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Films On Demand: Technical & Trade Education Collection

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Technical & Trade Education Video Collection

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How does a hybrid car engine work compared to a gas engine? How do construction blueprints differ from electrical blueprints? The hundreds of titles in this collection will help prepare students interested in vocational trades, including construction, cosmetology, communication, agriculture, applied engineering, and more.

This collection is available as a single-subject collection or as part of the Films On Demand Master Career & Technical Education Video Package.

  • More than 140 titles on automotive technology, covering both theory and service/repair. Major exclusive series include Auto Body Repair (12 parts); Hybrid Auto Repair (six parts); Powertrain Technology and Service (seven parts); ASE Certification Series (six parts); Chassis and Front End(nine parts); Automotive Computer Systems (four parts); Strategy-Based Automotive Diagnosis(three parts); Automotive Engines (eight parts); Electrical Systems (seven parts); and much more.
  • Building Trades II – Shopware’s massive 20-part series covering every facet of building a home, from design and planning to roofing, siding, and finishing. A comprehensive series produced in conjunction with the National Association of Home Builders.
  • Residential Energy Efficiency Projects – a five-part series covering how to complete some of today’s most popular green home projects, including installing solar electric, solar hot water, air sealing and insulation, upgrading a furnace, and performing a home energy audit.
  • Safety and Technology Series – a six-part series that addresses proper safety for those who work in technical or industrial trades, including automotive, electrical, welding, woodworking, metalworking, and general shop safety.
  • More than 30 hours of hairstyling and haircutting videos, including Basic Hairstyles (seven parts); Hair Coloring (four parts); Hair Brushing and Cutting (10 parts); and Men’s and Children’s Haircuts (five parts).
  • Woodworking: The Art and the Craft – a 15-part series that is like having a master craftsman as a teacher’s aide. From the basics of measuring and cutting to the details of dovetail joints and finishing work, this indispensable tool helps students to learn skills before trying them and reinforce them afterward.
  • Green-ovating: Home Renovations for a Sustainable World – a four-part series showing how existing homes can be transformed to improve energy efficiency, eco-friendliness, livability, and sustainability. Topics include home performance, green design, energy, and sustainable landscaping.
  • Woodworking Tools – a 16-part series covering the major tools of the trade, including table saws, routers, planers, lathes, drills and drivers, rotary tools, sanders, and much more.
  • Residential Electrical Wiring – a comprehensive eight-part series on installing, upgrading, or updating residential electrical service.
  • Welding Processes and Fundamentals – a four-part series teaching the art of joining and cutting metals, a necessary skill in professions across multiple trades.
  • Made to Renovate – a five-part series that takes an in-depth look at how home decor and renovation-related products evolve by way of their manufacturing process.
  • Multiple titles on design, including Building Cars; Developing a Website; Product Design: Process and Inspiration; Graphic Design: What’s in a Logo? and more.

All titles are segmented into short, pedagogical clips, ideal for intermittent use during classroom lectures. For classwork viewing, students can choose to watch an entire film without interruption. Titles within the collection are sorted across distinct, browsable subject categories, enabling refined searches for available titles in specific topic areas.

  • Unlimited access from your computer/laptop, tablet, or phone—on campus or off
  • Create and share playlists—use premade clips, full videos, or custom segments to engage students
  • Add a personalized video introduction to any playlist you create
  • Upload the proprietary digital video content you already own and use (like lectures, seminars, etc.) to the platform
  • Captions, interactive transcripts, citations, Google Translate, and more
  • New videos added at no additional cost
  • Videos can be easily added to LibGuides, distance education courses, social media platforms, and LMSs such as D2L, Canvas, Moodle, and others
  • Limited performance rights in educational settings
  • Keyword tags for all content, linking to related material

Films On Demand: Sociology Collection

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Sociology Video Collection

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The thousands of individual titles in this collection comprehensively cover the wide range of topics essential to the study of sociology. From poverty, gender inequality, and social justice to crime, prejudice, globalization, and so much more, key subjects in sociology are explored by in-depth documentaries and curriculum-focused instructional videos.

This collection is available as a single-subject collection or as part of the Films On Demand Master Academic Video Package.

