How to Search for a Film Title
The Internet provides a vast and seemingly infinite resource for finding film titles and actors’ names. There are a few different ways to research the title of a film on the Web when only a character’s name or a plot line is known. You can also search for films by director, location, significant dates and speeches by using keywords. Often, by Googling specific keywords, the film’s title may be uncovered. However, for more in-depth film title searches, use the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) or the Library of Congress Online Catalog.
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Instructions
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Search Internet Movie Database
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Open a web browser and navigate to the IMDb website.
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Type a search term relevant to the film into the input box. The term may be a keyword, the name of an actor or character, a quote, text within bio writeups or keywords in the plot.
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Click on the Search dropdown box to select a category such as “TV Show” or “Character.” This option is set to search “All” by default.
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Click the “Go” button. A results page of possible matches will appear.
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Click on the correct link for the film title to see the film details.
Search Google
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Open a web browser and navigate to Google.
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Type a keyword relevant to the film in the Search input box. Group words with quotation marks. For example, type phrases such as “Blue Steel” in quotes to search for the literal string.
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Review the results for the film title and click on the link that most closely resembles the film title.
Search the Library of Congress Catalog
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Open an Internet browser and navigate to the Library of Congress Online Catalog.
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Type a keyword into the “Quick Search” input box.
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Select the keyword type from the dropdown list. Select “Title Keyword” if the keyword is one word of the film title. For example, to search for “To Kill a Mockingbird,” enter the keyword “Mockingbird” and select “Title Keyword” from the dropdown list. The Keyword dropdown list default selection is “All” to search the Title, Author and Subject fields.
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Click the “Search” button. The Search results will display all results with the word “Mockingbird” in the title.
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Click the “Add Limits to Search Results” button in the upper right corner of the page. This action will launch a page with several variables to refine search results. To search for film only, select the “Moving Image or Slide/Transparency” option. Click the “Save Settings” button. The search results are now limited to film.
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Review the results and click on the correct link to view details about the film.
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References
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Comments
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arun005
Sep 06, 2010
HI i would like to know the name of a film Film revolves around the life of a woman. She is a wife, a mother of a girl. She break up with her husband and go to place near to sea. There he mets a man and falls for him. Only thing i remember is the film is very much romantic. This man takes her to a place - somewhere inside the rocks in the sea. And there is a lovely scenery of the sky through this rocks. Below there is shallow water and above there is the blue sky. Will u pls find me the film
