Research Guides: Visual Communication

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Journals/Magazines

Art Full Text Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Indexes and offers full text for journals in the fields of art history, architecture, craft, design, landscape architecture, museology, photography and video. Covers both western and non-western art. Three hundred seventy-seven publications are indexed back to 1984, with full text provided to one hundred eleven journals back to 1997. Its companion database, Art Index Retrospective, indexes back to 1929.

Art Index Retrospective Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled
Citations for articles, reviews and art reproductions in key international arts periodicals covering all aspects of art and art history including related disciplines of architecture, archaeology, design, film, museology and photography. Covers 1929- 1984. For 1984 to the present, search the Bibliography of the History of Art and Art Full Text.

Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) Unrestricted Resource
Covers European and American art from late antiquity to the present. It indexes and abstracts books, conference proceedings and dissertations, exhibition and dealer's catalogs, and articles from more than 2,500 periodicals.  1973 - present
*Please note that BHA has moved from the CSA platform to the Getty Research Institute.

Communication and Mass Media Complete (CMMC) Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Communication and media indexes, abstracts and full-text.

Communication Studies: a SAGE Full-Text Collection Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Communications journals from Sage Publishing covering Journalism, Public Opinion, Political Communication, Mass Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Cultural Studies / Intercultural Communication, Television / Film Studies, Media Studies, Business Communication, Organizational / Management Communication, Written Communication, Rhetoric, and Literacy Studies.

ERIC (Ebsco interface) Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Bibliographic citations, abstracts, and some full-text for journal articles, research and technical reports, conference papers and proceedings, program descriptions, teaching guides, and lesson plans covering  all areas and levels of education.

Google Books Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Search the full-text of millions of books and magazines -click the "Full view only" button to find full-text books or magazines.   Newer titles still under copyright can be searched, but the full-text is not viewable.  Use the "Find this book in a library" link to see if the IC Library has the title. Enter 14850 to see a list of local libraries that own the book.   If IC is listed, clicking on the link will take you to the record in the IC Library catalog, displaying its call number and availability.  

Life Magazine Photo Archives (powered by Google) Unrestricted Resource Resource contains images
Search LIFE Magazine images by date or subject, from 1860s -1990s.

Time Magazine Cover Archive Unrestricted Resource Resource contains images
Images of Time Magazine covers from 1923-current.

Readers' Guide Retrospective Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled
Media literacy researchers often need to access popular periodicals. Use this database to search popular periodicals from 1890-1982. Click the green arrow to find if we have full text. Some databases have HTML only.

Newspapers

New York Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available Resource contains images
Complete archive covering 1851-2005, fully searchable cover to cover; includes full text and full image, as well as advertising.&nbs Search for names, events and concepts. See a summary of the article as well as an image of the article or the entire page of the newspaper. Use the Date option at the bottom of the screen to limit your search to particular dates.  The Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to display full-text and images.
Note: The direct link for the Historical New York Times will be at the bottom of the ProQuest database list.

Newseum Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images
Front pages from US newspapers and international newspapers are posted daily. Geographic and alphabetical by title searching is available.  Viewing front pages provides a sense of how important a particular issue is to a specific region or country.

Wall Street Journal (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available Resource contains images
Complete archive covering 1889-1991, includes the full text and full image,and advertising.Search for names, events and concepts, see a summary of the article as well as an image of the article or the entire page of the newspaper. Use the Date option at the bottom of the screen to limit your search to particular dates.The Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to display full-text and images.

Web Sites

Cigarette Ads Unrestricted Resource
Online color magazine ads from the 1920s through the 1950s glamorizing cigarette smoking.

Identity Archives Unrestricted Resource
A keyword-searchable database of logos and brand identity designs from around the world.

Jerry Beck's Cartoon Research Library Unrestricted Resource
Animation historian Beck's site containing his blog Cartoon Brew and Animated Movie Guide (also a book available through ebrary to I.C. users).

On the Media Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains audio
On the Media is a National Public Radio Program that reflects on how the media covered events in the weekly news. It also discusses issues in the media such as freedom of information .

Researcher's Toolbox (Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division) Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images
Website provides information and methods for exploring image history, processes, content, and meaning.  Includes a VIsual Literacy exercise and information on dating photographs based on clothing and portraiture styles.

