Locating Books in Film Studies at the Yale Library
Use Orbis to search for materials
on films, people, genres
and topics that the library has acquired since 1977. For earlier
publications it is still a good idea to check in the SML
Card Catalog, even though almost all of it is now in Orbis.
To find materials that Yale does not own, you can use these same
Library of Congress Subject Headings to search in WorldCat.
Use the REQUEST feature in Eureka to request these items through
Interlibrary Loan,
or use Borrow
Direct.
Once you have identified a book, you need to go to the proper library
and location. To find books at Sterling Memorial Library, check
the Stack
Directory (this is an Excel file).
Subject Headings
Subject Headings are used to describe the content of materials with consistent terminology. They are drawn from a "controlled vocablulary" produced by the Library of Congress. For instance, the usual Library of Congress Subject Heading for films is Motion Pictures. However, the term Films may be used for genres, and some books (mostly uncatalogued titles) have the word Cinema. Always look at the subject headings in any catalog or index to make sure that you are searching with the most relevant terminology.
See Film History and Criticism for more information on subject headings.
For more information about using Orbis and the other Yale Library Catalogs see About the Yale Library Catalogs.
Films:
Works about any film can be searched in Orbis using a subject search on the title:
Subject: star wars
Subject: african queen
People:
Works about any person can also be searched in Orbis using a subject search - LastName FirstName:
Subject: greenaway peterFor works (books, movies) by a particular person, use an author search:
Subject: hepburn katharine
Author: lee ang
Genres and Topics:
Use a Keyword search to look for genres and topics, especially if you are unsure of the Library of Congress Subject Heading. A keyword search finds the term anywhere in the Orbis record. When you do a keyword search, be sure to look at the subject headings used to describe this topic and also search by the correct Library of Congress Subject Heading.
Also, use a keyword search if you have multiple concepts or topics to search. Remember that the subject heading for film in general is Motion Pictures, but genres may use the term Films, and a few books (especially uncatalogued items) have a subject headings with the word Cinema.
Keywords: motion pictures and architecture
Keywords: motion pictures and france and history
Keywords: rebels and motion pictures
Keywords: greenaway peter and (art or architecture) [Remember to search LastName FirstName]
Subject: comedy films
Subject: british cinema
See Film Genres and Themes for more detailed information.
To locate government documents on motion pictures, try restricting your search to the Government Documents Center using Orbis's Limits feature.
A partial list of Library of Congress Subject Headings for genres and topics is available by searching SUBJECT: MOTION PICTURES. The sample below will give you a sense of the various ways films may be classified.
MOTION PICTURES *Search Also Under: 2 ADVENTURE FILMS 3 AFRO AMERICAN WOMEN IN MOTION PICTURES 4 AFRO AMERICANS IN MOTION PICTURES 5 ALIENATION SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY IN MOTION PICTURES 6 AMATEUR FILMS 7 ANIMATED FILMS 8 ANTISEMITISM IN MOTION PICTURES 9 ART AND MOTION PICTURES 10 ART IN MOTION PICTURES 11 AUTEUR THEORY MOTION PICTURES 12 BIBLE FILMS 13 BIKO STEVE 1946-1977. IN MOTION PICTURES 14 BIOGRAPHICAL FILMS 15 BOWERY BOYS FILMS 16 BULLFIGHTS IN MOTION PICTURES 17 CANADA IN MOTION PICTURES 18 CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MOTION PICTURES 19 CATHOLICS IN MOTION PICTURES 20 CHARACTERS AND