Videos and Moving Image Media

Moving Image Archive [Internet Archive]

Alternative Titles
Internet Archive Movie Archive
Description
An archive of high-quality downloadable movie data files free of most use restrictions, many licensed with Creative Commons Licenses. Contains a wide variety of moving images produced in the U.S.
Type
Video
Coverage
Include films and videos of all kinds, from the beginnings of cinema in the late 19th/early 20th century to the present.
Access
Open access for all usersOpen access for all users

All Movie Guide

Alternative Titles
AMG
Description
A database of films, videotapes, and DVDs featuring extensive factual and descriptive data, including ratings and many subject headings that allow you to find films with similar themes, tones, moods, etc. Also contains information on many special-interest, non-fiction titles on a wide range of topics such as education, fitness, sports, travel, and history.
Type
Encyclopedia
Coverage
Current edition. Continuously updated.
Access
Open access for all usersOpen access for all users

A-V Online

Alternative Titles
A-V Online (SilverPlatter)
Description

A database of distribution sources for educational media on videotape, film, audiocassette, and other formats. It contains over 350,000 descriptions of videotapes, 16mm films, audio-tapes, filmstrips, slide sets, transparencies and film cartridges of an educational, documentary or informational nature. Compiled by the National Information Center for Educational Media (NICEM), with records from the Library of Congress, publishers' catalogs, & library collections.

Type
Directory
Coverage
1900 -

AccessSurgery

Alternative Titles
Access Surgery
Description
Access Surgery is an integrated online resource that provides medical students, surgical residents, and practicing surgeons with quick answers to surgical inquiries. Organized around the ACGME's (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) mandate for a Core Curriculum, AccessSurgery delivers surgical textbooks, videos, drug monographs, differential diagnoses tool, and board review tests.
Type
Subject Gateway
Coverage
Current edition

Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive (full access)

Alternative Titles
USC Shoah Foundation Institute Visual History Archive
Visual History Archive
Shoah VHA
Description

The Visual History Archive contains 52,000 digitized video interviews with holocaust survivors. Interviewees are primarily Jewish Survivors, though the archive also includes interviews with gay/lesbian, Jehovah's Witness, and Roma (Gypsy) survivors, liberators and Nuremberg trial participants. The interviews were conducted in 56 different countries, in 32 different languages and is the most extensive resource of its type. Each interview is fully indexed and allows a viewer to search for relevant portions of interviews.

The Visual History Archive is only accessible on the UM Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses. If you are off campus, please see the USC Shoah Foundation Institute Visual History Archive Online (www.lib.umich.edu/database/link/995241) which allows searching of the full database and access to a small number of sample testimonies in English. 

Type
Video
Coverage
Interviews collected between 1994-2000.

Birds of North America

Alternative Titles
BNA
Description
Online interactive version (with linked citations, digital images, and full video and sound) of the Birds of North America, the definitive US scientific reference on the 700+ breeding birds of North America. First housed at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, BNA was initiated as an 18-volume print reference in the early 1990's under the guidance of the American Ornithologists Union and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Searchable by species, topic, or keyword. Each species account covers the life details, behaviors, migration information, maps of breeding and wintering ranges, all habitat descriptions, and conservation and management guidelines. All information is regularly updated with the latest research findings from the leading researchers for each species. Uses streaming RealPlayer for audio (bird songs and calls) and QuickTime for video.
Type
Encyclopedia
Coverage
Updated regularly.
Access
Authorized UM users (+ guests in UM Libraries)Authorized UM users (+ guests in UM Libraries)

Internet Movie Database

Alternative Titles
IMDb
Description
The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about movies, movie stars, television shows, television stars and video games.
Type
Subject Gateway

Vanderbilt University Television News Archive

Description
The collection includes nightly news programs broadcast by the national television networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) since August 5, 1968, and a daily news program from CNN since 1995. Archive staff write abstracts of each story within a regular news program, which are fully searchable in the TV-NewsSearch database. Individuals throughout the world may make requests for video tape loans for reference, study, classroom instruction, and research. Users pay fees for tape loans to cover the costs of providing this service. Computers on campus will also display streaming video from CNN broadcasts using RealOne.
Type
Catalog
Coverage
1968-

Using Imageworks

Imageworks is located on the 2nd floor of the Art, Architecture & Engineering Library. The physical collection includes over 3,000 DVDs, VHS tapes, and CD-ROMs; more than 100,000 35mm slides; and numerous blueprints and maps. In addition, there are several thousand high-resolution, royalty-free images available from our Corel CD-ROM collection. We also have a materials collection, currently comprised of 200 samples leased from Material ConneXion.

Our online image collection is accessible via this link: Art, Architecture & Engineering Library Online Images. We are constantly adding to this database in response to curricular needs and with unique gift collections. And, as seen in the Research Guide for Images, we provide access to numerous other digital image databases.

The DVDs, VHS tapes, and CD-ROMs can all be found in Mirlyn. and through the Imageworks Video Database. Other media (35 mm slides, blueprints, etc.) can be searched while in the collection. Staff will be happy to help you find what you need when you visit.

The materials samples are available for in-house browsing. The items currently on display in Imageworks are listed in this database. These samples are a subset of the larger collection viewable in the Material ConneXion database.

Our facility has a flat-screen monitor for individual or group viewing VHS, DVD and Blu-Ray items, along with wireless headphones.

Project tools include a Mac and a PC workstation; flatbed scanner; slide/film scanner; light table; and paper cutter, 3-hole punch, stapler, scissors, pens, etc.

Services

We can assist with finding quality images, creating image portfolios, and using images in presentation software.  In addition, we can offer advice regarding copyright and fair use of images.
For faculty, we will make digital images from book or journal illustrations. The images are added to our general collection. Please bring your images at least two weeks before you need them for presentation.
At faculty or GSI request, we will put videos or dvd's on reserve for a course. The material can be viewed at one of several viewing stations in the library.

Circulation Policies

To check out materials, users must have a valid University of Michigan ID.
DVDs and VHS tapes circulate to all users for three days and can be renewed three times.
Maps and blueprints in reasonable condition circulate for 1 week.
Faculty may borrow 35mm slides for as long as required for teaching and research. However, as a consideration to other users we request that faculty return images within two weeks.
Students may borrow 35mm slides for a 1 week period for class presentations.

For further information on finding and using visual resources, please see the Research Guide for Images.

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Last modified: 03/28/2012

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