A review and report on the literature dealing with the use of media in academic library orientation for the inclusive period of 1950 to 1972 is presented in this paper. In a few cases papers relating to special or high school library orientation have been included when the approach and information is equally useful for academic libraries. The bibliography is divided into two parts. The first part is arranged in alphabetical order by source to assist the reader in searching the literature. Each entry is preceded by an abstract number and a letter. The letter indicates the subject emphasis of the article and corresponds to the subjects listed. The second part consists of an author index. (Author/NH)