  • Up: The Classic Documentary Series – the longitudinal study documentary series that revisits the lives of the same people every seven years, from the age of seven to the present day. Aside from the core episodes from Michael Apted’s original U.K. series, the format was also extended to America, Japan, South Africa, and Russia/U.S.S.R. 20 programs.
  • Why Poverty? – the Peabody Award-winning PBS series that presents more than eight hours of moving and thought-provoking stories from around the globe, while asking difficult questions about why a billion people worldwide still live in poverty.
  • Racial Facial – short but powerful look at race in America. It provides a blur of fascinating images and video—historical and contemporary—depicting both the division and blending that has characterized the history and treatment of people of color in this country.
  • Understanding Sociology – a comprehensive seven-part series introducing sociology’s origins, core concepts, theory, research methods, applications, and more.
  • Numerous titles on women’s issues around the globe: Jihadi Brides; The Rise of Female Violence; Maids: Docile and Invisible—A Story on Domestic Workers; To End Honor Killing; Breaking the Wall of Gender Inequality: How Gender Balance Can Transform the Global Economy; and many others.
  • Race: The Power of an Illusion – the groundbreaking three-hour documentary series by California Newsreel that debunks the misconception that “race” is a physiologically accurate way to categorize human beings.
  • America in Black and White – a five-part ABC News Nightline series covering the wide-ranging issues of race relations in America and gun violence, including a unique look at traffic stops from the perspective of officers and civilians; gun safety for civilians; law enforcement training; and more.
  • Real People, Real Sex—Clinical Conversations for the Human Sexuality Classroom – each program in this eight-part series includes spontaneous, unrehearsed conversations with interviewees as they reflect on their personal experiences.
  • Institute of Art and Ideas: Cutting-Edge Debates and Talks from the World’s Leading Thinkers, Series 1 & 2  – from Europe’s leading forum for big ideas, boundary-pushing thinkers, and challenging debates comes this 95-part series offering unique access to the most brilliant minds working today in the fields of science, philosophy, politics, and art.
  • More than 80 documentaries and lectures on LGBTQ issues, including Suited and Fall to Gracefrom HBO®; How Gay Is Pakistan?; Sex Changes That Made History; Cold Fear: Gay Life in Russiafrom BBC; and many others.
  • More than 195 exclusive programs from The Bill Moyers Collection, including On Our Own Terms, his six-hour series on death and dying; Challenging Hispanic Stereotypes: Arturo Madrid; America’s Growing Economic Divide; Unequal Education; and more.
  • Ken Burns’s two-part series Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton andSusan B. Anthony, a Peabody, Emmy, and CINE Gold Eagle Award winner.
  • Documentaries on key figures who reshaped the social landscape or our view of it, including Margaret Sanger, Arturo Madrid, Jane Elliot, Paul Robeson, Susan B. Anthony, Alfred Kinsey, Sandra Laing, Martin Luther King Jr., Margaret Fuller, Paul Ehrlich, Sojourner Truth, Richard Rodriguez, William Julius Wilson, Gloria Steinem, Luis Valdez, and more.

This collection is a flexible, essential tool for any sociology educator. All titles are segmented into short, pedagogical clips, ideal for intermittent use during classroom lectures. For classwork viewing, students can choose to view the entire film without interruption. Titles are sorted across distinct, browsable subject categories, enabling refined searches for available titles in specific topic areas.

  • Unlimited access from your computer/laptop, tablet, or phone—on campus or off
  • Create and share playlists—use premade clips, full videos, or custom segments to engage students
  • Add a personalized video introduction to any playlist you create
  • Upload the proprietary digital video content you already own and use (like lectures, seminars, etc.) to the platform
  • Captions, interactive transcripts, citations, Google Translate, and more
  • New videos added at no additional cost
  • Videos can be easily added to LibGuides, distance education courses, social media platforms, and LMSs such as D2L, Canvas, Moodle, and others
  • Limited performance rights in educational settings
  • Keyword tags for all content, linking to related material

Films On Demand: Psychology Collection

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The breadth of this collection is unrivaled: reviews of classic studies; overviews of foundational and contemporary theories; case studies of psychological disorders; instructional titles on research methods and statistics; interviews with prominent psychologists; documentaries on topics such as personality, sexuality, aging, happiness, and intelligence; and more.

This collection is available as a single-subject collection or as part of the Films On Demand Master Academic Video Package.

  • The Brain, with David Eagleman – six-part PBS series that explores the wonders of the human brain and reveals why we feel and think the things we do. This ambitious project blends science with innovative visual effects and compelling personal stories and addresses some big questions.
  • Into the Mind – the highly acclaimed three-hour BBC series that traces the history of experimental psychology, from dubious beginnings to the profound new understanding that neuroscience has revealed about emotions, free will, and the mind itself.
  • Right Between Your Ears – through the eyes of a group of people convinced that they knew the date of the end of the world, this program explores how people believe, how we turn beliefs into certainties, and how we then mistake them for the truth.
  • Films on leading psychologists and their experiments and theories—including Freud, Jung, Dewey, Piaget, Spock, Skinner, Milgram, Loftus, Bandura, Davidson, Ainsworth, and others.
  • Close to Home – Bill Moyers’s unforgettable five-hour series on addiction.
  • Forty titles by Davidson Films, including the 10-part Giants of Psychology series, plus titles on geriatric aging, childhood learning, and more.
  • Minds on the Edge: Facing Mental Illness—A Fred Friendly Seminar – multiple-award-winning seminar on the challenge of caring for America’s mentally ill, featuring prominent mental health professionals, policymakers, and legal luminaries.
  • More than 45 titles on addiction from Hazelden Publishing.
  • Animated Neuroscience and the Action of Nicotine, Cocaine, and Marijuana in the Brain – CINE Golden Eagle Award-winning program that takes viewers deep into the brain to study the effects of these three substances.
  • In the Shadow of Feeling – a powerful look at the factors that can transform a child into a psychopath. COMMFFEST Award winner.
  • Becoming Me: The Gender Within – Telly Award-winning documentary that profiles five transgendered individuals, two of whom are undergoing reassignment surgery.
  • Key Issues in Psychological Research – covers ethical guidelines for research and reasons for breaching those guidelines; how to address research justification, use of knowledge, and interpretation of findings in a socially sensitive research proposal; and how to be aware of social construction and possible ethnocentric biases.
  • Cutting-edge presentations on contemporary issues from the TED and Falling Walls series of scholarly talks, including Oliver Sacks (on hallucinations), Nancy Etcoff (on the science of happiness), V. S. Ramachandran (on brain anomalies), Antonio Damasio (on consciousness), Patricia Kuhl (on infant language learning), Paul Zak (on the biology of morality), Temple Grandin (on the value of autistic thinking), and more. (Exclusive academic distribution)

This collection is a flexible, essential tool for any psychology educator. All titles are segmented into short, pedagogical clips, ideal for intermittent use during classroom lectures. For classwork viewing, students can choose to watch an entire film without interruption. Titles within the collection are sorted across distinct, browsable subject categories, enabling refined searches for available titles in specific topic areas.

