I N T E R O F F I C E M E M O R A N D U M Date: 12-Mar-1992 09:07am EST From: Corinne H. Smith CHSMITH Dept: Audio Visual Services Tel No: (814) 863-3104 TO: VMSMail User _IN%"SCREEN-L ( _IN%"[log in to unmask]" ) Subject: RE: There must be something wrong . . . Ben (and everyone else) -- My answer to your question about a union catalog of film libraries falls under category 1) among your choices. The reference source that comes closest to your description is the _Educational Film & Video Locator_ published by R.R. Bowker. The work is in its 4th edition and is two volumes in length. It lists the holdings of academic media rental libraries in the United States. It's almost four years old now and might be updated *eventually*. The titles listed in it are purely educational titles, though, and not feature films. Most academic rental libraries are not permitted to re-rent feature films. A more up-to-date way of checking what college media libraries have is to access their files electronically through Internet. The only system I'm aware of that can searched thusly is <media.avs.uakron.edu>. On that list you can find the media holdings of Kent State, Penn State, Indiana University, and the University of Akron. Are there any other electronic union catalogs for media out there? Corinne Smith Penn State Audio-Visual Services [log in to unmask]