The following databases contain documentary and educational streaming videos suitable as academic sources. In addition to screening the entire videos, Films on Demand and Kanopy enable the creation of clips or playlists of individual segments of each video (see the how-to documents beneath each for details). When accessing these from off campus, you will be prompted to enter your Barton login information.
A comprehensive collection of high-quality educational videos licensed from a long established educational media distributor. More than 24,708 videos cover a wide range of topics organized into multiple broad subjects. These subjects are then further divided into narrower subject. Individual segments subdivide each video into discrete shorter units. Subject areas include: anthropology, archival films & newsreels, area studies, art & architecture, biology, business, communication, computers & technology, criminal justice, earth science, education, english & language arts, environmental science, geography, health & medicine, history, mathematics, music & dance, philosophy & religion, physical science, political science, psychology, sociology, and world languages. Now also includes the NC Live Video Collection of online videos from PBS including Ken Burns documentaries, Masterpiece Theater, Scientific American, American Experience, and more.