CHARACTERISTICS IN MOTION PICTURES 21 CHILDREN IN MOTION PICTURES 22 CHINA IN MOTION PICTURES 23 CITIES AND TOWNS IN MOTION PICTURES 24 CIVILIZATION ANCIENT IN MOTION PICTURES 25 CLERGY IN MOTION PICTURES 26 COLLEGE LIFE FILMS 27 COLORIZATION OF MOTION PICTURES 28 COMEDY FILMS 29 COMIC STRIP CHARACTERS IN MOTION PICTURES 30 COMMUNISM AND MOTION PICTURES 31 COUNTRY LIFE IN MOTION PICTURES 32 CRUELTY IN MOTION PICTURES 33 DADAISM IN MOTION PICTURES 34 DANCE IN MOTION PICTURES TELEVISION ETC 35 DEATH IN MOTION PICTURES 36 DETECTIVE AND MYSTERY FILMS 37 DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN MOTION PICTURES 38 DOCUMENTARY FILMS 39 DOUBLES IN MOTION PICTURES 40 ENTERTAINERS IN MOTION PICTURES 41 EROTIC FILMS 42 EUGENICS IN MOTION PICTURES 43 EXISTENTIALISM IN MOTION PICTURES 44 EXPERIMENTAL FILMS 45 FANTASTIC FILMS 46 FASCISM AND MOTION PICTURES 47 FEMALE IMPERSONATORS IN MOTION PICTURES 48 FEMINISM AND MOTION PICTURES 49 FEMINIST MOTION PICTURES 50 FILM ADAPTATIONS 51 FILM GENRES 52 FILM NOIR 53 FILMS FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED 54 FLIGHT IN MOTION PICTURES 55 FOREIGN FILMS 56 FRANKENSTEIN FILMS 57 GANGSTER FILMS 58 HAND TO HAND FIGHTING ORIENTAL IN MOTION PICTURES 59 HEROES IN MOTION PICTURES 60 HISPANIC AMERICANS IN MOTION PICTURES 61 HISTORICAL FILMS 62 HOLOCAUST JEWISH 1939 1945 IN MOTION PICTURES 63 HOMOSEXUALITY IN MOTION PICTURES 64 HORROR FILMS 65 INDIANS IN MOTION PICTURES 66 IRELAND IN MOTION PICTURES 67 JAMES BOND FILMS 68 JAPAN IN MOTION PICTURES 69 JESUS CHRIST IN MOTION PICTURES 70 JEWS IN MOTION PICTURES 71 JOURNALISTS IN MOTION PICTURES 72 JUVENILE DELINQUENCY FILMS 73 LABOR AND LABORING CLASSES IN MOTION PICTURES 74 LATIN AMERICA IN MOTION PICTURES 75 LENIN VLADIMIR ILICH 1870-1924. IN MOTION PICTURES 76 LOVE IN MOTION PICTURES 77 MALE IMPERSONATORS IN MOTION PICTURES 78 MARRIAGE IN MOTION PICTURES 79 MASOCHISM IN MOTION PICTURES 80 MEN IN MOTION PICTURES 81 MENTAL ILLNESS IN MOTION PICTURES 82 MEXICAN AMERICANS IN MOTION PICTURES 83 MIDDLE AGE IN MOTION PICTURES 84 MINORITIES IN MOTION PICTURES 85 MINORITY WOMEN IN MOTION PICTURES 86 MONSTERS IN MOTION PICTURES 87 MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY IN MOTION PICTURES 88 MOTION PICTURE REMAKES 89 MOTION PICTURE SEQUELS 90 MOTION PICTURE SERIALS 91 MUSICAL FILMS 92 MYTH IN MOTION PICTURES 93 MYTHOLOGY IN MOTION PICTURES 94 NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS AMERICAN IN MOTION PICTURES 95 NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS GERMAN IN MOTION PICTURES 96 NEWSREELS 97 NUCLEAR WARFARE IN MOTION PICTURES 98 OUR GANG FILMS 99 POLITICS IN MOTION PICTURES 100 PSYCHIATRY IN MOTION PICTURES 101 PUPPET FILMS 102 REALISM IN MOTION PICTURES 103 RELIGION IN MOTION PICTURES 104 RELIGIOUS FILMS 105 REPETITION IN MOTION PICTURES 106 REVOLUTIONS IN MOTION PICTURES 107 SAMURAI FILMS 108 SCIENCE FICTION FILMS 109 SCOTLAND IN MOTION PICTURES 110 SEA IN MOTION PICTURES 111 SENSATIONALISM IN MOTION PICTURES 112 SEX IN MOTION PICTURES 113 SHERLOCK HOLMES FILMS 114 SHORT FILMS 115 SILENT FILMS 116 SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN MOTION PICTURES 117 SOCIALISM AND MOTION PICTURES 118 SOCIALIST REALISM IN MOTION PICTURES 119 SOUND MOTION PICTURES 120 SOUTH AFRICA IN MOTION PICTURES 121 SOUTHERN STATES IN MOTION PICTURES 122 SPORTS FILMS 123 SPORTS IN MOTION PICTURES 124 SPY FILMS 125 STAR TREK FILMS 126 SUPERMAN FILMS 127 SURREALISM IN MOTION PICTURES 128 THREE STOOGES FILMS 129 TRIALS IN MOTION PICTURES 130 UKRAINIANS IN MOTION PICTURES 131 UNITED STATES IN MOTION PICTURES 132 VAMPIRE FILMS 133 VILLAINS IN MOTION PICTURES 134 VIOLENCE IN MOTION PICTURES 135 WAR FILMS 136 WESTERN FILMS 137 WOMEN IN MOTION PICTURES 138 YOUTH IN MOTION PICTURES 139 3 D FILMS
