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If you do not find items in TOPCAT consider one of the following options:

  • Search a variety of online resources for direct access to streaming and on-demand videos.
  • Borrow media from other Ontario institutions.
  • Faculty members can make recommendations to their department's library co-ordinator to have media titles purchased for the Library's collection.

Below are some resources you might use to find media.

Databases

Canadian Encyclopedia Public Access Contains thousands of images as well as multimedia presentations on historical topics.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online Restricted Access through Trent Britannica's video collection features short clips and full-length videos on a variety of academic subjects.

National Film Board Database Description Restricted Access through Trent Trent has subscribed to the Public Performance Rights of content on the NFB website, where you can watch films produced by the National Film Board of Canada: This licence provides classroom use access to all streamed videos on the NFB site. The videos can be viewed on demand and shown in class. Search for specific videos.

Streaming Films @ Trent Library Database Description Restricted Access through Trent The Trent Library has arranged to have a small number of our purchased films licensed, digitized, and hosted for streaming over the internet. A company called McNabb Connolly is providing this service.

Theatre in Video Database Description Restricted Access through Trent Theatre in Video contains more than 250 definitive performances of the world's leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, online in streaming video - more than 500 hours in all.

Search Tools

Video

Berkeley Media Resources Center: External Links

Blinkx

Digital Librarian --Audio, Video, Multimedia

Google Video

Mefeedia : Video Search and Discovery

OVGuide Online Video Guide

Streaming Films @ Trent Library

Truveo

Yahoo Video

YouTube

Webcasts, Video-casts, Podcasts

Find Web Events

Nowhound

Podcast Alley

Podcast.com - Audio and video podcasts

PodNova

Streaming Video

blip.tv (beta)

CBC Live TV and Radio

CTV Online Network

the current tv network

VBrick Systems - Live Streaming Video - Video Library

WWITV: World Wide Internet TeleVision

 

Video on Demand

Audiovisual Library of International Law

CBC Digital Archives

Footage.net

Films for the Humanities and Sciences

Howstuffworks "HowStuffWorks Video Channel"

Internet Archive: Moving Image Archive

Joost - shows, music, film

National Film Board : See also Educational Resources

Open Culture

Open Vault

Pupil, Further Education Videos | Teachers TV

Snag Films full-length documentary films

TeacherTube Channel - College and University

TED: Ideas worth spreading

TVO.ORG

VIDEO.CA Canadian Video Sharing Community

Vimeo

YouTube - PBS's Channel

 

Images

PicSearch

Google Images

Yahoo Images

 

Distributors and Producers

AEMAC : Advanced Education Media Acquisitions Centre

Berkeley Media Resource Center-- Video Distributor Database

Canadian Learning

CBC Learning Resources

CFMDC, Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre

Distribution Access

Documentary Educational Resources

Facets Video

Filmwest Associates

Goethe Institute

Icarus Films

International Telefilm

IRIS Education

Kinetic

Kino

Kultur

Marlin

McIntyre Media

McNabb & Connolly

Milestone

Mongrel Media

Moving Images

National Centre for Jewish Film

National Film Board

PBS Public Broadcasting System

TVO Sales & Licensing

VEC, Visual Education Centre

Vtape

Women Make Movies

 

Licensing

Audio-Cine

ccHost - CC Wiki

Criterion

 

Tools

FFmpeg - Cross-platform system to record, convert and stream audio and video

Gotuit - Video Metadata Management System

Juice - Cross-Platform Podcast Receiver

Kaltura - Open Source Video Platform

Media Convert - Convert and split sound, ringtones, images

Open Source Cinema
This site is a collaborative website, an application designed to help filmmakers and audiences create together.

 

 

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