Research Guides: NYU Libraries Video Resources: Home

NYU Libraries has videos in variety of format including online streaming. The more than 100 video databases NYU Libraries subscribe to contain valuable and award winning historical and contemporary documentaries; movies from major Hollywood studios; video recordings of plays, music performance; performance arts video; as well as videos for instruction and standard testing in the subjects of STEM. Use this guide to navigate the video resources we have.

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Criterion Collection
The Criterion Collection offers streaming access to more than 400 cinematic classics selected from the Criterion Films catalog.
Digitalia Film Library
Digitalia Film Library is a multinational, multilingual collection of feature films and documentaries from South America, Asia, and Europe.
Docuseek2
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Docuseek is a collection of documentary films, covering a broad spectrum of social science and humanistic topics.
Docuseek2 Complete Collection (Alexander Street Press)
Docuseek2 is a collection of 1800 documentary films from the catalogues of Bullfrog Films, Icarus Films (including The Fanlight Collection and dGenerate Films), Kartemquin Films, KimStim, the National Film Board of Canada, and Terra Nova Films.
Filmakers Library Online
Filmakers Library Online is a multidisciplinary collection of over 1500 documentaries from the 1970s to present.
Film Platform
Film Platform is a collection of documentary films from around the world on a wide variety of humanistic and social science topics.
Films on Demand: Area Studies
Films on Demand: Area Studies is a globally inclusive collection of over 2800 documentaries with focus on Asia, Africa, and South America.
Kanopy Streaming
Kanopy Streaming provides access to contemporary and classic feature films and documentaries, from the major Hollywood studios and well as independent and international filmmakers.
PBS Video Collection
The PBS video collection provides streaming access to selected documentaries and programs produced by the Public Broadcasting Service. Coverage runs from the 1970s to present day, and spans a wide range of topics including history, science and technology, diversity studies, business, current events, and biographies. Highlights include programs from Frontline, NOVA, American Experience, Odyssey, and films by Ken Burns and Michael Wood.

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