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Movies and Music - Audiovisual Collection

In support of curricular needs, Odum Library has a long standing tradition of collecting non-print mediums, video recordings on tape and DVD, sound recordings as on vinyl, cassette tape, and now CD, as well as other kinds of audiovisual materials.  All of these materials, movies, music, or other audiovisual items are in the GIL@VSU Catalog.  See the Valdosta State University films, television, and webcasting section for athletics, musical performances, commencement exercises, and the More television series.

To Search for videos including VHS and DVD in the GIL@VSU Catalog

  • Select the GIL@VSU Catalog Keyword Search tab
  • Select the Narrow Your Search button
  • Beside the word Medium, scroll down and choose Videorecording
  • Select the Narrow Your Search button
  • The screen will return to the Keyword search fields
  • Enter the desired terms in the search boxes
  • Press the Go button to see the search results

+Go to a list of all video recordings in the library
+Go to a list of latest DVD's added to the Library's collectionShelfari Link
+Go to a list of the video recordings in the Fine Arts Materials Collection (FAMC)
+Go to a list of the video recordings in the Instructional Materials Collection (IMC)
+Go to Course Reserve Feature Films List (Reserve Desk - 1st Floor - Odum Library in-building viewing circulate for only four hours)
+Go to Valdosta University films and webcasting

Streaming Video

The library has access to streaming video via GALILEO and VSU locally licensed databases:

+Go to Films on Demand GALILEO
+Go to Theater in Video
+Go to Georgia Stories GALILEO
+Go to C-SPAN Video Library GALILEO
+Go to Encyclopedia Britannica Extended Play GALILEO
+Go to Consumer Health Complete GALILEO
          Select only "Videos and Animations" when you search.

To Search for all Musical Sound Recordings including Vinyl records, tape cassettes, and CD's

To Search for Books on tape or CD, Nonmusical Recording

  • Select the GIL@VSU Catalog Keyword Search tab
  • Select the Narrow Your Search button
  • Beside the word Medium, scroll down and choose Nonmusical Recording
  • Select the Narrow Your Search button
  • The screen will return to the Keyword search fields
  • Enter the desired terms in the search boxes
  • Press the Go button to see your search results

Exact Search Quick Limits for video recordings title only:

  • Quick limits only work for exact titles of video recordings (there are no quick limits for other media types)
  • Do not use the exact search unless you know the exact title. Leave off a beginning "a", "an", or "the". Other than that the title you enter must be absolutely exact or you will yield no results.
  • Select Exact search
  • Set your Quick Limit to the right on "video recording" (Please note that quick limits only work on title searches.)
  • Enter the desired title in the Find this: search box
  • Press the Go button to see your search results

General GIL@VSU Catalog Keyword Search tab tips

  • If using more than one word, choose "all of these", "any of these", or "as a phrase" from the search box drop down menu
  • Do not use articles (A, AN, or THE) as search words
  • To search for all feature film movies, narrow your limits to video recording and use the keywords "feature" and "film"
  • When looking for digital media such as DVD's or CDs, type digital as one of your keywords and avoid having to narrow your limits

Other Media format search tips

Valdosta State University films, television, and webcasting

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