Video Sources at and via BU
BU Libraries Search covers all our physical video collections and most of the contents of online sources, subscription or open access. Refine results to audio/video.
For additional results and more refined searching, go directly to our streaming video subscription databases.
- Jacob's Pillow Dance Stream This link opens in a new window Jacob's Pillow Dance Stream is an ever-growing collection of full-length dance videos from the Jacob's Pillow Archives. Posting content from Jacob's Pillow online and via social media is a violation of the terms of service.
- Ethnographic Video Online, Volume I-II: Foundational Films This link opens in a new window Ethnographic Video Online, Vol. I-II: Foundational Films contains classic and contemporary ethnographies, documentaries and shorts from every continent, providing teachers visual support to introduce and contextualize hundreds of cultural groups and practices around the world.
- Kanopy This link opens in a new window Kanopy is a provider of documentaries, training films, and theatrical releases available as streaming video. Clips from the videos can be embedded in presentations or shown in class. Films in the Boston University Libraries catalog are licensed to Boston University for educational and research use only, for BU students, faculty, and staff.
- BUniverse: DanceDance videos created for BUToday as well other BU-related video created by faculty, students, staff and alumni. Open access.
Video Sources via Boston Public Library
Boston Public Library provides free eCards and library cards to all Massachusetts residents and college students. Once obtained, you can access their free subscription video sources:
- Dance in VideoDance in Video contains dance productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the 20th century. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance.
Open Access Video
- American Archive of Public BroadcastingProject to preserve for posterity the most significant public television and radio programs of the past 60 years. A source for American political, social, and cultural history and creativity.
- American Ballet Theatre's Online Ballet Dictionary170 terms from the Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet, which are then demonstrated by ABT Company dancers.
- EuropeanaResources from European archives, broadcasters, museums, universities, research institutes and private collectors.
- Open Vault from WGBHOnline access to unique and historically important content produced by Boston public television and radio station WGBH. Contains video, audio, images, searchable transcripts, and resource management tools, all of which are available for individual and classroom learning.
- AIST Dance Video DatabaseContains original street dance videos with copyright-cleared dance music. This is the first large-scale shared database focusing on street dances to promote academic research regarding Dance Information Processing.