BBTV Unrestricted Resource Resource contains video
Blinkx television distribution site that fuses TV with the internet. Requires a download. Currently (4/08) for Windows only.

Cineuropa Unrestricted Resource
This European cinema portal contains news, trailers, interviews, and reports about the European film industry.

Clio Awards Unrestricted Resource
Site of the advertising award Festival. The Archive Search page indexes the best in global advertising back to 1960. Search the library's catalog for "Clio Awards" as a subject to access fulltext of award winners.

Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) Unrestricted Resource
Peer reviewed online materials for teaching and learning. Indexes, defines, and links to online materials on the web.

Almanacs & Yearbooks

Editorials on File
Call Number: REF AP2 .E2
Unrestricted Resource
Loose-leaf volumes that compile editorials of the day. Also a source to find political cartoons. Library has from 1995-2004. Continued by Facts.com

Atlases

Worldmapper Unrestricted Resource Resource contains images
"A collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the rnsubject of interest. The maps presented on this website are equal area cartograms, which re-rnsize each territory according to the variable being mapped."

Audio Files

Tellytunes.com Unrestricted Resource
British site that contains TV tile videos, lyrics, radio jingles, and advertisements. Content is not limited to Great Britain; many of the programs are from the U.S.

Bibliographies

AATA Online (Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts) Unrestricted Resource
Abstracts of international conservation literature for those involved in conservation and management of material cultural heritage in all its forms, including works of art, cultural objects, architectural heritage, archaeological sites and landscape architecture/gardens.  Produced by the Getty Conservation Institute.

Biographical Information

Oxford Art Online Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available Resource contains images
Visual arts and images from prehistoric times to the present. Search by styles and cultures, time period, and geographic region. Some links to color images and supplemented by searchable color images from the Bridgeman Art Library. Includes Grove Art Online.

Blogs

Posters and Election Propaganda Unrestricted Resource
A blog by Dr. Prof. Steven Seidman dedicated to the examination of communications in election campaigns.

All Graphic Design (AG Design) Unrestricted Resource
Contains posts related to graphic design, including hints about graphic design software, typography, and more.

Bag News Notes Unrestricted Resource
Progressive blog by Michael Shaw, clinical psychologist, that analyzes news images.

In Media Res Unrestricted Resource
A MediaCommons Project. This academic blog by the Institute for the Future of the Book (Annenberg Center for Communication at USC) and the MacArthur Foundation promotes discourse by posting 30 second clips by media scholars.

No Caption Needed: Iconic Photographs, Public Culture, and Liberal Democracy Unrestricted Resource
Blog by Hariman, Northwestern University and Lucaites, Indiana University.

Teaching Online Journalism Unrestricted Resource
Mindy McAdams, professor of online journalism, discusses issues of online journalism practice from an educator\'s perspective.

TV By the Numbers Unrestricted Resource
Blog by Bill Gorman and Robert Seidman that collects and explores TV ratings data.

Colleges & Universities

Media Education Lab Unrestricted Resource
Temple University program that focuses on media education through curriculum materials, publications, workshops, seminars, etc.

Dictionaries

List of online newspaper archives (Wikipedia) Unrestricted Resource
Lists online newspaper archive projects by nation and by state. Distinguishes free collections from fee-based ones.

Oxford Art Online Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available Resource contains images
Visual arts and images from prehistoric times to the present. Search by styles and cultures, time period, and geographic region. Some links to color images and supplemented by searchable color images from the Bridgeman Art Library. Includes Grove Art Online.

Visual Dictionary Online from Merriam Webster Unrestricted Resource Resource contains images
Over 6,000 images which visually illustrate objects. Individual parts of the objects are labeled. Topics include animals, architecture, astronomy, art, clothing, communications, food, Earth, energy, games, gardening, household items, humans, kitchen items, machinery, plants, science, society, sports, and transportation

E-books

ebrary Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available Resource contains images
Over 45,000 full-text ebooks on business & economics, education, technology, humanities, life & physical sciences, law & politics, medicine, social & behavioral sciences, language & literature, and career guidance. Approximately 175 ebooks are single-user access titles; all other ebooks support multiple-user simultaneous use.

