Searches for any keyword(s) within the catalog.

Hint: Put quotation marks ("") around keywords that should be searched as a phrase (i.e. "motion picture")

• Connect keyword(s) with and when both keyword's must be present (i.e shakespeareand film)
• Use or to search terms with similar meanings (i.e. movies or cinema or film or motion pictures).
• Use not to exclude entries containing certain terms (i.e. Shakespeare and film not literature)

Searches for items using the EXACT subject heading from the Library of Congress (i.e. filmmaking)

Hint: Consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings available in the Research and Instructional Support Area or access them using Library of Congress Classification Web from the the Resources A-Z list.

Some subject headings include:
Motion pictures indexes
Motion pictures periodicals
Motion pictures producers and directors
television broadcasting of films

The Multimedia Library exists to collect, maintain and provide access to a variety of Multimedia materials including 1/2 VHS videotape, DVD, laserdisc and CD-ROM's.

Since the titles can be located under a multitude of subject heading in the library's online catalog, here are some suggestions for locating a media title using PantherCat:

Click on the button
In the Location limit, scroll down to Multimedia Library (choose between VHS, DVD, etc.) and click on it.
Click the Set Limits button

Note: Limits only work in Keyword, Title and Advanced Searches.

Leonard Maltin's 2002 Movie and Video Guide
(REF) PN1992.8.F5 L36 2002

Features include:

• Reviews
• Date of release
• Listing of mail order sources for videos
• Exact running times
• List of 100 recommended family film

• Alternate titles
• Cross-reference of films with cast and crew
• Information on movies and entertainment as well as videos currently available in the areas of: Education, Sports, Fine Arts, Health Science, Business Industry, How-to Instruction and much more

• Top grossing films for the previous year and several years back
• Awards
• Biographies and obituaries of actors, directors, and other contributors
• Production services listings
• List of professional organization and government offices

• Reviews
• Credits
• Publicity taglines featured in film reviews and advertisements
• List of awards for each movie
• Obituaries

• Cast and Crew
• Location of filming
• Photo galleries
• Current Movies
• Taglines
• Genre
• Movie showtimes

Film Literature Index
(REF) PN1993.F616x

• Quarterly index
• Author and subject index
• International in scope
• Periodical literature of film video and television

• Includes a general subject index
• Title index
• Biographies

• Top grossing films for the previous year and several years back
• Awards
• Biographies and obituaries of actors, directors, and other contributors
• Production services listings
• List of professional organization and government offices

• Covers 1984- present
• Some Full Text
• Scholarly and Popular Magazines
• Multidisciplinary
• Academic Search Guide

• Covers 1984-present
• Some Full Text
• Scholarly and Popular Magazines
• Humanities Full Text Guide

• Covers 1983-present
• Some Full Text
• Popular Magazines
• Reader's Guide Full Text Guide

New York Times Film Reviews
(REF) PN1995.N4

• Library has 1913-most current
• Reprints of reviews published in the New York Times

• Library has 1907-1988
• Reprints of reviews published in Variety

• A guide to reviewed and evaluated non-print media
• Coverage of reviews in print publications
• Access to reviews and related resources accessible via the Web
• Currently linking to approximately 300,000 full-text reviews.

• Online reviews from accredited film critics
• Search the database or browse by title
• Search by: genre, MPAA rating, title, cast and crew

• Full Text film reviews online
• Search the database or browse by title

Film quarterly.

Database: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Libraries
Title: Film quarterly.
Publication: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c1958-
Description: Periodical
Computer File
v. : ill. ; 22-26 cm.
Vol. 12, no. 1 (fall 1958)-
Internet Link: http://www.catchword.com/rpsv/cw/ucp/00151386/contp1.htm
Notes: Title from cover.
Also available on microfilm.
Also available on the Internet; restricted to UWM computers only.
Subjects: Motion pictures--Periodicals.
Radio--Periodicals.
Television--Periodicals.
Indexed in: Magazine index 1959-
Film literature index
Art index
Humanities index
Book review index
Media review digest
Biography index
Continues: Quarterly of film, radio, and television
Additional Author(s): University of California, Berkeley.

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Location: Available on the Internet
Call Number: Click on Internet link above
Notes: Licensed Resource: Access restricted to computers on campus and to off-campus users with valid UWM ID numbers.
Library Has: v.54:no.3 (2001:Spr.)
and to date

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Location: Microforms - Microfilm (Lower Level, West)
Call Number: PN012
Library Has: v.12 (1958)-v.28 (1975)

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Location: Stacks (Floor Key: A-L,P 3rd / M-N,Q-R 2nd / S-Z Lower)
Call Number: PN1993 .H457
Status: Not Checked Out
Notes: Latest issues in Current Periodicals Room.
Latest Issues: v. 56, no. 4 (2003 Summer)
v. 56, no. 3 (2003 Spring)
v. 56, no. 2 (2002/2003 Winter)
v. 56, no. 1 (2002 Autumn)
v. 55, no. 4 (2002 Summer)
v. 55, no. 3 (2002 Spring)
v. 55, no. 2 (2001/2002 Winter)
v. 55, no. 1 (2001 Autumn)
v. 54, no. 4 (2001 Summer)
v. 54, no. 3 (2001 Spring)
v. 54, no. 2 (2000/2001 Winter)
v. 54, no. 1 (2000 Autumn)
Library Has: v.12 (1958)-v.27 (1973/1974),
v.28:no.3 (1975:Spr.)-v.39:no.2 (1985/1986:Win.),
v.40 (1986/1987)-v.41:no.2 (1987/1988:Win.),
v.41:no.4 (1988:Sum.)-v.54 (2000/2001)
and to date