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ADVANCED VIDEO SEARCHING

The quickest way to search for a video in Caravan is to use the Quick Limit option for “Videos & DVDs”.  This will work with Title and Keyword searches.  If that doesn’t work, use the information in the following table to target your search. You can identify the most recently released titles in any of these search category results by using the “sort by” pull down menu to select “publish date descending” from your search results list.

If you need additional assistance, please contact a reference librarian at x2655.

To find: 

Enter:

Type of Search in Caravan

All feature films          

“feature films” and videorecording

Keyword Boolean

Only DVD

“feature films” and DVD

Keyword Boolean

Only VHS

“feature films” and VHS

Keyword Boolean

By director or significant performer

“feature films” and [director]

e.g.; “feature films” and Kurosawa

Keyword Boolean

By title

“title”

Keyword

English

e.g.; “like water for chocolate”

Keyword

Foreign title

e.g.; “Como agua para chocolate

Keyword

Foreign feature films

   

By language     

“feature films” and [language]

e.g.; “feature films” and Japanese

Keyword Boolean

All Documentary films

   

By subject        

"documentary films” and [keyword for subject] e.g.; “documentary films” and maasai

Keyword Boolean

Only DVD

“documentary films” and DVD

Keyword Boolean

Only VHS

“documentary films” and VHS

Keyword Boolean

All Dance Films

dance and videorecording

Keyword Boolean

By dance genre

[genre keyword] and videorecording e.g.; “modern dance” and videorecording

Keyword Boolean

Short Films (running time of less than 40 minutes)           

“short films” and videorecording

Keyword Boolean

 

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