Library Research Guides: CINEMA & MEDIA STUDIES: Find Books & Media

Borrowing from Elsewhere

Can't find what you're looking for at Wellesley?

Use WorldCat Discovery to search and request directly from libraries worldwide via Interlibrary Loan.

Book Locations and Maps

Quick Guide to Clapp Library Locations

Call # / Location
Books & Videos A-DZ Knapp Multimedia Ctr Computer Classroom	First Floor
Computing Help Desk Research Help Desk Reference Books Science Collection Documents Reserves	Second Floor
Books & Videos E-PM PLTC	Third Floor
Books & Videos PN-Z Archives Special Collections Book Arts Lab	Fourth Floor

How to find items by call number

Clapp Library Floor Plans

Selected Books

Off the Page: Screenwriting in the Era of Media Convergence [e-book] by Daniel Bernardi & Julian Hoxter
(2017)

Search the Library Catalog

Catalog search tips

Search for specific films by title

To find films by director, do an author search

To find material about a director, try a subject search

Limit your search to Videos & DVDs to find both streaming videos and DVDs.

Select "Subject" from the library catalog's drop-down menu and search for "Motion Pictures," which is the official Library of Congress subject heading for film/ cinema.

Use and to combine terms in your search | hitchcock and women

Use or to expand results | filmmaker or director

Use * to find variant endings, or as a wild card | wom*n theat*

Use " " to search words as a phrase | "cinéma verité"

Streaming Video

Docuseek2 This link opens in a new window
NEW! Streaming over 1400 documentary films across a broad range of disciplines.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Over 3000 educational films and documentaries on history, music, and dance.
Kanopy This link opens in a new window
Large streaming video collection, including feature films and documentaries from PBS, BBC, Criterion, and more.

Please see this list of films Wellesley is currently licensing from Kanopy for title information.
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Wellesley College students are also able to use Kanopy via the Wellesley Free Library in town. Students automatically have library cards there and are able to download six films a month. To activate your account, follow these instructions:
1. Call the Wellesley Free Library at 781-235-1610 ext. 1104 during their open hours.
2. Verify your name, Wellesley College mailing address, and college e-mail.
3. They will provide you with your card number and PIN.
4. Download and install the app, available for phones and tablets (you can also watch on a computer at wellesleylib.kanopy.com).
5. Input your card number and PIN.
Wellesley College staff and faculty also are able to use Kanopy via the Wellesley Free Library. If you are not already a patron there, you can get a temporary card online at wellesleyfreelibrary.org/library-card-application.
Opera in Video This link opens in a new window
Online video of operas in performance, also documentaries and interviews. Create your own playlists and video clips.
Socialism on Film: The Cold War and International Propaganda This link opens in a new window
Video from Soviet, Chinese, Vietnamese, East European, British and Latin American filmmakers, from the early 1900s to the late 1980s, covering everyday life and society, culture, the Cold War, memory and current affairs.

ILL During the Renovation

InterLibrary Loan (ILL) services will continue to be available for print books, ebooks, chapters, and articles. If you only need a chapter or two from a book, place a book chapter request and we'll try to get them electronically. Requesting an item through ILL will be more efficient than recalling an item from storage; however, if we are unable to locate an item through ILL, we will pursue other means.

Where do I pick up & return my ILL requests during the renovation?

Pickups: Modulars, Room 103

Returns: Modulars, Room 103, Blue Library Book Drop outside the Modulars or the Art or Music Libraries

Service Desk Hours

How do I Make Requests?

For Loan requests, search the Library Catalog, WorldCat, or SuperSearch and look for one of the following links to place your ILL request. If we already own an item, but it is in off-site storage or checked out, you can still select “Request from another library (InterLibrary Loan)”.

Renovation Website

https://blogs.wellesley.edu/clapplibraryrenovation/faq/

New in the Library

Kill the Documentary: A Letter to Filmmakers, Students, and Scholars by Jill Godmilow
Publication Date: 2022
Award-winning director Jill Godmilow issues an urgent call for a new kind of nonfiction filmmaking. In place of the conventional documentary, she advocates for a "postrealist" cinema.