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

Streaming Videos

Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
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 This link opens in a new window
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 This link opens in a new window
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

ARTstor This link opens in a new window
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 This link opens in a new window
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

Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Music; World History
Description: 2.5 million selected recordings, wide range of standard and specialist repertoire, libretti, music notes, cover artwork, track lists, instrumentation and publisher information. Includes study guides, aural training, musicology, and a children’s section.
Resource Types: Audio Recordings; Reviews & Recommendations; Full-Text Articles; Biographies