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Religion Research Guide: USC LIBRARIES STREAMING SERVICES

This guide is designed to aid undergraduate students in their studies in all areas of religion.

STREAMING SERVICES AT YOUR FINGERTIPS!

RLT #64 GUIDE TO STREAMING RESOURCES

Research, Learning, and Teaching (RLT) Series #64: Streaming Resources Overall Guide

Learn how to access and navigate streaming resources through USC Libraries!

RLT #69 PROJECTR

RLT #65 KANOPY STREAMING

RLT #68 SWANK DIGITAL CAMPUS

Research, Learning, and Teaching (RLT) Series #68: Swank Digital Campus

Learn how to access and navigate Swank Digital Campus!

RLT #67 DIGITALIA FILM LIBRARY

Research, Learning, and Teaching (RLT) Series #67: Digitalia Film Library

Learn how to access and navigate Digitalia Film Library!

FILM STRIP

STREAMING MEDIA ACCESS & DESCRIPTIONS

Academic Video Online Premium (AVON)

A multidisciplinary collection of videos spanning a wide range of subject areas, including anthropology, business, film, health, history, music, and more.

Some of the many titles available: American Experience (PBS), 60 Minutes (CBS), Eden: Untamed Planet (BBC Worldwide)


Bloomsbury Video Library

Masterclasses, documentaries, interviews, interdisciplinary content that can entertain, educate, and inform.

Some of the many titles available: The Show Must Go On (2019), Frank Lloyd Wright and the Guggenheim Museum (1993), Brontes: Fantasy and Reality (1990)


Digitalia Film Library

A multilingual, multinational streaming video collection of c. 800 feature films and documentaries, a majority Spanish and Portuguese with English subtitles.

Some of the many titles available: Amazonia Inc. (2017), Living Without Freedom (2001), In the Whisper of the Wind (2019)


Docuseek

This collection contains 1800 exclusive documentaries from leading film producers and distributors, with a focus on environmental studies, sociology, anthropology, global studies, area studies, women’s studies, history, political science, criminal justice, health, psychology, the arts, and more.

Some of the many titles available: Chavez Ravine (2005), Crazywater (2013), Forgotten World (2015)


Feature Films for Education

This collection offers hundreds of full-length feature films, focusing on both current and hard-to-find titles, including dramas, literary adaptations, blockbusters, classics, science fiction, environmental titles, foreign films, social issues, animation studies, award winners, and more.

Some of the many titles available: Free Solo (2018), American Native (2014), The King's Man (2021)


Films on Demand (Infobase)

Includes over 40,000 videos in the humanities and social sciences, science, business and economics, health and medicine, and the best of the silent era, groundbreaking international directors, masterpieces from the mid-20th century, and contemporary films from around the world, including Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and North America.

Some of the many titles available: TEDTalks series, Ken Burns documentaries, Not Done: Women Remaking America (PBS)


 

Icarus Films Collection

An impressive collection of documentaries specializing in many areas of social, political, and historical concern.

Some of the many titles available: Democracy on Decline (2006), Derrida's Elsewhere (2000), Foucault Against Himself (2014)


Kanopy Streaming Service

A streaming video service that provides access to videos on the following topics: Film & Popular; Education (k-12); Global Studies & Languages; Health; Media & Communication; and Social Sciences.

Some of the many titles available: Parasite (2019), Moonlight (2016), Ladybird (2017), I, Tonya (2017)


Projectr

A platform for watching independent films and documentaries.

Some of the many titles available: Last Flight Home (2022), Ascension (2021), Last Men in Aleppo (2017)


SAGE Research Methods Video

SAGE Research Methods Video includes hours of tutorials, interviews, video case studies, and mini-documentaries covering the entire research process.

Some of the many titles available: Conducting Oral History Interviews: On the Record and Ethical Publication Practices: Peer Review.


SAGE Knowledge Video

Sage Videos are classroom-ready topic based collections of tutorials and expert interviews specifically to align with coursework. Topics include Business & Management; Counseling & Psychotherapy; Criminology & Criminal Justice; Education; Leadership; Media, Communication & Cultural Studies; and more.

Some of the many titles available: Media Portrayal of Transgender & Non-Binary Individuals and Women & Leadership: The Case of HackNY.


Swank Digital Campus

This academic streaming collection offers film titles drawn mostly from popular production companies and includes films, documentaries and TV shows.

Some of the many titles available: Captain Phillips (2013), 12 Angry Men (1957), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

DOCUMENTARIES