# Library option for Documentaries **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [October 15, 2020, 8:25am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/library-option-for-documentaries/643183 "2020-10-15T08:25:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stevenserrao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@stevenserrao](https://forums.plex.tv/u/stevenserrao)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 8:25am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/library-option-for-documentaries/643183/1 "2020-10-15T08:25:51Z")
Adding Library for Documentaries will be very useful, where we can add both Single or Series type documentaries under one Library. ---
**Author:** ![sebkar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@sebkar](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sebkar)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/library-option-for-documentaries/643183/3 "2020-10-15T13:11:58Z")
I guess the problem is that one documentary might be considered a movie while another is considered a TV show. And unless something has changed you must choose one of those while setting up a library and thus not getting matches for all documentaries. My doc library is set up as a movie library and it works in most cases but sometimes I have to do some manual work to get it right. So while a dedicated documentary library that scans for both movies and shows wouldn’t help _me_ all that much I can still see the problem. ---
**Author:** ![sebkar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@sebkar](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sebkar)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/library-option-for-documentaries/643183/5 "2020-10-15T13:27:33Z")
If there is a way to make plex search through databases for both movies and shows then yes, there’s really no need for a documentary library. But is that possible? Even if it is possible one argument for having a documentary library is so that it by default do just that, which makes it easier for the user. Another reason for another library type is that when I add a new documentary to my library it comes up under “recently added movies”. It would be better if it came up under “recently added documentaries”. Again, I don’t care much about this, I would rather see that the development resources put elsewhere but I do see the point n having more library types, or at least having more ways to configure existing libraries. (Maybe there is and I’m just to lazy to search for it.) ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/library-option-for-documentaries/643183/7 "2020-10-15T14:24:45Z")
This request essentially boils down to “allow both movies and tv shows within the same library”. Which is already an existing feature request. > [@\[Feature Request\] Libraries that have a mix of TV shows & Movies](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-libraries-that-have-a-mix-of-tv-shows-movies/100433/1): > > I would like to see a library where your TV shows and Movies are listed/categorized under a sigle library.   For example, I have a bunch of military documentaries that are known Movies and TV show series (i.e. Restrepo --\> movie, and Off To War --\> tv series).  I keep them in a single folder listed as "military documentaries".  When I create the library, I can only choose one type or the other if I want proper categorization and display (i.e. box art, information, etc.).  If I select it as "Ho… ---
**Author:** ![alexandercuna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@alexandercuna](https://forums.plex.tv/u/alexandercuna)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 8:43am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/library-option-for-documentaries/643183/8 "2020-10-20T08:43:41Z")
Which request is it you speak of? ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/library-option-for-documentaries/643183/10 "2021-01-15T21:14:46Z")
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