  • Unlimited access from your computer/laptop, tablet, or phone—on campus or off
  • Create and share playlists—use premade clips, full videos, or custom segments to engage students
  • Add a personalized video introduction to any playlist you create
  • Upload the proprietary digital video content you already own and use (like lectures, seminars, etc.) to the platform
  • Captions, interactive transcripts, citations, Google Translate, and more
  • New videos added at no additional cost
  • Videos can be easily added to LibGuides, distance education courses, social media platforms, and LMSs such as D2L, Canvas, Moodle, and others
  • Limited performance rights in educational settings
  • Keyword tags for all content, linking to related material

Films On Demand: Political Science Collection

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Political Science Video Collection

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Whether the focus is American government or global politics, this vast collection is an invaluable asset for political science educators and students. From the basics of civics, American democracy, and other forms of government, to the major public policy issues of the day—immigration, globalization, national security, privacy—you will have at your fingertips a rich source of documentary and instructional content that adds context to every lesson.

This collection is available as a single-subject collection or as part of the Films On Demand Master Academic Video Package.

  • U.S. Government: How It Works – a comprehensive six-part series that explores key aspects of U.S. government and public policy.
  • The Curse of Osama: Culture and Geopolitics in the Post-9/11 Age – a five-hour series that investigates the effect al Qaeda and its affiliates have had on the Islamic world, the global community, and millions of innocent people.
  • Poverty in America – a six-part series that combines scholarly analysis with a human-centered approach to look at the causes and effects of economic hardship in the U.S., while suggesting ways for society to combat the cycle of poverty.
  • Three Days of Terror: The Charlie Hebdo Attacks – from HBO®, a searing account of the horrific events when members of an Islamic terrorist group stormed into the Paris offices of the satiric weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo, killing 11 people and injuring 11 others before also killing a police officer.
  • Due Process: Understanding the U.S. Criminal Justice System – the essential introductory series that outlines the basics of crime, law, enforcement, and the court system.
  • More than 100 titles from The Bill Moyers Collection on topics such as gun control, drone wars, partisan politics, fiscal policy, and much more, such as the Emmy Award-winning Buying the War.
  • American Umpire – a thought-provoking documentary about U.S. foreign policy that chronicles how the United States became the world’s policeman and questions how long we must continue to play this role.
  • Immigration Battle – a PBS documentary examining the hard-fought battles and secret negotiations over immigration reform on Capitol Hill, including the Obama administration’s push for policy changes that could impact the fate of millions and define what it means to be American for decades to come.
  • What Are We Doing Here? Why Western Aid Hasn’t Helped Africa – multiple-award-winning documentary that follows four young Americans as they experience firsthand the scope and intractability of Africa’s suffering, while aid workers, government officials, and ordinary individuals explore why providing aid is no panacea.
  • Bitter Harvest: The War on Drugs Meets the War on Terror – a fascinating episode of the Wide Angle documentary series that examines the uneasy relationship between forces aligned against the Taliban and the drug lords who control cultivation of much of the world’s heroin.
  • Equal Justice Under Law: Landmark Cases in Supreme Court History – the classic six-part series that investigates the role of the Supreme Court by looking at landmark cases that set major precedents.

All titles are segmented into short, pedagogical clips, ideal for intermittent use during classroom lectures. For classwork viewing, students can choose to watch an entire film without interruption. Titles within the collection are sorted across distinct, browsable subject categories, enabling refined searches for available titles in specific topic areas.

  • Unlimited access from your computer/laptop, tablet, or phone—on campus or off
  • Create and share playlists—use premade clips, full videos, or custom segments to engage students
  • Add a personalized video introduction to any playlist you create
  • Upload the proprietary digital video content you already own and use (like lectures, seminars, etc.) to the platform
  • Captions, interactive transcripts, citations, Google Translate, and more
  • New videos added at no additional cost
  • Videos can be easily added to LibGuides, distance education courses, social media platforms, and LMSs such as D2L, Canvas, Moodle, and others
  • Limited performance rights in educational settings
  • Keyword tags for all content, linking to related material

Films On Demand: Physical Therapy Collection

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Physical Therapy Video Collection

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To help injured patients make a full recovery and return to their normal routines as quickly as possible, physical therapists and physical therapist assistants need to rely on a thorough understanding of the human body and an ability to recognize both common and rare ailments easily. This collection brings together videos from such trusted producers as Wolters Kluwer Health, Castalia Media, Healthy Learning, U.S. Kinesiology Training Institute, and PESI, Inc., that will help physical therapy students learn and practice crucial techniques in ways textbooks alone cannot. Aspiring physical therapists can find short instructional clips that cover a wide range of physical therapy interventions and examinations—from stretching techniques to wrapping a shin splint—as well as seminars from top trainers and in-depth documentaries on the history of physical and occupational therapy, massage, and biomechanics.

  • Special Tests – a 94-part series presenting special tests used in physical therapy, including varus and valgus stress tests for the knee, finger, wrist, and elbow; Trendelenberg’s test; the 90–90 straight leg test; the patellar grind test; McMurray test; anterior/posterior rib compression test; Milgrim’s test; and much more.
  • Taping and Wrapping Procedures – a 41-part series on wrapping and taping for sports medicine, covering different types of tape and elastic wraps, the RICE method, and steps for wrapping and taping a wide range of sprains, bruises, and other injuries.
  • Joint Mobilizations – a 14-part series providing details on joint mobilization techniques, including posterior glides, subtalar glides, tibial glides, humeral glides, ulnar glides, and radiocarpal glides.
  • Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation – a seven-part series demonstrating the D1 flexion, D1 extension, D2 flexion, and D2 extension stretching techniques.
  • History of Physical Therapy – discusses the ways in which physical education, advances in medicine, the polio epidemic, and the World Wars influenced the growth of physical therapy. It also discusses applications of physical therapy.
  • Sports Massage – includes two hours of sports massage detailing 13 sessions that will give students the tools to work with runners, cyclists, swimmers, tennis players, and other athletes.
  • Therapeutic Strategies for Degenerative Joint Disease: Overcoming Pain and Improving Function: A Lecture – offers case studies and mock patient presentations and reviews the assessment process, detailing the key steps of the pathology, evaluation techniques, and concepts, specifically including skills to evaluate and treat the degenerative joint.
  • New Paradigms in Sports Concussion – presents the latest research and developments in the areas of concussion measurements and mechanisms of injury, physiology of recovery, implications of repeated injury, and the evolving legal environment concerning this injury.

All programs are segmented into multiple pedagogical clips, convenient for intermittent use during classroom lectures or as assigned classwork.

  • Use video in class or as assigned classwork to reinforce complex physical therapy techniques outlined in a textbook
  • Conveniently segmented for lecture and in-class use
  • Unlimited access from any location—on campus or off
  • Tablet- and mobile-friendly
  • Videos can be easily added to LibGuides, distance education courses, social media platforms, and LMSs
  • Captions, interactive transcripts, citations, Google Translate, and more
  • Create and share playlists—use premade clips, full videos, or custom segments to engage students
  • Limited performance rights in educational settings
  • Keyword tags for all content, linking to related material

Films On Demand: Physical Science Collection

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Einstein’s theory of relativity, Newtonian physics, and Mendeleyev’s periodic table. Nanotechnology, quantum computing, and string theory. From the fundamental discoveries that changed history, to the science-fictionesque emerging fields of the present, this collection is filled with videos that highlight the most important topics in physics, chemistry, and astronomy.

This collection is available as a single-subject collection or as part of the Films On Demand Master Academic Video Package.

  • Essential Chemistry: Core Concepts Video Clip Collection – with 46 self-contained clips from three to six minutes each, this collection comprehensively covers the fundamentals of chemistry.
  • Welcome to the Nanoworld! – a four-hour documentary series on both the promise and risks of this fascinating new branch of science.
  • The Quantum Tamers: Revealing Our Weird and Wired Future – a highly visual program that takes viewers to the frontiers of quantum computation, with commentary from Stephen Hawking and 18 other quantum visionaries.
  • Physics in Action – a popular five-part series that presents the facts, formulas, and laws of physics with real-world examples, illustrative animations, and a down-to-earth host.
  • Elements: Making Sense of Matter – a three-hour BBC series that traces the evolution of chemistry through re-creations of pivotal experiments that bring out the inherent drama and spectacle of science.
  • Shedding Light on Motion – a four-part series that presents a visual treasure trove of demonstrations, animations, and explanations of all things motion.
  • Color: The Spectrum of Science – just 15 colors tell the entire story of Earth, life, and scientific discovery. This three-part BBC series explains how each of these colors occur, unlocking the mysteries of nature and the forces that underpin the Universe itself.
  • The Chem Lab: Safety in Every Step – an introduction to the chemistry laboratory and the proper safety measures to take.
  • Chemistry: Challenges and Solutions – an Annenberg Learner 13-part series that introduces students to cutting-edge applications of chemistry.
  • Light: Everything You Need to Know – a five-part series providing concrete ways to understand the difficult abstractions inherent in the study of light.
  • 400 Years of the Telescope: A Journey of Science, Technology, and Thought – the history of the telescope, from the days of Copernicus to recent findings from the Hubble Space Telescope.
  • Uranium: Twisting the Dragon’s Tail – a two-part PBS series that seeks to reveal the cultural, scientific, and natural history of the most wondrous and terrifying rock on Earth.
  • Electricity: A 3-D Animated Demonstration – a comprehensive eight-part series covering current and circuits, power and efficiency, magnetism, Ohm’s law, and more.
  • Science in Everyday Life: Physical Science Video Clips – a collection of 34 visually stunning video clips that explore the many facets of physics and the environment.

All titles are segmented into short, pedagogical clips, ideal for intermittent use during classroom lectures. For classwork viewing, students can choose to watch an entire film without interruption. Titles within the collection are sorted across distinct, browsable subject categories, enabling refined searches for available titles in specific topic areas.

