Video Database Trial

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:39:23 GMT

The UI&U Library is considering a subscription to a video database called Films on Demand. If you feel that this database would be a valuable addition to the UI&U's collection, please let us know. We appreciate your feedback and want to provide the best resources available for all of our patrons.

Films on Demand

Trial runs until 12/4/2012

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Films On Demand is an educational streaming video resource. This one-stop portal provides access to more than 12,000 quality, curriculum-focused programs from more than 700 acclaimed producers, including BBC, PBS, NBC News, ABC News, National Geographic, A&E, and Films for the Humanities & Sciences.

Put the power of digital media into your courses with Films On Demand. Instantly view thousands of outstanding documentaries, award-winning educational films, and helpful instructional videos--viewable in the classroom, library, and home, or from any location with Internet access, anytime.

The Films on Demand database allows you to:

Generate interest and reinforce concepts with video clips.

Embed video clips in CampusWeb.

Search and browse nearly 11,500 videos and 90,000 clips.

Create personalized playlists using segments from multiple video titles and share playlists with students for off-hours viewing and distance learning.

Stream video clips in class without worry--copyright clearances and public performance rights included.

Locate helpful citations in multiple formats.

-Description from Films on Demand website

Spotlight: Historical New York Times

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:39:01 GMT

The inauguration of a world leader. A breakthrough medical discovery. A declaration of war. The social event of the season. The rock concert of a generation. A technological wonder. A death in the family. The birth of freedom.

For centuries, newspapers have been at the scene capturing not only the facts about momentous occasions, but also the sights and sounds of everyday life. ProQuest Historical Newspapers lets casual explorers and serious researchers alike travel digitally back through centuries to become eyewitnesses to history. -ProQuest Brochure

Issues of the New York Times from 1851-2008 are hosted in UI&U's Historical New York Times database (the latest newspaper issues can be found in other UI&U Library databases). The Historical New York Times database can be accessed from the UI&U Library’s Databases by Subject page (Library Home>Articles & Databases tab>Select "Primary Sources (Newspapers)" from the drop-down box). Once you are in the database, enter keywords in the search box to locate scanned copies of newspaper articles. For help designing your search query, please view these training videos or contact the UI&U Library.

We hope you enjoy using this rich collection of primary resources.

ProQuest. (n.d.). Centuries of Discovery Online: ProQuest Historical Newspapers [Brochure]. Retrieved from http://www.proquest.com/assets/literature/products/databases/HNP.pdf

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