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Plot keyword searching

Dear friends from IMDB😊,

 

it would be great if you are able to help me in my IMDB research.

 

Here what am I looking for: in addition to my daily reviewing of your site, it means a lot to me (as a professional librarian) to find movies and TV series data. Regularly, I am searching for movies with library scenes –a place where movie scene or episode scene takes place.

 

The biggest help in finding the necessary titles was the option of choosing the terms "library" and "librarian" among the plot keywords where I got an impressive list!

Two weeks ago, I have reviewed the complete list of titles obtained by searching these two words ("library" and “librarian”) by using one of the offered data sorting options (year) that suited me the most. That day I’ve got 1,837 titles.

The reason why I had decided to write to you is that in the following days the number of titles, covered by those two terms, increased to 1,841. That means that the list have been added four new titles, but their release date is obviously not 2021. - because I can not find them in the first hundred (or so) hits on the list.

Among the offered sorting methods, I do not see that any of them would allow me to notice the last titles - where the plot keyword "library" is recorded - regardless of the release year!

How can I know what is the newest added title with “library“ plot keyword in it - regardless of the release year or production year? Which is the newest title that your contributors have added?

There should be some search option like: “the contributors newest titles”.

 

Now I have to check all the movie titles over and over again which is very hard, I think you will agree with me! The list is very long and I can not keep track of all of them. It would be of great importance to get such information by regular search.

So, I kindly ask you for advice - how it is possible to perform such a searching for certain plot keywords (in this case the only two are "library" and "librarian").

 

Thank you in advance for your help and best wishes to the one and only IMDB!

 

Ljubomir Branković, librarian  

 

Belgrade, Serbia

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I can't think of a way to do that, sorry.

If you don't mind, I will move your post to the Data Issues category so that it may be addressed by IMDb staff. They may also consider it a feature request and change it to an Idea post.

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Ok, thanks a lot for the answer. I write for the first time here, so I had no idea to whom I might address my question :) 

Of course I agree that you move my post anywhere you suggest. Do I have to change label category? Which one should I mark than?

Thanks, Peter! 

Best regards, Ljubomir

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I have moved it. You don't have to change anything, but IMDb may change it depending on how they see the issue.

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Thank You, again!

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Sorry, but I don't see a way to do this, either, under the  present programming.  I have felt this frustration, also, in auditing keywords.  Titles will just seem to appear "out of the blue."  They can change from day to day. Presently, there just seems to be no way to do what you want to do.  Additions (and subtractions and corrections) are added as they are processed.  It is always flexible and ever-changing.

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