Cabeza de Vaca
[VHS 1420]    1993      New Horizons Home Video
1/2" Video      Color      1 cass., 108 min.
In 1528 a Spanish expedition founders off the coast of Florida. 600 lives are lost. One survivor, Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca, roams across the American continent searching for his Spanish comrades. Instead he discovers the Iguase, an ancient Indian tribe. Over the next eight years, Cabeza de Vaca learns their mystical culture, becoming a healer--and a leader. But soon this New World collides with the Old World as Spanish conquistadors seek to enslave the Indians, and Cabeza de Vaca must confront his own people and his past. Based on the book: Naufragios / by Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca. In Spanish with English subtitles.
Subjects -- Language: Spanish ; Indians of North America ; United States: History

Caddyshack
[DVD 905]    1980    Orion Pictures
4 3/4" DVD   Color   1 videodisc, 98 min.
An exclusive golf course has to deal with a brash new member and a destructive dancing gopher. Cast: Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Bill Murray.
Subjects – Movies and Plays

Cahokia Mounds Ancient Metropolis
[VHS 1417]    1994    Cahokia Mounds Museum Society
1/2" Video      Color     1 cass., 60 min.
Explores the history and archaeology of the Cahokia Mounds area using natural and cultural landscapes, archaeological excavations, numerous artifacts, and discussions with researchers. An ancient metropolis, it was an artistic, cultural, and power center during the Mississippian period. Its inhabitants created the largest earthworks in America.
Subjects -- Indians of North America

Calculus Module 1: Calculus Basics
[DVD 721]     2005      Standard Deviants
4 3/4" DVD   Color      1 videodisc, 26 mins
Topics: Functions ; Dependent & independent variables ; Graphing ; Limits ; Substitution ; Factoring ;Conjugates.
Subjects – Mathematics and Statistics

Calculus Module 2: Limits
[DVD 722]     2005     Standard Deviants
4 3/4" DVD   Color     1 videodisc, 26 mins
Topics: Left-hand limit ; Right-hand limit ; General limit ; Infinity ; Increasing without bound.
Subjects – Mathematics and Statistics

Calculus Module 3: Derivatives
[DVD 723]     2005     Standard Deviants
4 3/4" DVD   Color     1 videodisc, 26 mins
Topics: Limits by inspection ; Shortcut rules ; Continuous functions ; Derivatives.
Subjects – Mathematics and Statistics

Calculus Module 4: Work-Saving Rules
[DVD 724]     2005     Standard Deviants
4 3/4" DVD   Color     1 videodisc, 26 mins
Topics: Derivatives ; Tangent lines ; Slope ; Equations of a tangent line ; Power rule ;Natural logs.
Subjects – Mathematics and Statistics

Calculus Module 5: Finding Derivatives
[DVD 725]     2005     Standard Deviants
4 3/4" DVD   Color     1 videodisc, 26 mins
Topics: Product rule ; Quotient rule ; Second derivative ; Third derivative ; Chain rule.
Subjects – Mathematics and Statistics

Calculus Module 6: Derivative Applications
[DVD 726]     2005    Standard Deviants
4 3/4" DVD   Color    1 videodisc, 26 mins
Topics: Critical point ; Intervals ; Increasing & decreasing functions ; PIND ; First derivative test for local extrema ; Local maxima & minima.
Subjects – Mathematics and Statistics

Calculus Module 7: Figuring Out Curves
[DVD 727]     2005     Standard Deviants
4 3/4" DVD   Color     1 videodisc, 26 mins
Topics: Second derivative test for local extrema ; Point of inflection ; Concave up & down ; Tangent lines ; PUND ; Determining concavity.
Subjects – Mathematics and Statistics

Calculus Module 8: Practical Applications
[DVD 728]     2005    Standard Deviants
4 3/4" DVD   Color    1 videodisc, 26 mins
Topics: Position function ; Velocity function ; Acceleration function ; Antiderivative.
Subjects – Mathematics and Statistics

Calculus Module 9: The Anti-Derivative
[DVD 729]     2005    Standard Deviants
4 3/4" DVD   Color    1 videodisc, 26 mins
Topics: Definite & indefinite integral ; Areas of curves ; Areas between curves ; Riemann sums ; Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.
Subjects – Mathematics and Statistics

Calendar
[DVD 417]    1993   Zeitgeist Films
4 3/4" DVD   Color  1 videodisc, 74 min.
A photographer and his wife take photographs of Armenian churches for use in a calendar. Their driver, a local resident, expounds on the history of the churches while the wife translates. The photographer becomes jealous of his wife's bonding with the driver. In a series of flash-forwards, the photographer stages identical dinners with several women, who pretend to talk on the phone while he writes. His wife, now estranged from him, leaves repeated messages on his answering machine, asking why he never contacts her. (The Essential Egoyan) Cast: Atom Egoyan, Arsinée Khanjian
Subjects – Movies and Plays

Candid Camera Classics for Introductory Psychology
[VHS 675]       1992        McGraw-Hill
1/2" video        Color        1 cass., 54 min.
Selected and edited by Allen Funt and Philip G. Zimbardo.
Subjects -- Psychology

Candid Camera Classics for Social Psychology
[VHS 676]       1992        McGraw-Hill
1/2" video        Color        1 cass., 58 min.
Selected and edited by Allen Funt and Philip G. Zimbardo.
Subjects -- Psychology

The Candidate
[DVD 174]      1972      Warner Brothers
4 3/4" DVD     Color      1 videodisc, 110 min.
While Richard Nixon is on his way to re-election by a landslide, a young, honest, idealistic lawyer begins to learn the truth about running for office. Bill McKay, a California Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator, a man of integrity and ideals, will now let the great American political machine manipulate him, because now he’s got to win. Cast: Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Melvin Douglas.
Subjects –- Movies and Plays

Capacitors And RC Time Constant (Basic Electricity And DC Circuits, #13)
[VHS 991]        1976        Texas Instruments
1/2" video         Color        1 cass., 29 min.
Demonstrates how to draw a capacitor; describes capacitor behavior mathematically; defines "RC Time Constant"; and uses " Universal Time Constant Graph." Discusses common applications of capacitors and DC circuits.
Subjects -- Electricity and Electronics

Car of the Future: Engineering for the Environment
[DVD 674]     2008     WGBH/PBS
4 3/4" DVD   Color      1 videodisc, 54 min.
The co-host of NPR's Car Talk explore everything from a glitzy Detroit auto show to the earnest homebuilders of Boston’s AltWheels Festival, from a hydrogen-powered bus fleet in Iceland to a green think tank in Colorado. They check out hybrids that plug into a household outlet and an electric sports car that goes 0-to-60 in 4 seconds. Meet experts in biofuels and lithium batteries. Join in a light-hearted but shrewd look at American’s four-wheeled future. (NOVA series)
Subjects – Environmental Sciences ; Technology

Car Smarts
[VHS 177]        1987        International Rescue Committee
1/2" video         Color        1 cass., 48 min.
Dramatizes an ESL person buying a car from a savvy salesman before and after he has learned how to conduct a transaction for a new car. Part 2 discusses car insurance and explains the different types of coverage available.
Subjects -- Consumer Education ; Language: ESL/ABE

