To better support the instructional, informational, and entertainment needs of its students and faculty, the Lane Community College Library actively collects video recordings covering a broad range of subjects and genres. Our collection consists of more than 4,000 video recordings in VHS and DVD formats, and includes documentaries, study aids, how-to videos, fitness programs, culinary programs, television programs, and feature films. In addition, the LCC Library subscribes to Ambrose Video 2.0, a digital collection of documentary and educational videos that can be streamed for instant viewing and also embedded into Moodle pages. The LCC Library has also compiled a list of links to websites featuring video that is available to the public for non-commercial use.
Credit students and faculty searching for materials that are not available at the LCC Library or through its website can access items by using the Summit Catalog.
Available to students, faculty, and staff:
Faculty - Visit the Video Services for Faculty and Staff for information about finding and using streaming video and clips for instruction including Ambrose and Intelecom.
Dance in Video
Dance in Video contains 500 hours of 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. Available off campus to students, faculty, and staff by using your L number and ExpressLane PIN.
Theatre in Video
Theatre in Video contains more than 250 definitive performances of the world's leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, online in streaming video -- more than 500 hours in all. This release contains 279 titles, representing hundreds of leading playwrights, actors, and directors. Available off campus to students, faculty, and staff by using your L number and ExpressLane PIN.The Civil War: A Film by Ken Burns
The Civil War: Episode 1—The Cause (1861) | The Civil War: Episode 2—A Very Bloody Affair (1862) | The Civil War: Episode 3—Forever Free (1862) | The Civil War: Episode 4—Simply Murder (1863) | The Civil War: Episode 5—The Universe of Battle (1863) | The Civil War: Episode 6—Valley of the Shadow of Death (1864) | The Civil War: Episode 7—Most Hallowed Ground (1864) | The Civil War: Episode 8—War Is All Hell (1865) | The Civil War: Episode 9—The Better Angels of Our Nature (1865)Ambrose Video
Watch videos that have been selected by LCC faculty. Videos can be embedded into webpages, including Moodle, for student viewing on and off campus. This material is available off campus to students, faculty, and staff by using your L number and ExpressLane PIN.
PBS
Television Streaming Video
The following websites are available to the public for non-commercial use through PBS.
Frontline
Since 1983, FRONTLINE has served as American public television's flagship public affairs series. Hailed upon its debut on PBS as "the last best hope for broadcast documentaries," FRONTLINE's stature over 27 seasons is reaffirmed each week through incisive documentaries covering the scope and complexity of the human experience.American Experience
Browse the entire American Experience series featuring over 200 films. Watch full films online, download teacher’s guides, go behind the scenes, and learn more about your favorite films.
Nova
NOVA is the highest rated science series on television and the most watched documentary series on public television. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won every major television award, most of them many times over.Nature
For more than a quarter-century, NATURE has brought the beauty and wonder of the natural world into American homes, becoming in the process the benchmark of natural history programs on American television. The series has won more than 450 honors from the television industry, the international wildlife film community, parent groups, and environmental organizations – including 10 Emmy Awards, three Peabody Awards, and the first honor ever given to a program by the Sierra Club.Bill Moyer's Journal
Bill Moyers Journal provides fresh, alternative insights into the personalities and issues shaping our country and the deeper, more institutional challenges facing us now and in the future.Julia Child
Julia Child revolutionized American cuisine through her French cooking school, award-winning cookbooks, and world-renowned television programs by presenting an approachable version of sophisticated French cooking to her eager audience for four decades.
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Justice with Michael Sandel
An introduction to critical thinking and moral reasoning about contemporary social issues, led by one of America's most prominent philosophers. 12 episodes, each about an hour. Produced jointly by Harvard and Boston's PBS affiliate.Common Craft - Explanations in Plain English (on YouTube)
These are great little animated videos, mostly on web applications, that explain concepts like social networking, cloud computing, U.S. presidential elections, and compound interest in basic language.
