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Streaming Video Databases

The library provides access to a range of streaming video databases. .

For more detail about using videos see the copyright guidelines

 Alexander Street Press

This database provides access to video, audio, and text covering a wide variety of subject matter. In addition to contemporary sources, this database contains significant amounts of primary sources. Users can also select to search a single collection by using the dropdown menu at the top of the homepage. Additional tools let users make custom clips, create playlists, see synchronized scrolling transcripts, share clips and playlists, view and copy clips and playlists already created, see a visual table of contents of the video for easy navigation, and other tools.

 ClickView

ClickView is a video streaming database hosting over 2,000 Australian educational videos that cover a wide selection of subject areas including Business, Arts, Health, Education, Engineering and Science and is designed for student-centric learning. ClickView also contains thousands of broadcasted videos from free to air digital channels.

 Education Video (SAGE)

Comprised of 126 hours and 450 videos, this collection offers a practical view into a full range of teaching settings and situations, from early years to educational leadership, to support students needing to understand theory or how to apply it in practice.

 EduTV

Informit EduTV makes it easy for lecturers and students to find and watch relevant television content instantly. The database includes over 10,000 programs including documentaries, drama and series. Informit EduTV is an essential resource for teaching and learning and allows institutions to derive maximum benefit from their Screenrights broadcast licence. The streaming technology combined with powerful search, sharing and storage functionality make this the perfect tool for integrating multimedia in the education sector.

 Kanopy

Kanopy provides educational institutions a selection of online video streaming films - including award-winning documentaries, training films and theatrical releases on a wide range of subjects including Australian Studies. 

 TV News

Updated daily, Informit TV News indexes and links to television news, current affairs and selected documentaries from the Australian free-to-air networks.

Image Databases

The library provides access to a range of image databases which are copyright cleared for educational purposes. For more detail about using images see the copyright guidelines.

 Anatomy.TV

Anatomy & physiology modules featuring rotating 3D models, integrated lab activities, vodcasts, narrated animations and illustrations.

 Art & Architecture Source

Covers a broad range of related subjects from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design. Provides over 600 full-text journals, over 220 full-text books and over 63,000 images. International content in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Dutch.

 Oxford Art Online

Oxford Art Online provides Web access to the entire text of: The Dictionary of Art with quarterly additions of new material and updates to the text, plus extensive image links; Grove Art Online - the foremost scholarly art encyclopaedia, covering both Western and non-Western art; and other art resources. Limit of 3 users at one time.

Other resources for free images