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Find a Book
- Material in reference is useful to begin your research or to find quick information.
- Check the catalog and the Motion Picture & Television Production Databases.
- If you find an item at ASU or UNCA, use our ABC Express service.
- There are several options available for obtaining material that is not located in Hunter Library. Click here for a list of free services.
- You can also search in WorldCat or in bibliographies. WorldCat is an online database and will provide you with a list of items in libraries in the USA and abroad. You will need to use the interlibrary loan service to get the items not at ASU or UNCA.
- Is your research taking too long? Ask for help.
Tips to Search the Catalog
- Learn the difference between keyword and subject searching.
- Enter keywords that describe your topic.
- The library catalog accepts both theater and theatre.
- Click on the subject heading to anything in the catalog about your topic.
- Use synonyms and related terms for different results.
- Use the * to search for word variants. For example, photograph* searches for photographers, photographic, photographs, photography, etc.
- Too few results? Broaden your search by removing keywords or using a more general term.
- Too many results? Narrow your search by adding another keyword or using a more specific term.
Subject Headings Search
Subject Headings allow you to search library catalogs for materials on a particular topic.
Listed here is a selection of some major subject headings of interest for motion pictures and production:
- Digital video
- Interactive video
- Interactive multimedia
- Low budget motion pictures (also: B films)
- Motion pictures--Production and direction
- Motion picture industry—United States
- Multimedia systems
- Television--Production and direction
- Video recordings--Production and direction
Bibliographies
Are useful lists of important research resources and often include an annotation with critical descriptions.
Bibliographies cover the literature over a longer period, providing in-depth research that can lead to other resources. Some bibliographies explain research strategies and methodologies.
To search for bibliographies using the subject heading: Motion pictures--Bibliography
To search for bibliographies using the keyword searches, look at the following examples:
- silent films and bibliography
- welles orson and bibliography
- women and motion pictures and bibliography
Find Media
You can find the media collection in the Curriculum Materials Center (CMC). Hunter Library outlines borrowing policies for audio, video, and multimedia. In addition to browsing, you can also search the collection using the catalog.
To search for videos and DVDs in our media collection type “film and [your topic]”. Example: film and fantasy.
A list of items will come up. From the scroll down menu (where you limit your search by institution), select DVD/Video and then click search again. This search will limit your search by medium, but will not limit the search to WCU.
Please note that ASU and UNCA have different lending policies for audio/video material.
A selected list of new visual material is available here. This list changes monthly.