Different Faces, Different Films - Rethinking Race : Searching for race-related films at Bierce Library

Media Center on first floor of library:

            Browsable DVDs

            Viewing stations, including headphones, group room, all-country DVD players, VHS players

            Check out and assistance desk

Searching in Catalog:  http://library.uakron.edu/  OR

            www.uakron.edu -> click on libraries -> click on “UAL Catalog”

Limiting by format:

To limit search to all video formats:

            Keyword tab -> Advanced Search tab

            Limited to:  Go to Material Type and select AUDIOVISUAL

To limit search to streaming video:

            Add “streaming video” (with quotation marks) to the search

To limit search to DVDs:

            Add “DVD” to any search

Feature vs. Documentary:

            “Feature films” used, but inconsistent; can also try “drama” or “dramatization”

            Can try “documentary” or “documentaries”, but, again, applied inconsistently

 For films directly addressing racial issues, try these keywords:

            “racism”

            “race relations”

            “race”

            “interracial”

For films with a specific group:

HINT:  If you want a very specific group or country, try the most specific term first

            i.e., try Hmong, then Vietnamese or Vietnam, then Asian

African-Americans:

            Keyword:  “African American” (with quotation marks)

            Also try “Civil Rights”, if applicable

            For outside U.S., try country name (“Congo”), “apartheid”, “colonial” or “colonialism”

Hispanic-Americans or Latin Americans:

            No clear keyword search – Hispanic-Americans/Latin Americans not used

            Try:  Specific country (Mexico/Mexicans, Honduras, etc.)

            Use keywords “immigrants”, “immigration”, or “illegal aliens”, if applicable

Asian-Americans:

            Again, no clear keyword search

            Try specific country

            Internment – try “Japan” or “Japanese”

            If looking for a religious group, try that

Muslim-Americans:

            Try “Muslims”

            If looking for those of the Middle East, use “Arab” or “Middle Eastern”

Native Americans:

            Try “Indians of North America”

Caucasians:

            Try “Whites”