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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <head><title> Collections Search | BFI | British Film Institute | Help </title><meta name="description" /><meta name="keywords" /> <meta http-equiv="content-language" content="en" /> <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/web/Content/Images/ais-favicon.ico" /> <!--CSS import--> <link href="/web/Content/Css/reset.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <link href="/web/Content/Css/base.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <link href="/web/Content/Css/specific.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <!--[if IE 7]> <link href="/web/Content/Css/ie7hacks.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <![endif]--> </head> <body id="ais-help-content" class="ais-ltr"> <h2>BFI Collections Information Database</h2><p><span>The BFI Collections Information Database (CID) enables you to search for filmographic information and discover associated holdings across the BFI Collections, including:</span></p><p><span>* Film and television titles held in the BFI National Archive;</span></p><p></span>* Special Collections;</span></p><p></span>* Periodical references, press cuttings and other material held by the BFI Library.</span></p><p><span>Information is structured in a linked hierarchy containing:</span></p><p><span>* Works – detailed information on film and television titles;</span></p><p></span>* Manifestations – describing the release, distribution and/or transmission of a work;</span></p><p></span>* Items – individual copies of a Work present in the BFI National Archive <em>(please note, if the Work does not have an Item record, this indicates that the title is not held in the BFI National Archive)</em>.</span></p><p></span>* Persons & Institutions – people, organisations and groups associated with a film and television title at any level of the hierarchy.</span></p><p><span>Using the <em>Search</em> tab, you can search CID in different ways; either by entering your own search term(s) or by choosing keyword(s) from an existing list of names, organisations and subjects. On the <em>Results</em> tab you will see a brief display of each found record. Click the text of the record to retrieve more information and display it on the <em>Details</em> tab.</span></p> </body> </html>