  • Unlimited access from your computer/laptop, tablet, or phone—on campus or off
  • Create and share playlists—use premade clips, full videos, or custom segments to engage students
  • Add a personalized video introduction to any playlist you create
  • Upload the proprietary digital video content you already own and use (like lectures, seminars, etc.) to the platform
  • Captions, interactive transcripts, citations, Google Translate, and more
  • New videos added at no additional cost
  • Videos can be easily added to LibGuides, distance education courses, social media platforms, and LMSs such as D2L, Canvas, Moodle, and others
  • Limited performance rights in educational settings
  • Keyword tags for all content, linking to related material

Films On Demand: Philosophy & Religion Collection

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Ethics and morality. Logic and faith. The meaning of life and the afterlife. This wide-ranging collection covers the fundamental concepts of reality, epistemology, and value as well as the contrasting narratives, rituals, and beliefs of the world’s religions. From Aristotle to Zarathustra, atheism to Zen, these videos are certain to enlighten, challenge, and spark discussion.

This collection is available as a single-subject collection or as part of the Films On Demand Master Academic Video Package.

  • Great Ideas of Philosophy I and II – ten hours in total, these critically acclaimed series from Films for the Humanities & Sciences investigate the core questions and concepts of philosophy—from ethics to aesthetics, metaphysics, logic, reason, and beyond.
  • Genius of the Modern World – Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Sigmund Freud—this three-part series discovers how these skeptical “masters of suspicion” created groundbreaking, penetrating ways of seeing the world that still shape how we make sense of our lives today.
  • Two Thousand Years: The History of Christianity – hosted by acclaimed writer Melvyn Bragg, this classic ten-part series charts the story of Christianity from its very beginnings to the second millennial anniversary of the birth of Jesus.
  • Great Philosophers – a 15-part series from the BBC that presents a comprehensive introduction to the concepts of Western philosophy through 15 of its greatest thinkers, presented by world-renowned philosophy scholar Bryan Magee.
  • Questioning Darwin – HBO® documentary that takes an in-depth look at the views of creationist Christians, who reject Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, while also examining how Darwin handled the question of God as he developed his theory of natural selection.
  • Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words – a three-hour series that looks at important thinkers of the 20th century—the new breed of social philosophers who were able to spread novel ideas and shape the ethos of the modern age via the advent of radio and TV.
  • Divine Women – a three-hour BBC series exploring the status of women in religion, from 10,000 BC to the contemporary era.
  • Beyond Theology – an ambitious 10-part series featuring the insights and experiences of respected theologians, scholars, and authors as they discuss the emergence of worldviews that integrate scientific inquiry and spiritual insights, while exploring the convergence of a wide range of religious traditions.
  • Genius of the Ancient World – examines the three giants of ancient philosophy: the Buddha, Socrates, and Confucius. All lived in the 6th–5th centuries BC—a period of unprecedented and intense intellectual development.
  • The Story of the Jews, with Simon Schama – an epic five-part PBS series exploring the extraordinary story of the Jewish experience from ancient times to the present day.
  • Sufi Soul: The Mystical Music of Islam – a personal journey into the traditions of Sufi music in Syria, Turkey, Pakistan, India, and Morocco.
  • The Holy Wars – from the medieval Crusaders to modern-day jihadists, this three-part series examines the historical relationship between militarism and strictly interpreted religion.
  • Essentials of Faith – a seven-part series that exposes the internal arguments and core beliefs of the world’s major religions.
  • Power and Piety – a five-part series investigating the destructive links between religion and conflict: Islamic extremism in the U.K. and Pakistan, right-wing Christianity in the U.S., Indonesia’s secular state, Hindu Nationalism in India, and Myanmar’s hardline Buddhists.

All titles are segmented into short, pedagogical clips, ideal for intermittent use during classroom lectures. For classwork viewing, students can choose to watch an entire film without interruption. Titles within the collection are sorted across distinct, browsable subject categories, enabling refined searches for available titles in specific topic areas.

  • Unlimited access from your computer/laptop, tablet, or phone—on campus or off
  • Create and share playlists—use premade clips, full videos, or custom segments to engage students
  • Add a personalized video introduction to any playlist you create
  • Upload the proprietary digital video content you already own and use (like lectures, seminars, etc.) to the platform
  • Captions, interactive transcripts, citations, Google Translate, and more
  • New videos added at no additional cost
  • Videos can be easily added to LibGuides, distance education courses, social media platforms, and LMSs such as D2L, Canvas, Moodle, and others
  • Limited performance rights in educational settings
  • Keyword tags for all content, linking to related material

Films On Demand: Nursing: Core Collection

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Nursing: Core Collection

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This collection is designed not only to help nursing students excel in their studies and pass licensure exams, but also to prepare them for long-term job success in an increasingly complex health care system. It features titles from trusted producers such as Elsevier, Cengage Learning/Concept Media, Classroom Productions, Inc., NEVCO, Wolters Kluwer Health, Institute for Professional Care Education/Medifecta, PESI, Inc., and others.

  • Nursing Skills – with titles covering core clinical skills as well as the unique skills needed in emergency and medical-surgical nursing.
  • Patient Care and Interventions – covering the best practices of care for a wide range of conditions and scenarios, including geriatric care, home health nursing, abuse and violence, hospice and palliative care, oncology, psychiatric care, gynecology and obstetrics, pain management, and pediatric and neonatal care.
  • Nursing Foundations – includes videos on anatomy and physiology, diet and nutrition, pharmacology, and lifespan development.
  • Diseases, Disorders, and Disabilities – includes videos on cardiovascular, infectious, and communicable diseases, learning disabilities, and developmental, metabolic and endocrine, respiratory, neurological, and psychiatric disorders.
  • Special Topics in Nursing – covering critical situations that nurses encounter in addition to their core responsibilities, including ethical and legal issues, health and safety for health care providers, management and leadership, and medical research and advances.

