Streaming Media Collections

Video resources

Free Resources - Documentaries & Interviews

Free Resources - Films & Television

Free Resources - Educational/News/Audio/Other

Free Resources - Audio Books

Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Disney+, ...

Many consumer streaming platforms, e.g. Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Disney+, do not offer institutional licenses for academic libraries. Typically the End User License Agreement (EULA) specifies the account is “only for your personal, non-commercial use”.

These licenses overrule copyright exemptions.

Utilizing personal subscriptions vendors are not allowed for classroom use as it does not fall under copyright exemptions as defined in Section 110 and Section 107 of copyright law.

Netflix has allowed some items to be used by faculty for one time educational screenings. More information can be found on their knowledge base linked here: https://help.netflix.com/en/node/57695

Netflix has allowed a small amount of content to be utilized without a Netflix account which can be found on their Youtube account: Educational Documentaries | Netflix - YouTube

Content Availability Note

A growing number of websites provide access to streaming video or multimedia content.  Some of these sites host content while some may direct you to the sites actually hosting the content.  Some may be supported by advertising and some may require some sort of "membership" for complete access. Some sites may be the official site of a producer, distributor, series or even a film or video festival so some may not be "permanent".  Search functions will vary from site to site and the content listed from site to site could also change without notice.  Similarly, content may be deleted without notice.