New Streaming Video Collections

Whitworth Library is pleased to announce the addition of two great streaming Video Collections.

American History in Video and Counseling and Therapy in Video will join the existing Theatre in Video in providing streaming video products of the type and quality for use in and out of the classroom. All three will now be available for off campus use.

American History in Video - Alexander Street Press - provides the largest and richest online collection of video available for the study of American history—2,000 hours and more than 5,000 titles on completion. The collection's wealth of video and multiplicity of perspectives allow students and scholars to see, experience, and study American history in ways never before possible. This collection is an exclusive collaboration with A&E Television Networks and features some of their most important documentaries and series from The History Channel®, A&E Network®, and Biography®. Historical coverage ranges from the early history of Native Americans, to the lost colony of Roanoke, to the 1988 Vicennes Affair in the Persian Gulf. Biographical coverage ranges from eighteenth century figures such as Benedict Arnold and Daniel Boone to modern day figures such as Thurgood Marshall and Helen Thomas.Several types of video footage have been chosen to provide a well-rounded collection for historical study:
Documentaries from key partner The History Channel, Bullfrog Films, PBS (forthcoming), WGBH (forthcoming), California Newsreel (forthcoming) , and others provide long-term perspectives on historical events, historical people, and key turning points in American history.
Newsreels remain a valuable window on American history, society, and culture. American History in Video is the only source where the entire series of United News (governmental newsreel from the Office of War Information) and Universal Newsreel (commercial newsreel from Universal Pictures Company, Inc.) stream in full online.
Public affairs video from series like Longines Chronoscope (Columbia Broadcasting System) were usually created to provide contemporaneous analysis on issues of the day.
Archival footage adds another critical dimension to historical analysis, with coverage of events and people for an often more specific purpose than other types of video.
Specially developed controlled vocabularies let users browse video by historical era and event, year, people (in a variety of roles), place, and subject.

Counseling and Therapy in Video - Alexander Street Press- provides the largest and richest online collection of video available for the study of social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling—400 hours and more than 330 videos on completion. The videos in this collection, drawn from the catalogs of Microtraining Associates, Psychotherapy.net, and the University of Manchester Department of Psychiatry, have been created by a variety of organizations and individuals dedicated to the advancement of education and training in counseling and therapy. Several types of videos have been chosen to provide a well-rounded collection that will be of interest to students, academics, and professionals alike:
Counseling Sessions and Demonstrations include filmed footage of actual therapy sessions, re-enacted therapy sessions, and scripted sessions designed by counseling professionals to illustrate common issues and scenarios that arise during courses of therapy.
Consultations feature experts in particular courses of therapy advising other therapists on the application of their methods. These videos often include scenes of counseling sessions interspersed with analysis and discussions between the consultant, the practicing therapists, and the clients.
Lectures, presentations, and interviews feature well-known therapists discussing their own work and issues affecting the larger fields of mental health and wellness. Users can compare, for example, how different therapeutic methods address common issues such as substance abuse or domestic violence; or how individual counselors differ in their applications of the same theory. The materials are also indexed by client and therapist details, enabling users to find materials dealing specifically with counseling African-Americans or Latinos, for example, or with counseling children or the elderly.
Teaching and Discussion Guides: Many of the videos in this collection include supplementary materials to aid in their use in classroom discussions and assignments.

Each of the New Video Collections feature:

You may also want to check out the Theatre in Video - Alexander Street Press- From the most important productions of Shakespeare to rare in-depth footage focusing on the work of Samuel Beckett , Theatre in Video , when complete, will offer more than 500 hours of online streaming video, available electronically for the first time.  With live television broadcasts of New York productions from the 50s, revivals of classic works and experimental performances from the 60s and 70s, as well as important contemporary performances, Theatre in Video covers a wide range of 20th century theatre history.  Unlike Hollywood adaptations, these are the actual original productions, captured and recorded while performed for a live theatre audience.

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