You can choose from over 26,000 films from hundreds of popular producers such as The Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, The Media Education Foundation, and PBS, as well as thousands of independent filmmakers - on every topic imaginable.
Swank is a service that provides streaming access to feature films for use by faculty in their courses. Almost all major studios are covered in Swank. Films available through Swank must be requested by faculty via our request form. Faculty should only request titles they are requiring all students in their course view outside of class time.
Use the Videos and DVDs page to search for films in the library catalog or follow the steps below.
Sample Search: Apollo 13
Starting on the Library's main page, click the magnifying glass icon.
Click the 'Advanced Search' button.
Choose 'Library Catalog' and change the material type to 'Video/Film.' Then, search the library catalog just as you would for a book.
In the results, you can see the DVD of the film and the streaming video option. If we have access to the streaming video option, it will say "Available Online."
Click on the link for the streaming video option to see the catalog record.
The "view full text" box links directly to the film on the Swank site. You can use the permalink button to copy and paste the link into Canvas. If you want to embed the video in your course site, you will need to contact your subject liaison.
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