LibGuides: Streaming Audio and Visual Resources: Databases

Databases

Dance Online: Dance in Video This link opens in a new window
Contains hundreds of hours of dance productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the 20th century. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance.
DRAM This link opens in a new window
Streaming audio of hard-to-find music recordings from independent record labels and archives, such as New World Records and Composers Recordings, Inc. Covers a wide range of genres of American music. Also provides complete and original liner notes and essays.
Filmakers Library Online This link opens in a new window
Provides award-winning documentaries with relevance across the curriculum—race and gender studies, human rights, globalization and global studies, multiculturalism, international relations, criminal justice, the environment, bioethics, health, political science and current events, psychology, arts, literature, and more.
Films on Demand : Master Academic Collection This link opens in a new window
Streaming-video service featuring tens of thousands of full-length films and video clips in over 40 subject areas, including the humanities & social sciences, business & economics, health & medicine, and science.
World Cinema Collection This link opens in a new window
Streaming video collection featuring the best of silent-era films, 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. The collection covers the history of cinema while also providing a glimpse into the issues faced by cultures around the globe. Part of Films on Demand.
Jazz Music Library This link opens in a new window
Streaming audio repository for jazz music, broadly defined. Genres include bebop, acid jazz, big band music, and range from folk to reggae to gospel to bossa nova and many more. Searchable by performer, composer, genre, and song or album title. New content is added on a regular basis.
Music & Performing Arts This link opens in a new window
Cross-searchable platform for music databases that includes the Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, African American Music Reference, Classical Music Reference, Classical Scores Library, and more. Contains thousands of books, scores, and audio and video recordings.
Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
Streaming music service primarily for the genres of classical music, contemporary jazz, and world/folk, with New Age, pop/rock, and Chinese orchestral music represented as well.
Includes mobile app for iPhone and Android. To use this app: Download the app from your respective store. If you have a Student/Faculty Playlist account, your email address and password will also act as your login credentials for the NML mobile apps. If you do not have a Student/Faculty Playlist account, sign up here. Complete the registration process by clicking the activation link in your email. The email address and password you assign will act as your login credentials for the NML mobile apps.
Naxos Music Library: World This link opens in a new window
Streaming service featuring a wide range of World music, representing over 1,500 cultural groups. Includes the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings catalogue.
Naxos Video Library This link opens in a new window
Fully searchable streaming video library of classical music performances, opera, ballet, live concerts, and documentaries. Includes nearly 2,000 customizable full-length videos with subtitles available in multiple languages.
Academic Video Online (AVON) This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive streaming-video service through ProQuest's Alexander Street platform, with over 67,000 titles representing a wide range of academic subject areas. Includes documentaries, news programs and newsreels, interviews, feature films, music and dance performances, training videos, and more.