Research Guides @ Fordham: Communication & Media Studies: Finding Films

Streaming Videos from the Fordham Libraries

Academic Video Online (AVON)
NOTICE: BROADWAY HD COLLECTION DISCONTINUED AS OF 12/31/20.
More than 70,000 titles spanning the widest range of subject areas and curated for the educational experience. DO NOT USE THE TOGGLE ICON TO CHANGE CHANNELS. ACCESS ONLY TO ACADEMIC VIDEO ONLINE CHANNEL.
Artfilms (ends 3/30/21)
Masterclasses, documentaries, interviews, content that can entertain, educate and inform: Artfilms streams thousands of videos from top artists and producers. Covers many subject areas.
BBC Shakespeare Plays
Videos of 37 Shakespeare plays from Ambrose Digital Publishing. Click on the blue banner for a full list of titles. USE MOZILLA FIREFOX or APPLE SAFARI FOR BEST RESULTS.
CBS News 60 MINUTES
On ProQuest's platform. 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.
Dance Online: Dance in Video (Volumes I & II)
Covers the full scope of 20th and 21st century dance. The collection includes performances, documentaries, interviews, and instructional videos from the most influential performers and companies.
Film Platform
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.
Indigenous Cinema Collection
Provided by the National Film Board of Canada, the Indigenous Cinema collection contains over 200 films by Indigenous Canadian directors.
Not all titles are available
Kanopy Streaming Videos
Thousands of videos of movies, documentaries, foreign films and more. RECORDS NOT IN CATALOG. PLEASE CHECK CURRENT AVAILABILITY OF YOUR SELECTED VIDEO. ACQUISITION IS LIMITED TO FORDHAM FACULTY. SELECT THE VIDEO THEN COMPLETE THE POP-UP FORM USING FORDHAM EMAIL. YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED WHEN THE VIDEO IS AVAILABLE. STUDENTS, PLEASE ASK YOUR PROFESSOR TO REQUEST THE FILM THROUGH THIS KANOPY LINK. CLICK ON MORE BEFORE USING:

CURRENT PROBLEM REPORTED WITH USING FIREFOX. CHROME AND OPERA WORKING NORMALLY.
AVOID USING MAC w/FIREFOX FOR ALL STREAMING VIDEOS (NEEDS SEPARATE FLASH DOWNLOAD).
DO NOT USE INTERNET EXPLORER
See also our new streaming video database, Academic Video Online, located on the A tab and Videos & Multimedia tab.
Library of Congress Webcasts & Videos
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.
Met Opera on Demand
Access to more than 700 full-length Met performances. Limited to 5 Simultaneous Users.
Moving Image (Internet) Archive
The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. A rich core collection of archival movies 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.
Shakespeare's Globe on Screen (2008-2015)
Twenty-one videos from Bloomsbury Publishing, Drama Online Collection.
Shakespeare's Globe on Screen (2016-2018)
Nine videos from Bloomsbury Publishing, Drama Online Collection.
Swank Motion Pictures
A collection of 500 films covering Film Studies, Sociology, Documentaries, and many other disciplines. Avoid using Safari browser with PCs.

BEST PRACTICES FOR IN-CLASS VIEWING

Streaming video quality is affected by copyright restrictions, bandwidth capacity, Zoom/Google meeting settings, and personal computer configurations. Many problems have been reported with online synchronous in-class viewing.

Librarians recommend:

Ask students to view the film or film segments independently, with separate authentication, in a dedicated window with Zoom audio muted. (Please follow the browser recommendations in the database descriptions.)
Provide a time for the students to return to the main Zoom class meeting for discussion after the segments have been viewed independently.
Some professors prefer that students watch the piece in its entirety before the start of class and then share a link to a short segment during the class for a second viewing.
Most streaming video platforms provide persistent links to share content with students via chat or Blackboard page. Share using the database-provided link-generating tools, not by copying and pasting a URL from your browser's address bar.

Reference librarians & staff are available to assist with your planning process. Please email your subject liaisons for help as you prepare for your class.

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Motion Picture Catalog Databases

American Film Institute Catalog
National filmography documenting the history of American cinema. Cataloging currently covers the years 1893-1974 comprehensively, with additional records covering selected major films from 1975 on.

American Film Institute (AFI) Catalog
Free web access to the AFI Catalog provides a comprehensive and detailed database of almost every feature-length film produced in America or financed by American production companies. Information includes: cast, crew, plot summaries, subjects, genres, and historical notes. Includes nearly 60,000 American feature-length and 17,000 short films produced from 1893-2011, as well as the AFI Outstanding Movie Awards from 2000 through 2010. Use the advanced search to narrow by multiple criteria.

Film Index International
A major information resource for international entertainment films and personalities produced by the British Film Institute. Indexes films from over 170 countries from 1900-present.

Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE)
The Copyright Office Catalog contains approximately 20 million records for works registered and documents recorded with the Copyright Office since 1978. Includes records for books, music, art, and periodicals, motion pictures, and other works. Records for the period from July 1891 through December 1977 have been scanned and uploaded to a separate database, but search options are limited for older items.

Moving Image (Internet) Archive
The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. A rich core collection of archival movies 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.

Searching the catalog for films

Quick Search #1 - Fordham Catalog

This is the Traditional Fordham Library Catalog. Use this option to search the catalog for ALL items owned by Fordham (all campuses). Includes books, ebooks, periodicals, government documents, videos & dvds, maps, etc.

To find a film, click on Advanced Search, use the drop down box for TYPE to select Video Material (DVD, VHS, ect.). Then use the keyword, title, subject, or author boxes to search for your item.

Quick Search #2 - OneSearch Discovery

The OneSearch includes the Fordham Library Catalog, most of the databases, the Institutional Repository, and our Digital Collections. When you search using OneSearch, you will find books, articles, images, graphs, charts, and more.

To find a film, enter title, creative artist, or topic in the box below. Then use the side tool bar in the Results List to Limit By Source Types (you may need to click on "Show More"), Videos.

Motion Picture Catalog Books

Motion Pictures by Library of Congress. Copyright Office.
Call Number: PN1998 .U615
[Washington, D.C.]: The Office; [for sale by the Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress], 1951-
The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States - Feature Films, 1911-1920 by American Film Institute Staff
Call Number: PN1998 .A57
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1971-

Print access to the AFI catalog is available via these titles.
The American Film Institute Catalog - Feature Films, 1921-1930 by American Film Institute Staff
Call Number: PN1998 .A57
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1971-
American Film Institute Catalog - Feature Films 1931-1940 by American Film Institute Staff; Carolyn B. Mitchell
Call Number: PN1998 .A57
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1971-

Communication & Media Studies: Finding Films

Streaming Videos from the Fordham Libraries

BEST PRACTICES FOR IN-CLASS VIEWING

Motion Picture Catalog Databases

Searching the catalog for films

Motion Picture Catalog Books

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