All programs are segmented into multiple pedagogical clips, convenient for intermittent use during classroom lectures or as assigned classwork.

  • Use video in class or as assigned classwork to reinforce complex medical techniques outlined in a textbook
  • Integration tools—view on our Films On Demand platform, or take individual videos into online course pages, LibGuides or an LMS with unique URLs, embed codes, and LTI integration options
  • Mobile app available for Apple iOS and Android
  • Unlimited access from any location—on campus or off
  • Tablet- and mobile-friendly
  • Create and share playlists—use premade clips, full videos, or custom segments
  • Create quizzes within individual videos and share within a custom class or email list
  • All videos have captions, interactive transcripts, citations, translation options, and more
  • Limited performance rights in educational settings

Films On Demand: Music & Dance Collection

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Music & Dance Video Collection

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With equal emphasis on recordings of live performances and documentaries, this collection spans both time and space to cover a wide variety of music and dance from around the world and throughout history. Opera, jazz, and classical. Ballet, modern, and step dancing. It’s all here.

This collection is available as a single-subject collection or as part of the Films On Demand Master Academic Video Package.

  • The Heritage of Chinese Culture and Dance – with beautiful sights and sounds, this series provides a rare glimpse into Chinese culture through the introduction of seven representative dance forms.
  • Botso: The Teacher from Tbilisi – chronicles the remarkable life of Wachtang “Botso” Korisheli, from digging frontline trenches for the Russian Army, surrendering to the Nazis, and escaping to America to becoming a music teacher, setting up his own conservatory, his impact on his former students, and returning to the country of his birth.
  • BBoys: A History of Breakdance – from its beginnings on the streets of New York 40 years ago, breakdancing has become the style of street dance for young people around the world. The epic nine-part series documents the rise of breaking as told by its biggest stars.
  • Jazz: A Film by Ken Burns – the definitive 10-part documentary that both studies and celebrates America’s greatest original art form.
  • Howard Goodall’s Big Bangs: Turning Points in Music History – from the centuries-old invention of the thin red line in musical notation to the modern world of recorded sound, this captivating five-hour series examines landmark moments in music history.
  • Harmonics: The Innovators of Classical Music – a 10-part series of portraits of composers who changed the way music is made, including Arthur Rubinstein, Leonard Bernstein, Herbert von Karajan, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Luciano Pavarotti, Karl Richter, Mischa Maisky, Klaus Tennstedt, José Van Dam, Dame Janet Baker, and Glenn Gould.
  • Tap Dance History: From Vaudeville to Film – presents a collection of rarely seen original film footage with every selection carefully researched by Andrew J. Nemr of the Tap Legacy™ Foundation and selected to educate and enlighten dance professionals and aficionados alike.
  • La Paloma: The History and Mystery of the World’s Most Popular Song – a mix of music history and ethnomusicology, this documentary tries to explain the enchanting power of the most frequently played song in the world.
  • Too Close to Heaven: The History of Gospel Music – a two-hour documentary that traces the 200-year history of the American art form of gospel music through narration, interviews, and thrilling performance footage.
  • Documentaries (many EXCLUSIVE) on dance styles and cultures from around the world, including Of Beauty and Deities: Music and Dance of India; A Zest for Life: Afro-Peruvian Rhythms, a Source of Latin Jazz; Japanese Dance: Succession of a Kyomai Master; Many Steps; The World of American Indian Dance; and more.
  • Genres in Music: From Handel to Hip-Hop – a wide-ranging introductory overview of what music is, has been, and can be.
  • The Art of Conducting: The Greatest Conductors of the 20th Century – a four-part series documenting the greatest conductors of the 20th century: Wilhelm Furtwängler, Leopold Stokowski, Richard Strauss, Bruno Walter, Arturo Toscanini, Herbert von Karajan, Otto Klemperer, Leonard Bernstein, and more.
  • Discovery Orchestra Chats – more than 25 short videos that help listeners connect with classical music. Featuring Maestro George Marriner Maull.
  • Keeper of the Beat: A Woman’s Journey into the Heart of Drumming – an award-winning documentary on the life and music of Barbara Borden, an acclaimed and pioneering drummer, composer, and teacher. It tells her inspiring life story in eloquent words and toe-tapping music.

All titles are segmented into short, pedagogical clips, ideal for intermittent use during classroom lectures. For classwork viewing, students can choose to watch an entire film without interruption. Titles within the collection are sorted across distinct, browsable subject categories, enabling refined searches for available titles in specific topic areas.

