Library

Streaming Video Database Subscriptions

Available to students, faculty, and staff  (non-commercial use).  Available off campus to students, faculty, and staff by using your L number and myLane password.

AVON (Academic Video Online)

Academic Video Online is the most comprehensive video subscription available to libraries. It delivers over 70,000 titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more.

• Get help using AVON »

Films on Demand​

Films on Demand provides access to almost 20,000 full-length videos, as well as 240,000 short clips, in a wide range of academic disciplines. The collection also include videos and clips related to career and technical topics such as nursing, job search and careers, guidance and counseling, and technical and trade education. New content is added monthly. You can watch videos 24/7 from home, create custom segments, and share and save custom playlists.

• The Civil War: A Film by Ken Burns
• American Cinema Series
• Archival Films & Newsreels Collection
  This collection is a treasure trove of archival and historical films from multiple sources. 

Kanopy

Kanopy is a rich collection of documentaries and feature films from around the world. The LCC Library currently has access to over 8000 titles to stream.

• Browse currently licensed titles
• Instructors: If there is a Kanopy title that you need for class purposes, you can request it from the Kanopy catalog or by emailing tessandoria@lanecc.edu. Please let us know what course it is needed for, and we will try to accommodate your request.
• Get help using Kanopy:
  • Sharing films and playlists »
  • Get help with film play issues »
  • Kanopy mobile apps »
  • Need more help?  Visit Kanopy's help center or Ask a Librarian.

LinkedIn Learning (Lynda)

LinkedIn Learning is a collection of online video courses taught by industry experts in software, creative, and business skills. You can browse through an overview of their content here. Link to individual items, or embed entire LinkedIn Learning courses into your Moodle class.  Instructors should contact the Academic Technology Center (atc@lanecc.edu) for help incorporating LinkedIn Learning items into Moodle.

NYTimes.com Video

Get your free online subscription to The New York Times! 

From food to politics, The New York Times offers dozens of video channels.  Here's a sample:

• U.S. & Politics
• International
• Technology
• Culture
• Science
• Food 

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.

Moyers & Company

This series continues Moyers’ long-running conversation with the American public by offering a forum to poets, writers, artists, journalists, scientists, philosophers, and leading scholars.

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.

Other Streaming Video

C-SPAN Video Library

One of the most comprehensive video archives of governmental and political content.  The Video Library records all three C-SPAN networks seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day. Programs are extensively indexed, making the database of C-SPAN programming an unparalleled chronological resource.

Common Craft - Explanations in Plain English

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. (on YouTube)