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Multimedia Resources

Alexander Street Video This link opens in a new window
A streaming video platform providing access to thousands of videos (with no overlap with Kanopy), mostly documentary in nature. Among the collections are Bullfrog Films, Icarus Films, BBC, Filmakers Library, Sony Pictures Classics, and more. Once a video is viewed a fourth time for 30 seconds or more, the library is billed for a one-year license. Please carefully select your items before clicking on them.
Kanopy This link opens in a new window
A streaming video platform providing access to thousands of videos, mostly documentary in nature. Among the collections are the Criterion/Janus Films Collection, First Run Features, PBS, HBO, Kino Lorber, California Newsreel, Media Education Foundation, and many more. Once a video is viewed a fourth time for 30 seconds or more, the library is billed for a one-year license ($150). Please carefully select your items before clicking on them.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Films on Demand (FOD) offers a set of 600+ curriculum-focused streaming video titles produced by Films for the Humanities and Sciences.

Swank - Swank licenses feature films for educational streaming purposes. The license allows you to place a link in Moodle so students can view the film. Swank uses a different economic model in which the library prepays for a one-year licenses for a number of videos. If you are looking for a specific feature film, begin by searching the Hiram College Swank Portal. You will need to set up an account, but this will allow you to see what the library has already licensed. If you don't see what you want, you should search the Swank catalog here. Once you find a film you wish to have added to the library's portal, contact the library director who will work with Swank to do that and provide you with a direct link to place in Moodle. Those accessing the films on their iPad will be asked to download the Swank app.

Some of the best sources for AV materials are listed below, any of the following databases can provide you a start in searching.