Dear Faculty,
At the Music & Media Collections we will do everything we can to continue supporting the teaching and learning during this difficult time. Faculty if you have DVDs that you were planing to show in class or wanted your students to watch we may be able find streaming options for those titles or alternatives. Please contact Cindy Badilla-Melendez, Head of the Music & Media Collections.
Here is a link to free online video resources: https://libguides.stthomas.edu/filmographies/FreeOnline
Also, as a reminder we have access to more than 16 streaming video databases see below.
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Academic Video Online
A collection covering: art, architecture, business, counseling and therapy, dance, economics, education, ethnic studies, ethnography, gay and lesbian studies, health, history, humanities, law and public safety, literature, opera, philosophy, political science, psychology, religion, science, theater, etc. -
Ambrose Video
Covers the subject areas of American history, America literature, world history, ancient history, geology, biology, theology, art, sciences, and all the Shakespeare plays by the BBC. -
Digitalia Films
Multilingual, multi-national collection of films and documentaries from Spain, France, other European countries, North America (Classic) and Latin America (especially Mexico, Cuba, Argentina and Brazil). -
Docuseek2
Docuseek2 is an electronic video database covering the films by the distributors Bullfrog Films and Icarus Films. It contains documentaries in the areas of: Environmental Studies, Political Science, Peace & Justice, Criminal Justice, Latin American, History, Art, Media Studies, and more. -
Film Platform
The collection is curated by film experts and leading academics to showcase critically-acclaimed documentaries of social, political and cultural importance, and the catalogue is continually growing. -
Films on Demand
Films on Demand is a multi-disciplinary database. It provides academic videos in the subject areas of psychology, history, literature, languages, engineering, business, art, sociology, sciences and more. -
Films on Demand: Feature Films for Education
The Feature Films for Education Collection offers hundreds of full-length feature films for educational instructional purposes. The Collection focuses on both current and hard-to-find titles, including dramas, literary adaptations, blockbusters, classics, science fiction, environmental titles, foreign films -
Hoopla
Hoopla provides streaming video (movies and TV shows) and audiobooks. Popular titles and classics, fiction and nonfiction are available. For information about devices and more visit Hoopla help.
NOTE: You must use your UST email and password to authenticate into Hoopla (if your password is longer than 20 characters, you will need to change your UST password to fewer than 20 characters). You MUST use your UST email to create a separate Hoopla account. You can check out up to 7 titles per month. -
LInkedIn Learning
Lynda provides training videos on business, software, technology, and creative skills. ITS provides access for all member of the UST community. -
Lumiere is a database sponsored by the University of California, Berkeley. It contains more than 20,000 clips drawn from 5,616 films in 62 languages. There faculty can use clips that have already been created or create their own. Also, entire films are available. The clips/films can be requested only from films St. Thomas and Berkeley both currently own. Detailed instructions on how to use Lumiere can be found on this LibGuide. To access Lumiere, click in the link, select “Apply for an Account.” Under “User institution” be sure to select University of St. Thomas (MN) and include your department and role.
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This Collection is limited to faculty only for registered courses. In order to approve your account, you must agree to post the URLs ONLY in Canvas, where access is limited to students enrolled in your class; do NOT send links via email to your students. -
Media Education Foundation Films
A database that contains documentaries and educational films on social, political, cultural issues, education, and American history. -
Medici.TV
A streaming music video database covering over 1,500 films in high definition with the best of classical music from Baroque to Contemporary music. -
Music Online: Classical Performance in Video
Streaming video database that contains 290 performances of operas from the Baroque to the twentieth century and documentaries. -
Swank
Major motion pictures.
NOTE:
Swank Digital Campus allows UST Faculty to sign in for an account. Once you have an account you can browse the entire Swank catalog (about 25,000 titles). We do not have access to the entire catalog, however if you find a film in the catalog that we do not have access and you want to use it for class, you can request it. It takes about three business days to be processed, allow enough time. Once a request is approved, you and your students will have access to the film -
World Cinema
The World Cinema Collection includes more than 350 movies from directors across the globe, it includes the silent era, American and European films.
