Research Guides: CHLS 100: Images and Media

Streaming Collections

Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window More than 48,000 streaming videos in dozens of subject areas, including anthropology, business, counseling, history, music and film, from producers such as A&E, BBC, Bloomberg, HBO, PBS, Teachers TV, and VideoFashion News. Also includes tools to create custom playlists and learning segments.
Docuseek2 This link opens in a new window More than 800 streaming video documentaries in more than 25 academic subject areas.
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Films on Demand This link opens in a new window More than 20,000 streaming films in 24 subject areas from major producers, including ABC News, BBC, Frontline, National Geographic, NBC News, NOVA, and PBS.
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Kanopy Streaming Videos This link opens in a new window Streaming video service with more than 26,000 films including titles from PBS, BBC, Criterion Collection, Media Education Foundation and more.
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Latin America in Video This link opens in a new window Original-language documentaries from some of the most important producers and independent filmmakers in Latin America. The videos were produced in Latin America, by Latin Americans, about Latin American issues, such as human rights, violence, immigration, illiteracy, popular culture, and political history. The first of its kind, the collection’s materials are presented in their original language with abstracts and indexing in Spanish, Portuguese, and English.
Swank This link opens in a new window Swank provides streaming of the most-requested feature films for curriculum support. Students, faculty, and staff are able to stream over 100 major motion pictures. Faculty may link the movies in BeachBoard and have students view the film at their convenience or show during class.
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Use the Google Chrome web browser to access these media.

Images & Audio

Latino American Experience This link opens in a new window
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The Latino American Experience contains over 200 full-text titles from encyclopedias and biographies, primary documents in English and Spanish, and images documenting the Latino American experience. The database includes treaties, speeches, timelines, classroom lesson plans, and access to vetted websites.

Calispere, University of Ca
Selected primary source sets tell the stories, struggles, and contributions of four major ethnic groups in California that have been historically underrepresented by digitized primary source materials.
Arhoolie Foundation's Strachwitz Frontera Collection of Mexican and Mexican American Recordings
The UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center provides access to the largest online digital archive of historical Spanish-language songs dating from the early 1900s to the 1950s.