How to find Film Information
Film Home
Not sure of all the films of your favourite star?
Don't know the title of films by a director?
Want to know who's won an award?
Want to join a film club?
Anything you wanted to know about films...try here!
Web sites
The World Wide Web offers lots of film information, visit Bedfordshire's Gateway to the Internet for recommended and reliable sites, a great place to start your search.
Books
Read about your favourite film star or the work of a film director. Search the library catalogue and and check out what books we have.
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Click on 'Search, Request, Renew' to search the catalogue by author/director/film star, title, subject
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To search by 'title', 'author' or 'subject' click on the required search word
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Type in your search terms
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Click on drop down arrow next to 'All Stock'
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Select 'Video' or 'DVD'
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Click 'Search'
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Click on the entry you are interested in
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To find where the item is and reserve it click 'Where and Reserve'
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The next page will take you to where it is located, if you want to reserve it, click 'Reserve'.
Click here to go to the on line catalogue
Click here to see our reservation charges
Local clubs and organisations
Interested in joining a film club, seeing private film viewings, talking about films with others?
Visit InfoPoint to find out about local film groups that may interest you.
- Click on the 'Local Information' button
- Select 'InfoPoint'
- Click the 'Search' option
- Select 'Keyword' and type in 'Film'
- Click 'Search'
- You will see a list of results.
- Click on the name of the group that interests you to find out more information
Click here to go to InfoPoint.
Magazines and Journals
Why not browse the film magazines in Bedford Central Library? Come and read Sight and Sound, Empire or Stardust for Asian films.
There are also a wide range of online magazines and journals and newspapers available:
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Click on 'Information and Reference'
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To see details of magazines that are subscribed to online click on 'Online newspapers' or 'Online Magazines and journals'
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To see these you will need to log on with your library card number and pin
Click here to join the library
Click here to request your PIN
Want to learn a new skill?
Dancing, keep fit, gardening, learning a language, we can help with this and much more. To find out if we have something to help you search the libray catalogue by subject and video or DVD.
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Click on 'Search, Request, Renew'
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To search by 'Title', 'Author' or 'Subject' click on the required search word
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Type in your search terms
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Click on drop down arrow next to 'All Stock'
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Select 'Video' or 'DVD'
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Click 'Search'
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Click on the entry you are interested in
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To find where the item is and reserve it click 'Where and Reserve'
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The next page will take you to where it is located, click 'Reserve' if you would like to reserve it.
Click here to go to the on line catalogue
Click here to see our reservation charges
Need more information, have comments about the website or libraries why not Contact Us
Page last updated: 10th May 2005
