Searching for videos

The University of Nevada, Reno Libraries provide access to tens of thousands of videos in streaming or DVD formats.

Searching for streaming videos

Use Library Search on the library homepage. Enter the topic or title of the video you want and search. Refine your results by selecting the following filters:

  • Videos
  • Available Online

You may need to click on “Show More” to have Library Search display the “Video” option under “Resource type.”

The “Resource Type” filter box in Library Search. The resource type “Videos” is enclosed in a red rectangle to indicate its location.

Accessing streaming video databases

Click on the A-Z Databases link on the library's homepage. In the All Database Types drop-down menu, select Streaming Music/Video. This selection will provide all of the databases that contain streaming videos (and music) in their collections. Choose the database(s) best suited to your title or topic.

The A-Z Databases menu. Under the “Types” dropdown menu, Streaming Music/Video is highlighted in a red rectangle.

Searching for DVD Videos

As described above, search for your topic of a video title in Library Search and refine your results by selecting the following filters:

  • Videos
  • Held by library
The Availability filter box in Library Search. “Held by library” is enclosed in a red rectangle to indicate its location.

The bulk of the Libraries’ DVDs are located in MARS (Mathewson Automated Retrieval System). You can use the same steps when retrieving a DVD from MARS as you would books or articles.