Moving Image Collections: A Window to the World's Moving Images

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  • General Users: Information for students, filmmakers, stock footage users, researchers, collectors, and the general public.
  • Archivists: Information for archival professionals about acquiring, managing, preserving, cataloging, and exhibiting moving image collections.
  • Science Educators: Information about integrating moving images into science teaching and learning, and links to science videos on the Web.
General Users: Information for students, filmmakers, stock footage users, researchers, collectors, and the general public.
Archivists: Information for archival professionals about acquiring, managing, preserving, cataloging, and exhibiting moving image collections. Science Educators: Information about integrating moving images into science teaching and learning, and links to science videos on the Web.

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MIC lets you discover, locate, and even (in some cases) view moving images from around the world. MIC’s two databases can be searched from anywhere on the site.

Use Collection Explore to search the MIC Union Catalog, listing moving images collected and managed by MIC participating organizations.

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Use Archive Explore to search the MIC Archive Directory, listing organizations that collect moving images.

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Who participates in the Directory? Clickable map. North America Europe Australia/Oceania Africa

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Updated: December 18, 2008
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