In the same shelves that hold literary classics and timeless textbooks, there is an entry that is curious: Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Season 2.

On the first floor of the Founder’s Memorial Library, right behind the escalators, are rows and rows of DVDs that any student can check out with a valid OneCard, free of charge.

The collection ranges from popular first-run movies to educational films to complete seasons of television shows.

Byron Anderson, the library’s associate dean of public services, believes that students are taking advantage of the diverse selection for two reasons.

“Students are either looking for something specific, due to maybe a paper or presentation, or for something relaxing for their own pleasure,” he said.

To stimulate the brain, there are hundreds of documentaries from the History Channel and PBS, along with contemporary fare from Michael Moore.

The other film collections are loaded with recently released films on DVD like Robin Hood, a whole selection devoted to Academy Award-winning classics and hard-to-find titles.

The television seasons contain new hit shows such as The Big Bang Theory, nostalgia like Dinosaurs and obscurity like The Weird Al Show.

Libraries professor David Lonergan has been requesting and buying DVDs for the library for the past 14 years.

Before recent budgetary constraints, Lonergan would take requests from departments, students and non-students about which films should be added to the collection. One time, he bought all of the Babylon 5 DVDs for some faculty members.

“I’ve purchased anime, he said. “I don’t know other than a handful of them. I’ve purchased a number of them because people have requested them.”

However, not every request is met, Lonergan said. It depends on a number of things, including availability, budget and cost. Some of the educational videos for specific colleges could cost more than $600.

This is only the second semester where students have had the opportunity to check out the DVDs. So far, Anderson believes it has been a success.

“It went way beyond our expectations,” he said. “It has become one of the more popular collections.”