Find Film and Video

Search the film and video scope of CRUZCAT to find DVDs, videocassettes, and laserdiscs in the Library's Media Center:

For finding articles, books, and other materials about film and digital media, see the film subject guide.

A few recommended databases with articles about film:

Art Full Text

Articles, citations, and abstracts from art periodicals published world-wide.

Covers: 1984 forward; selected full-text 1997 forward.

Several databases: 'Index Film Periodicals 1972-2003', 'Index TV Periodicals 1979-2003', and 'Treasures from the Film Archives'. Index only, text of articles is not included.

Film Literature Index

Citations to articles on film, television and video articles, reviews and book reviews from 1976-2001.

Covers: 1976-2001.

Film Indexes Online, AFI-FII combined search

Film Indexes Online covers both the FII and AFI, which include film synopses, credits, a bibliography of sources specific to each film, and biographical information

1893 to present

- Film Index International - FII, 1900 to present

- AFI - American Film Institue Catalog, 1893 to 1973

Database Provider: Chadwyck

The Library's film and video collection and the music and recordings collection are stored in the the University Library Media Center. We're located in Room 0350 on the ground floor of the McHenry Library addition.

Items in the Media Center collection circulate only to UCSC faculty members. However, we provides individual workstations and small group rooms for students to use while working with the Media Center collection.

We maintain media reserves including videotapes, laserdiscs, DVDs, phonographic records, cassette tapes, CDs, music scores, music reserves on ERes, and music reserves on iTunes via AppleTV.
For more information see the Media Center's site.