Carmen
[DVD 583]      1989      Deutsche Grammophon
4 3/4" DVD     Color     1 videodisc, 116 min.
Music by Georges Bizet ; libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Hale´vy. In 19th century Seville, Carmen seduces a naive Army corporal, Don Jose´, who abandons his career, his fiance´e, and his dying mother for Carmen. Cast: Agnes Baltsa, Leona Mitchell, Jose´ Carreras, Samuel Ramey ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor ; Metropolitan Opera Ballet. In French with optional subtitles.
Subjects – Music

Carrie
[DVD 589]    1976    United Artists
4 3/4" DVD   Color   1 videodisc, 98 mins.
Carrie White is a shy and abused girl, brought up almost in isolation, by her psychotically religious mother Margaret. An embarrassing incident at school causes her fellow pupils to tease Carrie ruthlessly and her teacher disciplines them severely. Determined to have revenge, the other students hatch a plot against Carrie, which turns horribly wrong when Carrie's strange mental powers are unleashed during the school prom. Cast: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, and John Travolta. Directed by Brian De Palma.
Subjects – Movies and Plays

Carved in Silence
[VHS 115] 1987 Felicia Lowe/NAATA
1/2" video Color 1 cass., 45 min.
Explains the dramatic story of Angel Island, also known as the “Ellis Island of the West.” After the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882), potential immigrants were detained in an “Immigration Station” this small island and vigorously interrogated for up to three years. Some detainees brushed or carved their feelings in poetry onto the wooden walls of the detention center. The film features interviews with detainees and scenes recreated in the actual barracks.
Subjects – Asian Americans

Casablanca 
[DVD 9]         1942      Warner
4 3/4" DVD    b&w      1 videodisc, 103 min.
During World War II, Morocco is seething with European refugees desperate for passage to neutral Lisbon. Only a world-weary and bitter nightclub owner can help his former lover and her Resistance-hero husband escape from the Nazis. Originally released as a motion picture in 1942. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays

Cast Away   
[DVD 10]       2000    Twentieth Century Fox
4 3/4" DVD    Color    2 videodiscs, 143 min.
A FedEx systems engineer's ruled-by-the-clock existence abruptly ends when a harrowing plane crash leaves him isolated on a remote island. Cast: Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Nick Searcy.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays

Castle
[VHS 1110]    1983     Dorset Video
1/2" video       Color     1 cass., 58 min.
Presents an animated tale about a fictional thirteenth-century fortress and town built by King Edward I to subdue the rebellious Welsh. Includes live-action sequences in which David Macaulay and Sara Bullen explain the history and architecture that inspired the fictional castle. Based on the book of the same title by David Macaulay.
Subjects -- Architecture ; Europe: Great Britain

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
[DVD 779]     1958     MGM
4 3/4" DVD    Color    1 videodisc, 108 min.
Brick, an alcoholic ex-football player, drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife, Maggie. His reunion with his father, Big Daddy, who is dying of cancer, jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son. Cast: Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor.
Subjects – Movies and Plays

Catching the Sun: The Physics of Solar Energy
[DVD 1017]    2008    Films for the Humanities & Sciences
4 3/4" DVD    Color    1 videodisc, 18 mins.
This program investigates three main ways in which solar energy is used around the world: solar hot water, photovoltaic solar panels that generate electricity for small consumers, and thermal arrays that use sunlight to produce electricity in large commercial plants. Learn about the science involved in each type, the practical challenges of implementing them, and other developments in this exciting and growing area of the renewable energy economy.
Subjects – Environmental Sciences ; Electronics and Electricity

Cathedral: The Story Of Its Construction
[VHS 1111]  1985    Dorset Video
1/2" video     Color   1 cass., 58 min.
Follows the planning and construction of a magnificent Gothic cathedral in the imaginary French town of Beaulieu during the thirteenth century, in order to understand why and how the great cathedrals of Europe were built. Alternates between modern footage and animation. Based on the book of the same title by David Macaulay.
Subjects -- Architecture ; Europe: France

Cats Of Mirikitani
[DVD 790]      2008     Arts Alliance America
4 3/4" DVD    Color     1 videodisc, 74 min.
Eighty-year-old Jimmy Mirikitani survived the trauma of WWII internment camps, Hiroshima, and homelessness by creating art. But when 9/11 threatens his life on the New York City streets and a local filmmaker brings him to her home, the two embark on a journey to confront Jimmy's painful past. An intimate exploration of the lingering wounds of war and the healing powers of community and art.
Subjects – Art ; Asian Americans

Causons!
[VHS 496]   1993      Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
1/2" video    Color      1 cass., 95 min.
Short conversations are intended to help students understand idiomatic French. Contains clips from advertisements, music and films. Scenes were taped on location in Pontoise and Cergy, France.
Subjects -- Language: French

Cautiva
[DVD 508]      2005    Primo Plana Film Group
4 3/4" DVD    Color    1 videodisc, 115 min.
Cristina’s life is thrown into turmoil when she is suddenly escorted from her strict Catholic school and told that she is really Sofía Lombardi, the daughter of activists who disappeared in the ’70s. Questioning everything she once thought true, Cristina embarks on a journey to find her true identity. Meeting others like herself, the young girl soon discovers the real-life horrors of Argentina’s relatively recent past and the nightmare that claimed tens of thousands of lives during the country’s ’Dirty War.’ Cast: Barbara Lombardo, Mercedes Funes. Spanish dialogue, English subtitles.
Subjects – Movies and Plays ; Language: Spanish ; Latin America and Caribbean

The Caves Of Altamira
[VHS 1644]    1991       Films for the Humanities
1/2" video       Color        1 cass., 26 min.
Shows cave paintings of animals and mysterious symbols done thousands of years ago in Altamira Cave, Spain. Closed to visitors to prevent damage from exposure, the caves are known to lay people only through a replica in the Archaeological Museum in Madrid. Shows the artistic relationship between the caves themselves and the art with which these proto-Spaniards decorated them.
Subjects -- Art ; Archaeology ; Europe: Spain

Celilo Falls and the Remaking of the Columbia River
[DVD 421] 2007 Oregon Sea Grant Communications
4 3/4" DVD Color 1 videodisc, 29 min.
Examines a turning point in the history of the Pacific Northwest. For millennia Celilo Falls was the great Indian fishery on the mid-Columbia, and it drew Indians there from throughout the West to trade for salmon. But in 1957 the federal government began operation of a giant hydroelectric dam at The Dalles that drowned Celilo Falls and ended the fishery there. Through a combination of rare historic films and photographs, Celilo Falls and the Remaking of the Columbia River provides a glimpse of the life at Celilo as it once was and considers the cultural, social, and political forces that brought about its end, signaling a new era in the relationship between people and nature.
Subjects – Washington State and Seattle ; Environmental Sciences ; Electronics and Electricity

Chopi Music Of Mozambique ; Banguza Timbila
[VHS 39] 1989 Flower Films & Video
1/2" video Color 1 cass., 60 min.
Two short documentary films which depict performances of the timbila (marimba) music of the Chopi people who live in the village of Banguza, in the province of Zavala, in Mozambique. The procedures and techniques employed in making the musical instruments are shown in detail and the stories of the dances performed to the music are explained.
Subjects – Music ; Africa

A Christmas Carol
[VHS 1216]      1984        20th Century Home Entertainment
1/2" video         Color        1 cass., 100 min.
Christmas elicits nothing more than "Bah, humbug!" from Ebenezer Scrooge, a miser whose sole pursuit of financial success has left him a bitter and lonely old man. But on Christmas Eve a visit from the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future ultimately teaches him to open his heart to the spirit of Christmas and the joys of friends and family. Book by Charles Dickens. Cast: George C. Scott
Subjects -- Movies and Plays

