New Database: Academic Video Online
Pepperdine Libraries now provides access to the streaming video database Academic Video Online. These titles are accessible from the database or via the online catalog.
Academic Video Online is the most comprehensive video subscription available to libraries, providing access to 68,000 titles. It spans subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more. More than 14,000 titles are exclusive to Alexander Street.
This resource includes a variety of video material available with curricular relevance: documentaries, interviews, feature films, performances, news programs and newsreels, demonstrations, and raw footage. Patrons will find thousands of award-winning films, including Academy®, Emmy®, and Peabody® winners. Academic institutions will find the most frequently used films for classroom instruction, plus newly released films and previously unavailable archival material. For more details, visit the Academic Video Online guide at https://proquest.libguides.com/academicvideoonline.
The collection represents content from over 800 leading distributors, producers, and filmmakers. Here are just a few video collections that may be of interest:
- Ken Burns Channel
- Selections from Sony Pictures Classics
- BBC Literary Adaptations
- Planet Earth
- Counseling & Therapy, vols.1-3
- PBS Channel