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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 seven days (limit five
per checkout) and should 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 with the Film Studies Office and projectionist.
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:
Action and Adventure Films
Animated Films
Comedy Films
Detective and Mystery Films
Documentary Films
Feature Films
Foreign Films
Horror Films
Science Fiction Films
Silent Films
You can also search for films from a particular country by doing a subject search:
examples:
Motion pictures, Israeli [films from Israel]
Motion pictures, Spanish [films from Spain]
DVD Subject Lists Adventure
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DVD Foreign Language Lists Arabic
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