LibGuides: Encyclopedias and Reference: Films & Video

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Many individual titles in the streaming video collections below are also available through JaySearch.

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Academic Video Online
Streaming video collections from Alexander Street Press in a range of disciplines in the arts, social sciences, science, and in business.
Ambrose Video
Collection of streaming videos on history and a range of arts and sciences topics, including the complete BBC Shakespeare plays.
Films on Demand
Collection of streaming videos in a full range of academic subjects. Individual videos are also catalogued in JaySearch.
Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE)
Video journal for biology, medicine, neuroscience, and science education (2006-present).
Kanopy
Streaming video of independent and classic films. 26,000 titles from producers including Criterion, California Newsreel, Reel Women Media, PBS, Documentary Educational Resources, and many others.

Free Films

The following sources provide FREE access to many educational films in streaming format.

AP Archive
Video archive of the Associated Press and British Movietone, with historical footage since 1895.
Frontline Documentaries
A large collection of free-to-view PBS documentaries on current events.
Hulu Premium
Primarily TV, with some feature films and documentaries.
Internet Archive: Cultural and Academic Films
Hosts dozens of thematic collections and documentaries from a variety of reputable institutions.
National Film Board of Canada
Offers independent, documentary, foreign, educational, feature and avant garde films.
National Geographic TV
National Geographic programming plus documentaries and specials.
Open Vault (WGBH)
Historical radio and television from the WGBH Media Library and archives, the largest producer of public media in the United States.
PBS Video
Source for educational, instructional, docementary, music, news, PBS kids, and theater.
Snag Films
Features documentaries and art house, independent, music, and other films.
Yovisto Academic Video Search
Search engine for free educational videos, primarily class lectures. Some content in German.

Other Film Sources

Faculty are free to use their department's library materials allocation to purchase or lease individual films in DVD or digital format from other sources, including those listed below.

Available for purchase

Alexander Street Press
Award-winning interdisciplinary documentaries, independent non-fiction, and other educational DVDs and digital videos available for lease or purchase.

Ambrose Video
Collection of streaming videos on history and a range of arts and sciences topics, including the complete BBC Shakespeare plays.

Collective Eye
Educational film distribution company with a focus on culture, the humanities, and social sciences, for DVD and digital content.
Films Media Group
Source of educational video and multimedia programs in DVD, digital, and VHS format available for purchase. The Creighton Libraries subscribe to Films On Demand.
Media Education Foundation
"Educational videos about media, culture, and society for the classroom." DVDs only.
New Day Digital
Source for a select number of award-winning, independent documentaries in digital format.
ReFrame Collection
Educational ethnographic, documentary, and non-fiction films and videos from around the world.

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