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Finding Audio-Visual Material

Using the Library Catalog

Finding DVDs and Videos


The information you have, director, title, or actors, subject or type of film, will determine how you conduct your search. You can search for actors or directors through the author search option.

 

 

 

Depending on the number of results you retrieve through your search, you may wish to modify your search by clicking on the modify button at the top of your results screen.

 

 

Then limit your search by keyword, title of work, and/or Material type:


Searching by Subject or Keyword


If you are looking for DVDs or videos on a particular topic go to Keyword Search and type in one or more terms and choose Material Type = media:

 


Finding CDs

 

Finding CDs is similar to finding videos and DVDs. You may search for performers, conductors, or composers through the author search; titles of individual works or album/CD titles through the title search. You may also search for combinations of instruments through the keyword search and limit by Location=listening room CD or Material Type = Music Recording.

 

 

or keyword = instrument (cello or violoncello) and composer (author) = Bach and performer (author) = Yo-Yo Ma

 

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