Searching for Movies at UD
In general, there are two ways to locate available films to stream. You can:
- Search within UDiscover, or
- Browse within the different streaming collections that the library subscribes to
The benefit to searching within the library UDiscover is that it allows you to search across multiple collections. The disadvantage to searching within the UDiscover is that it doesn't always accurately index all available films. This disadvantage occurs because in a small number of platforms the titles might change routinely (this can be the case with Kanopy). For this reason, we encourage users to look within a handful of major platforms if they wish to see what titles we provide. These collections provide a similar user experience to commercial products such as Netflix or HBO Max, where the user can scroll through a selection of available titles.
Limiting Results in UDiscover
Within UDiscover, limiting the search results is the easiest way to locate streaming videos and/or DVDs. As pictured here, the "Videos" filter is located towards the left side of the screen:
