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Theatre Research Guide: Find Videos

This guide will assist you with using library resources and finding research materials.

DVD/Streaming Video Catalog Search

Streaming Video Collections

McKillop Library has collections of online videos that may be viewed on demand, embedded into Canvas, or organized as playlists.

Academic Video Online Academic Video Online (AVON) offers a large collection of documentaries and feature films.

Films on Demand Films on Demand is a database that provides access to thousands of online streaming documentary videos. Videos can be watched in their entirety, or as individual segments, on your computer.

Kanopy A collection of online streaming documentaries and feature films. Please note that not all videos in the Kanopy database are available for immediate viewing. Faculty only can request access to a video needed for a class, if their request abides by the library's streaming video policy. To request a video, please fill out the course reserve request form. For assistance with Kanopy, please contact 401-341-2289 or salvelibrarian@salve.edu.

World History in Video World History in Video is a wide-ranging collection of critically acclaimed documentaries that allow students and researchers to explore human history from the earliest civilizations to the late twentieth century. The video content offered here is truly global in scope, covering Africa and the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Oceania.

Suggested DVDs