How to Find Videorecordings
Using CLIO

| General Information |
| Title Search | Author Search |Subject Search |
| Foreign Film Titles | Keyword Search | DVD's |

General Information

The Butler Media Collection is comprised of VHS and DVD film titles. Titles listed as "Butler Media" circulate to all Columbia affiliates for 3 days. Titles listed as "Butler Media Res" circulate to faculty for one week.

See KEYWORD SEARCH tips for how to limit to circulating titles only.

Title Search

If you know the title of the film you are looking for, enter a title search. Use the "Quick Limit" search feature for "Video Recordings" or enter the title followed by the letter "v".

 Example: t=sunset boulevard v

Author Search

If you are looking for works by a specific director, producer or screenwriter, enter an author search. NOTE: limits to not apply to author searches

 Example: a=wilder, billy

Subject Search

Recommended search for browsing title listing. Film formats are assigned subject headings, similar to books.  If you are looking for works in a particular genre or on a topical subject, use subject search. The following are examples of subject headings frequently used in cataloging videorecordings, laserdiscs and DVD's.

feature films | comedy films | documentary films | biographical films | gangster films | war films | |foreign films|
Example: s=feature films

For additional subject headings, see the Library of Congress Subject Headings, copies of which are in Butler Reference and other reference departments within Columbia University Libraries.

Foreign Film Titles

Subject searching also allows you to retrieve listings of foreign film titles. If you are interested in seeing a list of Spanish films held in the collection, try searching by subject heading for motion pictures, spanish. For French films, try motion pictures, french.

 

 

Keyword Search

Keyword searching is useful for identifying visual formats in CLIO.

Use "Quick Limit for Video Recordings and enter keyword(s). 

Ex. hamlet shakespeare  OR nkey hamlet tkey shakespeare

(note that nkey indicates name search and tkey indicates title search -- for more on keyword search tips -- see the section on Keyword from the main CLIO page)

 

How to limit search to only circulating titles?

Use Pre-set Limits -- select Library Location -- "Butler Media (circulating)  -- select and "Set Limits" -- return to search page. Pre-set limits will work on keyword and title searches.

 

Display list of DVD titles

If you only want DVD titles -- use keyword, enter terms and add "DVD"

hamlet shakespeare dvd