DATABASES : Videos & Multimedia

Videos of 37 Shakespeare plays from Ambrose Digital Publishing. Search by the name or scroll down and click on the collection title to get to the complete list of video clips. USE MOZILLA FIREFOX or APPLE SAFARI FOR BEST RESULTS.

CBS News 60 MINUTES offers unprecedented access to transcripts and nearly 500 hours of video from 1997–2014. 60 MINUTES is among the most respected TV journalism programs in the world.

International selection of documentaries of social, political and cultural importance by some of the world’s top filmmakers and leading academics. DO NOT USE OPERA BROWSER.

Online video streaming service which offers thousands of films from many leading producers such as Criterion Collection, New Day Films, PBS, California Newsreel, etc. Contains a wide range of subject areas. The main page offers a prominent search box (titles, descriptions, and transcripts are keyword searchable) and a Browse Subjects drop-down menu. CLICK ON MORE BEFORE USING:

The Library of Congress publishes its webcasts to offer selections of early motion pictures and recordings of events, lectures and concerts to a broader audience.

A rich core collection of archival movies uploaded by 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.

Free, open-access library of images and audio recordings compiled from institutions that subscribe to this web-based service for cataloging and managing digital collections and willing to share their images with the world via the Commons.

Provides a suite of online audio recordings to support the teaching of American musical traditions including country, folk, jazz, bluegrass, western, old time, American Indian, blues, gospel, R&B and more.

Fully searchable classical music resource containing tens of thousands of recordings plus textual reference material.

Delivers the sounds of all regions from every continent. Contains important genres such as reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Balkanic jazz, African film, Bollywood, Arab swing and jazz, and others.

Thousands of jazz artists, ensembles, albums, and genres. From Alexander Street Press.

A wide range of popular music from around the world. Major genres in pop music including alternative, country, Christian, electronic, hip-hop, metal, punk, new age, R&B, reggae, rock and many more.

Recordings of all kinds of music from all over the world.

Over one million tracks of classical music, jazz, folk, new age, gospel, blues and Chinese music. Please click log-out button when finished, 10 simultaneous users limit.

Historical recordings from the Library of Congress.

Online archive of public and private programming featuring the world’s foremost writers, intellectuals, and artists in candid and often heated discourse about the most relevant cultural and political issues of our times.