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- The CDRom Collection is housed in the General Library.
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- All Videos and DVDs available from the Short Loan Collection are borrowable for 7 days.
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- To borrow CDRoms obtain the call number (from the list below), then ask at the Lending Desk, Level 1, General Library.
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- CDRoms are borrowable for 60 days, and most tend to accompany a prescribed text book and contain supplementary material, diagrams etc.
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- Videos from the Audio Visual Library are only borrowable for two hours, and can not be taken out of the library. TVs, Videos and DVD players are available in the Audio Visual Library for viewing videos. Group viewing rooms are also available.
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- Some CDRoms are available to be used online and do not require you to "borrow" them from the library. Links are provided where this is the case
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Click title link below to obtain the more information including format (i.e.Video, DVD or CDRom), content, location and call number.
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Screening a Video or DVD during a lecture is not considered a public screening so it is permissible to screen any of these Videos or DVDs during lecture time.
Titles available:
Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Environmental Science, Evolution, Genetics, Marine Science, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Plant
Science, Zoology, Other.
Biochemistry 
Biotechnology
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The scientific method 2002, 21 min.
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Life and death in the 21st century 2000, 3 videocassettes Living forever, Future plagues,
Designer babies, 60 min. ea.
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Manipulating DNA 1994, 60 min.
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Hybridomas and monoclonal antibodies : a video guide 1994, 32 min.
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The polymerase chain reaction in clinical and laboratory medicine 1993, 2 videocassettes (22 & 32 min.)
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Targeted mutagenesis in mice : a video guide 1993, 71 min.
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Restriction enzyme digestion 1990, 21 min.
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DNA sequencing 1990, 29 min.
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Plasmid DNA preparation 1990, 22 min.
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Probes : southern blot hybridization 1990, 25 min.
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Agarose gel electrophoresis 1990, 19 min.
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Transgenic techniques in mice : a video guide 1989, 66 min.
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DNA and protein synthesis 1987, 55 min.
Environmental Science
Evolution
Genetics
Marine Science
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Under water under threat : New Zealand's freshwater native fish 1990, 20 min.
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Marine reserves : why we need them / Television New Zealand in association with Department of Conservation 1989, 15 min
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Swimming in fish : an experimental approach 1984, 25 min.
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Explorations / Scripps Institution of Oceanography, issue three of each volume of this journal is a video issue, each video contains several short clips (30 mins in total)
on the following topics:
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Vol. 3, no. 3 (1997) - Sound in the sea, Lights in the sea, Waves through the earth
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Vol. 4, no. 3 (1998) - Drugs from the sea, Oceanography in the forest, El Nino on the horizon
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Vol. 5, no. 3 (1999) - Earthquakes in the holy land, Images of life in the sea, Living among penguins
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Vol. 6, no. 3 (2000) - The Indian Ocean experiment
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Vol. 7, no. 2 (2001) - Images on a coral reef, Coring the deep seafloor, Monitoring Coastal waters
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Vol. 8, no .3 (2002) - Monitoring kelp forest ecology, Tracking coastal conditions, Investigating marine polution, Analysing microbial worlds
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Vol. 9, no. 3 (2003) - 100 years of exploration as Scripps Institute of Oceanography 1903-2003 (56 min.)
Microbiology
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Dirt vaccine : germs might be good for us! 2001, 30 min.
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Intimate Strangers Series
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Tree
of Life 1999, 60 min.
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Dangerous
Friends and Friendly Enemies 1999, 60 min.
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Keepers
of the Biosphere 1999, 60 min.
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Creatures
of the Future 1999, 60 min.
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Unseen Life on Earth - Introduction to Microbiology Series
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Unity of Living Systems 1999, 30 min. (No. 2 of the series, we don't hold the rest of the series)
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Beating bacteria : a user's guide 1999, 19 min.
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Tuberculosis in America : the people's plague 1995. (2 videocassettes) 114 min.
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Bacterial transformation 1990, 20 min.
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Immunology
in focus Series 1998, 61 min.
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Immunology in focus
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Antibody structure and the generation of diversity
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Cellular mechanisms of the immune response
Molecular Biology
Plant Science
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The Secret Life Series (produced by Dr. Larry Jensen, School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland)
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Pines
2002, 19 min.
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Flowers
2002, 21 min.
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Ferns
2002, 16 min.
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Mosses
2002, 13 min.
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Plants 2000.
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Dutch elm disease and the American elm : the risks and benefits of monoculture 2000, 37 min
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Late blight and the Irish potato famine 1996, 25 min.
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Plant nutrition basics 1994, 29 min.
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Sexual encounters of the floral kind : an investigation into the extraordinary sex life of plants 1980, 48 min.
Zoology
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A nematode as a model organism 1996, 33 min.
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Yeast as a model organism 1996, 23 min.
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Toad dissection and anatomy 1996, 20 min.
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Galapagos : the living laboratory 1993, 30 min.
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Analysis of behaviour 1993, 40 min.
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Social primates 1993, 39 min.
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Wild South. Emperors of Antarctica 1992, 54 min.
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Super sense 1988, 6 videocassettes (30 min. each)
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The Life of the honeybee 1980, 24 min.
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Biological rhythms : studies in chronobiology 1977, 22 min.
Other
To find more videos on other topics:
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Use Voyager the library catalogue
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Click on the Choose Limits button
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In the Medium drop down box select Videorecording
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Click on the Set Limits button, to apply this limit to any searches you do
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Select the Keyword Relevance search and enter in a keyword or term to find videos on that topic.
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Remember to remove your limit if you want to do other searches by clicking on the Remove Limits button
Ordering new Videos, DVDs and CDRoms:
If you would like to recommend a new video for the Library to buy, please send your recommendation to John Lavas, Biological Sciences Subject Librarian.
You may also like to look through the following video catalogues available online for ideas:
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