Film and Media Studies  Tags: cinema movies television  

Please feel free to let me know what materials that would support your academic needs.

You may email me directly with a DVD or book recommendation or fill out the Recommend a Purchase for the Library Collections form.

DVDs and other videorecordings added to the WU Library collection.

WU Libraries Film Collection

The WU Libraries have a large collection of VHS, DVD, laserdisc and 16/35 mm format films. The VHS videos are arranged as a browsing collection in Olin on Level A. Video, DVD and laser disk formats circulate for three days (limit two per checkout) and must be returned to the Olin Check-Out Desk. We offer VCR, laser and DVD stations in the library to view those films which do not circulate or have been placed on reserve and cannot be checked out. The 16/35 mm films are noncirculating, but may be checked out by faculty for on campus showings with prior arrangement.

You can search for films by title in the libary catalog.

example:
Title: Apocalypse Now

Most of the titles will have the words videorecording or motion picture in parentheses next to the title.

example:
Title: On the Waterfront [videorecording]/Columbia Pictures Corporation (1986)
or
Keywords: waterfront and videorecording

To search for films by a specific director, producer, studio, or leading actor, do a keyword or author search.

examples:
Author: Coppola, Francis Ford
or
Keyword: Paramount Pictures

You can search for videos on a particular topic by doing a subject search or word search and then limiting the format to video:

examples:
Subject: King, Martin Luther
or
Word: argentin* (for films about Argentina)

When the catalog gives you a list of titles on your subject, click on the "Limit/Sort" button and choose "Material Format" to limit your list of titles to "Video/Film" only.

Or, you can choose "Specific Video Recording" and select between "videodisc" (which means DVD or laserdisc) and "videocassette" (which means VHS), and "16 or 35mm film reel" (which is a celluloid print of the film).

You can also search for videos in a particular genre by doing a subject search:

examples:
Motion Pictures--Adventure Films
Motion Pictures--Animated Films
Motion Pictures--Comedy Films
Motion Pictures--Detective and Mystery Films
Motion Pictures--Documentary Films
Motion Pictures--Feature Films
Motion Pictures--Foreign Films
Motion Pictures--Horror Films
Motion Pictures--Science Fiction Films
Motion Pictures--Silent Films


WU Libraries Film Journal Collection

Recent issues (usually 6 months-1 year) of film journals are kept in the Current Periodicals area on the third floor of Olin Library, and a few technical film journals are kept in the fourth floor Current Periodicals area (those with a call number beginning with "T", such as American Cinematographer). Older issues are shelved according to their call numbers on the various levels of the library. If we do not have the journal you are looking for, please ask about InterLibrary Loan services at the Olin Help Desk.