Library Guide: Media Collection: Online Media Sources

Streaming Media

This list is meant as a brief guide for online streaming media. Sites listed have no association with URI or Carothers Library.

American Experience
Episodes or clips from 'The American Experience' television series.
American Indian Film Gallery
"This Gallery of vintage motion pictures offers rich perspectives on the American Indian experience. It is presented here free of charge for viewing and downloading for educational purposes. "
American Memory Collection of Motion Pictures from the Library of Congress
Clips on a variety of topics made available through the Library of Congress.
American Rhetoric
Real and fictional speeches and examples of rhetoric.
Annenberg Media
Collections of subject grouped streaming videos. Topics range from foreign language to mathematics to areas of the brain. Video availability may change, check expiration date.
The Atlantic - Video
Video collection curated by The Atlantic magazine.
Biography Channel
Full episodes and clips available.
C-Span Video Library
"The C-SPAN Archives records, indexes, and archives all C-SPAN programming for historical, educational, research, and archival uses. Every C-SPAN program aired since 1987, almost totaling over 191,000 hours, is contained in the C-SPAN Archives and immediately accessible through the database and electronic archival systems developed and maintained by the C-SPAN Archives."
CNN
"CNN.com delivers the latest breaking news and information on the latest top stories, weather, business, entertainment, politics and more."
Documentary Heaven
"Documentary Heaven was set up early July 2009 to provide the public with a vast collection of documentaries spanning across every genre out there."
Folkstreams
"A National Preserve of Documentary Films about American Roots Cultures streamed with essays about the traditions and filmmaking. The site includes transcriptions, study and teaching guides, suggested readings, and links to related websites."
Frontline
Online venue of PBS Frontline.
ieee.tv
"Made possible by the members of IEEE, IEEE.tv is an award-winning, Internet-based television network. We produce and deliver special-interest programming about technology and engineering for the benefit of IEEE's members and the general public."
Internet Archive
"This library contains thousands of digital movies uploaded by Archive users which range from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to cartoons and concerts."
Khan Academy
Lectures and exercises in mathematics, physics, finance and history.
Merlot II
"The MERLOT collection consists of tens of thousands of discipline-specific learning materials, learning exercises, and Content Builder web pages, together with associated comments, and bookmark collections, all intended to enhance the teaching experience of using a learning material."
The Mike Wallace Interview
The 1957-1958 interviews from 'The Mike Wallace Interview' program.
MIT Video
"The MIT Video website — developed and maintained by the MIT News Office — aggregates and curates video produced by the Institute's offices, laboratories, centers and administration. This includes feature and editorial videos, event recordings, academic content and more."
Movieclips
Short clips from feature films. Searchable by director, actor, theme, mood, prop, location, occasion and other categories.
National Film Board of Canada
"The best Canadian destination for point-of-view documentaries, animation films, interactive projects and Canadian films."
National Park Service B-Roll Archive
Video from the National Park Service.
OER Commons
"Launched in 2007, to support and build a knowledge base around the use and reuse of open educational resources (OER). "
Open Culture
"Includes classics, indies, film noir, documentaries and other films, created by some of our greatest actors, actresses and directors."
Open Images
"Open Images is an open media platform that offers online access to audiovisual archive material to stimulate creative reuse."
Open Vault
"Provide online access to unique and historically important content produced by the public television and radio station WGBH."
Open Video Project
“A shared digital video collection.”
PBS Video
Masterpiece, NewsHour, NOVA are just a few of the streaming channels available from PBS.
Scripps Library and Multimedia Archive
"The Library's collection is a specialized one focused on American politics and history with special attention paid to the American presidency."
SnagFilms
"We believe you should have free access to a carefully selected library of high-quality entertainment; We believe the best recommendations come from trusted sources: friends, experts, and most importantly, you; We believe it should be easy to discover, watch and recommend great movies; We believe that great movies and motivated fans can change the world."
Stanford Health Video Library
"The Stanford Health Video Library programs feature prominent doctors presenting the latest health research."
Ted Talks
"Great talks to spur your curiosity."
Top Documentary Films
Clips and full-documentaries on a variety of topics.
Web of Stories
"Everyone has a story to tell. Over time many stories become forgotten, but now Web of Stories offers you the chance to tell your story for future generations to enjoy. "
The White House
News pertaining to the current administration and politics.
Wikimedia Commons
"A database of freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute."

Streaming Music

Many video sites also have audio collections. The sites listed below primarily provide access to sound recordings.

ccMixter
"ccMixter is a community music site featuring remixes licensed under Creative Commons where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want."
CPDL
Choral scores and sound recordings.
Creative Commons on SoundCloud
Shared Creative Commons licensed tracks.
Digital History
Historical music that is copyright free.
Free Music Archive
Public domain and Creative Commons licensed music.
Freesound.org
“Collaborative database of creative-commons licensed sound for musicians and sound lovers.”
IMSLP
Primarily sheet music but does offer some recordings.
LibriVox
Public domain audiobooks.
MusOpen
Provides access to music in the public domain.
Project Gutenberg
Primarily print, does provide some music and audiobook files.
Wikipedia Sound List
Musical works available on Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons.