April 29, 2008
New Digital Videos Covering Ancient History, Art, Business Ethics, Islam, and More
Want to learn more about a particular subject or a future career? Need a video clip to show in class or spice up a presentation? OhioLINK's Educational Films & Documentaries collection offers more than 2,200 digital, educational videos that you can stream or download from your desktop to show in class, link to from course pages and utilize for research. New videos, on a wide variety of topics, are regularly added to this growing collection..
Some of the newest digital videos include:
- Ancient History: America's Prehistoric Civilizations: The Mound Builders (Centre/Ambrose Video, 2007, 30 minutes)
- The Battle for Islam (BBCW production, 2005, 63 minutes)
- Benazir Bhutto: Battling Dictatorship in Pakistan (Women of Destiny, Lessons in Leadership series, Fims for the Humanities & Sciences, 2005, 41 minutes)
- The Body as a Matrix: Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle (Video Artists, Video Art: Film at the Fringes of Experience series, Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2005, 53 minutes)
- Computer Architecture
- Corazon Aquino: Restoring Democracy in the Philippines (Women of Destiny, Lessons in Leadership series, Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2005, 41 minutes)
- NewsHour Business Ethics Anthology (Business Collection series, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, 2006, 180 minutes)
- Get Smart: What Consumers Need to Know (2020 - ABC News, 2006, 38 minutes)
The Educational Films & Documentaries collection is available to all students, faculty members and staff at OhioLINK member institutions. The videos are available for viewing and downloading (for temporary storage only) from on or off campus. Free software from RealNetworks is needed to view these videos. The current version of this software, called "RealPlayer," is available.
Looking for more digital videos? Try these other OhioLINK resources:
- Foreign Language Videos (freely available to anyone worldwide)
- Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations
Posted by Candi Clevenger at April 29, 2008 10:42 AM