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- Filmakers Library Online
Streaming video collection of award-winning documentaries with relevance across the curriculum--race and gender studies, human rights, globalization and global studies, multiculturalism, international relations, criminal justice, environment, bioethics, health, political science and current events, psychology, arts, literature, and more. Subject(s): Film Studies, Arts - General, History - General, Humanities - General, Social Sciences - General, Health Sciences & Medicine, Physics, Environmental Science, Neuroscience, Communication
- Kanopy Video
Kanopy is a distributor of educational videos for online viewing. Content is available across multiple subject areas. Subject(s): Humanities - General, Ethnic Studies, Arts - General, Area Studies, Film Studies, Social Sciences - General, Psychology, Counseling & Human Services
Arts (13)
- Artstor
The Artstor Digital Library provides images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences, with an accessible suite of software tools for teaching and research. Comprises contributions from outstanding international museums, photographers, libraries, photo archives, and artists and artists' estates. Images form ARTstor are for noncommercial educational or scholarly use only. Images may be used in educational or scholarly presentations, including printed handouts, but may not be otherwise distributed or publicly displayed. Subject(s): Art & Architecture, Art History, Humanities - General
- Dance Online: Dance in Video
Dance Online: Dance in Video provides 900 hours of video content covering the full scope of 20th and 21st century dance. The collection includes performances, documentaries, interviews, and instructional videos from the most influential performers and companies. Subject(s): Music & Performing Arts
- Digital Theatre+
Digital Theatre+ provides access to hundreds of theatre productions and educational resources covering English and the Performing Arts. Subject(s): Music & Performing Arts, Arts - General, English Literature
- DRAM (Database of Recorded American Music)
Streaming access to CD-quality audio, complete original liner notes and essays from independent record labels and sound archives. The primary focus is the preservation and dissemination of important recordings that have been neglected by the commercial marketplace. Subject(s): Music & Performing Arts
- Drama Online
Drama Online is a unique online resource published by Bloomsbury Publishing, of over 1,000 full-text plays and 100+ related reference works. Subject(s): Arts - General, Music & Performing Arts, English Literature
- Filmakers Library Online
Streaming video collection of award-winning documentaries with relevance across the curriculum--race and gender studies, human rights, globalization and global studies, multiculturalism, international relations, criminal justice, environment, bioethics, health, political science and current events, psychology, arts, literature, and more. Subject(s): Film Studies, Arts - General, History - General, Humanities - General, Social Sciences - General, Health Sciences & Medicine, Physics, Environmental Science, Neuroscience, Communication
- Getty Open Content
Hosted by the Getty Research Institute. Search across several of the Getty repositories, including collections databases, library catalogs, collection inventories, and archival finding aids. This link initially limits your search to images available for free download under the Getty's Open Content Program. Subject(s): Art History, Art & Architecture
- Kanopy Video
Kanopy is a distributor of educational videos for online viewing. Content is available across multiple subject areas. Subject(s): Humanities - General, Ethnic Studies, Arts - General, Area Studies, Film Studies, Social Sciences - General, Psychology, Counseling & Human Services
- Music Online: American Music
This streaming music database includes songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys. Includes songs of Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, anti-war protests, and more. Subject(s): Music & Performing Arts
- Music Online: Classical Music Library
Licensed streaming classical music from multiple labels. Includes contemporary music and women composers. Subject(s): Music & Performing Arts
- Music Online: Opera in Video
Streaming video of opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries. Multiple performances and stagings of the major operas, from Baroque to the 20th century, allow for analysis of stage design, vocal techniques, roles, and musical interpretation across time periods, opera houses, and conductors. Subject(s): Music & Performing Arts
- Music Online: Smithsonian Global Sound
Includes the published recordings owned by the non-profit Smithsonian Folkways Recordings label and the archival audio collections of the Folkways Records, Cook, Dyer-Bennet, Fast Folk, Monitor, Paredon and other labels. Also includes music recorded around the African continent by Dr. Hugh Tracey for the International Library of African Music (ILAM) at Rhodes University and material collected on the South Asian subcontinent from the Archive Research Centre for Ethnomusicology (ARCE), sponsored by the American Institute for Indian Studies. Subject(s): Music & Performing Arts, Area Studies, Ethnic Studies
- Theatre in Video
Streaming video of definitive performances of the world's leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries. Users can bookmark specific scenes, monologues and staging. Subject(s): Music & Performing Arts
Gender, Ethnic, & Area Studies (3)
- Kanopy Video
Kanopy is a distributor of educational videos for online viewing. Content is available across multiple subject areas. Subject(s): Humanities - General, Ethnic Studies, Arts - General, Area Studies, Film Studies, Social Sciences - General, Psychology, Counseling & Human Services
