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Film Databases Browseable Film Lists from the Library Catalog Subject-specific films (DVD, videocassette, reel) owned by UA Libraries

Keyword Searching

In the Any Field box, insert one or more relevant keywords and click the "Search" button
Select VIDEO/FILM from the FORMAT drop-down menu (select "Modify Search ", then look under "Limit to")

To search the UA Library Catalog, enter your search below and follow these directions:

Enter Keyword:

Browsing using the LC Subject Search

A shortcut to finding Entertainment/Feature films:

Type Feature Films as the SUBJECT of your search and click "Search"

To browse Feature Films in the UA Library Catalog, follow these directions and begin your search below:

Search for "Feature Films."

Film Databases (streaming video)

Dance in Video - will contain 250 dance productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the 20th century on completion.

Films on Demand (Films Media Group) - includes over 5000 educational videos on a wide range of topics. (UA NetID login required.)

Opera in Video - will contain 250 of the most important opera performances on completion.

Theater in Video - will contain more than 350 full-length plays and documentaries on completion.

Browseable Film Lists from the Library Catalog (Alphabetical)

Some of the lists are quite large, and may be difficult to browse for some purposes. Because of irregular cataloging or older cataloging records, some of these lists are far from complete (the films by type , for example). However, they should still be useful as a source for identifying or discovering films in our collections. If you do not see a film you are looking for, please contact our reference desk for more help at 621-6443, or email us at askref@u.library.arizona.edu .

Any of these lists can also be modified by clicking on the button and then adding a keyword in one of the empty search boxes (e.g. Tucson), or by using one of the drop down menus under these boxes to limit to a particular year or date range, language, location, etc.

Films by Format/Location:

All DVDs (in Main, Fine Arts, Law, AHSL, etc.)
DVDs in the Main Library
DVDs in Fine Arts/CCP Libraries
All Streamed (online) Films (see also Film Databases above; the contents of the "... in Video" databases are not currently included in this catalog search.)

All VHS (in Main, Fine Arts, Law, AHSL, etc.)
VHS in the Main Library
VHS in Fine Arts/CCP Libraries
All 16mm Films

Films in Closed Stacks in Call Number Order (as they are shelved)

Using our catalog, you can electronically "browse" films as they are shelved within a limited call number range. While this is not as easy as physically browsing these titles, it can help you identify media materials in particular subject areas.

To do your own search, start by identifying the call number of a title (of a book or a video) in the subject you'd like to browse for film titles in. For example, you have a book on Islam - The A to Z of Islam - with the call number BP50 .A325 2002 , and you'd like to see if we have any films on the subject.

Go to the Library Catalog
Select "Other Searches," then "Library of Congress Call Number"and type in "BP" (or other Call Number) and click "Search."
Then click on "Limit/Sort" and under "WHERE Item is located," select "Media DVD/VHS (Main Library)" and click "Submit."

This will give you a shelf list of all the media titles in that call number range.

Films in Foreign Languages :

Films by Type:

Films by Major Educational Distributor/Producer: