Cassettes

We have a collection of over 500 audiocassette titles which encompasses music, interviews, poetry readings and more. Please note that we do not have a popular "books on tape" collection; these may be found at the local public library. Cassettes are searchable in Addison by call number, title, and artist/composer.

Compact discs

DVDs

Humanities slides

The Humanities slide collection covers topics from Roman art and architecture to Modern Art. The slide collections can be searched by title in Addison.

Laser discs

Circulation/Reserve has almost 200 optical disc titles (also known as laser discs). Optical discs are searchable in Addison by title, actor/director, subject, and call number.

Microforms

Microforms are non-circulating photographic reductions of print materials produced in the interest of saving space,obtaining or preserving rare or heavily used materials, or providing duplicate copies. Newman Library has a microforms collection numbering near 6 million items, including prints of books, magazines, newspapers, and engineering and technical reports.

Phonorecords

The phonorecord collection (also known as albums) is located in the off-campus Storage Facility. Items from this collection may be requested by using Request feature on Addison. Items are available for pickup within two business daysat the Newman Circulation/Reserve Desk or any of the Branch Libraries. Phonorecords are listed in Addison by call number, title and artist/composer.

Scripts

Video Encyclopedia of the 20th Century

The Video Encyclopedia of the 20th Century is a collection of optical discs containing speeches, news clips, and other visual images covering most of the 20th century (1900-1988). The index and discs are part of the optical disc collection and can be requested at the Circulation/Reserve Desk; the call number is Optical Disc no. 8. The index provides subject access to this large collection. A computer and optical disc station is set up to help users find information on the discs. These items do not circulate, but can be viewed at the 20th Century Encyclopedia Optical Disc station.

Videos

The video collection consists of over 9000 items, encompassing both educational and more popular titles. Most of these are in the NTSC (VHS) format, but we have some titles in PAL (a format used in Europe and Asia) as well. Videos are searchable in Addison by title, actor/director, subject, and call number.