Search using FindIt (library catalog and more)
The * character after the root form of a word searches for different endings: cinema* would find cinema(s), cinematographer, cinematography
If your film title has more than one word in it, enclose it in quotation marks: "raging bull"
If you want to combine concepts in your search, put them next to each other:
"film noir" "femme fatale"
If you're searching for a topic, think of possible synonyms/related terms and put those terms in parentheses, with an or between them:
"film noir" (women OR gender)
For articles and audio/visual media, make a request through Interlibrary Loan.
For books, when searching the catalog, select PASCAL Delivers to see if another academic library in South Carolina has the book. If one doesn't, make your request through standard interlibrary loan.