Alexander Street (accessible through the eResources menu on the LMC portal) lets you and/or your students discover digital content that directly supports the curriculum. Alexander Street is more than an online video repository since there are tools and features available to the user not available anywhere else. Academic Video Online is the most comprehensive video subscription available to libraries. It delivers more than 62,000 video titles spanning the wide range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more.
Academic Video Online includes every kind of video material available with curricular relevance: documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, and raw footage. Patrons will find thousands of award-winning films, including Academy, Emmy, and Peabody winners. You will find the most frequently used films for classroom instruction, plus newly released films and previously unavailable archival material.
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Academic Video Online covers all disciplines and subject areas, with specific strengths in:
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For each of these subject areas, Alexander Street offers:
- Substantially more content than any other resource available. Topics are covered in more depth, and editors cover every aspect of the field.
- Exclusive titles and series are included like Meet the Press, The Video fashion Library, The March of Time Newsreel Series, Obedience (Milgram), and the full set of Microtraining titles as well as thousands of curricular titles produced specifically for the education market to be used in instruction.
- Departmental landing pages and subject functionality. Each subject has a unique URL that allows departments to conduct searches specific to their fields. Plus, users can search and browse with subject-specific indexing. For example, users can browse titles by ethnic group in anthropology or by performer in dance.
Learning and Search Tools
In addition to the breadth and depth of content, Academic Video Online offers a wide range of platform tools for learning, research, and teaching, including:
In addition to the breadth and depth of content, Academic Video Online offers a wide range of platform tools for learning, research, and teaching, including:
- Learning segments. More than 14,000 learning segments make it easy for instructors to find and integrate specific video content into the classroom and help users get to the right content faster. Each segment is fully searchable and includes an abstract, making user selection even easier.
- Transcripts. Users view searchable, scrolling transcripts alongside many titles and continue to be added monthly.
- Clipping functionality. Users can easily create, annotate, and share video clips and playlists, and can embed them in third-party sites.
- Permanent URLs. All videos, clips, and playlists can be cited at permanent URLs, making integration with any learning management system easy.
- HD-quality player. A video player with a 16:9 aspect ratio that streams up to 2.5 mbps allows for optimized high-definition viewing.
- Comprehensive permissions. Alexander Street’s platform enables in-class and remote viewing.
These video tutorials will help you get the best use out of this powerful tool.
The first four minute video tutorial is about conducting searches. |
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The second two and a half minute clip will let you know how to take advantage to the video editing tool to make clips yourself or for students to use these in their presentations.
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After going through the tutorials please let me know how I can help you get the most use of this resource that currently has over 72,000 academic videos.