Finding Books - Film Studies

You can search FRANCIS to find books on films and directors. Try one of these strategies:

1. Do a Subject Heading search for [director's last name] [director's first name]. Choose the main heading or look for the sub-heading "criticism and interpretation"
   
   Examples: Coen, Joel
   
   This search will find Joel Coen as the subject of the work. It's useful to run this search when you want to look at the possible categories that the library uses to catalog books about the director.
   
   
2. Do a Subject Heading search for [title of the film]
   
   Examples: Fargo
   
   This search will find Fargo as the subject of the work. It's useful to run this search when you have a particular title in mind. You'll find focused scholarly criticism about your subject.
   
   
3. Do a Keyword search for [director's name] and [title of film]
   
   Example: Coen and Fargo
   
   This search will find the words Coen and Fargo anywhere in the record. It's useful to run this search when you want a broad range of results about your subject.