Church of the Russians
[VHS 49]        1983        NBC Television Religious Prog.
1/2" video       Color        1 cass., 120 min.
Pt.I: Looks at the life and leadership of the Church to find out how religion survives in an officially anti-religious society. Pt.II: A Soviet government spokesman admits religion is thriving despite 65 years of anti-religious propaganda.
Subjects -- Religion and Mythology ; Soviet Union and Russia

The Church On Dauphine Street
[DVD 1050]    2007    White Noise Productions
4 3/4" DVD    Color    1 videodisc, 83 mins.
On August 29, 2005, Father Joe Benson watched Hurricane Katrina tear the roof off his church's historic parish building, just two years after a fire nearly destroyed the church itself. In this documentary, we meet Father Benson and Arthine Vicks, two kindred spirits who are working to reunite a fiercely independent congregation: Blessed Seelos is home to New Orleans' deaf Catholics and to many Spanish-speaking immigrants, making it trilingual and unlike any other church in the city. With volunteer help from a group of strangers from Seattle and union craftsmen from New Orleans, many of whom lost their own homes to Katrina, this small church, perched on the edge of some of the worst destruction America has ever seen, is becoming a symbol of renewal for the city.
Subjects - United States: History

El Ciberespacio
[VHS 1993]    1995   Discovery Channel
1/2" video       Color  1 cass., 47 min. each
Spanish language edition of “Cyberspace”. Travel through time and space to a world that exists only in bits of information transmitted through telephone lines. Invade the privacy of computers with hackers, the vandals of cyberspace, who use their technical abilities to invade computers around the world. Reveals the secrets and details of the incredible universe full of fascinating information.
Subjects -- Language: Spanish

Cimarron
[DVD 282]      1931      RKO Radio Pictures
4 3/4" DVD     Color       1 videodisc, 131 min.
When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a plot of the free land for himself and moves his family there from Wichita. A newspaperman, lawyer, and just about everything else, Cravat soon becomes a leading citizen of the boom town of Osage. Once the town is established, however, he begins to feel confined once again, and heads for the Cherokee Strip, leaving his family behind. During this and other absences, his wife Sabra must learn to take care of herself and soon becomes prominent in her own right. Based on the novel by Edna Ferber. Cast: Richard Dix, Irene Dunne.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays

Cinderella
[DVD 781]     1950     Walt Disney
4 3/4" DVD    Color     1 videodisc, 74 min.
When Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from the lovable mice Gus and Jaq, and from her Fairy Godmother. An animated fairy tale.
Subjects – Movies and Plays

Citizen Kane
[DVD 11]       1941        Warner
4 3/4" DVD    b&w        2 videodiscs, 119 min., 113 min.
An all-powerful press magnate, Kane, dies in his fabulous castle Xanadu, his last word being "Rosebud", which leads a reporter to seek the meaning behind the word and find the meaning of Kane. Prominant publisher, William Randolph Hearst, saw the film as a thinly disguised version of his career and attempted to suppress it. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1941. Cast: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead, Ruth Warrick, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, Everett Sloane, William Alland, Paul Stewart, George Coulouris.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays

Citizen King
[DVD 100]       2004     PBS
4 3/4" DVD     Color     1 videodisc, 120 min.
Special feature: Interview with filmmaker Orlando Bagwell. "In exploring the last few years of his life, this ... American experience production traces King's efforts to recast himself by embracing causes beyond the civil rights movement, by becoming a champion of the poor and an outspoken opponent of the war in Vietnam. Tapping into a rich archive of photographs and film footage and using diaries, letters, and eyewitness accounts of fellow activists, friends, journalists, political leaders and law enforcement officials, this film brings fresh insights to King's impossible journey, his charismatic leadership and his truly remarkable impact. (The American Experience television program) Closed captioned.
Subjects -- King, Martin Luther Jr.

City Lights: A Comedy Romance in Pantomime
[VHS 1030]      1931       CBS Fox
1/2" video         b&w       1 cass., 87 min.
A blind flower girl falls in love with the little tramp and he with her. He helps her out of financial troubles and pays for her to have an operation to restore her sight. He does not know if she will still love him when she can see. Preceded by previews of other Chaplin films. Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays

City Of God = Cidade de Deus
[DVD 932]     2004   Miramax Films
4 3/4" DVD   Color   1 videodisc, 130 min.
The streets of the world's most notorious slum, Rio de Janeiro's "City of God," are a place where combat photographers fear to tread, police rarely go, and residents are lucky if they live to the age of 20. In the midst of the oppressive crime and violence, a frail and scared young boy will grow up to discover that he can view the harsh realities of his surroundings with a different eye: the eye of an artist. In the face of impossible odds, his brave ambition to become a professional photographer becomes a window into his world ... and ultimately his way out. Cast: Alexandre Rodrigues, Matheus Nachtergaele. In Portuguese with English subtitles.
Subjects – Photography ; Latin and Caribbean

The Civil War Series, #1: The Cause, 1861
[DVD 1071]   1989     WETA-TV/PBS/Ken Burns
4 3/4" DVD   Color     1 videodisc, 99 min.
Begins with an indictment of slavery. Shows the causes of war, from the South to the Northern abolitionists. Questions of states rights, John Brown, Lincoln, Fort Sumter and the rush to arms climaxes with the disastrous Union defeat at Manassas.
Subjects -- United States: History

The Civil War Series, #2: A Very Bloody Affair, 1862
[DVD 1072]   1989     WETA-TV/PBS/Ken Burns
4 3/4" DVD   Color     1 videodisc, 99 min.
Begins with the political infighting that threatened Lincoln's administration. Follows General McClellan's ill-fated campaign in Virginia. Includes Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle of Shiloh. It is rumored that Europe may recognize the Confederacy.
Subjects -- United States: History

The Civil War Series, #3: Forever Free, 1862
[DVD 1072]   1989     WETA-TV/PBS/Ken Burns
4 3/4" DVD   Color     1 videodisc, 99 min.
Charts the events that led to Lincoln's decision to set the slaves free but he must wait for a Union victory. Thanks to Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee this does not happen until Antietam Creek in Sept. 1862. The battle ends with emancipation.
Subjects -- United States: History

The Civil War Series, #4: Simply Murder, 1863
[DVD 1073]   1989     WETA-TV/PBS/Ken Burns
4 3/4" DVD   Color     1 videodisc, 99 min.
Begins with the Union disaster at Fredericksburg to Lee's victory at Chancellorsville, the loss of Stonewall Jackson and Grant's siege on Vicksburg. Lee invades the North again to draw Grant away from Vicksburg. Shows the desperation of the Southerners.
Subjects -- United States: History

The Civil War Series, #5: The Universe of Battle, 1863
[DVD 1073]   1989     WETA-TV/PBS/Ken Burns
4 3/4" DVD   Color     1 videodisc, 99 min.
Begins with the Battle of Gettysburg. Chronicles the fall of Vicksburg, the New York draft riots, the first use of black troops, and the western battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga. Closes with Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
Subjects -- United States: History

The Civil War Series, #6: Valley of the Shadow of Death, 1864
[DVD 1074]   1989     WETA-TV/PBS/Ken Burns
4 3/4" DVD   Color     1 videodisc, 99 min.
Begins with a biographical comparison of Grant and Lee. Chronicles the series of battles between them from the wilderness to Petersburg. Visit the ghastly hospitals of both sides and follow Sherman's march to the sea and the Atlanta campaign.
Subjects -- United States: History