Google Books Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Search the full-text of millions of books and magazines -click the "Full view only" button to find full-text books or magazines.   Newer titles still under copyright can be searched, but the full-text is not viewable.  Use the "Find this book in a library" link to see if the IC Library has the title. Enter 14850 to see a list of local libraries that own the book.   If IC is listed, clicking on the link will take you to the record in the IC Library catalog, displaying its call number and availability.  

Hathi Trust Digital Library Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Digital repository of books scanned by research libraries. Read more About Hathi Trust.

Developing Media Literacy in Cyberspace Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only
by Julie Frechette. Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 2002.

Handbook on research on teaching literacy through the communicative and visual arts Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only
by James Flood. LEA, Inc. 2004. Notice: only one user may access this document at a time.

Regulation, Awareness, Empowerment. Young People and Harmful Media Content in the Digital Age Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Nordicom, 2006, 286 p. E-book from the International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth & Media. PDF format.

Visual Methodologies: An introduction to the Interpretation of visual materials Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only
by Gillian Rose. Sage Publications, Inc., 2001.

What video games have to teach us about learning and literacy Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available
by James Paul Gee. Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Encyclopedias

Lambiek Comiclopedia Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images
Illustrated compendium of over 10,000 comic artists from around the world. Search for artists, books, strips or comic characters.

Grove Art Online Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available Resource contains images
Covers every aspect of the visual arts from prehistoric times to the present. Search by styles and cultures, time period, and geographic region. Includes access to the Oxford Companion to Western Art, the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, and the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics. Also provides access to 5,000 images through partnerships with organizations such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, Art Resource, and international galleries and individual artists. Search for images and biographies - images are also accessible through links embedded within articles, or by clicking a tab at the top of articles entitled Images.

Television cartoon shows: an illustrated encyclopedia, 1949 through 2003
Call Number: REF PN1992.8 .A59 E74 2005
Unrestricted Resource
2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2005.

Television variety shows : histories and episode guides to 57 programs
Call Number: REF PN1992.8 .V3 I56 2006
Unrestricted Resource
McFarland, 2006.

Handbooks & Guides

Teachingmedialiteracy.com: A web-linked guide to resources and activities Unrestricted Resource
by Richard Beach. Companion to the book by the same title.

Visual Literacy Toolbox: Learning to Read Images Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
College of Arts &Humanities, University of Maryland College Park.  Resource for faculty who plan to incorporate visual literacy skills into their curricula. Includes: online activities, activity plans, questions to explore, and learning objectives.

Images

Life Photo Archive (hosted by Google) Unrestricted Resource
Searchable archive of photos from the magazine Life. Also arranged by decade for browsability.

Pulp Fiction Cover Art ( University of Buffalo Digital Collections) Unrestricted Resource
Covers of over 30,000 pulp fiction books and magazines, representing more than 500 crime fiction and science fiction volumes found in the Kelley Collection. Colorful and dynamic, the cover art highlights a variety of artistic themes and imagery, reflecting the social and cultural trends of the period in which these covers were created.

World Images Unrestricted Resource
The internationally recognized WorldImages database provides access to the California State University IMAGE Project. It contains almost 75,000 images, is global in coverage and includes all areas of visual imagery. WorldImages is accessible anywhere and its images may be freely used for non-profit educational purposes. The images can be located using many search techniques, and for convenience they are organized into over 800 portfolios which are then organized into subject groupings.

Ad*Access Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
From Duke University Library's J.W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History, this database contains 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. & Canadian newspapers and magazines from 1911-1955. Main subject areas include: Radio, Television, Transportation, Beauty and Hygiene, and World War II. Ads can be searched or browsed.

Advertising Icon Museum Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Search the toy icons of the online version of the museum to find out some of the history of the images including: Mr. Peanut, Tony the Tiger, and the Energizer Bunny.

All-American Ads
Call Number: NC988.5 .A1
Unrestricted Resource
Book series that compiles ads across decades.

American Memory: Advertising Unrestricted Resource
From the Library of Congress's American Memory project, this site includes 6 collections: Duke University's Emergence of Advertising in America (E.A.A.) (1850-1920); Broadsides and Printed Ephemera (1600-2000); Coca-Cola Advertising (1951-1999); Coolidge Era (1924-1929); Edison Companies; and Posters, WPA (1936-1943). Collections contain images and streaming video.