  • Unlimited access from your computer/laptop, tablet, or phone—on campus or off
  • Create and share playlists—use premade clips, full videos, or custom segments to engage students
  • Add a personalized video introduction to any playlist you create
  • Upload the proprietary digital video content you already own and use (like lectures, seminars, etc.) to the platform
  • Captions, interactive transcripts, citations, Google Translate, and more
  • New videos added at no additional cost
  • Videos can be easily added to LibGuides, distance education courses, social media platforms, and LMSs such as D2L, Canvas, Moodle, and others
  • Limited performance rights in educational settings
  • Keyword tags for all content, linking to related material

Films On Demand: Mathematics Collection

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Mathematics Video Collection

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From business to the sciences to the trades, most students’ professions will inevitably involve mathematics. This collection aims to serve math’s cross-disciplinary nature, both with straightforward video lessons on branches from statistics to calculus, algebra, and geometry, as well as programming about applied math in accounting, psychology, construction, and more. Documentaries on advanced theories and the history and global impact of math round out the collection for more serious students.

This collection is available as a single-subject collection or as part of the Films On Demand Master Academic Video Package.

  • More than 260 short-form video exercises on mathematics and statistics from integral CALC.
  • Accounting Fundamentals – an exclusive four-part series that provides an overview of accounting practices and concepts.
  • Engaging video series from Annenberg Learner that help demystify math, including Mathematics Illuminated (13 parts) and Against All Odds: Inside Statistics (32 parts).
  • The Math Code – a three-hour series featuring Oxford University professor Marcus du Sautoy, bringing viewers on a quest to find the mathematical principles governing the natural world. From a Neolithic stone circle to Twitter, the series examines recurrent ratios and patterns and then asks if their existence makes it possible to predict future events.
  • Algebra Applications and Geometry Applications – 20 parts in total, these two series present an impressive array of real-world applications of algebra, covering the complete scope and sequence of both curricula.
  • The Story of Math – a landmark four-hour series that takes viewers on an entertaining and enlightening journey through the ages and around the world to trace the development of mathematics and to see how math has shaped human civilization.
  • Multiple TED Talks focusing on mathematics, including How Juries Are Fooled by Statistics; How Algorithms Shape Our World; The Surprising Math of Cities and Corporations; Debunking Third-World Myths with the Best Stats You’ve Ever Seen; and more.
  • The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms – examines the extraordinary impact of the use of algorithms and the collation of big data in society today.
  • The Story of 1: How a Single Digit Created Math and Changed the World – hosted by Terry Jones of Monty Python fame, this documentary tells the entire story of 1, how it has been the prime mover in creating the entire concept of mathematics, and, with 0, how it has come to dominate society through digital technology.
  • Math: Linear Functions, Pythagoras’ Theorem, and Ratio and Proportion – a three-part series that will help students get their heads around this trio of foundational mathematics.
  • Three smart and witty programs with engaging visual appeal: The Joy of Chance; The Joy of Stats; and The Joy of Logic.
  • Algebra Nspirations – a 10-part series in which internationally acclaimed mathematics educator Dr. Monica Neagoy explores specific problems through the use of graphing calculators, entertaining insight into general concepts, and colorful real-world examples.

All titles are segmented into short, pedagogical clips, ideal for intermittent use during classroom lectures. For classwork viewing, students can choose to watch an entire film without interruption. Titles within the collection are sorted across distinct, browsable subject categories, enabling refined searches for available titles in specific topic areas.

  • Unlimited access from your computer/laptop, tablet, or phone—on campus or off
  • Create and share playlists—use premade clips, full videos, or custom segments to engage students
  • Add a personalized video introduction to any playlist you create
  • Upload the proprietary digital video content you already own and use (like lectures, seminars, etc.) to the platform
  • Captions, interactive transcripts, citations, Google Translate, and more
  • New videos added at no additional cost
  • Videos can be easily added to LibGuides, distance education courses, social media platforms, and LMSs such as D2L, Canvas, Moodle, and others
  • Limited performance rights in educational settings
  • Keyword tags for all content, linking to related material

Films On Demand: History Collection

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History Video Collection

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From America to Zimbabwe, from the ancient world to the present day, our collection of thousands of history titles brings to life the time and place your students are studying. This unparalleled collection of documentaries, educational videos, interviews, speeches, and newsreels can be put to work in countless ways.

This collection is available as a single-subject collection or as part of the Films On Demand Master Academic Video Package.

  • Ken Burns’s award-winning documentaries and series, including The Civil War; Jazz; The War; The Roosevelts: An Intimate History; Prohibition; Thomas Jefferson; The Vietnam War; The Dust Bowl; and others.
  • Ancient Civilizations – a comprehensive seven-hour series.
  • More than 40 titles from the award-winning Bill Moyers Collection including A Walk through the 20th Century (16+ hours); Buying the War (Emmy Award winner); LBJ’s Road to War; Abraham Lincoln Revealed; Report from Philadelphia; and others.
  • California Newsreel titles on African-American history, including Goin’ to Chicago (a CINE Golden Eagle Award winner); Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North; The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow; Hoxie: The First Stand; and more.
  • The Silk Road: Where East Met West – the fascinating three-part story of the lucrative trade route which changed the course of civilization forever.
  • The Sand Creek Massacre: Seven Hours That Changed American History – a winner of multiple film festival awards that introduces the 1864 massacre of a peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho camp in a way that written accounts and dramatizations cannot.
  • Twenty-six hours of PBS’s Empires series, including The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization; Egypt’s Golden Empire; The Roman Empire in the First Century; Martin Luther; and The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance.
  • Lost Kingdoms of Africa – a four-hour series that guides viewers on a tour of discovery through the birthplace of humanity, and speaks with elders, artisans, and archaeologists to learn what made Africa’s kingdoms great.
  • Becoming American: The Chinese Experience – the six-hour series from Public Affairs Television.
  • Hundreds of historic speeches and newsreels.
  • Inside the Medieval Mind – a spellbinding four-hour series from the BBC that reveals the intellectual landscape of the Middle Ages in all its diversity, rigidity, ugliness, and beauty.
  • Greetings from Grozny: Inside the Chechen Conflict – CINE Gold Eagle Award-winning documentary from the Wide Angle series that reveals the human face of the then-ongoing Chechen conflict.
  • Counter Histories: Rock Hill – looks back to South Carolina in 1961 when African-American men who would become known as the Friendship 9 sat down at a lunch counter to protest for civil rights.
  • More than 450 top-rated titles from A&E, including critically acclaimed series such as America: The Story of Us; Engineering an Empire; Year by Year: 1929–1967; The Presidents; America: Promised Land; Roots; Blood and Glory: The Civil War in Color; Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire; and more.

