Media items -- including DVDs, VHS tapes, CDs, CD-Roms, and music cassettes -- and Microforms are currently housed on the first floor of the J.D. Williams Library.

Music LPs are stored offsite and may be requested.

Finding Music
For information on finding a score or music in various formats or a video/DVD about music, please refer to the Music Subject Guide.

Finding Films
Begin by searching the online catalog.

Don't know where to start? Use a KEYWORD search to look for certain words in a catalog record.
Search by: KEYWORD -- Limit by format (video/films)
NOTE: the word "movies" is rarely used in a library catalog. Search for "films" instead.

• insurance fraud
• eating disorders
• world war ii

Are you looking for a specific film?
Search by: TITLE

• rear window -- Look for the VHS/DVD icon in the item list!
  NOTE: a TITLE SEARCH can also bring up books or materials ABOUT a certain film, such as criticism or interpretation or, in some cases, an original screenplay.

Are you looking for a specific actor/actress or director?
Search by: AUTHOR (last name first)

• hitchcock, alfred
• stewart, jimmy
• kelly, grace

Are you searching for a certain TYPE of film?
Search by: SUBJECT

• feature films
• documentary films
• historical films
• detective and mystery films
• adventure films
• horror films
• war films
• silent films
• animated films (but for The Simpsons? Animated television series)
• foreign films (if looking for a specific country, include that in your search --> foreign films france)

Are you looking for a film adaptation of a book?

1. Search by TITLE, and look for the VHS/DVD icon in the item list -- OR
2. Search by SUBJECT with the official version of the author's name with "film and video adaptations

• shakespeare william 1564-1616 film and video adaptations

Are you looking for a specific FORMAT?
Search by TITLE:

• dvd videodiscs
• vhs videotapes