History Subject Guide: Images & Video

Films.com Collection

The Parkland Library has purchased streaming rights for these titles. 

PBS video beta

PBS is making many of their shows available, including FRONTLine, Great Performances, Wide Angle, the American Experience. and more!

Snagfilms (documentaries)

"SnagFilms is committed to finding the world's most compelling documentaries, whether from established heavyweights or first-time filmmakers, and making them available to the wide audience these titles deserve."

Surgical procedures

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Library List of Streaming Video websites

History Images

U.S. History Images

Digital History

Picture History

The Library owns video resources in both DVD and VHS.

Some of these materials must be used in the Library. Others may be charged out and taken home. Borrowing periods vary.

For details, see Parkland Library Borrowing Privileges. In general:

• "Audiovisual Room" or "Reserves Collection" items must be viewed in the library.
• "Media Viewing Area" or "Main Stacks" items may be taken out.

You can view and download images from ARTstor, a searchable database of more than 700,000 digital images for research, teaching and enjoyment in the Humanities and Social Sciences, covering many time periods and cultures, representing architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design, as well as many other forms of visual culture.

Registering for an ARTstor account

ARTstor

Saskia Art Image Collection

Time/Life Photo Archive