Q. How can I look for streaming videos?

There is a Streaming Videos collection in the library catalog of the streaming films the library has purchased. If you have questions about screening a film, either for a class or a campus / club-based event, you can find more information about public performance rights here. 

The library also has these film databases:

Academic Video Online

Academic Video Online is a database with over 70,000 educational videos including documentaries, interviews, performances, newsreels, and field recordings. The collection covers all major subject areas and provides useful features such as the ability to create custom clips and playlists that can be shared with other users. Available through SUNYConnect.

Films on Demand

A comprehensive collection of high-quality, streaming educational videos licensed from a long-established educational media distributor (Films for the Humanities and Sciences). Other content providers for Films on Demand include Davidson Films, California Newsreel, PBS, etc. Covers a wide range of subject areas.

Kanopy Streaming Video

Here is a link to the Kanopy films that the library permanently owns.

Swank Digital Campus 

Select list of licensed to use films for the New Paltz campus.

Theatre in Video

Streaming video of over 250 dramatic productions and documentaries about theater, covering works from Sophocles through 20th century playwrights. Access limited to three simultaneous users.