Research Guides: Videos and Film: Library Video Resources

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Academic Video Online Premium
A multidisciplinary collection of streaming videos with over 60,000 films across all disciplines including history, education, art, dance, anthropology, humanities, health, business, psychology, politics, theater, and science.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Offers titles from Films for the Humanities and Sciences, ABC News, NBC News, BBC, National Geographic, PBS, Cambridge Education, and many more. The library owns a small number of titles.
Kanopy
Streaming videos for titles purchased for course support. Hundreds of additional titles available during COVID-19 crisis.

If no suitable titles are found from the vendors listed above, please consider one of the free streaming sites.

To request a video, please use the Library request form.

For feature films, the library prefers DVDs, as streaming is not readily available for new movies.

Common Sense Media
Media reviews by a non-partisan, not-for-profit organization oriented to families and students.
Educational Media Reviews Online
Reviews of materials from major educational and documentary distributors and independent filmmakers.
Metacritic
Provides a "Metascore" condensing several critical media reviews.

MRQE: Movie Review Query Engine
An index of all published and available reviews, news, interviews, and other materials associated with specific movies.

JustWatch
Want to find out whether you can stream a film? This comprehensive site lists all the places and prices for streaming any given video.