LibGuides: Art Resources: Watch Video

Watch Video

Filmed performances, documentaries, interviews, and instructional videos can all complement the written sources you consult in your research. On this page, discover recommended streaming platforms, like Kanopy and Digital Theatre+, and learn how to locate titles on physical disc.

Online Streaming Resources

University Libraries subscribes to several streaming platforms which include videos about the visual arts. These platforms often feature niche content which is more current and better organized than familiar commercial platforms like YouTube and Netflix.

Art and Architecture Video Online (North America)
Description: Art and Architecture in Video is a database with more than 500 hours of documentaries and interviews related to modern and contemporary architecture as well as other periods. The videos include searchable transcripts and tables of contents which allow easy access to specific points in the streaming video.
Time Period: From earliest times to present
Sources: Contains more than 640 videos.
Subject Headings: Art & Architecture
Primary Materials: Videos
Kanopy Streaming Films
Description: Kanopy is a film database containing more than 30,000 films from more than 1,000 producers. It includes the Criterion Collection, Media Education Foundation, The Great Courses, News Day Films and more.

Note: Creating a profile allows you to access your Dashboard, where you can create and share a watch list. Here's how you do it, see Creating a Kanopy account near the bottom of the page. Also, Kanopy blocks video viewing on mobile devices in the device's native browser.
Time Period:
Sources: Select from more than 30,000 films.
Subject Headings: Art & Architecture, Business, Education, English & Linguistics, General, Health, History, Humanities, Music, Philosophy & Religion, Psychology, Science, Social Sciences, Technology
Primary Materials: Videos

Interlibrary Loan

Users are encouraged to search for items beyond University Libraries' catalog via Art Full Text and WorldCat. Materials not available in print or online may be requested through Interlibrary Loan. Please allow up to seven days for electronic delivery and up to fourteen days for delivery of physical items.