About the Library

Office of Intercultural Relations offers a lending library with books on various cultural groups including the five that our office was created to support, and the selection is always expanding. Currently, we have over 1600 books available. Our collection includes novels, autobiographies, historical, cookbooks, etc. The library is located at OIR in our Intercultural Center (2114 Webb University Center).

Following is a list of topics we offer:

African American
GLBT
Native American
Asian
Hispanic/Latino
Women
Bi-racial/Multicultural
Spirituality
Reference

OIR Library and Media Check Out Policy

Students and Faculty are able to check out books and media (DVD, CD, VHS) from OIR.

Books are not allowed to be checked out for no more than three (3) weeks. Books can be renewed for check-out for an extended week. Media is not allowed to be checked out for no more than one (1) week. Media can be renewed for check-out for an extended three (3) day period.

Books and Media can only be renewed if there is no one is waiting to check-out that specific book and/or media.

Books and/or media that are not returned on the specified date or returned at all will result in a hold on the individuals' account.

Book Collection

Explore book titles available in the OIR Library.

VHS/DVD Collection

OIR houses one of the most extensive movie collections at Old Dominion University, and certainly one of the most diverse. Our collection includes topics than span many cultures and often challenge the audience to realize his or her own interpretation of what it means to be multicultural. MSS aims to bring greater insight about the human experience. They may not be checked out, but you can view them at either site. Please feel free to bring your lunch or snacks and enjoy.

African American/Black

A Soldier's Story
A Time to Kill
African American Athlete
A Lesson Before Dying
American History X
Black is...Black ain't
Carmen Jones
Color Adjustment
Cry Freedom
Down in the Delta
Eyes on the Prize Episode 1: Awakenings
Eyes on the Prize Episode 2: Fighting Back
Eyes on the Prize Episode 3: Ain't Scared of Your Jails
Eyes on the Prize Episode 4: No Easy Walk
Eyes on the Prize Episode 5: Mississippi: is This America?
Eyes on the Prize Episode 6: Bridge to Freedom
Eyes on the Prize Episode 7: The Time Has Come
Eyes on the Prize Episode 8: Two Societies
Eyes on the Prize Episode 9: Power Eyes on the Prize
Episode 10: The Promised Land
Eyes on the Prize Episode 11: Ain't Gonna Shuffle No More
Eyes on the Prize Episode 12: A Nation of Law
Eyes on the Prize Episode 13: The Keys to the Kingdom
Eyes on the Prize Episode 14: Back to the Movement
Four Little Girls
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Lean on Me
Mandela: Son of Africa, Father of a Nation
Soul Food
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow; Program 1: Promises Betrayed
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow; Program 2: Fighting Back
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow; Program 3: Don't Shout Too Soon
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow; Program 4: Terror and Triumph
The Tuskegee Airmen

Native American

Ancient American: The Northwest
How the West was Lost II - Volume I: Divided We Fall, The Unconquered
How the West was Lost II - Volume II: The Trail of Tears, As Long as The Grass Shall Grow
How the West was Lost II - Volume III: Death Will Come Soon Enough, The Utes Must Go!
How the West was Lost II - Volume IV: Let Them Eat Grass
I Will Fight No More Forever
In Our Own Words: Voices of Virginia Indians
Native American Medicine
The Jamake Highwater Collection: Primal Mind and Native Land (2Films/1 Disc)
Smoke Signals
Thunderheart
Windtalkers

GLBT

Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community
Better Than Chocolate
Boys Don't Cry
But I'm a Cheerleader
Chutney Popcorn
Coming Out Under Fire
Desert Hearts
FIRE
GIA
If These Walls Could Talk 2
It's In The Water
It's My Party
Happy Together
Lost and Delirious
Out of the Past
The Birdcage
The Brandon Teena Story
Soldier's Girl
The Broken Hearts Club
The Celluloid Closet
The Hours
The Laramie Project
The Trip
The Truth About Jane
The Watermelon Woman
Torch Song Trilogy
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Treading Water
Trembling Before G-D
Two Towns of Jasper

Asian

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
The Joy Luck Club
The Last Emperor

Latino/Hispanic

Cilantro Perejil
Frida
Like Water for Chocolate
Real Women Have Curves
The Bronze Screen
The Official Story

Reference/Training

A Call to Conscience
A Matter of Respect
Blacks & Jews
Blue Eyed (Jane Elliot)
Diversity Lab 2003
Financial Aid 101: All you need to know about finding grants, scholarships and loans for college.
Race: The Power of an Illusion - Episode One: The Difference Between Us
Race: The Power of an Illusion - Episode Three: The House We Live In
Race: The Power of an Illusion - Episode Two: The Story We Tell Skin Deep
Skin Deep
Surviving Hatred: Witness to the Holocaust
Talking About Race - Part I
Talking About Race - Part II
The Color of Fear
The Essential Blue-Eyed (Jane Elliott)
The Road Home
The Stolen Eye (Jane Elliott)
The Way Home
Young Aspirations/Young Artists

Multicultural

Dangerous Minds
Losing Isaiah
Romeo Must Die