Research Guides: Library Science &amp; Instructional Technology: A/V & Websites

Research & Instruction Librarian

Misty Schattle

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Subscription Film Databases from SHSU

Films from these databases require an SHSU username and password to watch off-campus.

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Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Read Quick-Start: How to Link to a Film, or Films on Demand: A Guide for SHSU Users
Instant access to thousands of educational films, ranging from almost every academic discipline to life-skills content. Select films include closed-captioning and/or interactive text transcripts. Roll over the video player and click ""CC"" button at upper right for captions.
Academic Video Online: Premium This link opens in a new window Thousands of hours of streaming video in most disciplines. Many videos include interactive text transcripts.
Kanopy Streaming Video This link opens in a new window This platform provides access to various films which SHSU has individually licensed or purchased, as listed on the homepage. Please Note: Searching or browsing may display other films as "available for request," but they are not immediately accessible at SHSU.
NOTE: There is limited support on Internet Explorer, so we recommend using Chrome or Firefox (Safari or Edge if available) to stream videos on Kanopy.

Other Collections

ATLAS (Accomplished Teaching, Learning and Schools) This link opens in a new window This database provides professional teaching videos. Access to more than 1,400 cases covering most subjects, grades and school settings. Indexed to standards and frameworks for teachers and students, ATLAS cases offer a visual representation of these standards providing a clear image of accomplished teaching. All ATLAS cases are from National Board Certified Teachers. Each video case has been validly assessed as accomplished practice, according to National Board Standards.
JoVE: Essentials of Analytical Chemistry This link opens in a new window This collection of simple, easy-to-understand video demonstrations takes a broad look at quantitative analysis and instrumentation including electrochemistry, spectroscopy, chromatography, and mass spectrometry. Educators and students use our innovative video collections in the JoVE Science Education Library to better teach and learn key concepts and fundamental techniques at the undergraduate course level.
JoVE: Essentials of General Chemistry This link opens in a new window This collection of simple, easy-to-understand video demonstrations helps provide a solid foundation in general chemistry by showcasing basic lab techniques, demonstrating commonly used equipment, and exploring the theory behind fundamental methodology in Chemistry. Educators and students use our innovative video collections in the JoVE Science Education Library to better teach and learn key concepts and fundamental techniques at the undergraduate course level.
JoVE: Essentials of Organic Chemistry This link opens in a new window This collection of simple, easy-to-understand video demonstrations features techniques routinely used in the organic chemistry lab, focusing on regulating temperature and atmosphere during chemical reactions and post-reaction refinement. Educators and students use our innovative video collections in the JoVE Science Education Library to better teach and learn key concepts and fundamental techniques at the undergraduate course level.
LWW Health Library This link opens in a new window The LWW Health Library includes commonly required Lippincott textbooks, multimedia assets, and review tools—for use in medical, pharmacy, and other health sciences programs.
MackinVia This link opens in a new window MackinVIA provides easy access to eBooks, audiobooks, educational databases, and videos for K-12 students and teachers. Use MackinVIA on any desktop, laptop, or mobile device with Internet access; content can be embedded into Blackboard or other LMS.
Met Opera on Demand This link opens in a new window Unlimited access to more than 500 performances from the Metropolitan Opera. This resource is limited to ten users at a time.
National Theatre Collection This link opens in a new window Through a collaboration with the U.K.'s National Theatre, the collections offer a range of digital performance resources never previously seen outside of the National Theatre’s archive. National Theatre Collection contains access to high-definition streaming video of world-class productions and unique archival material offering significant insight into theatre and performance studies.
Nursing Education in Video This link opens in a new window Nursing Education in Video: Third Edition is an up-to-date collection of demonstration and training videos designed to help students improve their clinical skills. This resource provides access to Medcom's complete collection of 300+ full-length training videos allowing your patrons anytime, anywhere access to the latest resources available for nurse training so they can provide the best possible patient care.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context (OVIC) This link opens in a new window Library of current event topics, including the facts as well as the arguments of each topic's proponents and detractors. Viewpoint articles allow students to explore each topic's many facets. Also features statistics and government data placed in context.
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PBS Video Collection This link opens in a new window Hundreds of the greatest documentary films and series from the history of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
Psychotherapy.net Streaming Video This link opens in a new window A selection of streaming videos for psychotherapists.

