DVDs/Videos from the other 5 College Librarues

UMass Faculty, Staff and Students can now request videos from the other 5 Colleges online. They will be sent over like the books and can be picked up at the Circulation/Reserves Desk on the Lower Level when they arrive. They can request up to 3 DVDs/Videos at a time and they go out for 5 days.

How do you reserve a DVD from one of the other 5-Colleges? -Jackie

As long as the DVD is not on Reserve at the other school you can request the DVD just like you would a book using the request item feature in the item record.

Where are the DVDs and CDs? Where can you watch videos and listen to CDs in the Library?

You can do all of this on the 6th Floor. There is also a listening and viewing equipment in the micro films room in the LC

How do I narrow the catalog search down to just movies/dvds?

In the Library Catalog click on the "Advanced" tab. Then under the "Format" heading you can change it to DVDs, Videos, Films and Slides. To narrow it further to only UMass movies/DVDs under the Location heading choose the UM location with the term Media in it.

Can you get movies from the other 5 College Libraries?

You can request movies and films from the other 5-College Libraries. As with our school, if the movie is on Reserve for a class it will not be able to leave their library. You use the same request feature you would for a book. They pick up the item when it comes in from the LC hold shelf on the Lower Level.

A patron is looking for a DVD or Video, where do I send them?

If someone is looking for a DVD/Video on Reserve they would pick that up at the LC Desk on the Lower Level. Any other DVD/Video would be in our Music & Media collection on the 6th Floor.