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DATABASES : Videos & Multimedia

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Videos

Academic Video Online (AVON) This link opens in a new window
More than 70,000 titles spanning the widest range of subject areas and curated for the educational experience. Note: Broadway HD Collection discontinued as of 12/31/21. Includes Dance in Video, Music in Video, Classical Performance in Video and Opera in Video.MUST STAY ON THE ACADEMIC VIDEO CHANNEL. DO NOT EMBED LINKS OR CODE IN BLACKBOARD TO AVOID REMOTE AUTHENTICATION ISSUES. Rather, share the database-generated links via email, chat, or syllabi. What's New (and Some HIGHLIGHTS) in Academic Video Online...
Arts & Humanities Collection on Bloomsbury Video Library This link opens in a new window
Access to Visual and Applied Arts Collection, Film and Media Collection, History and Culture Collection, Music Collection, Dance Collection. An international range of content features exclusive indie films and shorts, avant-garde performances, interviews with renowned writers, artists, choreographers, performers and practitioners, documentaries and more.Formerly Artfilms. See Drama Online for additional content.
BBC Shakespeare Plays This link opens in a new window
Videos of 37 Shakespeare plays from Ambrose Digital Publishing. Click on the blue banner for a full list of titles.
CBS News 60 MINUTES This link opens in a new window
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) This link opens in a new window
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.
Digital Theatre+ This link opens in a new window
Hundreds of videos of the highest quality productions and teaching resources from over 50 leading theatre companies, educational organizations, and arts collectives worldwide. Access work from the Royal Shakespeare Company, the BBC, BroadwayHD, the Lincoln Center Theater, the Old Vic, the Lyric Hammersmith, the Young Vic, the Stratford Festival, Complicité, Shakespeare's Globe, L.A. Theatre Works, the Royal Opera House, the Almeida Theatre, the English Touring Theatre, the English National Ballet, and many more.
Drama Online This link opens in a new window
Access to Playwrights and Practitioners Video Collection, Theatre Making and Performance Training Video Collection, Shakespeare Video Collection, Asian Theatre Video Collection, European Theatre Video Collection, and British, American & Australian Theatre Video Collection.Includes former Artfilms drama content.
Indigenous Cinema Collection This link opens in a new window
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 This link opens in a new window
Thousands of videos of movies, documentaries, foreign films and more.
Mobile app not supported. Use desktop or laptop to view videos.
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.
REMOTE USERS - NEW PROVIDER REQUIREMENTS: You may be prompted to authenticate via LOG IN TO FORDHAM button on left side of screen; on next screen you will be prompted to click LOG IN TO FORDHAM button again; click SKIP when prompted to create an account.
Library of Congress Webcasts & Videos This link opens in a new window
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 This link opens in a new window
Access to more than 700 full-length Met performances. Limited to 5 Simultaneous Users.
Moving Image (Internet) Archive This link opens in a new window
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.
Music and Dance Online: Classical Performance in Video This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive video resource for the study of classical music. Users experience classical music through 1,600 performances, including 200 full operas and 75 dance titles, as well as masterclasses, documentaries, scores, and interviews.
Shakespeare's Globe on Screen (2008-2015) This link opens in a new window
Twenty-one videos from Bloomsbury Publishing, Drama Online Collection.
Shakespeare's Globe on Screen (2016-2018) This link opens in a new window
Nine videos from Bloomsbury Publishing, Drama Online Collection.
Swank Motion Pictures This link opens in a new window
A collection of hundreds of films covering Film Studies, Sociology, Documentaries, and many other disciplines. Avoid using Safari browser with PCs.
Teaching Channel This link opens in a new window
Videos that train pre-service and in-service teachers in best practices of teaching methods for ESL literacy and bilingual classrooms.Limited to 200 simultaneous users. Link also listed on Instructor's ARES page. For questions about this resource, please email bkilee@fordham.edu.

Multimedia

Music and Dance Online: American Music This link opens in a new window
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.
Music and Dance Online: Classical Music Library This link opens in a new window
Fully searchable classical music resource containing 75,000 albums across thousands of composers, ensembles, and genres.
Music and Dance Online: Contemporary World Music This link opens in a new window
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.
Music and Dance Online: Jazz Music Library This link opens in a new window
Thousands of jazz artists, ensembles, albums, and genres. From Alexander Street Press.
Music and Dance Online: Popular Music Library This link opens in a new window
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.
Music and Dance Online: Smithsonian Global Sound This link opens in a new window
Recordings of all kinds of music from all over the world.
Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
Over two 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.
National Jukebox This link opens in a new window
Historical recordings from the Library of Congress.
PEN America's Digital Archive This link opens in a new window
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.

Docuseek On-Demand Videos

ProQuest On-Demand Video Titles

Inside Job (Ends 6/30/23)

Film Platform On-Demand

Last Updated: Mar 17, 2023 1:53 PM
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