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Celebrate Halloween with a horror film from the Fine Arts Library

Tags: , — Posted by Meghan on October 27, 2009 at 11:52 am

Looking for a way to get in the spirit of the holiday?  Check out a scary movie from the Fine Arts Library, like one of the selections below taken from Entertainment Weekly’s list of the top 20 horror films, 1989-2009.

Click on the title to find it at the Fine Arts Library.  Check out an unlimited number of DVDs for 7 days at a time.

Do you have other scary movie suggestions?  Share your recommendations in the comments.

Audition (2005)

Silence of the Lambs (1991)

The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Scream (1996)

28 Weeks Later (2007)

The Sixth Sense (1999)

Alien 3 (1992)

Ringu (1998)

Planet Terror (2007)

Hostel II (2007)

Shaun of the Dead (2004)

The Descent (2005)

The Kingdom (2007)

Event Horizon (1997)

Darkman (1990)

Dead-Alive (1992)

Browse Our Recent Arrivals Online!

Tags: , , — Posted by Meghan on July 28, 2009 at 2:32 pm

Our website now features a Recent Arrivals box that showcases newly acquired items at all of the UT Libraries.

Click on More Recent Arrivals and use the options at the top of the page to specify the library and/or the type of material you’re interested in browsing.  You can also limit by Language.

For example, here’s how you can see which new DVDs have arrived at the Fine Arts Library.

Once you have a list, click on the item’s title to see its availability for check out in the Library Catalog.

We’re also pleased to announce that the loan period for most DVDs at the Fine Arts Library has increased from 3 days to 7 days!  You can now enjoy your selections for a full week.

Desert Island Movies

Tags: , , — Posted by Meghan on April 29, 2009 at 2:55 pm

We asked you this: You’re stuck on a desert island…with a DVD player. Which three movies are with you?

Here is what you said — click on linked titles to check out the movie (or the book that inspired the movie) from the Libraries:

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Cast Away

Love Actually

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Forrest Gump

The Lion King

Man vs. Wild

Memento

Shawshank Redemption

Ghostbusters

Say Anything

The Wicker Man

Royal Tenenbaums

Braveheart

Persuasion

Boyz N the Hood

Dark Knight

Lost in Translation

Far From the Madding Crowd

Last Holiday

Princess Bride

Anchorman

Little Miss Sunshine

Three Amigos

Annie Hall

Bringing Up Baby

Anand

Amelie

The Golden Compass

Broadcast News

Howl’s Moving Castle

High Fidelity

Ratatouille

Simply Irresistible

Mean Girls

Princess Mononoke

Iron Chef

Taken

Pineapple Express

Pride and Prejudice

The Science of Sleep

Once Were Warriors

Off the Map

Hot Fuzz

Fay Grim

East of Eden

The Incredibles

Clue