American Memory: Nineteenth Century in Print: Periodicals Unrestricted Resource
Twenty three 19th century periodicals have been scanned in fulltext. Includes the Atlantic Monthly, The Century, Scientific American, and Harper's. The collection can be browsed or searched.

American Memory: Photos and Prints Unrestricted Resource
An historical collection of images reflecting the life in the United States

AP Images Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains video Resource contains audio
Provides 24/7 access to over 4.9 million primary source photos from 1825 to the present. Additionally, provides audio, video, graphics and interactives. Constantly updated, AP Images is an important resource for virtually every discipline. This database may be used for educational purposes only. Images may not be posted on the Web or otherwise made available electronically to anyone outside the Ithaca College community. These images may not be republished or distributed in newspapers, newsletters, magazines, brochures, catalogs, yearbooks, calendars, posters, or similar materials.

ARTstor Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available Resource contains images
Database of more than 1,000,000 digital images representing visual and material culture across cultures and time periods. Documents the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design, as well as many other forms of visual culture. ARTstor tools enable the ability to save groups of images online for personal and classroom use. IC's Visual Resources Collection (VRC) of over 20,000 images is now available. Look for the Ithaca College-Visual Resouces Collection link in the lower middle section of the page.

Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) Unrestricted Resource Resource contains images
Search or browse editorial cartoons from 1997 to current by searching the Cartoon Research Library Database.

Cartoon Research Library Unrestricted Resource Resource contains images
Index to cartoons archived in the Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library.

Collect Britain Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains audio
Links to over 100,000 images and sounds selected from the British Library collections. Resources included: maps, books, topographical drawings, stamps, photographs,newspapers, music and sound clips which illustrate regional accents and dialects, as well as wildlife recordings. Includes the Penny Illustrated Paper (1861-1913).

Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index Unrestricted Resource
Find numerous political cartoons by current topics or major events. Cartoons can be sent as e-mails or licensed for use through this site.

Digital Collections: a Gateway to Materials held by the NY State Archives, Musuem, and Library Unrestricted Resource Resource contains images
Primary source material collections include: Native American Collection, Environmental History Collection, Harlem Hellfighters Collection, Factory Investigating Commission, NY Chamber of Commerce Portraits, NY Lantern Slides Collection, Fairchild Aerial Surveys, NY State Conservation Department Photographic Prints and Negatives, Erie Canal.

Early Visual Media Unrestricted Resource Resource contains images
by Thomas Weynants, independent scholar. A Pictorial Media Archeology covering pre-cinema, photography, early film, and television.

Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850-1920 Unrestricted Resource
Duke University archival collection of over 9,000 advertisements from 1850-1920

Facts.com: Editorial Cartoons Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Resource contains images
Browse editorial cartoons by subject: Arts, Entertainment &the Media; Business, Labor &the Economy; Crime & Terrorism; Education; Environment; Families and Family Life; Human & Civil Rights; International Affairs; Judiciary; Medicine & Health Care; Minorities & Race Relations; Politics & Political Reform; Religion; Science and Technology; Sports; Wars, Weaponry & Military Forces; & Women

Harvard University - Social Museum Image Collection Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Images from Harvard's Social Museum that pertain to the voluntary immigration to the US from the signing of the Constitution to the onset of the Great Depression.

Hermitage Museum: Digital Collection Unrestricted Resource
The outstanding collection at the Russian Hermitage Museum can be browsed or even searched by color.

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Works of Art Unrestricted Resource
The NYC Met Museum posts over 6,500 works of art in its permanent collection that can be browsed or searched. Includes learning activities, timelines and special exhibits.

NBII Digital Image Library Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images
The National Biological Information Infrastructure's Digital Image Library includes images related to nature and the environment. Collections contain images associated with plant and animal species, scenic landscapes, environmental issues, wildlife management, and biological study/fieldwork.

NYPL Digital Gallery Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images
Over 275,000 digitized images from the New York Public Library\'s collection. Includes photographs, posters, historical maps and more.

Reanimation Library Image Collection Unrestricted Resource
Images (photos, drawings, illustrations, etc.) collected from outdated instructional books and manuals. Useful for historic look at graphics, or pop culture kitsch.

