Finding films

Selected list of race-related films held by Bierce:

http://www.uakron.edu/libraries/rr/

Media Center on ground floor of library:

Browsable DVDs

Viewing stations, including headphones, group room, all-country DVD players, VHS players

Check out and assistance desk

Searching in Catalog:

UA Library Catalog

Limiting by format:

• To limit search to all video formats:
  • Keyword tab ⇒ Advanced Search tab
  • Limited to: Go to Material Type and select AUDIOVISUAL
• To limit search to streaming video:
  • Add "streaming video" (with quotation marks) to the search
• To limit search to DVDs:
  • Add “DVD” to any search

What are you looking for? The Art of Searching

• For films directly addressing racial issues, try these keywords:
  • "racism"
  • "race relations"
  • "race"
  • "interracial"
• For films with a specific group:
  HINT: If you want a very specific group or country, try the most specific term first, i.e., try Hmong, then Vietnamese or Vietnam, then Asian
  • African-Americans:
    • Keyword: "African American" (with quotation marks)
    • Also try "Civil Rights", if applicable
    • For outside U.S., try country name ("Congo"), "apartheid", "colonial" or "colonialism"
  • Hispanic-Americans or Latin Americans:
    • No clear keyword search – Hispanic-Americans/Latin Americans not used
    • Try: Specific country (Mexico/Mexicans, Honduras, etc.)
    • Use keywords &uqot;immigrants", "immigration", or "illegal aliens", if applicable
    • Last resort, try keyword "Spanish", since most of these films will include Spanish version, but so will many other films!
  • Asian-Americans
    • Again, no clear keyword search
    • Try specific country
    • Internment – try "Japan" or "Japanese"
    • If looking for a religious group, try that
  • Muslim-Americans
    • Try "Muslims"
    • If looking for those of the Middle East, use "Arab" or "Middle Eastern"
  • Native Americans
    • Try "Indians of North America"
  • Caucasians
    • Try "Whites"
• Feature vs. Documentary
  • "Feature films" used, but inconsistent; can also try "drama" or "dramatization"
  • Can try "documentary" or "documentaries", but, again, applied inconsistently

Using materials for class

To show in class

• DVDs or other physical media:
  • Faculty can check out for 14 days with 1 renewal period
  • Faculty can "book" a video for a particular date – contact media services : http://www.uakron.edu/libraries/services/services-detail.dot?inode=358886
• No special requirements for watching streaming video!
• If you need equipment for showing in your classroom:
  • Contact AV services for equipment selection delivery: http://www.uakron.edu/it/instructional_services/avs/classroom-services/equipment-delivery.dot
• If you would like to use a media friendly-classroom to show your video:
  • Technology Enhanced Classrooms available throughout campus: http://www.uakron.edu/it/instructional_services/avs/classroom-services/
• Learning Studios available in Bierce Library:
  • http://www.uakron.edu/libraries/services/services-detail.dot?inode=2317869
  • Note: look at specific room descriptions under "study space" to see technology already present in each room

For students to view on their own

To place a physical copy on reserve: http://www.uakron.edu/libraries/services/services-detail.dot?inode=3025b7f6-2919-4f23-9e85-6dbe650e89e9&title=Course%20Reserves

To place a link to a streaming video into your SpringBoard course page: http://learn.uakron.edu/springboard/resources/instructor/quickref/contentQR.pdf

• When adding a link, place this prefix before the URL: http://ezproxy.uakron.edu:2048/login?url=
  This will prompt the ezproxy login, which will authenticate your students as UA students.

Can’t find the video you want?

You can try requesting via OhioLINK (https://www.ohiolink.edu/)or InterLibrary Loan (ILL) (https://uakron.illiad.oclc.org/illiad/AKR/logon.html), but many institutions to do not AV materials outside of their own institutions.

Talk to your subject librarian about purchasing what you need: Subjects & Subject Librarians