Click on the UTL Catalogue advance search: https://search.library.utoronto.ca/advanced and follow the instructions provided. 

a) Search by Film Title 

Use quotation marks to search for specific titles. Be careful with spacing, hyphens and abbreviations. 

• e.g., "John Wick"

b) Search by Keywords

Use quotation marks to search for specific compound words and names. Be careful with spacing, hyphens and abbreviations. 

• e.g., "Bruce Lee"  "Car chase"  

Use an asterisk (*) to tell the database to pull any result containing the root word.  

• e.g.,   CINEM* = cinema, cinemas, cinema's, cinematic, cinematography

c) Search by Film Director

1. Enter last name, first name (e.g., Woo, John).
2. Click on the drop down menu marked Anywhere and select All Authors.
3. Click on the Magnifying button to launch the search.

Search with Subject Headings in the Library Catalogue

Subject headings are similar to tags or hashtags. They describe the topic of an item in a database, but unlike tags they come from an official, standardized set of terms and are assigned by cataloguing experts.

1. Go to UTL LibrarySearch Advanced Search
2. Enter any of the Subject Heading found below exactly as it appears in the Search Box 
3. Choose Subject from the Search Filters drop-down menu on the left
4. Press Enter or click on the Magnifying Glass icon

For additional information on subject headings in LibrarySearch, visit How can I use subject headings to improve my searching?

Subject Headings