Free Websites: Multidisciplinary

Annenberg Learner
- Educational video programs with coordinated Web and print materials.
- Topics include history, science, art, literature, math, psychology, and more.
- Legal policy
Critical Commons
- Site for researchers to share media clips "in a critical context that transforms and recontextualizes the media, adding value and significance" (FAQ).
- Add text or voice-over commentaries. Organize clips into lecture playlists.
- Terms of service excerpt: "You may access the Critical Commons Website to view video, textual, and audio materials posted within a curricular context without the need of an account."
Internet Archive: Cultural and Academic Films
Stream videos for scholarly purposes. Embed films using tool provided. Includes the Academic Film Archive of North America, the Chicago Film Archives, the Timothy Leary Video Archive, Dorothy Fadiman's Social Documentaries, Vintage Educational Films, and more!
National Film Board's Screening Room
From the National Film Board of Canada. Features over 3,000 productions streaming free of charge. Includes documentaries, animations, experimental films, fiction and interactive works.
PBS
- Stream full-length episodes of many PBS shows, including NOVA, Frontline, Independent Lens, and Nature.
- Terms of use
SnagFilms
- Library of 1500+ full-length documentary films, with topics ranging broadly from arts, religion, or politics to science, health, or environment.
- Embed video in course websites with the SnagFilms Widget.
- Terms of use
TED Talks
- Videos talks on a multitude of topics; devoted to "ideas worth spreading."
- Terms of use excerpt: "You are encouraged to view as many talks as you wish for free, and to share what you learn with others both online and offline. ...Please respect the law. Do not post copyrighted material (unless you own the copyright) or...engage in illegal behavior of any sort."
YouTube EDU
- Educational video content in almost every subject area.
- Content from various colleges and universities.
- Embed video in course websites with the YouTube Embeddable Player.
- Terms of use excerpt: "...permission to access and use the Service... You agree not to access Content through any technology or means other than the video playback pages of the Service itself, the Embeddable Player, or other explicitly authorized means."

Free Websites: Disciplinary or Niche

BioInteractive from Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Medical topics, including biodiversity, evolution, stem cells, obesity, cancer, and DNA.
- Animation, lecture content, and virtual labs.
Black Film Archive
"Black Film Archive celebrates the rich, abundant history of Black cinema. We are an evolving archive dedicated to making historically and culturally significant films made from 1915 to 1979 about Black people accessible through a streaming guide with cultural context."
Culture Unplugged
From site: "Presents short length + feature length documentary / film content from independent film-makers and grassroot productions to a global audience, to not only promote the art of film-making, but above all to spread awareness and promote the collective contemplation over global/local challenges." These films are voluntarily submitted by the filmmakers to be shared non-commercially.
British Pathe Newsreel Archive on YouTube Pathé News was a producer of newsreels, cinemagazines, and documentaries from 1910 until 1976 in the United Kingdom. The Pathé News archive is known today as "British Pathé". Its 85,000 news film and movies (over 3,500 hours of history on film) is fully digitized and available online via YouTube.
Have Fun with History History-based dramas, documentaries, and news programs. Includes early-20th century footage as well as modern film.
Teach Texas: Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI) Over 1,000 streaming videos on topics in the history and culture of Texas. Includes original primary-source video as well as secondary content. Click "Teach Texas" to find coordinated lesson plans, activities, etc.
BFI National Archive
Archive of British film and television recordings, as well as related artifacts (posters, images, publicity material, original scripts, letters and more). (BFI)
Silent Animation Preserved at UCLA
Ranging from 1900 to 1928. (Univ. of California Los Angeles)
Indigenous Cinema at the NFB
National Film Board of Canada
Russian Film Hub
From site: "Legally watch hundreds of Russian and Soviet movies with English subtitles for free. You can filter by genre, decade, director, and more."