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Virtual Brain Break: Movies and Videos

 

The University of Iowa Main Library has over 50,000 physical media items available to you!

Streaming got you down?

Too expensive, poor selection?

Check out a DVD or Blu-ray (even VHS) today!

(Instructions for finding titles are listed at the bottom of this page!)

Disc drives are available at the service desk!

 

Documentary Databases

PBS Video Collection

1699 videos covering a diverse array of subjects and interests.

 

Videos available include:

Ken Burns' Baseball

 

American Experience: The War on Disco

 

NOVA: Can Psychedelics Cure?

 


Docuseek

Docuseek streams essential independent, social-issue and environmental films.

 

Films available include:

Disturbing the Peace

 

The Yes Men Fix the World

 

The Way Things Go

Feature Film Databases

Swank Digital Campus

Streaming video titles, mostly feature films or television, the University of Iowa has licensed from the Swank Digital Campus collection of videos.

 

Films available on Swank include:

               

American Fiction                                                        Get Out    

                

        Fargo                                            But I'm A Cheerleader

            

Black Panther                               Dr. Strangelove


Kanopy

Custom online libraries of streaming videos from a variety of studios on a variety of subjects.

Films available on Kanopy Include:

            

   Everything, Everywhere, All At Once       Portrait of a Lady on Fire    

 

               

Kubo and the Two Strings                      The Great Dictator     

 

        

Godzilla (1954)                                   Crimes of the Future

 

Let's Check Out A Disc! (Or several!)

 

Now, unfortunately the media collection is not physically browse-able--you must request your selections online ahead of time. If you are interested in working towards bringing this collection back into a browse-able location, reach out to Max! at any time.

 

Simply search your title, director, actor or other credit listing in InfoHawk+ (best to put search terms in quotes)

 

Select "available in the library" along the left side of your screen

 

Choose your "resource type" if you please (though if you can't find what you are looking for leave this open)

 

Make sure to sign in to InfoHawk+ to request materials

 

Choose "Request Physical Item"

 

Choose your Pickup Location (any library on campus!)

 

Select REQUEST

 

Look for a confirmation email to your UIowa account that your selections are ready for pickup, stop by the service desk and take them home!

 

Don't own a disc drive? Check one out at the service desk!

 

Theatre and Opera Databases

National Theatre Collection

Drawing on 10 years of NT Live broadcasts, alongside high-quality archive recordings never previously seen outside of the NT's Archive, the National Theatre Collection 1 offers 30 filmed performances.

 

Performances available include:

Benedict Cumberbatch starring as The Creature in Frankenstein, a production recorded for the National Theatre

Frankenstein, Starring Benedict Cumberbatch

 

Nana Amoo-Gottfried starring in the title role of Macbeth (2017), a production recorded for the National Theatre

Macbeth


Opera In Video

Opera in Video contains five hundred hours of the most important opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries.

Performances available include:

Poster for opera film La Boheme

La Boheme

Poster for the opera film The Bald Soprano

The Bald Soprano