Communication

Search the Media Collection at Hekman:

When looking for books on film and media, try using the search terms Motion pictures or Film criticism in the library catalog.

Here are some other sample subject terms:

• Motion picture industry
• Film noir
• Production and direction--Motion pictures
• African Americans in motion pictures

In addition, if you're looking for items about mass media, you may want to try:

• Digital media
• Information society
• Television broadcasting

As with book reviews, reviews of recent films can range widely in length and audience or purpose (popular or scholarly). If you're searching (in the databases or on the web) for a popular but still in-depth film review, look for (or search within) these publications that typically offer longer articles:

• Atlantic Monthly
• The Nation
• New York Times
• The New Yorker
• Variety

If you're searching for reviews in a library database, check if you can limit your results by document type ("film review" or just "review").

If you're searching for a review of an older film, you might try one of these print indexes:

Hekman's Media Collection is on the 4th floor, and houses all of the library's movies, music, audiobooks and other multimedia items. Here, you can find and check out CDs, DVDs, and even LP records with music of many different genres. You can browse the shelves here or search for materials in the catalog - just use the filter options in Primo to search in this collection.