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Searching for videos

You can search our online videos in GIL-Find (the library catalog) the same way you'd search for books.

To narrow your search to find only streaming video, just select Visual and Full Access Online in the left column of your search results.

That includes videos in SWANK, Films on Demand and Kanopy (the three links below).

Streaming Video

SWANK Digital Campus This link opens in a new window
This database offers online streaming of a wide range of feature films, documentaries, and foreign films.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
A video library containing over 30K titles (279K segments) in Humanities & Social Sciences, Business & Economics, Health, and Science.
Kanopy Streaming Video This link opens in a new window
Kanopy is an on-demand streaming video service for educational institutions that provides students and faculty access to a large collection of documentaries and independent films in a wide variety of subjects.
Academic Video Online (AVON) This link opens in a new window
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A comprehensive, multidisciplinary video subscription containing over 80,000+ titles supporting the entire range of curriculum, from anthropology to zoology.

Additional Streaming Video options

Internet Archive: Moving Image Archive
Vast online library of freely available movies and videos, mostly public domain and ephemeral film.
American Memory: Motion Pictures
From the Library of Congress, online video from subject-specific collections, including early Edison films, animation, and rare vaudeville performances.
Pinewood Dialogues
From the Museum of the Moving Image, streaming audio and transcripts of discussions with major figures in film, television, and digital media.
Paley Center Screening Room
Online video from the Paley Center for Media, including historical political convention coverage, pop culture, documentaries, and more.

American History in Video This link opens in a new window
A collection of video available for the study of American history, with 2,000 hours and more than 5,000 titles on completion. The collection allows students and researchers to analyze historical events, and their presentation over time, through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries. This database conveniently delivers almost 6,000 titles on the course of American history beginning with the voyage of Christopher Columbus to the early 21st Century.
Bloom's Literature This link opens in a new window
Features content from Facts On File's extensive literature collection, including a variety of video options from feature-length performaces of classic works (approx 180 videos) to educational material on literary themes/topics and author biographies (almost 3000 video clips). A link to the videos can be accessed under the "Browse Resources" section of the database's homepage.
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
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Business Source Complete currently offers a limited number of videos and clips on business-related topics. This allows 24/7 access from anywhere with a computer and Internet connection. Access the videos from the "More" drop down menu at the top of the database. Search for "Harvard FSS" to see s list of Harvard Faculty Seminar Series videos that cover a wide range of business topics.

Video available for free online

AdViews
As part of Duke University's digital collection, this site showcases thousands of commercials aired on television from the 1950's to 1980's.
American Rhetoric
This site offers searchable access to a treasure trove of memorable speeches. Formats include combinations of audio,video and transcripts.
British Pathe Archive Collection 1896-1976
This collection includes over 85,000 high-resolution films of newsreel footage covering major events, people and trends from around the world. This archive boasts particularly strong coverage of both World Wars.
Documentary Heaven
A collection of full-length documentaries on a wide range of topics. Although these can also be viewed from YouTube or Vimeo, this provides viewers with a searchable and consolidated source of documentary material.
Have Fun with History
These free streaming videos on American history cover events from Colonial America to the Space Race.
HippoCampus
The Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE) provides free multimedia content on academic subjects such as math, science, economics, history and psychology. This project is part of a growing effort to improve access to education worldwide.
Learners TV
Learners TV provides free lectures on diverse topics from dental anatomy to quantum mechanics to the Vikings.
National Geographic Video
This site offers streaming videos on topics as varied as ancient civilizations, science and technology innovation, and the weather.
PBS LearningMedia
Free access to digital media that has been targeted to specific curriculum topics. Users can search by format and subject. Content derives from publicly funded institutions, such as the Library of Congress and NASA.
PBS Video
PBS offers a variety of full-length video online for limited periods of time. This includes recent episodes of PBS favorites such as Frontline, Nova and Masterpiece.
PopTech
Similar to TED talks, PopTech offers inspiring tech-centered lectures from people who are innovators in their respective fields.
Science Friday
This site offers a searchable collection of brief science-related clips on topics in biology, chemistry, geology, physics and more.
ScienceCinema
A searchable digital video project that highlights the research being done by the U.S. Department of Energy and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).
Sixty Symbols
A video project from The University of Nottingham that focuses on astronomy and physics.
TED Talks
TED Talks provide an engaging way to introduce topics or encourage lively discussion in the classroom.