Video and Film databases
The film databases below are specialized, as their content is not the usual mainstream collection of films. Alden Library has a multitude of films from mainstream feature films to independents to documentaries. Start here to begin your search.
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Academic Video Online (AVON)Academic Video Online (AVON) delivers more than 64,000 video titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film and more. AVON includes every kind of video material available with curricular relevance: documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, and raw footage. Users will find thousands of award-winning films, as well as the most frequently used films for classroom instruction, plus newly released films and previously unavailable archival material.
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AVON: Tony Brown's Journal (Interviews)William Anthony "Tony" Brown is an American journalist, academian, comedian and businessman. He is best known as the commentator of the long running syndicated television show, Tony Brown's Journal. Brown is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. (Wikipedia)
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C-SPAN LANDMARK CASESThe human stories behind Supreme Court cases have shaped the meaning of the Constitution today. We’ve picked twelve of the most significant and frequently cited cases in the Supreme Court’s history and are bringing to life the personalities, people, and constitutional dramas that have made them so central to the way we live now. (website)
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Library CatalogLots of books with interviews. Use your search techniques to discover.
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Nexis Uni
Collection of full-text databases especially good for news, legal sources, and business. Content includes:
- National and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources
- U.S. Federal and state case law, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews, and international legal information
- All U.S. Supreme Court cases back to 1789
- Business news journals, company financial information, SEC filings and reports, and industry and market news
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