Walker Library: Media Resources: Streaming Video

Streaming Media Licensed or Owned by Walker Library

Alexander Street Academic Video Online (AVON) This link opens in a new window
The AVON (Academic Videos Online) streaming platform provides on-demand access to over 60,000 streaming videos. Content providers include PBS, BBC, Sony Picture Classics, CNN, BBC, and more.
Detailed description of available AVON collections at https://video-alexanderstreet-com.ezproxy.mtsu.edu/collections.
Docuseek2 This link opens in a new window
Streaming documentary films from a number of sources, including Bullfrog Films, Icarus Films, and the National Film Board of Canada. Many films in this collection focus on social and environmental issues.
Docuseek Help Wiki
Instructors can register a personal account in order to create clips and playlists.
Kanopy Streaming Video This link opens in a new window
Watch streaming films, documentaries, and training videos from Criterion Collection, Women Make Movies, First Run Features, and other leading producers. The library owns some titles on this platform, but most content is leased solely for classroom use; see https://library.mtsu.edu/mediaresources/policy
Kanopy Troubleshooting Guide
Kanopy Accessibility Statement
Creating playlists and/or clips (Must first create a Kanopy account)
Swank This link opens in a new window
Streaming collection of films and documentaries, both classic and contemporary. Content on this platform is leased solely for classroom use; see https://library.mtsu.edu/mediaresources/policy
Swank accessibility features, including captions
Sharing and assigning Swank films
Instructors can create a Swank account in order to search unlicensed titles. Please see the library's streaming film acquisition policy before requesting a film license.
PBS Video Collection This link opens in a new window
Streaming video of almost 1,600 videos aired on PBS, including series such as NOVA, Nature, American Experience, etc.
Product brochure (pdf)
Title list (xls)
Digital Theatre+ This link opens in a new window
Performing arts education platform with HD recordings of live performances (musical theatre, theatre and film), study guides on dramatic texts, interviews with actors, directors and backstage crew, and teaching guides.
Interactive Subject Catalog
Complete Table of Contents
Teaching with Digital Theatre+
Ambrose Video (BBC Shakespeare Plays) This link opens in a new window
Streaming collection of BBC's 37 Shakespeare plays. Videos can be viewed in their entirety or by act.
Closed captions and on-screen or PDF transcripts available for all films.
American History in Video This link opens in a new window
Collection of video available online for the study of American history.
American History in Video provides the largest and richest collection of video available online for the study of American history, with 2,000 hours and more than 5,000 titles on completion.
The collection includes:
•Commercial and governmental newsreels
•Archival footage
•Public affairs footage
•Important documentaries
Product Brochure (pdf)
Title List (Excel file)
Counseling and Therapy in Video This link opens in a new window
Videos on the study of social work, psychotherapy, psychology and psychiatric counseling.
Counseling and Therapy in Video provides the largest and richest online collection of video available for the study of counseling, social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling.
Collection includes:
•Counseling sessions and demonstrations
•Consultations
•Lectures, presentations, and interviews
Title List (Library Catalog search)
Volume I Title List (Excel file)
Volume II Title List (Excel file)
Volume III Title List (Excel file)
Dance in Video This link opens in a new window
Dance productions and documentaries by influential 20th century performers and dance companies.
Over 900 hours of productions and documentaries. Selections include ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance. Included are:
•Classic performances from top ballet companies
•Experimental works from up-and-coming dance troupes
•Documentaries by and about leading choreographers
•Videos on dance training
•Other items covering a wide range of 20th and 21st century dance styles
Product Brochure (pdf)
Volume I Title List (Excel file)
Volume II Title List (Excel file)
Drama Online Library This link opens in a new window
Video content includes titles from BBC Drama, Shakespeare's Globe on Screen, Hamlet the Film, Stage on Screen, The Hollow Crown, and Shakespeare in the Present.
Includes the Donmar Shakespeare Trilogy and Shakespeare's Globe on Screen 1 & 2
Find monologues
Browse genres
Browse time periods
Contents list
Video content includes titles from BBC Drama, Shakespeare's Globe on Screen, Stage on Screen, The Hollow Crown, and Shakespeare in the Present.
Education in Video This link opens in a new window
Videos of teaching demonstrations, lectures, documentaries, and footage of students and teachers in actual classrooms.
International collection of streaming video developed specifically for training and developing teachers. Education in Video allows for the observation of the intricacies of behavior, tone, facial expression, and body language that define effective teaching styles. The collection’s wealth of course, study, and discussion guides; assessment checklists; and themed playlists give your education faculty ready-to-use teaching tools.
Title List (Excel file)
Ethnographic Video Online This link opens in a new window
This streaming video collection can be cross-searched using the link to Alexander Street Press Academic Video in the Library's list of online resources.
Ethnographic Video Online contains more than 500 hours of classic and contemporary documentaries produced by leading video producers in the discipline; previously unpublished footage from working anthropologists and ethnographers in the field; and select feature films.
Title List (Excel file) (MTSU offers Volume I titles)
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
33 full length videos for the study of literature, history, religion, and theatre.
Create a personal account to customize playlists, create clips, and access other features.
Films on Demand Tools & Features
Nursing Education in Video This link opens in a new window
Videos for the training and education of nurses, nursing assistants, and other healthcare workers.
Unique online collection of videos created specifically for the education and training of nurses, nursing assistants, and other healthcare workers.
Subject areas include: Anatomy and Physiology; Basic Clinical Skills; Cardiology; Communications; Gerontology; Infection Control; Legal Aspects of Nursing; Long Term Care; Medical Administration; Nursing Assistant Skills; Obstetrical Nursing; Pediatrics; Surgical Care; Wound Care
Title List (Excel file)
SAGE Video: Education Collection This link opens in a new window
Videos with a practical view into a full range of teaching settings and situations, from early years to educational leadership.
See the SAGE Video LibGuide for title lists and user guides.
Sports Medicine and Exercise Science in Video This link opens in a new window
Streaming video for topics including athletic training, health promotion, physical education, kinesiology, exercise physiology, nutritional science, and more.
Extensive collection of high-quality video for the study of disease management, injury treatment, nutrition, special populations, fitness and health assessment, medical fitness, exercise adherence, sport science, worksite wellness, and much more.
Sports Medicine and Exercise Science in Video is an essential resource or a variety of programs, including athletic training, health promotion, physical education, Kinesiology/human movement, exercise physiology, nutritional science, sports medicine, sports science, and physical therapy
Title List (Excel file)
Theatre in Video This link opens in a new window
This streaming video collection can be cross-searched using the link to Alexander Street Press Academic Video in the Library's list of online resources.
Contains more than 250 of the world’s most important plays, together with more than 100 video documentaries, representing hundreds of leading playwrights, actors and directors.
Title List (Library Catalog search)
World History in Video This link opens in a new window
Critically acclaimed documentaries ranging in history from the earliest civilizations to the late twentieth century.
Video coverage includes Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Oceania.
Title List (Library Catalog search)
Title List (Excel file)

