Guides: Resources by Type: Videos, Images, & Audio

Streaming Videos

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Films on Demand
Subjects: Multidisciplinary
Description: Programs from the History Channel, Biography Channel, HBO, BBC, PBS, and other news channels are included for more than 45,000 available titles with 330,000 available segments. From Infobase.
Resource Types: Demonstrations; Documentaries, Feature & Short Films; Speeches & Lectures; Performances

Films available in Films on Demand include limited public performance rights, which includes permission for classroom showings, as well as public screenings, as long as no admission is being charged.
Academic Video Online
Subjects: Multidisciplinary
Description: More than 70,000 videos spanning a wide range of formats from 1898 to present. From ProQuest.
Resource Types: Demonstrations; Documentaries, Feature & Short Films; Speeches & Lectures; Performances

Films available in Academic Video Online include limited public performance rights, which includes permission for classroom showings, as well as public screenings, as long as no admission is being charged.
Kanopy
Note: Individual Kanopy videos must be requested for purchase by COCC Library. See Kanopy Changes for details.
Subjects: Multidisciplinary; Film & Theater Arts
Description: A streaming collection of documentaries, feature films, and other educational videos for students and instructors.
Resource Types: Videos; Documentaries, Feature & Short Films; Speeches & Lectures; Performances

Many videos on Kanopy include limited public performance rights, which includes permission for classroom showings, as well as public screenings, as long as no admission is being charged. Eligible films are marked with a "PPR" icon and can be filtered by "PPR Available".

Images

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The databases below offer thousands of images COCC students can use in projects and presentations.

For more links to online image collections, see the Art Guide.

ARTstor
Subjects: Art
Description: ARTstor provides access to more than 2 million images. All rights-cleared for education and research. From ITHIKA.
Resource Types: Images
Image Quest
Subjects: Art
Description: Over three million images from 62 collections includes imagery and clip art materials (infographics, signs and symbols, graphic concepts and vector illustrations), all rights-cleared for educational, non-commercial use. From Britannica Digital Learning.
Resource Types: Images

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Audio

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Naxos Music Library
Naxos Music Library is THE resource for serious music students and researchers. You can listen to a variety of music from over 400 independent labels and more than a dozen genres, including Classical, Jazz, World, Pop and Rock, and more. And, it's not just the music; Naxos includes music notes, album cover artwork, tracklists, composer and artist biographies, and an extensive glossary of musical terms.