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Theater & Film Playbook

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Find Books About Theater

To find books about theater, go to the library's home page and search under FIND BOOKS.

  • Click the arrow to access the drop down menu
  • Click "subject"
  • Enter the word "theater" into the search box.
  • Click search.  

 

Look at the image below to see how to set up the search. 

 

search for theater books by subject using QuickSearch

 

 

Find Books About Film

To find books about film, go to the library's home page and search under FIND BOOKS.

  • Click the arrow to access the drop down menu
  • Click "subject"
  • Enter the word "motion pictures" into the search box.
  • Click search.  

 

Look at the image below to see how to set up the search. 

Search for film by subject motion pictures in QuickSearch

Find Specific Books

Using the library catalog, you can find specific books by keyword, author, and title. Go to the library's home page, and under FIND BOOKS  type in keywords, select the type of search (title, author, keyword) from the drop down menu, then click Search. 

Note: You do not need the whole title to run a title search.  You can use one or more keywords from the title. Example: if you're looking for a a book about Charlie Chaplin, run a title search using those words, and you will find books that have the words "Charlie" and "Chaplin" in the title.  See the example below.

 

title search