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FINDING VIDEOS

UC Catalogs & Databases

· UC Davis
Videos are held in multiple places on the UC Davis campus, so not all of them will be visible in Library catalogs like Harvest or Melvyl. Each location has its own policies, so patrons should be aware of the differences among the collections. The two largest sources of video on campus are housed at the Information and Educational Technology (IET) Media Distribution Lab in Hart Hall and the University Library.
See also the resource list for Videos and DVDs on the UC Davis campus
  · Hartt Media Distribution Lab Database [1101 Hartt Hall]
ET-CTS operates the largest collection of videos on campus, with several thousand titles. Instructors can reserve materials via the web or by phone.
· Harvest
The Library holds several hundred titles in VHS and DVD formats, purchased for the purpose of research, instruction, and local collection subject interests. The Harvest catalog (UC Davis holdings only) and Melvyl (all UC libraries) will only tell you which videos are held in the library system (NOT the Hart Hall Media Lab or other UC Davis campus collections). To search the Harvest Catalog for videos go to "Advanced Search" and limit by Format to "Videorecordings." You can also limit only to VHS or DVD. Shields Reserve Services (1st floor) holds most videos in the UC Davis Library system, but the science libraries and Special Collections also own some titles.
Most videos in Shields Library are kept in Reserve Services, and can typically circulate to UC Davis cardholders. There is no public viewing equipment in the library, however, so patrons must either use their own equipment or visit the Hart Hall Media lab to use the players located there.
· LGBT Center, Women's Resources and Research Center (WRRC), CrossCultural Center

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center, the WRRC, and the Cross Cultural Center have small collections of videos on relevant gender and sexuality topics. The WRRC also houses a selection of videos on disability studies, and also has a print list of titles. Currently, the best way to find out about titles in these collections is to visit the Centers, or to browse the film resources lists on the UC Davis Sexuality Studies page.
· Visual Resource Facility Image Database
The VRF has approximately 200 VHS, DVDs and U-Matic tapes available on art and art related topics. See Media Collections for circulation and access. Note: to locate videos, go to Advanced Search and select the Format you want.

· UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA)
  PFA’s collection of more than 14,000 works includes strong holdings in classic and international cinema, West Coast avant-garde film, international animation, Soviet cinema, early video art, and the largest collection of Japanese films outside of Japan.

The PFA Library is an invaluable resource for film research and education, offering access to PFA’s film collection as well as to thousands of books, periodicals, posters, and still photographs. In addition, the library has compiled some 95,000 files of documentation about individual films, personalities, and subjects. Many of these files are now available online through CineFiles, PFA’s innovative film document image database.

Commercial Sources

  Electronic Arts Intermix
535 West 22 Street floor 5
New York, NY 10011
t 212 337 0680
f 212 337 0679
email: info@eai.org

Video Data Bank
112 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, Il 60603
Fax: 312.541.8073
Tel: 312.345.3550
email: info@vdb.org

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