While our entire DVD collection is search-able in the library’s online catalog, http://diamond.temple.edu, many online resources, including streaming media titles in our online media collections are not readily available in the catalog without some additional effort.  The good news is that one of our largest streaming media subscriptions, Films on Demand, has now provided us with records for our catalog.  This means that you will see titles from the Films Media Group’s extensive catalog of documentary and instructional titles in the results when doing library catalog searches for topical keywords, directors, etc.  Click here to see a list of the Films Media Group streaming titles in our catalog.  And of course you can, as always, see them in the Films on Demand interface as well.

It can be challenging to identify the best films to work with in the classroom, especially when dealing with complex and sensitive issues.  There are many great resources out there to help find narrative, documentary, and short films that will help spark fruitful discussion and meaningful engagement with the subject matter.  I recently attended a conference presentation that highlighted just one such resource – the Films for the Feminist Classroom open-access web journal, a new joint effort from Signs: Journal of Women and Culture in Society and Rutger’s Women’s and Gender Studies Department.  Check out their insightful reviews and feature articles at their site:  http://www.signs.rutgers.edu/ffc_home.html

See something you want to use in the classroom?  Check the library catalog to see if we have the film that interests you.  If not, submit a purchase request.