The Civil War Series, #7: Most Hallowed Ground, 1864
[DVD 1074]   1989     WETA-TV/PBS/Ken Burns
4 3/4" DVD   Color     1 videodisc, 99 min.
Begins with the Presidential campaign of 1864, Lincoln vs. McClellan. Grant and Sherman are stalled at Petersburg and Atlanta. Opinion in the North is against Lincoln and the war. Ironically, Lee's mansion is turned into a Union hospital.
Subjects -- United States: History

The Civil War Series, #8: War Is All Hell, 1865
[DVD 1075]   1989     WETA-TV/PBS/Ken Burns
4 3/4" DVD   Color     1 videodisc, 99 min.
Begins with Sherman's march to the sea which brings war to the heart of Georgia and the Carolinas and spells the end of the Confederacy. Petersburg then Richmond fall to Grant. Lee flees west to Appomattox. There, the surrender takes place.
Subjects -- United States: History

The Civil War Series, #9: The Better Angels of Our Nature, 1865
[DVD 1075]   1989     WETA-TV/PBS/Ken Burns
4 3/4" DVD   Color     1 videodisc, 99 min.
Begins with the aftermath of Lee's surrender and goes on to narrate the events of 5 days later when Lincoln is assassinated. Chronicles Lincoln's poignant funeral, the final days of the war, the capture of John Wilkes Booth.
Subjects -- United States: History

Civilization, #1: Skin of Our Teeth
[VHS 1896]  1970     BBC-TV/Time-Life
1/2" video     Color     1 cass., 52 min.
Presents a synoptic view of the thousand years between the fall of Rome and the rise of the great Gothic civilization. Compares and contrasts high and primitive arts as embodied in the head of the Apollo Belvedere and an African tribal mask.
Subjects -- World History ; Art ; Europe

Civilization, #2: The Great Thaw
[VHS 1896]  1970     BBC-TV/Time-Life
1/2" video     Color     1 cass., 52 min.
Presents the intellectual reawakening of the Middle Ages manifested by the magnificence of gothic architecture and intellectual inquiry evidenced by Agelard and Aquina.
Subjects -- World History ; Art ; Europe ; Architecture

Civilization, #3: Romance and Reality
[VHS 1896]  1970     BBC-TV/Time-Life
1/2" video     Color     1 cass., 52 min.
Here is the Gothic world of chivalry, romance and worldly happiness. It is the period of St. Francis, the poetry of Dante, the art of Giotto and the emergence of woman as ideal.
Subjects -- World History ; Art ; Europe

Civilization, #4: Man, The Measure of All Things
[VHS 1897] 1970    BBC-TV/Time-Life
1/2" video    Color    1 cass., 52 min.
Surveys the development of Western civilization during the 15th century as evidenced especially in the work of Botticelli, Massaccio, Bellini, Giorgione, Van Eyck, and Alberti.
Subjects -- World History ; Art ; Europe

Civilization, #5: Hero as Artist
[VHS 1897] 1970     BBC-TV/Time-Life
1/2" video    Color     1 cass., 52 min.
Surveys the development of Western civilization in Italy beginning in 1500 as evidenced by the demise of city-states like Florence and the rise of Rome as a world power with Pope Julius at its head. Examines the work of Raphael, Bramante, and Michelangelo.
Subjects -- World History ; Art ; Europe

Civilization, #6: Protest and Communication
[VHS 1897] 1970    BBC-TV/Time-Life
1/2" video    Color    1 cass., 52 min.
Development of Western civilization in Northern Europe is surveyed. Discusses the impact of the printing press on the Renaissance and Reformation. The works of Erasmus, Sir Thomas More, Holbein and Shakespeare are also presented.
Subjects -- World History ; Art ; Europe ; Philosophy

Civilization, #7: Grandeur and Obedience
[VHS 1898] 1970    BBC-TV/Time-Life
1/2" video    Color    1 cass., 52 min.
Surveys the development of Western civilization in the 17th century in the work of Titian, Rubens, and Bernini. Points out that the essence of baroque was the union of flesh and spirit, dogma and sensuality, obedience and freedom.
Subjects -- World History ; Art ; Europe

Civilization, #8: Light of Experience
[VHS 1898] 1970    BBC-TV/Time-Life
1/2" video    Color    1 cass., 52 min.
Surveys the development of Western civilization during the 17th century. Points out that the works of Dutch painters show the revolutionary change in thought that replaced divine authority with experience, experiment, and observation.
Subjects -- World History ; Art ; Europe

Civilization, #9: Pursuit of Happiness
[VHS 1898] 1970    BBC-TV/Time-Life
1/2" video    Color    1 cass., 52 min.
Surveys the development of Western civilization during the 18th century as evidenced in the music of Bach, Handel, Mozart, and Haydn, the architecture of Neumann, and the paintings and etchings of Tiepolo.
Subjects -- World History ; Art ; Europe ; Music

Civilization, #10: Smile of Reason
[VHS 1899]  1970     BBC-TV/Time-Life
1/2" video     Color     1 cass., 52 min.
Surveys the development of Western civilization during the 18th century as shown in the art and sculpture of Van Loo, David, De Troy and Houdon. Points out the growth of humanitarianism and the belief in advancement through reason and moderation.
Subjects -- World History ; Art ; Europe

Civilization, #11: Worship of Nature
[VHS 1899]  1970    BBC-TV/Time-Life
1/2" video     Color     1 cass., 52 min.
Surveys the Romantic Movement that began in the late 17OO's and was characterized in the romantic belief in the divinity of nature. Discusses the writings of Rousseau, Goethe and Wordsworth and the paintings of Casper, Constable, Turner, and Friedrich.
Subjects -- World History ; Art ; Europe ; Philosophy

Civilization, #12: Fallacies of Hope
[VHS 1900] 1970     BBC-TV/Time-Life
1/2" video    Color     1 cass., 52 min.
Surveys the development of Western civilization during the late 1700's and 1800's when the dreams of advancing mankind through reason and moderation met with disappointment. Shows works of Monet, Cezanne, Van Gogh, and Gaugin.
Subjects -- World History ; Art ; Europe

Civilization, #13: Heroic Materialism
[VHS 1900] 1970    BBC-TV/Time-Life
1/2" video    Color    1 cass., 52 min.
Surveys the development of Western civilization during the 1900's as evidenced in the advance of technology shown through the work of Brunel and in the development of the atom bomb.
Subjects -- World History ; Art ; Europe ; Technology

The Class = Entre Les Murs
[DVD 929]    2008    Sony Pictures Classics
4 3/4" DVD  Color     1 videodisc, 130 min.
Teacher François Marin and his colleagues are preparing for another school year teaching at a racially mixed inner city high school in Paris which represents a microcosm of the conflicting cultures and attitudes in contemporary France. The film chronicles François' verbal confrontations with his French, African, Caribbean, Moroccan, Turkish, and Asian students. Marin tries to get through to his students, sometimes with success and sometimes resulting in utter failure. Even Marin has his breaking point, which may result in him doing things he would probably admit to himself are wrong. But after all is said and done, there is next year and another group of students. In French with English subtitles. Cast: François Bégaudeau, Agame Malembo-Emene.
Subjects – Movies and Plays ; Language: French ; Education