Shorpy Photo Archive Unrestricted Resource Resource contains images
High quality archive of old photos particularly from the 1850s to the 1950s.

Visual Dictionary Online from Merriam Webster Unrestricted Resource Resource contains images
Over 6,000 images which visually illustrate objects. Individual parts of the objects are labeled. Topics include animals, architecture, astronomy, art, clothing, communications, food, Earth, energy, games, gardening, household items, humans, kitchen items, machinery, plants, science, society, sports, and transportation

Wellcome Collection Unrestricted Resource Resource contains images
Over 40,000 high quality images in both color & black and white covering "2000 years of human culture". Images on this site are freely available for download for personal, academic teaching or study use, under one of two Creative Commons licences.

Local

Tompkins County Public Library (TCPL) Unrestricted Resource
The local public library is located at 101 East Green Street not far from the Ithaca Commons.   All residents, including students, living in Tompkins County can be issued a library card.  The library is especially useful for researchers needing popular magazines for media literacy research. They keep 3 years of most titles.  Here is a list (pdf). They provide local history information, too.  The Finger Lakes Library System catalog (PowerPAC) has holdings for all public libraries in Tompkins County (DVDs, CDs, audobooks).

Tools of History Unrestricted Resource Resource contains images
Online access to historical materials of South Central New York. The Ithaca College Archives contributed to this collection.

C. Hadley Smith Photograph Collection Unrestricted Resource Resource contains images
Digitized photographs of Ithaca College people, events, and buildings, from 1950 into the 1980s.  Part of the regional "Tools of History" online database.

CRETV, Center for Research on the Effects of Television Unrestricted Resource Some full text available

Project Look Sharp Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Project Look Sharp provides materials, training and support to help teachers prepare students for life in today's media saturated world. Project Look Sharp promotes the effective integration of media literacy and critical thinking into classroom curricula at all educational levels and instructional areas. Project Look Sharp also evaluates the effectiveness of school-based media literacy education.

Visual Resources Collection / Ithaca College Art History Department Unrestricted Resource
General description of the Collection of slides & other audiovisuals available, hours of operation, & administrative information.

Newspapers--International

TimeSpace: World (Washington Post) Unrestricted Resource Resource contains images
Washington Post's interactive map that displays articles, photos, video & commentary from around the world.

Organizations

Journalism that Matters Unrestricted Resource
Community of media innovators that gather to discuss the changing ecology of news production and dissemination.

Adbusters Unrestricted Resource
From the Adbusters Media Foundation, this is the online companion to the activist magazine that mocks commercial advertising and offers media criticism through edgy articles and images.

Advertising Educational Foundation (AEF) Unrestricted Resource
Educational arm of the advertising industry. the On campus page includes case histories, educational materials, speaker presentations, etc.  Here is the Ad Council Retrospective page.

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Unrestricted Resource
AEJMC sets standards for excellence in journalism and mass communication education and research.

Center for Media Design (CMD) Unrestricted Resource
Funded by the Lilly Endowment, the CMD of Ball State University conducts research on digital media.

Center for Media Literacy (CML) Unrestricted Resource
Educational organization that helps put research into practice.

Center for Social Media (CSM) Unrestricted Resource
School of Communication, American University. CSM is an organization that uses media for social action. The site includes many free documents including the Documentary Filmmakers' Statement of Best Practices in Fair UseCode of Best Practices in Fair Use for Scholarly Research in Communication, Honest Truths: Documentary Filmmakers on Ethical Challenges in Their Work, Code of Best Practices for Sustainable Filmmaking, and Clipping Our Own Wings: Copyright and Creativity in Communication ResearchSee the "Documents" page for additional resources.

International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS) Unrestricted Resource
Founded in 1998 to drive creativity on the Internet. The organization is diverse including industry leaders in online advertising, film, television, games, and mobile. The Webby Awards honor top websites in numerous industry and media categories every year.

International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA) Unrestricted Resource
Non-profit association of visual literacy educators and artists. Publishes the Journal of Visual Literacy (available in Periodicals LB1068 .J68 from v.25 2005+; online in CMMC from 2003+).

National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) Unrestricted Resource
Organization focused on media literacy in the United States.

National Communication Association (NCA) Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Information on conferences, communication programs, publications, and current research.

Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) Unrestricted Resource
Professional organization of college and university educators who study the history and creation of film, television and media. Publisher of the Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use in Teaching for Film & Media Educators.

Primary Sources

Europeana Unrestricted Resource Resource contains images Resource contains video Resource contains audio
European collection of cultural materials from museums, archives, libraries, and audio-visual collections such as the Rijksmuseum, the British Library, and the Louvre. Includes images, texts, sounds and videos.

Statistics/Data

TVEyes Unrestricted Resource Resource contains video
TV video monitoring search engine finds streaming news from the US, UK, Canada, Australia; it includes the Al Jazeera network. CNN and Reuters News video predominate.

Media Research Hub Unrestricted Resource
This project of the Social Science Research Council contains links to data, grants, events, people and news in the field of media research (media ownership, radio, television, localism, FCC, etc.). Data sets are free of charge. Users can create an account and receive alerts.

CPANDA (Cultural Policy & the Arts National Data Archive) Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Archives data on arts, media, and cultural policy.

Many Eyes Unrestricted Resource Resource contains images
Data analysis using visualizations to seek patterns.

TV Stations

ABC News Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Network site

BBC Motion Gallery Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
BBC programming (over 70 years) and CBS News footage.

C-SPAN Unrestricted Resource Resource contains video
Non-profit corporation funded by cable and satellite affiliates that provides public access to daily political events such as congressional debates.  See also: C-SPAN's Video Library (programs from 1987+),

Cable News Network (CNN) Unrestricted Resource Resource contains video
Network site

CBS News Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Network site

NBC Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Network site

Television News Archive (Vanderbilt University) Unrestricted Resource
Index to television news broadcasts from ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN as well as special events coverage. Users must register prior to searching. Tapes can be borrowed for a fee paid by the requestor. 1989+

Video

AdViews (Duke University) Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains video
Over 1,500 historic TV commercials from the Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History in the Duke University Special Collections Library.  As of fall 2009, the majority of advertisements are from the 50s and 60s.  More ads, up to the late 80s will be available by the end of 2009.  Requires iTunes software.

Hulu Unrestricted Resource Resource contains video
Video distribution site of News Corp and NBC Universal. Available in beta Oct. 2007. Partner of NBC, AOL, Comcast, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo!

Jaroo Unrestricted Resource
[Beta 11/09] Free children's television cartoons from Cookie Jar Entertainment.

Joost Unrestricted Resource Resource contains video
Television, music, and video distribution online. Contains over 40,000 that may viewed for free of charge. Users must register.

Museum of Broadcast Communications (MBC): Archives Unrestricted Resource Resource contains video Resource contains audio
Located in Chicago, the MBC provides publications, events, a searchable archive, and a Radio Hall of Fame to preserve and protect the history of radio and television. MBC's archives includes television and radio programming, commercials and images.  Users must register for a free account.  Check the Digital File Available box to retrieve fulltext.

PBS Video Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Streaming video from PBS including American Experience, Masterpiece, FRONTLINE, NOVA, and many others.

SearchVideo Unrestricted Resource
Searches for video in YouTube, Yahoo!, Google,and MSN Videos, Veoh, Grouper, ifilm, Metacafe, movie clips, and tv news clips.  Also allows ranking by criteria such as most recent or relevant.

Tubesurf Video Search Engine Unrestricted Resource
Searches for video on Youtube, Google, Yahoo, Live and MySpace all at once

tv.com Unrestricted Resource Resource contains video
CBS Interactive online content portal for streaming tv shows.

Prelinger Archives Unrestricted Resource Resource contains images Resource contains video Resource contains audio
Over 48,000 films, over 90 old time radio audio clips, 2,000 game videos, 250 independent news clips and much more (including educational films, advertisements and industry films)

AdSlogans Unrestricted Resource
AdSlogan.com, a UK company, posted materials for students and educators such as SloganMaker, Sloganalysis, Brand Categories, & the Advertising Slogan Hall of Fame (the best ads of the past 100 years). TV ads can be viewed in full. Note: this page is no longer updated as of 2006 but is still useful

Advertisement Avenue Unrestricted Resource
Access commercials from the Super Bowl, by company, product, category, or celebrity with this portal. Not comprehensive, but a serviceable sampling.

