Ramsey Library at UNC Asheville: Literature & Literary Criticism: Film and Images

Online Video

PBS Video Collection
Over 400 streaming videos from PBS
Films on Demand
Thousands of high quality videos on business & economics, health & medicine, humanities & social sciences, and science & mathematics, as well as travel and fitness programming, home and how-to videos, indie films, and popular music performances. Includes Oscar, Emmy and Peabody award winning documentaries, interviews, instructional and vocational training videos, historical speeches and newsreels.

ARTstor
Collections of art images and associated data for noncommercial and scholarly, non-profit educational use. It includes architecture, painting, photography, prints, drawings, sculpture, decorative arts and design, as well as archeological and anthropological objects.

Library of Congress - Online Collections
The Library of Congress makes an enormous variety of resources available online, including books, newspapers, films, images, audio recordings, and many more. Please check copyright information for individual resources.
Wikimedia Commons
Archive of public domain images.
New York Public Library Digital Collections
Charges a per image usage fee even for public domain material
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM)
Check individual image copyright notes
Creative Commons
Search for Creative Commons licensed images and other content
Life Photo Archive
Archive of photographs from Life Magazine.
Ad*Access
A collection of images from over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines from 1911 through 1955.
World Digital Library
The World Images collection contains images from Central and South Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia that can be searched by topic and time period.
Museum of Broadcast Communications
Using our vast library of primary and secondary historical media sources, growing collection of specifically tailored classroom lesson plans, and cutting-edge professional development opportunities for teachers, MBC is also working to ensure that our educational practices and resources can be used by schools and students all over the nation.

Oxford Art Online
A searchable reference library that includes: Grove Art Online, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. View biographies, subject entries, and images as well as thematic timelines and learning resources.

Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog
The Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC) contains catalog records and digital images representing a rich cross-section of still pictures held by the Prints & Photographs Division and, in some cases, other units of the Library of Congress.

PBS Video Collection
Over 400 streaming videos from PBS
Films on Demand
Thousands of high quality videos on business & economics, health & medicine, humanities & social sciences, and science & mathematics, as well as travel and fitness programming, home and how-to videos, indie films, and popular music performances. Includes Oscar, Emmy and Peabody award winning documentaries, interviews, instructional and vocational training videos, historical speeches and newsreels.

Library Catalog Video/DVD Search
WorldCat
Search for holdings beyond our library network. Request selected titles via Interlibrary Loan.

LinkedIn Learning
Residents of Buncombe County with a valid public library card may now access LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com) via the Buncombe County Public Library.

Freedocumentaries.org: the truth is free
Free streaming independent documentary films
The Internet Archive: Audio
Contains over two hundred thousand free digital recordings ranging from alternative news programming, to Grateful Dead concerts, to Old Time Radio shows, to book and poetry readings, to original music uploaded by our users.
The Internet Archive: Moving Image Archive
Contains thousands of digital movies uploaded by Archive users which range from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to cartoons and concerts.
Folkstreams.net
A National Preserve of Documentary Films about American Roots Cultures streamed with essays about the traditions and filmmaking. The site includes transcriptions, study and teaching guides, suggested readings, and links to related websites.
TED Talks
Nearly 200 videos of "the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes)." Videos are released under a Creative Commons license, so they can be freely shared and reposted.