Instructional Media Collections & Services Research

Reference books, indexes, and catalogs from many educational and feature film distributors are available to faculty, staff, and students in the IMCS office. Faculty may also ask IMCS staff to assist in researching media on any subject.

Previewing

In many cases, the IMCS staff is able to arrange advance screenings of either IMCS holdings or off-campus media for faculty to determine the suitability of materials for use in class. Advance appointments are recommended to ensure the individual attention of an IMCS staff member and the availability of the preview facility.

Mini-Grants

Mini-grants are available to professors, lecturers, and teaching assistants in order to rent, purchase, duplicate or produce visual materials for instruction. Please check the Instructional Media Collections & Services  catalog to see if the IMCS owns a title before submitting a request. IMCS staff are also available to help research appropriate course materials.

Mini-grant applications are available in the IML offices in 46 Powell or they can be downloaded from the Mini-Grants website.

UCLA Film and Television Archive's Research and Study Center

The UCLA Film and Television Archive's Research and Study Center (ARSC) provides on-site access to nearly 220,000 individual holdings. For the mutual convenience of campus and the general community, the IML shares office space with theFilm and Television Archive Research and Study Center. The ARSC website is www.cinema.ucla.edu.