Can't find what you're looking for at Wellesley?
Use WorldCat Discovery to search and request directly from libraries worldwide via Interlibrary Loan.
Questions? Interlibrary Loan Guide
Quick Guide to Clapp Library Locations
Call # / Location | |
Books & Videos A-DZ Knapp Multimedia Ctr Computer Classroom |
First Floor |
Computing Help Desk |
Second Floor |
Books & Videos E-PM PLTC |
Third Floor |
Books & Videos PN-Z Archives Special Collections Book Arts Lab |
Fourth Floor |
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"
Over 3000 educational films and documentaries on history, music, and dance.
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:
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.
Online video of operas in performance, also documentaries and interviews. Create your own playlists and video clips.
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.
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
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
We welcome faculty, student, and staff recommendations for library materials.
For more information about the Library's collections, contact the subject specialist for your discipline.