August 2000

Closed-captioned Videos

Close-captioned videos transcribe the dialog on the screen. Closed-captioned videos may be borrowed from the Library by any person with a Santa Cruz Public Library card. More than 2,000 closed-caption videos are available, including more than 330 videos for children.

To see a list in the Library's Catalog:

• Connect to the online catalog and select option number 1 from the main menu, which says: Santa Cruz Libraries' Holdings--Author, Title, Subject Search.
• For videos for adults, type s=video recordings for the hearing impaired
• For videos for children, type s=video recordings for the hearing impaired -- juvenile films

To limit your search to a specific author, title, or subject:

Connect to the online catalog and select option number 2 from the main menu, which says: Santa Cruz Libraries' Holdings--Keyword Search.

for a specific author or performer

• type fi closed-captioned and au=author ("author" is the person's last name)
• to see the results of the search, type di all

for a specific title

• type fi closed-captioned and ti=title ("title" is a few words of the title)
• to see the results of the search, type di all

for a specific subject

• type fi closed-captioned and su=subject ("subject" is the subject that you want to find)
• to see the results of the search, type di all

Go to the Library's online catalog. If you need assistance, please ask at the Reference Desk, or call (831) 420-5730.

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