Browsing
Many of the Library's videos and DVDs are shelved in the 2nd and 3rd floor Reading Rooms of Regenstein. Several other campus libraries have video collections, including D'Angelo Law Library, Crerar, Social Services Administration (SSA) and Eckhart. Videos are cataloged in the Library Catalog and LENS. Like books, they may be checked out for the entire quarter. Videos in the Law Library have a 14-day loan period with no renewals. Media circulates for 4 hours in SSA.
- Complete list of videos held by all of the librariesRefine your results by using the limit features in LENS. For example, you can limit the list to videos in a specific language, or by geographic region, topic (such as genre), format (dvd or vhs) or library location.
- Complete list of videos held at D'Angelo Law LibraryThe Law Library has an interesting and growing mix of feature films for recreational viewing, with strengths in legal themes and films about or set in Chicago. DVDs are available for browsing in the D'Angleo Law Reserve Room
- University Archives' Film & Video Holdings
Films in other Libraries
Search WorldCat to identify films held at other libraries. Many videos and dvds can be borrowed from other institutions in the same manner as books.
- WorldCat Select the advanced search, and under "Subtype Limits/Any Format," limit to DVD or VHS. Use the "Find It (online, in the library, ILL)" link within any record to place an Interlibrary Loan request.
Searching the Catalog
Finding specific films
In LENS, use the advanced search for more precise results. For example, we have many editions of Shakespeare's Hamlet, but if you are looking for a video of the version directed by Laurence Olivier, you would do the following:
Using the advanced search, select "dvds, videos, etc." under "choose a catagory"and then enter the title and director's name.
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