taylor & Francis ebooks.
Funded by EMU Student Government
Portable Video: News and Field Production, 6th ed. by Norman Medoff; Edward Fink
Publication Date: 2012
Scroll down the page to see the chapter table of contents, where you can download PDF copies of chapters. Note: If the ebook stops working, you may need to clear cookies from your browser settings. More tips for Taylor & Francis ebooks.
Funded as part of a Faculty Development Center workshop
Practical Recording Techniques: The Step-By-Step Approach to Professional Audio Recording, 7th ed. by Bruce Bartlett; Jenny Bartlett
Publication Date: 2016
This is a 3-user ebook. If you are the 4th reader, you will get a "busy signal" and have to try again later. If you plan to rely solely on the ebook, it's wise to read ahead. You can only print a limited number of pages. Be wary of using the download PDF option to read chapters, as this will quickly deplete your printing quota. Instead use Read Online, then print only specific key pages. More tips for ProQuest ebooks.
Screenplay by Syd Field
Publication Date: 2005
This is a 2-user ebook. If you are the 3rd reader, you may get a "busy signal" and have to try again later. Wait for at least 15 minutes before trying to access it again. If you plan to rely solely on the ebook, it's wise to read ahead. Scroll down to find chapter links or use the PDF or EPUB link in the left column. You can read the entire book when logged in online, but can only print, download or email a limited number of pages. If you get an odd error message when trying to log in, try refreshing the browser page. More tips for EBSCO ebooks.
Funded by EMU Student Government
Screenplay: Foundations of Screenwriting, Screenwriter's Workbook, and Screenwriter's Problem Solver (3 books) by Syd Field
Publication Date: 2018
This is a 1-reader-at-a-time ebook. If you are the 2nd reader, you will get a "busy signal" and have to try again later. If you plan to rely solely on the ebook, it's wise to read ahead. You can only print a limited number of pages. Be wary of using the download PDF option to read chapters, as this will quickly deplete your printing quota. Instead use Read Online, then print only specific key pages. More tips for ProQuest ebooks.
This ebook is awkward to navigate: Click on Contents, then choose the book title you want, use the > to forward pages till you see the chapter links.
Story Movements: How Documentaries Empower People and Inspire Social Change by Caty Borum Chattoo
Publication Date: 2020
This Oxford ebook is easy to use. Scroll down the page to find chapters you can read online or download as a PDF. More tips for Oxford ebooks
Funded by the GAMEABOVE alumni group.
Studio Television Production and Directing, 2nd ed. by Andrew Utterback
Publication Date: 2015/2016
Scroll down the page to see the chapter table of contents, where you can download PDF copies of chapters. Note: If the ebook stops working, you may need to clear cookies from your browser settings. More tips for Taylor & Francis ebooks.
Studio Television Production and Directing: Concepts, Equipment, and Procedures, 3rd ed by Andrew Hicks Utterback
Publication Date: 2023
Scroll down the page to see the chapter table of contents, where you can download PDF copies of chapters. Note: If the ebook stops working, you may need to clear cookies from your browser settings. More tips for Taylor & Francis ebooks.
Funded as part of a Faculty Development Center workshop
Thinking in the Dark: Cinema, Theory, Practice by Murray Pomerance & R. Barton Palmer (Editors)
Publication Date: 2015/2016
This ebook is provided by the Michigan eLibrary.
This is an unlimited ebook, so you won't ever get a "busy signal." Scroll down to find chapter links or use the PDF or EPUB link in the left column. You can read the entire book when logged in online, but can only print, download or email a limited number of pages. If you get an odd error message when trying to log in, try refreshing the browser page. More tips for EBSCO ebooks.
Writing, Directing, and Producing Documentary Films and Digital Videos, 5th ed. by Alan Rosenthal; Ned Eckhardt
Publication Date: 2016
This ebook is provided by the Michigan eLibrary.
This is an unlimited ebook, so you won't ever get a "busy signal." Scroll down to find chapter links or use the PDF or EPUB link in the left column. You can read the entire book when logged in online, but can only print, download or email a limited number of pages. If you get an odd error message when trying to log in, try refreshing the browser page. More tips for EBSCO ebooks.

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