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The pages in this section of the Film Studies Research Guide explain how to use Orbis (the online catalog), databases and other tools in order to find primary and secondary materials specifically about movies and the film industry.  Each page explains the special issues and particular strategies for finding these materials, and gives examples to help you out.

You can reach the subpages of this section of the guide by using the links under the main navigation bar above, or by clicking on the links below.

• Books
  
• Articles
• Film Reviews
• Films and Videos
• Screenplays/Filmscripts
• Archives and Institutes

General Help on...

• Searching in Orbis: Yale's Online Catalog (Orbis) Tutorials
• Choosing and using databases: Database Tutorials
• Finding books that Yale does not own: WorldCat
• Requesting books and articles in journals that Yale does not own: Borrow Direct or Interlibrary Loan
• Creating a bibliography and properly formatting citations: Endnote & Refworks Tutorials