Research Guides: Video Viewing, Editing and Equipment: Library Streaming Video & Audio

Multidisciplinary Streaming Video

AVON (Academic Video Online)
Documentaries, newsreels, field recordings, interviews, feature films and lectures.
Docuseek2
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Documentaries from top producers, including Bullfrog Films, Collective Eye Films and Icarus Films.
Swank Digital Campus
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Classic and popular feature films.
Kanopy
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Documentaries and feature films from prominent filmmakers and production houses.
Filmakers Library Online
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Over 1,500 documentaries in the humanities and social sciences produced from 1978-present.
Films On Demand
Bryn Mawr subscribes to approximately 40 titles in the humanities and social sciences.

Subject Specific Streaming Video

American History in Video
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Contemporaneous video from the 1890s to the 1980s as well as early newsreels, hundreds of documentaries.
Asian Film Online
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A view of Asian culture as seen through the lens of the independent Asian filmmaker.
Black studies in video
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In partnership with California Newsreel, this collection includes cutting-edge racial justice and diversity films.
Counseling & Psychotherapy video collection
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Sage video collection of tutorials, interviews with leading experts, and video clips addressing teaching, learning and practitioner issues.
Counseling and Therapy in Video
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Video for social work, psychotherapy, psychology and psychiatric counseling.

Contains volumes I-IV.
Dance in Video
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Dance productions and documentaries by influential performers and companies of the 20th century.
Ethnographic Video Online
Ethnographic films, documentaries, select feature films, and previously unpublished fieldwork.
HistoryMakers
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Stories are assembled from live oral history interviews with historically significant African Americans.
LGBT Studies in Video
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Films covering the study of gender, media studies, and politics.
Met Opera on Demand
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More than 450 Metropolitan Opera performances streamed online.
New World Cinema: Independent Features and Shorts, 1990-Present
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Over 200 feature films from leading independent distributors. All films were presented at major film festivals, and many have won major awards.
Psychology video collection
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Features professional psychologists in action, such as forensic psychologists working inside a prison and clinical psychologists treating patients with a variety of mental health disorders.
Silent Film Online
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Selected silent features, serials, and shorts from the 1890s to the 1930s.

Feature Films Streaming Video

Swank Digital Campus
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Classic and popular feature films currently being assigned for courses. Viewing on mobile devices requires the Swank Media Player app, free from the App Store and Google Play. Download and install the app, then
open the Swank link in any browser.
Academic Video Online: Premium
Search for "Sony Picture Classics" to see feature films.
Kanopy
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Classic and international films, including selected Criterion Collection titles. Select "Movies" when limiting by subject to see only feature films.
New World Cinema: Independent Features and Shorts, 1990-Present
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Over 200 feature films from leading independent distributors.
Independent world cinema : classic and contemporary film
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More than 400 important films produced from the early 20th century to today from distributors such as Milestone Films, Zeitgeist Films and Pragda.
Silent Film Online
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Selected silent features, serials, and shorts from the 1890s to the 1930s.
Asian Film Online
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Select "Drama" to limit to feature films.

Streaming Audio

DRAM - Database of Recorded American Music
Sound recordings documenting American music not generally covered by commercial recording companies.
Naxos Music Library
Provides online audio recordings of classical, folk, jazz, and world music from the Naxos, Marco Polo, and Da Capo labels.
Naxos Music Library: Jazz
Provides online audio recordings of new and historical jazz from the Fantasy and Naxos Jazz labels.
Naxos Music Library: World
Provides online audio recordings of world music, including the catalogue of Smithsonian Folkways and many other labels.