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Media Collections
general collections
dialogue archives
films by subject
home use collection
media reserves
sound effects and music
staff picks
wamu archives
All Media Services resources are cataloged in the local catalog in ALADIN: www.aladin.wrlc.org.
Media Services maintains a list of selected recent acquisitions here.
Feature Films
Media Services has over 4,500 domestic and international feature films in the collection. The easiest way to find a particular feature film is to do a title search in ALADIN. If you'd like to browse a list of all feature films, do a keyword search for ["feature films" and eaun]. (eaun is the cataloging code for Media Services.) A filmography of feature film directors is currently being compiled.
DVD's
The DVD collection has expanded to over 6000 DVDs in a few short years. If you'd like to browse a list of all the DVD's, do a keyword search for [dvd and eaun]. (eaun is cataloging code for Media Services.)
Laserdiscs
including the Video Encyclopedia of the 20th Century
multimedia CD-ROMS
Laserdiscs and CD-ROMs are moribund formats and no longer acquired. Media Services maintains its current holdings of both these formats as well as suitable playback equipment.
Media Services maintains an extensive series of subject mediagraphies. These are lists of resources available in Media Services grouped by topic. It is a good place to start if you want to browse our holdings in a given subject area. These lists are updated manually on a periodic basis and do not necessarily repressent the complete listings of titles in the given subject area.
Some favorites from library faculty and staff. Media Services staff also highlight new acquisitions here.
Approximately 3,700 of the feature films in the collection have been cataloged for home use and may be circulated to AU students and staff on a two day loan. The primary mission of Media Services is to support teaching faculty and their course development, so some feature film titles acquired specifically for class use are not designated for home use. Titles reserved at any time during the semester for class use and other high use items will not be circulated for home use; these items may only be viewed in Media Services.
Finding Home Use Titles - List of Home Use Titles On DVD (updated August 1, 2009)
For a current list of the complete Home Use Collection, do the following ALADIN keyword search: "home use collection". This search may be performed by clicking here.
The following guidelines and restrictions shall be observed:
- Titles from the Home Use Collection may be borrowed by AU students and staff on a two day loan and may not be renewed.
- Eligible titles are listed in ALADIN with call numbers beginning with "HOME USE COLLECTION". However, some of these items may be temporarily restricted from home use if they are being used to support curricular activities.
- No more than two titles at a time may circulate to an individual.
- Items must be returned directly to the Media Services Desk. They may not be returned to the Circulation Desk or the overnight book drop on the first floor.
- Checked-out items may not be placed on hold.
- Overdue fines of $1.20 per day will be charged for late returns; there is no grace period.
| Sound Effects and Music Effects Collections |
Media Services has a number of sound effects and musical effects collections. Hollywood Edge Premiere Edition, Hollywood Edge Cartoon Trax, and BBC Sound Effects Library contain hundreds of sound effects. Additionally, the Canary Collection contains over 70 CDs of musical effects. They are all useful for enhancing student projects, films, and presentations. Up to six CDs at a time can be checked out of the library for three hours for AU student production work.
Samples of tracks from the collections:
You can also search these indexes online.
American University faculty members are welcome to bring in their own media materials and place them on reserve in the Media Services Department. Students will have access to these materials but they will be restricted to in-house use.
Media Services has audiotapes of the Diane Rehm Show and The Kojo Nnamdi Show, formerly the Derek McGinty Show and Public Interest. Audiotapes may be checked out of the library by AU faculty. Students and other patrons may use audiotapes on site. If you are interested in listening to any of the programs or perusing the subject/speaker index, please ask at the Media Services desk.
Diane Rehm Show
- March 1993 to December 2001
- Audiotapes are located in off-site storage. Tapes may be requested at the Media Services desk and are available within 48 hours. These tapes are not cataloged, but a printed show guide is available at the Media Services desk.
- 2002 to Aptil 2006
- Audiotapes are located in Media Services.
The WAMU website (www.wamu.org/programs/dr/archives/) has descriptions/guest lists of these shows from January 2002 to present. Shows from January 2002 to present may be heard online in streaming format.
Derek McGinty/Public Interest/Kojo Nnamdi Show
- January 1993 to December 2001
- Audiotapes are located in off-site storage. Tapes may be requested at the Media Services desk and are available within 48 hours. These tapes are not cataloged but a printed show guide is available at the Media Services desk.
- 2002 to April 2006
- Audiotapes are located in Media Services.
The WAMU website (www.wamu.org/programs/kn/archives/) has descriptions/guest lists of these shows from January 2002 to present. Shows from January 2002 to present may be heard online in streaming format.
The public may order cassette tapes or CDs of any Diane Rehm Show or The Kojo Nnamdi Show directly from WAMU. They may do this through the WAMU website (www.wamu.org) by going to the specific, and then to the archive or by calling (202) 885-1220.
Dialogue is a weekly radio program produced by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in association with Radio Smithsonian. Host George Liston Seay interviews scholars, authors, and public figures on issues and ideas in national and international affairs, history and culture. Media Services keeps an audiotape/compact disc archive of the series that contains programming since October 1988. If you are interested in listening to any of the programs or perusing the subject/speaker index, please ask at the Media Services desk.
The Woodrow Wilson Center also maintains a Dialogue website for additional information.
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