This collection is a flexible, essential tool for any history department. All titles are segmented into short, pedagogical clips, ideal for intermittent use during classroom lectures. For classwork viewing, students can choose to watch an entire film without interruption. Titles within the collection are sorted across distinct, browsable subject categories, enabling refined searches for available titles in specific topic areas.

  • Unlimited access from your computer/laptop, tablet, or phone—on campus or off
  • Create and share playlists—use premade clips, full videos, or custom segments to engage students
  • Add a personalized video introduction to any playlist you create
  • Upload the proprietary digital video content you already own and use (like lectures, seminars, etc.) to the platform
  • Captions, interactive transcripts, citations, Google Translate, and more
  • New videos added at no additional cost
  • Videos can be easily added to LibGuides, distance education courses, social media platforms, and LMSs such as D2L, Canvas, Moodle, and others
  • Limited performance rights in educational settings
  • Keyword tags for all content, linking to related material

Films On Demand: Health & Medicine Collection

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Health & Medicine Video Collection

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Documentaries on the full spectrum of diseases and disorders, titles on human anatomy and physiology, investigations into public health issues, programming on nutrition and wellness, instructional films on health care and treatment, primers on careers in health and medicine—this comprehensive collection of titles covers the wide range of topics relevant to anyone studying health and medicine.

This collection is available as a single-subject collection or as part of the Films On Demand Master Academic Video Package.

  • World Medicine – a 40-episode look at ancestral medical practices from all over the planet and the lives of the women and men who care for others.
  • Reinventing Healthcare—A Fred Friendly Seminar – a panel of who’s who in the health care industry explores the dilemmas and urgently needed policy decisions surrounding what has become, literally, a life-or-death issue.
  • Multiple episodes of the BBC’s acclaimed Horizon series, including Immortal?: A Horizon Guide to Aging; Diet: A Look at Processed Food, Nutrition, and Obesity in the 20th Century; Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; The Truth about Fat; Sex, A Horizon Guide; E-Cigarettes: Miracle or Menace? and more.
  • Healthy Eating: A Guide to Nutrition – a five-part series that covers basic nutrition, weight management, eating disorders, nutrition for athletes, and food safety and disease prevention.
  • The People’s Health – through six powerful observational films based on compelling human dramas, explore major health issues facing the world today, such as what makes a good doctor, how to work with big pharma, and how to provide affordable care to the poor.
  • Kill or Cure, Series 1–4 – a 48-part series that focuses on a different disease and the attempts to develop treatments that are effective and affordable for the world’s poor in each episode.
  • The Trouble with Chicken – investigates the complex world of food safety through interviews with local and national public health officials as well as victims and a top-level poultry industry executive. This PBS documentary reveals the discrepancies that exist when it comes to foodborne bacteria such as Salmonella.
  • The Human Body: How It Works comprehensive nine-part series that details the inner and outer workings of the human machine.
  • Aged Care a six-part allied health series on how to manage common and serious health problems among elderly populations.
  • Titles that address the U.S. opiate epidemic, including Chasing Heroin; Breaking Point: Heroin in America; Heroin: Cape Cod, USA; Oxyana; and The Severe Dangers of Opioid Painkiller Fentanyl.
  • Ken Burns Presents: Cancer—The Emperor of All Maladies – six-hour PBS series that interweaves a sweeping historical narrative with intimate stories about contemporary patients and an investigation into the latest scientific breakthroughs that may have brought us to the brink of lasting cures.
  • Several titles on alcohol use and abuse, including Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion; The Truth about Alcohol; and Is Binge Drinking Really That Bad?

All titles are segmented into short, pedagogical clips, ideal for intermittent use during classroom lectures. For classwork viewing, students can choose to watch an entire film without interruption. Titles within the collection are sorted across distinct, browsable subject categories, enabling refined searches for available titles in specific topic areas.

  • Unlimited access from your computer/laptop, tablet, or phone—on campus or off
  • Create and share playlists—use premade clips, full videos, or custom segments to engage students
  • Add a personalized video introduction to any playlist you create
  • Upload the proprietary digital video content you already own and use (like lectures, seminars, etc.) to the platform
  • Captions, interactive transcripts, citations, Google Translate, and more
  • New videos added at no additional cost
  • Videos can be easily added to LibGuides, distance education courses, social media platforms, and LMSs such as D2L, Canvas, Moodle, and others
  • Limited performance rights in educational settings
  • Keyword tags for all content, linking to related material