- Music Online: Smithsonian Global Sound
Includes the published recordings owned by the non-profit Smithsonian Folkways Recordings label and the archival audio collections of the Folkways Records, Cook, Dyer-Bennet, Fast Folk, Monitor, Paredon and other labels. Also includes music recorded around the African continent by Dr. Hugh Tracey for the International Library of African Music (ILAM) at Rhodes University and material collected on the South Asian subcontinent from the Archive Research Centre for Ethnomusicology (ARCE), sponsored by the American Institute for Indian Studies. Subject(s): Music & Performing Arts, Area Studies, Ethnic Studies
- Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive
The USC Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive allows users to search through and view more than 54,000 video testimonies of survivors and witnesses of genocide. Initially a repository of Holocaust testimony, the Visual History Archive has expanded to include testimonies from the Armenian Genocide that coincided with World War I, the 1937 Nanjing Massacre in China, the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, the Guatemalan Genocide of 1978-1996 and the Cambodian Genocide of 1975-1979. Subject(s): Area Studies, World History, History - General, Religion
History (3)
- Filmakers Library Online
Streaming video collection of award-winning documentaries with relevance across the curriculum--race and gender studies, human rights, globalization and global studies, multiculturalism, international relations, criminal justice, environment, bioethics, health, political science and current events, psychology, arts, literature, and more. Subject(s): Film Studies, Arts - General, History - General, Humanities - General, Social Sciences - General, Health Sciences & Medicine, Physics, Environmental Science, Neuroscience, Communication
- Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive
The USC Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive allows users to search through and view more than 54,000 video testimonies of survivors and witnesses of genocide. Initially a repository of Holocaust testimony, the Visual History Archive has expanded to include testimonies from the Armenian Genocide that coincided with World War I, the 1937 Nanjing Massacre in China, the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, the Guatemalan Genocide of 1978-1996 and the Cambodian Genocide of 1975-1979. Subject(s): Area Studies, World History, History - General, Religion
- Vanderbilt Television News Archive
A catalog of news broadcasts. Contains streaming video of NBC nightly news broadcasts (August 1968 to present) and CNN broadcasts (1995 to present); video requires RealPlayer. Also contains abstracts of evening news broadcasts from ABC, NBC, and CBS from August 1968 to present; daily news programs from CNN (1995 to present), FOX News (2004 to present), and ABC Nightline (12 September 1988 to present); and a selection of special programs, including coverage of political events, events related to September 11, 2001, and more. Content is added approximately 72 hours after it was broadcast. Loan requests accepted for video of broadcasts that are not available online (fees apply). Coverage: August 1968 to present. Subject(s): American History, World History, Communication, Political Science, Social Sciences - General
Humanities (6)
- Artstor
The Artstor Digital Library provides images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences, with an accessible suite of software tools for teaching and research. Comprises contributions from outstanding international museums, photographers, libraries, photo archives, and artists and artists' estates. Images form ARTstor are for noncommercial educational or scholarly use only. Images may be used in educational or scholarly presentations, including printed handouts, but may not be otherwise distributed or publicly displayed. Subject(s): Art & Architecture, Art History, Humanities - General
- Digital Theatre+
Digital Theatre+ provides access to hundreds of theatre productions and educational resources covering English and the Performing Arts. Subject(s): Music & Performing Arts, Arts - General, English Literature
- Drama Online
Drama Online is a unique online resource published by Bloomsbury Publishing, of over 1,000 full-text plays and 100+ related reference works. Subject(s): Arts - General, Music & Performing Arts, English Literature
- Filmakers Library Online
Streaming video collection of award-winning documentaries with relevance across the curriculum--race and gender studies, human rights, globalization and global studies, multiculturalism, international relations, criminal justice, environment, bioethics, health, political science and current events, psychology, arts, literature, and more. Subject(s): Film Studies, Arts - General, History - General, Humanities - General, Social Sciences - General, Health Sciences & Medicine, Physics, Environmental Science, Neuroscience, Communication
- Kanopy Video
Kanopy is a distributor of educational videos for online viewing. Content is available across multiple subject areas. Subject(s): Humanities - General, Ethnic Studies, Arts - General, Area Studies, Film Studies, Social Sciences - General, Psychology, Counseling & Human Services
- Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive
The USC Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive allows users to search through and view more than 54,000 video testimonies of survivors and witnesses of genocide. Initially a repository of Holocaust testimony, the Visual History Archive has expanded to include testimonies from the Armenian Genocide that coincided with World War I, the 1937 Nanjing Massacre in China, the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, the Guatemalan Genocide of 1978-1996 and the Cambodian Genocide of 1975-1979. Subject(s): Area Studies, World History, History - General, Religion
