Streaming Media
- Academic Video Online (AVON) [Alexander Street] This link opens in a new windowStreaming video across all subject areas. Includes documentaries, and content from a variety of news sources, including PBS and BBC.
- Asian Film Online [Alexander Street] This link opens in a new window Asian culture via the lens of independent Asian filmmakers; covers the impact of globalization & urbanization in the greater Asian region.
- Europeana This link opens in a new window Europe's answer to Google Books. Includes videos and images too.
- Independent World Cinema: Classic and Contemporary Film [Alexander Street] This link opens in a new windowImportant films produced from the early 20th century to today, from Milestone Films, Zeitgeist Films & Oscilloscope.
- Kanopy This link opens in a new window Streaming educational & feature films across all disciplines, with films from the BBC, California Newsreel, Criterion, PBS & many others. Create a free Kanopy account on campus, then connect to a Kanopy app and watch on your mobile device or smart TV. See Kanopy Help.
- Swank Digital Campus This link opens in a new window The 1,000 most popular films on the Swank streaming platform; includes both feature & documentary films, from major Hollywood studios, plus independent, foreign and art producers.
Primary websites
- American Film Institute Catalog [ProQuest] 1893-1974 This link opens in a new windowSearchable database of American films, comprehensive for 1893-1974, with added records for selected major films from later years (from AFI's 100 Years and Top Ten lists). Access by title, director, character, cast, crew, songs, genre, etc.
Secondary websites
- Cinema Studies Maintained by the University of Iowa.