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LEO Search Tips: for video and other media software

All of the media software in Media Resources, the Music Library and the Educational Technology & Media Center--DVDs, videotapes, CDs, computer software, etc.--can be found in LEO Library Catalog. So start here: http://leo.jmu.edu/.

Tip 1: If you already know the title of what you're looking for...

  • Use LEO's Title Search
  • If you don't know the exact title, use LEO's Advanced Word Search. Then:
    • Enter your key words under Any Word.
    • Under Limit Your Results by Type of Material, select: music recording, spoken recording, or video/film. (This search will work for most common media program formats: CDs, DVDs, videotapes.)

Tip 3: Find foreign language films and audio recordings...

  • First. do a search on Subject, Word or "feature films" from Special LEO Lists (scroll box located on left side while in LEO).
  • Then, choose Limit Search Limit Search Button both by Type of Material (music recording, sound recording, or video/film) and by Language (French, German, Italian, etc.).

Tip 4: Find closed captioned video programs...

  • Do a Subject Search for: "video recordings for the hearing impaired".

Tip 5: Find feature films by movie genre...

  • First, do a "feature films" search from the Special LEO Lists (scroll box located on left side while in LEO).
  • Then, choose Limit Search Limit Search Button and enter one of the following phrases under Subject Words:
    • 3-D Films
    • amateur Films
    • animated Films
    • biographical films
    • comedy films
    • detective and mystery films
    • documentary films
    • erotic films
    • experimental films
    • film adaptations
    • gangster films
    • historical films
    • horror films
    • musical films
    • samurai films
    • science fiction films
    • short films
    • silent films
    • western films

Tip 6: Find media formats other than video and audio...

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