Clerks
[DVD 794]     1994     Miramax
4 3/4" DVD    b&w     1 videodisc, 92 min.
A day in the lives of two convenience clerks named Dante and Randal as they annoy customers, discuss movies, and play hockey on the store roof. Cast: Brian O’Halloran, Jeff Anderson. .
Subjects – Movies and Plays

Click
[DVD 509]      2006      Columbia
4 3/4" DVD    Color      1 videodisc, 107 min.
A workaholic architect finds a universal remote that allows him to fast-forward and rewind to different parts of his life. Complications arise when the remote starts to overrule his choices. Cast: Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken.
Subjects – Movies and Plays

Climbing The Ladder
[VHS 84]        1986        North Seattle Community College
1/2" video        Color        1 cass., 29 min.
Instructional film designed for ESL students on how to improve their communication skills at work. Focuses on how to ask for clarification and verification of tasks from supervisors, point out problems, reassure customers, and make suggestions at work.
Subjects -- Language: ESL ; Business

Clinical Procedures For Medical Assistants
[DVD 467-470]    2007    Elsevier Saunders
4 3/4" DVD        Color    4 videodisc
Companion DVD to the textbook by Kathy Bonewit-West (R697.P45B66 2007).
[DVD 467] Chapters 2 – 5
[DVD 468] Chapters 6 – 9
[DVD 469] Chapters 10 – 15
[DVD 470] Chapters 16 – 20
Subjects – Medical Sciences and Nursing

Clockers (Spike Lee Joint Collection)
[DVD 381]       1995         Universal Pictures
4 3/4" DVD     Color         1 videodisc, 128 min.
Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug-lord Rodney Little, who, when not playing with model trains or drinking Moo for his ulcer, just likes to chill with his brothers near the benches outside the project houses. When a night man at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike's older brother turns himself in as the killer. Det. Rocco Klein doesn't buy the story, however, and sets out to find the truth, and it seems that all the fingers point toward Strike & Rodney. Cast: Harvey Keitel, John Turturro, Delroy Lindo, Mekhi Phifer.
Subjects – Movies and Plays ; African Americans

Clockworks Genes: Discoveries In Biological Time
[DVD 824]     2000    Howard Hughes Medical Institute
4 3/4" DVD   Color    2 videodisc, 240 min.
Researchers are making groundbreaking discoveries in understanding the molecular basis of circadian clocks, the internal timekeepers that govern fluctuations in behavior and physiology on a 24-hour cycle. Explains what circadian clocks are, how they work, and what relevance this knowledge might have for human health. Describes the techniques that led to their discoveries of the genes, proteins, and other components that make up these complex biological pacemakers.
Subjects – Biology ; Psychology

Close, Closed, Closure
[VHS 2059]     2002     Icarus Films
1/2" video       Color     1 cass., 53 min.
Gaza is an area of 288 square kilometers surrounded by an electric fence. Lacking natural resources and being one of the poorest places on earth - Gaza is dependent on its ties with Israel - its enemy. Made by an Israeli and Palestinian crew, this program shows the nerve-racking process of getting people in and out, and the growing frustration and deprivation of the local population, amongst the reasons for the "second intifada" and the present-day blood bath. The film also presents the different Israeli standpoints - right wingers who consider the occupation legitimate, and doves who are willing to give up the occupied territories as part of a peace treaty. Questions raised are interspersed with comments from Palestinians and confrontations between settlers and Israeli pacifists.
Subjects – Middle East

Coal Miner's Daughter
[DVD 946]        1980        MCA
4 3/4" DVD       Color        1 cass., 124 min.
Drama of the life of Loretta Lynn, the "Queen of Country Music." At eighteen and mother of four, she finds time to sing and write songs. After making a record and going to Nashville, she gets a chance at the Grand Ole Opry, which launches her career into super stardom. Cast: Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays

Cold Water: Intercultural Adjustment and Values Conflict
[VHS 370]        1988        Intercultural Press
1/2" video         Color        1 cass., 48 min.
Describes the process of intercultural adjustment for foreign students in American Universities. Shows how several core American values may conflict with foreign values.
Subjects --  Cultural Diversity ; Education

College Accounting, 5th ed.
[VHS 531-534]    1993        Regents/Prentice-Hall
1/2" video           Color        4 cass.
Accompanies book "College Accounting", 5th edition by Jeffrey Slater. for Accounting 110 class.
[VHS 531] Tape 1: chapters 1-3
[VHS 532] Tape 2: chapters 4-6
[VHS 533] Tape 3: chapters 7-10
[VHS 534] Tape 4: chapters 11-15
Subjects -- Accounting

Color Of Fear 1
[DVD 253]      1997       Stir-Fry Productions
4 3/4" DVD     Color       1 videodisc, 90 min.
An insightful, groundbreaking film about the state of race relations in America as seen through the eyes of eight North American men of Asian, European, Latino and African descent. In a series of intelligent, emotional and dramatic confrontations the men reveal the pain and scars that racism has caused them. What emerges is a deeper sense of understanding and trust. This is the dialogue most of us fear, but hope will happen sometime in our lifetime.
Subjects -- Race Relations ; Men’s Studies

The Color Of Fear 2: Walking Each Other Home
[VHS 1831]  1997     Stir-Fry Productions
1/2" video     Color     1 cass.,55 min.
A continuation of the Color of Fear about eight North American men of different races who talk together about how racism affects them. Explores in greater depth the intimate relationship that the eight men had with each other. In this new sequel, the European American men have added opportunities to express how they felt when the men of color were angry, why they were afraid, and what they discovered about themselves and each other as men of European descent.
Subjects -- Race Relations ; Men Studies

Color Of Fear 3: Four Little Beds
[DVD 254]      2005     Stir-Fry Productions
4 3/4" DVD     Color       1 videodisc, 43 min.
A film about the struggle of the gay, lesbian and transgender community to be seen and understood in a predominantly heterosexist society. The original cast of "The color of fear", an ethnically diverse group of eight North American men, men discuss what it is to be gay in this society and the impact it has on senses of safety and identity. Through personal stories and interactions, we have a glimpse into the fears, the stereotypes, and moral issues that are dividing and confronting us today. A ten-year retrospective has been added.
Subjects -- Race Relations ; Men’s Studies ; Homosexuality

Color Purple
[DVD 667]     1985      Warner Bros.
4 3/4" DVD   Color      2 videodisc, 154 min.
Follows the life of Celie, a young black girl growing up in the early 1900's. The first time we see Celie, she is 14 - and pregnant - by her father. We stay with her for the next 30 years of her tough life, forced into a brutal marriage and separated from the only person who she loves and lover her, her sister. Based on the book by Alice Walker. Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey. Directed by Steven Speilberg.
Subjects – Movies and Plays ; African Americans

Colors
[DVD 47]     1988     Artisan Entertainment
4 3/4" DVD  Color     1 videodisc, 127 min.
Two L.A. cops, one a veteran and one a rookie, try to bring peace to the war raging on the streets of L.A. Cast: Sean Penn, Robert Duvall, Maria Conchita Alonso, Randy Brooks. Originally released as a motion picture in 1988.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays

Common Mistakes People Make in Interviews
[DVD 294]      2003       Cambridge Educational
4 3/4" DVD     Color      1 videodisc, 27 min.
An informative and effective program that helps job seekers anticipate what employers are looking for. Using a wrong way/right way format, illustrates the things to do and not to do in an interview so you can convey the right attitude, project a professional image, and get that job offer!
Subjects -- Careers and Job Hunting

