Streaming Media Resources
this is a guide to audio and video services available from the library and on demand, including both licensed and free resources.
Free Resources
- American MemoryAmerican Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelo
- Moving Image ArchiveThis library contains thousands of digital movies uploaded by Archive users which range from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to cartoons and concerts. Many of these videos are available for free download.
- Open Video ProjectThe purpose of the Open Video Project is to collect and make available a repository of digitized video content for the digital video, multimedia retrieval, digital library, and other research communities.
- WGBH Open VaultThe ever-expanding site contains video, audio, images, searchable transcripts, and resource management tools, all of which are available for individual and classroom learning. It currently houses nearly 1 million audio, video, film, and digital assets dating back to 1947.
- C-SPAN Video LibraryAll C-SPAN programs since 1987 are digital and can be viewed online for free. Duplicate copies of programs that have aired since 1987 can be obtained and used for education, research, review or home viewing purposes.
- ScienceCinemaThe ScienceCinema site contains multimedia videos highlighting the U.S. Department of Energy's most exciting scientific research.
- Academic EarthWe are building a user-friendly educational ecosystem that will give internet users around the world the ability to easily find, interact with, and learn from full video courses and lectures from the world’s leading scholars. Our goal is to bring the best content together in one place and create an environment in which that content is remarkably easy to use and where user contributions make existing content increasingly valuable.
- National Film Board of CanadaFree access for personal home use. There is also an iPhone app.
- PBS VideosOn demand streaming of PBS programs.
- Truveo Video searchTruveo video search lets you search and find videos from across the Web. Use Truveo to find all types of online video including hit television shows, full-length movies, breaking news clips, sports highlights, music videos, or the latest viral videos.
- UbuWebUbuWeb is a completely independent resource dedicated to all strains of the avant-garde, ethnopoetics, and outsider arts.
Licensed Databases
UMass has licensed a number of video databases so that faculty and students may use the content in class. You may also link to them through your Moodle classes and students may access them off-campus using their Net ID.
- Counseling and Therapy in VideoVideos of counseling sessions and demonstration; consultations; and lectures, presentations and interviews.
- Dance in VideoVideos of dance performances, and documentaries on dance, from the 1950's to present.
- Naxos Video LibraryRequires Adobe Flash 10. *NOTE*: This site is in Beta. Naxos is still working on technical issues. Please contact dbhelp@umass.libanswers.com if you are having technical issues.
Streaming video library of classical music performances, opera, ballet, live concerts and documentaries. - Opera in VideoA growing collection of filmed opera stage productions, with some interviews and other documentary videos.
- On the Boards TVWatch high-quality films of full-length performances by some of today’s most provocative artists working in dance, theater, music and other forms that defy categorization.
- Kanopy This link opens in a new windowSix-thousand videos from the World's leading producers - designed to support university teaching and research.
- Docuseek2 This link opens in a new windowProvides streaming access to documentary and social issues films and videos. Docuseek2 is a collection of over 800 films and documentaries from a variety of distributors, including Bullfrog, Collective Eye and Icarus Films.
Personal Subscriptions
If you are enrolled in a course that requires you to watch a lot of full-length feature movies, your professor might require a personal subscription to a movie rental service. Companies like Netflix and Blockbuster offer both DVD rentals and on demand streaming.Some cable companies also provide on demand movie content.
- Hulu PlusOver 1,000 seasons of current and classic shows (comprising more than 33,000 episodes, 16,000 of which are available on all supported devices)