Science & Mathematics (12)
- Filmakers Library Online
Streaming video collection of award-winning documentaries with relevance across the curriculum--race and gender studies, human rights, globalization and global studies, multiculturalism, international relations, criminal justice, environment, bioethics, health, political science and current events, psychology, arts, literature, and more. Subject(s): Film Studies, Arts - General, History - General, Humanities - General, Social Sciences - General, Health Sciences & Medicine, Physics, Environmental Science, Neuroscience, Communication
- Films on Demand - Master Academic Collection
17,000+ videos in business & economics, health & medicine, humanities & social sciences, and science & mathematics. Includes Oscar, Emmy and Peabody award winning documentaries, interviews, instructional and vocational training videos, historical speeches and newsreels. Subject(s): Science & Mathematics - General, Social Sciences - General
- JoVE Basic Methods in Cellular and Molecular Biology
JoVE Science Education. This video collection demonstrates how to execute basic techniques commonly used in cellular and molecular biology. To enhance understanding of the methods, each video is paired with additional video resources to show practical applications of the techniques and other complementary skills. Subject(s): Biology, Science & Mathematics - General
- JoVE Biology
JoVE Biology welcomes all general biology research methodologies. Content in this section canvases all fields of cell, molecular, and organismal biology, ranging from new applications of standard techniques to novel approaches aimed at understanding the functions of life and living organisms. This diverse section includes, but is not limited to, techniques in physical biology, cellular biochemistry, genetics, physiology, systems biology and a combination of eukaryotic and prokaryotic model systems. Subject(s): Biology, Neuroscience
- JoVE Chemistry
JoVE Chemistry surveys a broad scope of chemical disciplines. This collection includes fundamental and applied research that investigates molecular interactions, properties, and structure spanning in the following core divisions: analytical, organic, organometallic, inorganic, bioinorganic, and biochemistry. This section also includes the design and preparation of materials and small molecules for advanced or unique applications. Subject(s): Chemistry
- JoVE Chemistry Science Education
JoVE Chemistry Science Education includes access to Essentials of General Chemistry, Essentials to Organic Chemistry, and Essentials to Analytical Chemistry. Subject(s): Chemistry, Science & Mathematics - General
- JoVE Essentials of Behavioral Science
This collection is sub-divided on the basis of different aspects of human behavior such as learning, memory, cognition, movement, addiction and behavioral disorders. The videos briefly explain the neurobiology of behavior, discuss concepts behind prominent techniques, introduce important questions being asked by scientists and provide protocols to run behavioral experiments. Subject(s): Neuroscience, Psychology, Counseling & Human Services, Biology
- JoVE Essentials of Neuroscience
These videos offer a glimpse of neuroscience at the professional level, through an exploration of five major branches of study: neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, cell and molecular neuroscience, behavioral neuroscience, and developmental neuroscience. In addition to presenting the key questions asked by scientists from these subfields, the collection describes some prominent methods used by today’s most brainy researchers, while making exciting discoveries regarding nervous system function. Subject(s): Neuroscience, Biology, Science & Mathematics - General, Psychology, Counseling & Human Services
- JoVE General Laboratory Techniques
JoVE Science Education. This video collection exhibits how to use standard pieces of laboratory equipment and how to perform basic laboratory functions. Each video is paired with additional resources to show practical applications of the technique and other complementary skills. Subject(s): Chemistry, Science & Mathematics - General, Biology
- JoVE Medicine
Connects basic research and clinical applications. Articles may present medical procedures, case studies or clinical trial methodologies. Included studies are often modeled towards predictive, preventative, personalized, and practical approaches to treatment of disease. The goal of research methodologies in this section is to improve overall patient care and prognosis. Subject(s): Health Sciences & Medicine, Neuroscience, Biology
- JoVE Neuroscience
JoVE Neuroscience is a multidisciplinary section devoted to investigations of the structure, function, physiology, and pathophysiology of the brain and nervous system. Included methodologies range from molecular and cellular level studies to full central and peripheral neural systems. Potential treatment platforms and surgical techniques for neurological diseases and disorders are also presented in this section. Subject(s): Neuroscience, Biology, Psychology
- ProQuest Research Companion
Multimedia-based information literacy solution that enables educators and librarians to guide students through research projects efficiently. Subject(s): Science & Mathematics - General, Education
Social Sciences (13)
- Counseling and Therapy in Video