Common Threads: Stories From The Quilt
[VHS 1059]      1989       HBO
1/2" video         Color        1 cass., 79 min.
Dustin Hoffman narrates this film  which tells the story of five people who had AIDS, their lives and deaths, and how their names are now commemorated in five panels of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt.
Subjects -- Diseases: AIDS/HIV

Communicating With Clients And Colleagues From Different Cultures
[VHS 1411]     1995       Studio Three Productions.
1/2" Video       Color       1 cass., 26 min.
Shows how different cultures look at health and illness through the concepts of heritage-consistent and heritage-inconsistent behaviors, and recognizes cross-cultural views of traditional and modern medicine practices while identifying barriers and challenges to communication with clients and colleagues with different cultural backgrounds. Mosby's communication in nursing video series ; 3.
Subjects -- Medical Sciences and Nursing ; Cultural Diversity

Communicating With Severely Confused Older Adults
[VHS 2054]     1996      HSTN/Primedia Workplace Learning
1/2" video        Color     1 cass., 20 min.
Focuses on the final stages of Alzheimer’s disease, the most common type of progressive dementia. Many of the characteristics of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and corresponding communication techniques at those stages are seen in part with other types of dementing illness processes. Much of this information may be applied to other dementia disorders as well.
Subjects – Aged ; Diseases ; Medical Sciences and Nursing

Communication In A Wired World: Be Smart, Be Safe
[DVD 807]     2009     Learning Seed
4 3/4" DVD   Color     1 videodisc, 20 min.
Documentary exploring skills for communicating smartly across many digital technologies. Focuses on how multitasking affects learning and work, and how online posts can create skeletons in a digital closet, causing school expulsions, destroying college admissions, and blowing job offers. Viewers will learn how to protect their privacy, reputation and personal information.
Subjects – Computers

Communication Skills For The Workplace
[VHS 1698]  2000   Human Relations Media
1/2" video     Color   1 cass., 28 min.
For students to achieve in the 21st century workplace, they must be able to deal effectively with information. Listening, speaking, and writing are the focus of this video. Topics include interpersonal and group communication, barriers to speaking and understanding, telephone etiquette, and the importance of good writing skills, with the inclusion of current technologies like e-mail. Several experts give viewers helpful advice and anecdotes, lending a real world quality to the presentation.
Subjects -- Business ; Communication

Complete CPR: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
[DVD 805]      2008     Lenny Magill Productions
4 3/4" DVD    Color     1 videodisc, 92 min.
The latest CPR information release by the American Heart Association. This program details everything you need to be an effective first responder to individuals suffering from cardiac arrest or blocked airway due to drowning, severe trauma, heart attack, sleep apnea, concussion, whenever an individual is not breathing and/or their heart is not functioning.
Subjects – First Aid & Emergency Medicine

The Confessions of RosaLee 
see title Frontline: The Confessions of RosaLee 

Conflicts, Conflicts!
[VHS 901]        1983        Barr Films
1/2" video         Color        1 cass., 19 min.
Presents five job-related vignettes designed to exemplify simple assertiveness and conflict management skills.
Subjects -- Business ; Psychology

Conformity and Independence
[MP 240]        1975        Harper & Row
16mm film      Color        1 reel, 20 min.
Studies on conformity and its significance in everyday life: Milgram's explanation of social norms, the experiments of Sherif on norm formation, the Asch experiment, Moscovici's views on the effect of a minority of one on a majority, etc.
Subjects -- Sociology

Confronting Cancer: An Integrated Approach
[DVD 646]      2007      Aquarius Health Care Media
4 3/4" DVD    Color      1 videodisc, 30 min.
A moving portrait of a 30 year-old woman who has battled progressive breast cancer for the past 6 years. Melissa Brown is an intelligent and focused young woman. What makes her story unique is that from the initial diagnosis onward she has embraced a fully integrated approach to the treatment of her disease. She has received the best possible conventional care at major cancer centers such as Sloan-Kettering, Dana Farber and UCSF. But in addition to this she has fully researched and explored alternative therapies and with the full support of her oncologist she uses energy healing, acupuncture and Tibetan herbs.
Subjects – Medical Sciences and Nursing ; Diseases: Cancer

Confucianism
[VHS 912]      1996      Films for the Humanities and Sciences
1/2" video       Color     1 cass., 56 min.
Born in China of missionary parents, Smith learned about Chinese language, culture, and religion while growing up near Shanghai. Smith explains how the intertwining of opposites is key to understanding the great religions of China—Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. Smith shows that Eastern religions provide “an emphasis on direct experience and a method for attaining that.” He introduces yoga, which he has been practicing for 50 years, as one such method. Huston Smith, author of The World’s Religions, a best-seller since 1959, has been translated into 14 languages. He is called “the world’s ambassador to religions everywhere, a man of passionate intellect and immense heart.” The Wisdom of Faith with Huston Smith: A Bill Moyers Special series.
Subjects – Religion and Mythology ; Asia: China ; Moyers, Bill

Connect With English, Unit 1
[VHS 1596-1597]   1998        Annenberg/CPB
1/2" video              Color        2 cass., 180 min.
A new ESL series that motivates students to learn a new language is with a story. Through the story of Rebecca, an aspiring singer on a journey across America, the series touches on life's important issues. All of the characters use meaningful, natural language that viewers can put to work immediately in their own lives. 1. Rebecca's dream - 2. Difference - 3. A visit to the doctor - 4. Celebrations - 5. Breaking the news - 6. Saying goodbye - 7. Leaving home - 8. The stranger - 9. The motel - 10. Negotiations - 11. Photos and farewells - 12. A new home. Each episode is 15 min. long. Levels: High Beginning, Low Intermediate, High Intermediate.
Subjects -- Language: ESL/ABE

Connect With English, Unit 2
[VHS 1598-1599]   1998        Annenberg/CPB
1/2" video              Color        2 cass., 180 min.
13. Job hunting - 14. A bad day - 15. A night out - 16. First day of class - 17. Casey at the bat - 18. The art gallery - 19. The picnic - 20. Prejudice - 21. A difficult decision - 22. Guitar lessons - 23. The retirement party - 24. The phone call. Each episode is 15 min. long. Levels: High Beginning, Low Intermediate, High Intermediate.
Subjects -- Language: ESL/ABE

Connect With English, Unit 3
[VHS 1600-1601]  1998        Annenberg/CPB
1/2" video             Color        2 cass., 180 min.
25. Review - 26. The emergency - 27. Bad news - 28. Brothers - 29. Grief - 30. Life goes on - 31. A box of memories - 32. The missing car - 33. A breakdown - 34. A call for help - 35. Changes - 36. The farm. Each episode is 15 min. long. Levels: High Beginning, Low Intermediate, High Intermediate.
Subjects -- Language: ESL/ABE

Connect With English, Unit 4
[VHS 1602-1603]  1998      Annenberg/CPB
1/2" video             Color      2 cass., 180 min.
37. Thanksgiving - 38. Starting over - 39. The pressure's on - 40. Sharing feelings - 41.Unexpected offers - 42. The audition - 43. Dreamcatcher - 44. Gifts - 45. True love - 46. Friendship - 47. The lost boys - 48. A very good year. Each episode is 15 min. long. Levels: High Beginning, Low Intermediate, High Intermediate.
Subjects -- Language: ESL/ABE

