Collections
- Classical Music Library and Jazz Music Library - The largest multi-label music recording databases featuring downloads, streams, genres, biographies and music history. Create and share play lists.
- Counseling and Therapy in Video - online collection for the study of social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling. Currently holds 285 videos, transcripts and guides.
- CDs (6,400)
- Phonograph records (9,500)
- Music scores (13,300)
- DVDs (4,700), standard format and Blu-Ray
- Videos (8,500)
- 16mm films (800)
- Computer software (1,800)
- Other media: laserdiscs, cassettes, slides, filmstrips and more
- John L. Clark Collection of Jazz Recordings
- Curriculum material and textbooks for preschool - 12th grade, Adult Education and English as a Second Language to support the VCU School of Education
- SCOLA International Television - Broadcasts include news and cultural programming from all over the world, in the original language. The schedule changes monthly -- for a current schedule (and more information on available services) check out the SCOLA website
Production Collections
Visual and sound collections for which VCU has production rights:
- AP Images - Photos, charts, illustrations and audio clips from the Associated Press, from 1826 to yesterday's news.
- ImagesMD - Online encyclopedia of over 50,000 medical images.
- The Art of Foley - 10 CD's for Sound Ideas.
- BBC Sound Effects Library - Over 3,000 sound effects, with an index. 40 CD's or LP's
- Sound Ideas Sound Effects Library - 219 CD's with sound effects and ambient tracks, with an index. Includes Lucasfilm Ltd. sound collection.
- Extreme Music Library - 14 CD Production Music Library
- The Video Encyclopedia of the 20th Century - 87 hours of historic primary source film footage, with an index and reference texts. Covers late 19th Century through 1986. 44 laserdiscs.
- ITN/Reuters Stock Footage Library - 8 videos of European news footage.
- The Elegant Solution - 13 videos with clips of engineering achievements from 20 countries.
- The American History Slide Collection - 2,100 35mm slides covering American history and culture
- Western Civilization Slide Collection - 21,000 35mm slides covering Western History and Culture.