Streaming video collection for the study of social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling. Includes filmed footage of actual, re-enacted, and scripted therapy sessions; videos of experts in particular courses of therapy advising other therapists; lectures; and documentaries. Many videos include downloadable supplementary materials. Subject(s): Counseling & Human Services, Communication, Psychology
- Filmakers Library Online
Streaming video collection of award-winning documentaries with relevance across the curriculum--race and gender studies, human rights, globalization and global studies, multiculturalism, international relations, criminal justice, environment, bioethics, health, political science and current events, psychology, arts, literature, and more. Subject(s): Film Studies, Arts - General, History - General, Humanities - General, Social Sciences - General, Health Sciences & Medicine, Physics, Environmental Science, Neuroscience, Communication
- Films on Demand - Master Academic Collection
17,000+ videos in business & economics, health & medicine, humanities & social sciences, and science & mathematics. Includes Oscar, Emmy and Peabody award winning documentaries, interviews, instructional and vocational training videos, historical speeches and newsreels. Subject(s): Science & Mathematics - General, Social Sciences - General
- JoVE Essentials of Behavioral Science
This collection is sub-divided on the basis of different aspects of human behavior such as learning, memory, cognition, movement, addiction and behavioral disorders. The videos briefly explain the neurobiology of behavior, discuss concepts behind prominent techniques, introduce important questions being asked by scientists and provide protocols to run behavioral experiments. Subject(s): Neuroscience, Psychology, Counseling & Human Services, Biology
- JoVE Essentials of Neuroscience
These videos offer a glimpse of neuroscience at the professional level, through an exploration of five major branches of study: neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, cell and molecular neuroscience, behavioral neuroscience, and developmental neuroscience. In addition to presenting the key questions asked by scientists from these subfields, the collection describes some prominent methods used by today’s most brainy researchers, while making exciting discoveries regarding nervous system function. Subject(s): Neuroscience, Biology, Science & Mathematics - General, Psychology, Counseling & Human Services
- JoVE Neuroscience
JoVE Neuroscience is a multidisciplinary section devoted to investigations of the structure, function, physiology, and pathophysiology of the brain and nervous system. Included methodologies range from molecular and cellular level studies to full central and peripheral neural systems. Potential treatment platforms and surgical techniques for neurological diseases and disorders are also presented in this section. Subject(s): Neuroscience, Biology, Psychology
- Kanopy Video
Kanopy is a distributor of educational videos for online viewing. Content is available across multiple subject areas. Subject(s): Humanities - General, Ethnic Studies, Arts - General, Area Studies, Film Studies, Social Sciences - General, Psychology, Counseling & Human Services
- ProQuest Research Companion
Multimedia-based information literacy solution that enables educators and librarians to guide students through research projects efficiently. Subject(s): Science & Mathematics - General, Education
- Psychological Experiments Online
A multimedia resource that synthesizes the most important psychological experiments of the 20th and 21st centuries. The collection pairs audio and video recordings of original experiments (when existent) with primary-source documents. Includes exclusive and hard-to-find materials such as notes from experiment participants, journal articles, books, field notes, letters penned by the lead psychologist, videos of modern-day replications, and modifications to the original experiments. Subject(s): Psychology, Counseling & Human Services, Education, Social Sciences - General
- SAGE Video Counseling & Psychotherapy
This collection of 136 hours and 420 videos draws upon a vast network of SAGE’s authors and editors. It includes many tutorials, such as Mick Cooper on Empathy and Listening, multiple interviews with leading experts such as Jerrold Lee Shapiro on Existential Psychotherapy and John McLeod on Evidence-Based Practice, along with many more films addressing teaching, learning and practitioner issues. Subject(s): Counseling & Human Services, Psychology
- SAGE Video Psychology
This collection features videos of current professional psychologists in action. Or, venture back to the field’s beginnings via footage of John B. Watson or Muzafer Sherif’s early experiments. Subject(s): Psychology
- TeachingBooks.net
Provides access education related instruction materials (short movies, audio book readings, book discussion guides) about children's and young adult books and authors. Subject(s): Education
- Vanderbilt Television News Archive
A catalog of news broadcasts. Contains streaming video of NBC nightly news broadcasts (August 1968 to present) and CNN broadcasts (1995 to present); video requires RealPlayer. Also contains abstracts of evening news broadcasts from ABC, NBC, and CBS from August 1968 to present; daily news programs from CNN (1995 to present), FOX News (2004 to present), and ABC Nightline (12 September 1988 to present); and a selection of special programs, including coverage of political events, events related to September 11, 2001, and more. Content is added approximately 72 hours after it was broadcast. Loan requests accepted for video of broadcasts that are not available online (fees apply). Coverage: August 1968 to present. Subject(s): American History, World History, Communication, Political Science, Social Sciences - General