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Other Online Streaming Sources

The links below offer openly accessible Internet sites providing access to streaming videos.

Walker Library is not responsible for any of the content linked from these sites. We cannot guarantee availability of the content provided, nor assume responsibility for functionality of the sites.

American Experience
American Experience, TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
Annenberg Learner
Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum.
Documentary Area
Wide variety of documentaries for free viewing. Films not hosted on this site, but gathered from other sources.
Feature Films (Internet Archive)
Feature films, shorts, silent films and trailers.
Frontline
Since 1983, FRONTLINE has served as American public television's flagship public affairs series. Documentaries cover the scope and complexity of the human experience.
National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Canada's public producer. This site offers free streaming of documentary and animated films portraying the Canadian point of view.
Nature
NATURE delivers the best in original natural history films to audiences nationwide.
Nova
NOVA explores innovations and discoveries from the world of science and technology..
Moving Image Archive (Internet Archve)
This archive contains digital movies uploaded by Archive users which range from clasaic full-length films, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to cartoons and concerts.
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This is a collection of thousands of movies, films, and videos ranging from classic full-length films to television news broadcasts to historical film clips.
TED Talks
TED started out as a conference to bring people together from the worlds of technology, entertainment and design. TED Talks is the video site.
Top Documentary Films
Lots of documentaries on a wide selection of subjects.

Vanderbilt Television News Archive This link opens in a new window
Archive of regularly scheduled newscasts from ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox News, August 1968 to present. Users must visit the archive in person or pay for a loan in order to view broadcasts described in the archive.
Archive of regularly scheduled newscasts from ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox News. Special news reports are recorded in addition to these newscasts, including material from other networks. We record broadcasts as they are televised, provide the widest access allowable within copyright for scholarship and research, and preserve the content for future generations. The database currently includes 1,099,338 records, including abstracts at the story level of regular evening newscasts and catalog records for each special news report.

Vimeo
Upload and store your videos. Watch videos made by leading creators as well as by your friends.
YouTube
Watch, upload and share videos.

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Media Resources: Streaming Video

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