Conscience And The Constitution
[VHS 1654]   2000        Transit Media
1/2" video     Color with b&w portions        1 cass., 57 min.
Americans, organized as the Fair Play Committee, refused to be drafted from the concentration camp at Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Ready to fight, but not before their rights as U.S. citizens were restored and families released. The largest organized resistance to incarceration, leading to the largest trial for draft resistance in U.S. history. Prosecuted as criminals, Japanese American leaders and veterans ostracized them as traitors. The resisters served two years in prison, and for the next 50 were written out of the official history of Japanese America. Closed captioned.
Subjects -- Asian Americans ; World War, 1939-1945

The Constant Gardener
[DVD 877]    2005    Universal Studios
4 3/4" DVD   Color    1 videodisc, 129 min.
A diplomat on the hunt for his wife s murderer uncovers a treacherous conspiracy that will destroy millions of innocent people unless he can reveal its sinister roots. Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz.
Subjects – Movies and Plays

The Constitution, That Delicate Balance
[VHS 1353-1365]   1984        Annenberg/CPB
1/2" video              Color        13, cass., 60 min. ea.
[VHS 1353] 1. Executive privilege and delegation of powers
[VHS 1354] 2. War powers and covert action
[VHS 1355] 3. Nomination, election, and succession of the President
[VHS 1356] 4. Criminal justice and a defendant's right to a fair trial
[VHS 1357] 5. Crime and insanity
[VHS 1358] 6. Crime and punishments
[VHS 1359] 7. Campaign spending
[VHS 1360] 8. National security and freedom of the press
[VHS 1361] 9. School prayer, gun control, and the right to assemble
[VHS 1362] 10. Right to live, right to die
[VHS 1363] 11. Immigration reform
[VHS 1364] 12. Affirmative action versus reverse discrimination
[VHS 1365] 13. Federalism.
Subjects -- United States ; Law

The Constitution: The Compromise That Made a Nation
[VHS 34]        1974        Learning Corp. of America
1/2" video       Color        1 cass., 27 min.
Captures the backwoods flavor of a fledgling nation as the newly formed law of the land, a tax on distilled liquor, meets its first challenge. Offers a thoughtful portrayal of President Washington that reveals many human aspects of the situation.
Subjects -- United State: History ; Law

Contemporary Ceramics: A Response To Wedgewood
[VHS 1814]  1983     Crystal Productions
1/2" video     Color     1 cass., 22 min.
Documents the contemporary ceramics exhibition featuring American ceramists, which was organized by the Helen Drutt Gallery with the Buten Museum of Wedgwood. The exhibition premiered May 1980 at the Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center. Series: American craft museum series.
Subjects -- Art

Contemporary Speeches
[VHS 141]        1991        Purdue University
1/2" video         Color        1 cass., 120 min.
Accompanies "Public Speaking" by Michael Osborn. Speeches by Nelson Mandela on apartheid; George Bush on his drug policy; Sarah Brady in favor of gun control; Joe Foss of the NRA against gun control; Henry Hyde & Thomas Foley on a flag burning amendment.
Subjects -- Speeches and Public Speaking

The Contender
[DVD 104]        2000       DreamWorks Pictures
4 3/4" DVD       Color       1 videodisc, 127 min.
As soon as a woman is nominated to replace the deceased vice president of the USA, her political enemies search in her private life for ways to bring her down. Cast: Joan Allen, Gary Oldman, Jeff Bridges, Christian Slater.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays ; Presidents: United States ; Women’s Studies

Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
[VHS 506]        1988        University of California
1/2" video         Color        1 cass., 20 min.
Using animation, presents and illustrates the basic concepts and kinematics of continental drift and plate tectonics. Illustrates the mechanisms of major earthquakes and volcanoes.
Subjects -- Earth Sciences

Control Room
[DVD 153]    2004      Lions Gate Home Entertainment
4 3/4" DVD   Color     1 videodisc, 86 min.
A chronicle which provides a rare window into the international perception of the Iraq War, courtesy of Al Jazeera, the Arab world's most popular news outlet. Roundly criticized by Cabinet members and Pentagon officials for reporting with a pro-Iraqi bias, and strongly condemned for frequently airing civilian causalities as well as footage of American POWs, the station has revealed (and continues to show the world) everything about the Iraq War that the Bush administration did not want it to see.
Subjects -- Mass Media ; Middle East

Cooking the Books: What Every Accountant Should Know About Fraud
[DVD 309]       2005      Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
4 3/4" DVD     Color      1 videodisc, 50 min.
Hear the stories of three notorious financial statement fraud cases in this compelling self-study video course. Through the use of these real life case studies, learn the various methods of detecting and preventing financial statement and financial reporting fraud. This self-study course also provides an overview of the responsibilities of the accountant, auditor and fraud examiner in responding to allegations of financial statement fraud. You will learn legal elements of financial statement fraud, improper revenue recognition schemes, including substance vs. form and percentage of completion, and methods of detecting potential financial statement and financial reporting fraud. Workbook included.
Subjects -- Accounting

Cool Hand Luke
[DVD 12]      1967    Warner
4 3/4" DVD   Color    1 videodisc, 127 min.
Set in the southern United States, Luke is caught cutting off parking meters and is sentenced to the "chain gang." Cast: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J.D. Cannon, Robert Drivas, Lou Antonio, Strother Martin, Jo Van Fleet.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays

Corporate Social Responsibility: From Principles to Profit
[DVD 295]      2004      Films for the Humanities & Sciences
4 3/4" DVD     Color     1 videodisc, 51 min.
Looks at how product and service providers develop and implement better business practices to satisfy shareholders, customers, employees, and the community. Companies such as Shell, DHL, Nike, and GlaxoSmithKline—placed on the hot seat by Greenpeace, the World Wildlife Fund, Oxfam, and other watchdog groups—explain how they dealt with environmental impact management, ethical supply chain management, equitable treatment of employees, proactive addressing of consumer disgruntlement, and accurate assessment of shareholder sentiment.
Subjects -- Business ; Environmental Sciences

Cosmos #1: The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean
[DVD 1064]    1980      Carl Sagan Productions/PBS
4 3/4" DVD     Color     1 videodisc, 60 min.
Explores the universe from clusters of galaxies to the Milky Way and earth. Discusses early scientific discoveries concerning measurement of the earth's circumference and its spherical nature. Journeys through time from the Big Bang to the present.
Subjects -- Astronomy and Cosmology

Cosmos #2: One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue
[DVD 1065]    1980      Carl Sagan Productions/PBS
4 3/4" DVD     Color     1 videodisc, 60 min.
Addresses the question of life and its origins and speculates that life in other worlds evolves according to environmental conditions, just as it does on earth. Examines molecular biology, the Miller-Urey experiment, and DNA.
Subjects -- Astronomy and Cosmology

Cosmos #3: The Harmony of the Worlds
[DVD 1065]    1980      Carl Sagan Productions/PBS
4 3/4" DVD     Color     1 videodisc, 60 min.
Explores how different societies have interpreted the character of the universe. Discusses the contributions made by Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton.
Subjects -- Astronomy and Cosmology

Cosmos #4: Heaven and Hell
[DVD 1066]    1980      Carl Sagan Productions/PBS
4 3/4" DVD     Color     1 videodisc, 60 min.
Describes the interaction of two processes, gradualism and catastrophism, which Sagan maintains are responsible for the evolution of our universe, solar system, and life on earth. Discusses meteorites and comets and introduces comparative planetology.
Subjects -- Astronomy and Cosmology

