Search Tips
If you know the title
- Choose "Title" from the list of search terms, type in the title,
and click on "Submit" or hit the Enter/Return key.
- You will retrieve a list of matching titles. You can click on any of them
to get more information about each item.
- Videos and DVDs will say this in the title line, and also have a little
picture of a movie camera next to them.
You can also search by subject, or by author. The author of a video can be the
director or the star of the film.
If you don't know the title
- Choose "Keyword" from the Main Menu to do a word search. Type
in a name or subject you are interested in along with the word "videocassette"
(for example "Thomas Jefferson videocassette" or "John Wayne
videocassette"). If you are looking only for DVD use "DVD"
in your search.
To limit by material type
- First do a regular search by Title, Author, Keyword etc.
- Click "Limit/Sort Search" from the buttons at the bottom of the screen.
- Use the Pull Down menu for "MATERIAL type" and and choose "PROJ MEDIA"
to limit your search results to only videos and DVDs.
To create a complete list of videos, first do a Keyword search using "videocassette"
and then limit that list by Material type "PROJ MEDIA". To create a complete
list of DVDs use "DVD" as a Keyword.
To create a list of videos Described for the Visually Impaired, do a Keyword
search for "dvs". These letters stand for Described Video Service, the distributor
of these materials.
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use the same steps as for locating Videos, except the media type "Audiocassette"
or "Book on CD" will appear when searching by title, author, keyword or subject.
There will be a picture of a cassette tape by the entry, also.
The keyword you want to use is "audiocassette" (for example "John
Grisham audiocassette" or "discs" to find books on CD (for example
"John Grisham discs"). The Material type to limit your searches with
is "SPOKEN RECORD". Please refer back to TO FIND VIDEOS for details.
To create a complete list of Books on Tape, first do a Keyword search using
"audiocassette" and then limit that list by Material type "SPOKEN RECORD".
To create a complete list of Books on CD, do a keyword search on "book discs"
and then limit by "SPOKEN RECORD".
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is a similar process. The Material type to limit searches with is "SOUND RECORD".
Details on doing searches are in the TO FIND VIDEOS section. Music CDs will
have a picture of a CD player with a grammaphone by their entry in the catalog.
To create a complete list of CDs, first do a Keyword search by using "compact
disc" and then limit that list by Material type "SOUND RECORD".
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uses the same steps outlined in TO FIND VIDEOS, except that the keyword is "Computer
Software" (for example "landscape computer software"). The material type to
limit searches with is choice "COMPUTER FILE". CD ROMS will have a picture
of a disc drive and a disc next to their entries.
To create a complete list of CD ROMs do a keyword search on "Computer Software"
and then limit that list by "COMPUTER FILE".
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