The Mabee-Simpson Library: Books and Streaming Media: Home

Welcome to the Books and Media Guide

Welcome to the Books and Video Guide.

This guide provides tips, tools, and techniques for finding videos, creating clips and playlists, and linking to videos.

When linking video content from a library database, it is important to use a Permalink or share link rather than the url in the address bar. There are multiple ways to access the permalink in a database, each platform has a slightly different look and access to the links. For specific questions on linking or a regarding our video collections, please contact Askthelibrarian@lyon.edu.

Start Your Search Here

WorldCat Discovery searches for books, media, and articles in our library and nationwide.
Try ADVANCED SEARCH for more options. Want to find a certain eJournal title? Try our Journal Finder.

Additional Films not listed in the catalog.

Swank Digital Campus academic Films
Dr. Robbins and Dr. Vida have several film titles in this collection for English classes including: Frenzy, Rear Window, Shadow of a Doubt, Double Indemnity, The Searchers, Black Narcissus, Night of the Hunter, High Noon, and Fences.

The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)
DPLA connects people to the riches held within America’s libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions.
Internet Archive TV NEWS
2009- Present Indexes and provides short clips of over 1 million news programs from national U.S. networks as well as television stations in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. Information and clips are added 24 hours after they are aired. From the Internet Archive.

Librarians Are Here to help You!

Camille Beary

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Office #203

870-307-7444

Subjects:A-Z, Blogs, Children's Literature, Course Guides, Eng101, Eng102, LibGuides, POL105

Library Hours 2020

We are open Monday – Friday 8 to 5 for those who have permission to enter from student life.

Closed for the holidays on December 14th, and from December 24 to January 3. Opening back up on January 4th.

Covid Policies

Interlibrary Loan. For any items that we do not own, but you need for research, please fill out the ILL Request form that you see in the WorldCat search result for the item. Or email ill@lyon.edu with the bibliographic information on the item. Physical copies of books can be acquired for local faculty, staff and students. Only digital copies of articles can be acquired for non-locals. If retrieving a physical ILL item, we will allow your entrance to Anna’s office. Please return physical items to the book return in the breezeway.
Curbside pickup. Materials can be ordered for pickup at askthelibrarian@lyon.edu. We’ll notify you when they in the foyer for pickup.
Returned books should be returned in the wall slot which is also in the foyer.

Ask The Librarian

Updated 11-23-2020

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