Advertising Age Unrestricted Resource
A.k.a. "Ad Age", this online portal to the magazine contains a DataCenter, blogs, links to TV Spots, video, etc. Current year in paper is available in Pop Periodicals HF5801 .A276; microfiche available from 1966-2003 at the same call number. For fulltext online access to the magazine search "Find Journals by Title" from the library's homepage.

American Memory: Motion Pictures from 1894-1915 Unrestricted Resource
150 digitized films from the Library of Congress. Includes agricultural, industrial and recreational activities of Americans from 1894-1915.

AOL Video Unrestricted Resource Resource contains images Resource contains video Resource contains audio
Video search portal. Users can also upload their own video or browse by: category (sports, music, television), channels (MTV, ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, etc), & TV Shows A-Z. This is the only portal that offers streaming ABC television programs. NBC and FOX programs stream from Hulu.

Blinkx Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Video search engine.

CBS Video Unrestricted Resource Resource contains video
An ad-supported video channel from CBS.

Creative Commons Unrestricted Resource
Artistic creators can assign works a CC license that explicitly grants degrees of permission for usage of personal works. The site includes images, audio, video, text and even lesson plans.

Creativity: Adcritic Unrestricted Resource
Online site for Creativity magazine contains Adcritic picks for TV, print & interactive advertising.

Educational Video on Demand - Annenberg Foundation Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains video
Free video-on-demand education resources in the arts, sciences, and social sciences. Sign up is required for first-time users.

Google Video Unrestricted Resource Resource contains video
Video search engine.

Hobnox Unrestricted Resource Resource contains video Resource contains audio
International entertainment media site where artists can submit their projects. Streaming video can be slow at times. [beta 4/08].

iTunes U (Apple) Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Audio and visual lectures, performance, etc. from Apple. Users must download the iTunes software to stream lectures.

Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952-2008 Unrestricted Resource Resource contains video
From the Museum of the Moving Image, visitors can stream political ads through history. Site includes lesson plans for high school teachers and links to online resources.

MIT World Unrestricted Resource
Massachusetts Institute of Technology site that freely distributes lectures offered by the MIT School of Engineering.

Open Vault (WGBH) Unrestricted Resource Resource contains video
Free online streaming video of historically significant videos produced by WGBH. Includes transcripts.

OVGuide : Online Video Guide Unrestricted Resource Resource contains video
Video search engine that features movie and television sites for browsing. Users can also browse categories.

SnagFilms Unrestricted Resource Resource contains video
[Beta 9/08] Full length commercially supported documentary films that can be streamed anywhere on the web. Currently includes 300 documentaries.

Tellytunes.com Unrestricted Resource
British site that contains TV tile videos, lyrics, radio jingles, and advertisements. Content is not limited to Great Britain; many of the programs are from the U.S.

Theatre in Video Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains video
Database uses streaming video to provide films of original productions of plays, along with film documentaries on the subject of theater.  Contains more than 250 plays and 100 documentaries. Search by production, theater, director, actor, and dates.  Requires Flash version 8 or higher.  Create playlists and save clips to share with others.  To obtain your free upgrade visit the Flash Player download page.

Note: NOTE: LIMITED TO 5 SIMULTANEOUS USERS

Truveo Unrestricted Resource
Video search engine. Provides tabs for sports, entertainment, music, movies, etc.

TV Guide: Online Video Guide Unrestricted Resource Resource contains video Resource contains audio
Video portal that contains current tv clips, search engine, browse by genre, commercials, etc. Search by date, genre, and/or network.

Ubu Web Unrestricted Resource
Contains avant garde films, sound recordings, and papers of modern cinema, music, dance, theater and poetry.

Veoh Unrestricted Resource Resource contains video
TV site that is unique for its inclusion of Disney's ABC TV shows such as Lost, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, Jimmy Kimmel Live and Ugly Betty. Additionally: ESPN programs, Anime, and some gaming videos are included. Some videos are from sourced from Hulu.

Washington Post: Political Ads Database Unrestricted Resource Resource contains video
Political ads for U.S. federal or state gubernatorial issues and races. Searchable by year, type of race, candidate or organization, state, party, issue, character, cue, media outlet, music, narrator gender, and by type.