Streaming Video Services (Regionals): Streaming Video Content Resources

Kanopy is a streaming video platform with more than 8,000 films from a variety of important collections and producers, including the California Newsreel, Green Planet, PBS, and more.

Search or browse for a film. Films that appear at the top of the results list are currently licenced by Miami University Libraries and will play when you click the play button. These films can be added directly to Canvas using the Share or Embed options.

If you scroll to the bottom of the results page, you will see a list of films available through Kanopy, but which are not currently licensed by Miami University Libraries. When you click on the titles to these films, a request form will appear. Please fill out the form and the libraries will receive and review your request to purchase a one-year license for the film.

American History in Video provides the largest and richest collection of video available online for the study of American history, with 2,000 hours and more than 5,000 titles on completion.

Education in Video provides a large and rich online collection of video available for the study of teaching methods and education theory. Upon completion, the collection will contain more than 1,000 video titles totaling 750 hours of teaching demonstrations, lectures, documentaries, and primary-source footage of students and teachers in actual classrooms.

Foreign language video clips in which native speakers elaborate on a wide variety of topics about their culture, family, and daily life.

Currently contains 2,000+ videos which cover a wide variety of subjects. This collection includes streaming videos from Films for the Humanities and Sciences and Ambrose video producers with additional producers potentially added in the near future.

This page lists many subscription and free collections of streaming video resources available through Miami's libraries. A small selection of them are listed below.

Enter a film title into the search bar. When you click the film title from the results list, JustWatch shows where you can legally stream (for free), rent, or buy the film online. Some of the sites listed as streaming require a subscription to the service to be accessed "for free."

Please see the tab for discounted and free video subscription services to reduce subscription costs for some services.

Go to the individual show website (linked as "official website" from the pages linked in the list at this URL) to see if individual episodes are available for free. Some may require a Passport (available with membership in a local PBS station).

Free access to documentary films.

Free feature length films with ads. Users must create an account.

No account is needed to watch.

Some movies are made freely available here with ads, others are rentals. No account is needed to watch.

Includes free movies and TV shows with ads. No account is needed to watch.

Some movies are made freely available here with ads, others are rentals. Users must create an account.

Includes movies and TV shows. You can stream Roku without having a player or enabled TV. Users must create an account. Note: Works in the US only, if streaming from a desktop browser.