LibGuides: Ancient History: Videos

Finding Videos Using the Library Catalog

STLCC Libraries carry quite a few videorecordings, including a number on topics in ancient history. In general, videorecordings held at one STLCC campus may be requested by another. Intercampus shipping usually takes 2 -3 business days. However, some items (marked with a notation such as "LIB USE ONLY") are not requestable, and must be viewed on the campus where they are housed.

To find videorecordings on ancient history, go to the STLCC library catalog, and perform a keyword search on the broad topic ancient history, or a more specific topic such as mound builders. To the left of the search results, under the Format category, click on the plus sign next to the format you wish (for example, DVD). Click here to see an example in which the DVD format has been selected.

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Films on Demand

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This database offers films in a wide variety of subject areas, including ancient history. Films can be viewed in their entirety or section by section, making them ideal for presentations. Films and sections are accessible from any campus computer, or by logging into the database from off campus (help in connecting from home).Once logged into the database, try a keyword search such as ancient history to see a range of available videos. You may also want to try a more specific search, such as carthage or mayan civilization
Films on Demand is a collection of more than 40,000 educational videos available for video streaming. Titles are organized into subject and other categories. Most videos are divided in to segments which may be searched and viewed individually.

Films on Demand User’s Guide

YouTube

You may be able to find useful videos about ancient history on free Internet video sites such as YouTube. Since YouTube is a large database, searching with a broad term such as ancient history may yield too many results, and retrieve too many topics, to be of much help. A more specific term such as battle of thermopylae may prove more valuable (although this term still retrieves lots of results!).

NOTE: Remember that anyone can post anything on the Internet. Therefore the quality and scholarly acceptability of videos on YouTube varies greatly. However, there may be useful video clips on YouTube, so it's worth a look. Before using any material from YouTube (or other video sites on the Internet) it is highly advisable to check with your instructor concerning the acceptability of the video for the assignment.

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