Cosmos #5: Blues for a Red Planet
[DVD 1066]    1980      Carl Sagan Productions/PBS
4 3/4" DVD     Color     1 videodisc, 60 min.
Discusses advancements in our knowledge of Mars since the time of Wells, Lowell, and Goddard. Uses special effects, elaborate models, and actual photographs relayed from the Mariner and Viking probes.
Subjects -- Astronomy and Cosmology

Cosmos #6: Travelers' Tales
[DVD 1067]    1980      Carl Sagan Productions/PBS
4 3/4" DVD     Color     1 videodisc, 60 min.
Using images recorded by Voyager II, explains how data is transmitted and processed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Contrasts space exploration in the 20th century with exploration in 17th century Holland and the achievement of Christiaan Huygens.
Subjects -- Astronomy and Cosmology

Cosmos #7: The Backbone of Night
[DVD 1067]    1980      Carl Sagan Productions/PBS
4 3/4" DVD     Color     1 videodisc, 60 min.
Describes the scientific innovations of ancient Ionian physicists, their theories on the nature of air, atoms, and the stars, and the ultimate decline of science as a structured body of knowledge in the wake of Pythagorean and Platonic mysticism.
Subjects -- Astronomy and Cosmology

Cosmos #8: Travels in Space and Time
[DVD 1068]    1980      Carl Sagan Productions/PBS
4 3/4" DVD     Color     1 videodisc, 60 min.
Uses computer animation to show the positions of the constellations and to explain the concept of a light-year. Discusses Einstein's theory of relativity, and describes the feasibility of interstellar travel.
Subjects -- Astronomy and Cosmology

Cosmos #9: The Lives of the Stars
[DVD 1068]    1980      Carl Sagan Productions/PBS
4 3/4" DVD     Color     1 videodisc, 60 min.
Computer animation shows how stars are born, live, and die. Examines black holes, earth's "last perfect day," and how the cosmic rays of distant exploding stars produce mutations in the beings of earth.
Subjects -- Astronomy and Cosmology

Cosmos #10: The Edge of Forever
[DVD 1069]    1980      Carl Sagan Productions/PBS
4 3/4" DVD     Color     1 videodisc, 60 min.
Discusses the discovery of the expansion of the universe. Explores the cosmology of India and the worlds of two and four dimensions. Using computer animation, describes modern advancements in the understanding of the nature of the universe.
Subjects -- Astronomy and Cosmology

Cosmos #11: The Persistence of Memory
[DVD 1069]    1980      Carl Sagan Productions/PBS
4 3/4" DVD     Color     1 videodisc, 60 min.
Describes the nature of genetic information, the functions of the human brain, and the chemical-electrical process that enables us to think. Shows how information stored in the genes and brain is translated into symbolic communication and preserved.
Subjects -- Astronomy and Cosmology

Cosmos #12: Encyclopedia Galactica
[DVD 1070]    1980      Carl Sagan Productions/PBS
4 3/4" DVD     Color     1 videodisc, 60 min.
Explores the probability of other intelligent civilizations in the universe and the means by which contact might be made. Shows the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, the world's largest radio telescope able to receive radio messages from distant stars.
Subjects -- Astronomy and Cosmology

Cosmos #13: Who Speaks for Earth
[DVD 1070]    1980      Carl Sagan Productions/PBS
4 3/4" DVD     Color     1 videodisc, 120 min.
Reviews the ideas of cosmic evolution, the methodology of the scientific approach, and the limitations of our perceptions about the cosmos. Gives some cautionary warnings about the types of futures we face as a species and as a planet.
Subjects -- Astronomy and Cosmology

The Cotton Club
[DVD 56]      1984    MGM
4 3/4" DVD   Color   1 videodisc, 129 min.
In 1928 New York, spirits are high and jazz, dancing and gangsters rule supreme. Harlem's Cotton Club is in the center of it all, where rich upper-eastsiders mix with dressed-up mobsters. On stage is gifted coronet player Dixie Dwyer, who dreams of the big time, and tap sensation Sandman Williams who can't touch his girl, the lovely singer Lila Rose Oliver, because of strict club rules. As tension rises, so do tempers, and the nightclub becomes a pressure-cooker of jilted loves and mob jobs. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Cast: Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Lonette McKee.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays

Cotton Comes To Harlem
[DVD 33]        1970     United Artists
4 3/4" DVD     Color     1 videodisc, 96 min.
St. Jacques is Coffin Ed Johnson and Cambridge is Gravedigger Jones, black cops who suspect preacher Lockhart's back-to-Africa campaign is a swindle. Neatly combines action and comedy. Originally produced as motion picture in 1970. Cast: Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin Lockhart, Judy Pace, Redd Foxx, John Anderson, Emily Yancy, Lou Jacobi, Eugene Roche, J.D. Cannon.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays

The Counterfeiters
[DVD 600]      2007      Sony Pictures
4 3/4" DVD     Color      1 videodisc. 99 min.
Germany, 1936. Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch is the king of counterfeiters. He lives a life of cards, booze, and women. Suddenly his luck runs dry when he is arrested thrown into the Mauthausen concentration camp. There, Salomon exhibits exceptional skills and is soon transferred to the upgraded camp of Sachsenhausen. Hand-picked for his unique skill, Salomon and a group of professionals are forced to produce fake foreign currency for the Nazi’s. In German with subtitles. Cast: Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow. Based on the book "The devil's workshop" by Adolf Burger.
Subjects – Movies and Plays ; Holocaust, Jewish 1939

The Country of the Twelve Peoples--The Etruscans
[VHS 1006]     199-        Films for the Humanities
1/2" video        Color        1 cass., 29 min.
Examines the chief Etruscan sites in Tarquinia and Cerveteri, showing the natural landscape in which the Etruscans lived, and their houses of the dead, where they were buried with some of the most beautiful statuary and frescoes of any period. (Classical Civilization series)
Subjects -- Europe: Italy

CPR: You Can Be the Difference
[VHS 845]        1994        Helping Hands
1/2" video         Color        1 cass., 35 min.
Presents an introduction to cardiopulmonary resuscitation using reenactments of emergency situations. Demonstrates CPR techniques and the importance of CPT training for emergencies that can occur at work, at play, or in the home.
Subjects -- First Aid

Crash
[DVD 836] [DVD 837]    2005      Lions Gate
4 3/4" DVD                   Color     1 videodisc, 113 min. (2 copies)
Several stories interweave during two days in Los Angeles involving a collection of inter-related characters, a black police detective with a drugged out mother and a thieving younger brother, two car thieves who are constantly theorizing on society and race, the distracted district attorney and his irritated and pampered wife, a racist veteran cop (caring for a sick father at home) who disgusts his more idealistic younger partner, a successful black Hollywood director and his wife who must deal with racist cop, a Persian-immigrant father who buys a gun to protect his shop, a Hispanic locksmith and his young daughter who is afraid of bullets, and more. Cast: Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon.
Subjects -- Movies and Plays ; Race Relations

The Crash of 1929
[DVD 1094VHS 616]        1990       PBS/KCTS
4 3/4" DVD      Color       1 videodisc., 60 min.
On October 29, 1929 - Black Monday, large and small investors alike lost corporate and personal fortunes when the stock market crashed. This program examines the reasons behind the crash and whether the crash was predictable. (American Experience series) Taped off-air.
Subjects -- Economics ; United States: History