Videos for Research
Video is a format that can contain many types of information. Depending on your project, you might be looking for:
- analysis (Documentaries or other educational video)
- primary Sources (historical video, recordings of events, or create works)
- entertainment
Different video collections specialize in video for different purposes. Consider what purpose video serves in your project and consult collection descriptions before you begin searching.
Video Collections
- Academic Video Online (Alexander Street Press) This link opens in a new windowAcademic Video Online Premium provides video content to a broad range of subject areas, including documentaries and journalistic content on topics in business, politics, history, music, public health, education and more. Training videos are also available.
Transcripts and clipping functionality are supported for accessibility and teaching support. - Film Platform This link opens in a new windowFilm Platform was designed to serve as a bridge between the film world and academia. The collection is meticulously curated by film experts and leading academics to showcase meaningful documentaries of social, political and cultural importance by some of the world’s top international film makers.
- Films on Demand (FMG) This link opens in a new window195+ videos are currently available for streaming.
- Kanopy Streaming This link opens in a new windowA curated collection of films for the Northeastern community, including feature films as well as high-interest documentaries. You may use Scholar OneSearch to find out if Northeastern has a particular film. Closed captions and transcripts included. Films provided by HBO and Neon Films cannot be viewed outside of the U.S.
- Swank Digital Campus This link opens in a new windowDigital Campus, provided by Swank Motion Pictures, Inc.® provides students streaming access to course-related films.
Open Access Resources
- American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB)This link opens in a new windowThe American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) is a collaboration between the Library of Congress and the WGBH Educational Foundation to coordinate a national effort to preserve at-risk public media before its content is lost to posterity and provide a central web portal for access to the unique programming that public stations have aired over the past 70 years. To date, over 50,000 hours of television and radio programming contributed by more than 100 public media organizations and archives across the United States have been digitized for long-term preservation and access. The entire collection is available on location at the Library of Congress and WGBH, and more than 30,000 programs are available online at americanarchive.org.
- National Film RegistryThis link opens in a new windowThe National Film Registry is a list of movies deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" that are earmarked for preservation by the Library of Congress. They are selected as works of enduring importance to American culture. They are historical documents which reflect the attitudes, perspectives, and beliefs of different times. The Library of Congress does not endorse the views expressed in these movies, which may contain content offensive to users.