Films on Demand provides online access to educational videos and video clips across a wide range of academic disciplines. Public Performance Rights available for all titles.
Streaming access to over 1,000 feature films. Requires Swank Digital Campus app to view on mobile devices. Contact the library to request additional films.
Kanopy features award-winning documentaries, training films, feature films and film shorts. Contact the library or use the supplied form to request films for your course. Public performance rights are available for some titles.
Search across all Alexander Street Press video collections on a wide range of topics including American history, sociology, and religion. We do not subscribe to films labelled as Sample.
This video collection contains CNN’s specials and feature programming on business, economics, technology, environmental studies, health, women’s studies, and human rights.
This collection offers documentaries, feature films, and shorts made by and for indigenous people and communities. Topics include human effects of climate change, sustainability, indigenous and local ways of interpreting history, cultural change, and traditional knowledge and storytelling.
In addition to dozens of award-winning titles released within the last 5 years, the collection makes classic ethnographic work available for the first time in streaming format.
A subscription collection with films on the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people as well as the cultural and political evolution of the LGBT community.
The collection is a cinematic survey of the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people as well as the cultural and political evolution of the LGBT community.
A symptom media collection with short videos that portray common mental health disorders nurses may encounter – whether in a primary care setting, emergency room, medical, psychiatric or other.
Security Issues Online provides historical context and resources on key past and present global crises with a focus on pivotal threats including terrorism, cybersecurity, and intelligence.
The collection preserves diverse live performances, covering jazz, funk, soul, hip-hop, folk, indie, electronic, blues, and other eclectic world genres.
Troubleshooting Online Videos
Unfortunately, online video links are notorious for not always working. Here are some troubleshooting tips to help you. If you continue to have problems please report your issue here.
Are you off campus? If so, does the link include UWSP authentication information? (i.e., https://login.ezproxy.uwsp.edu/login?url=http://digital.films.com./PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=7768&xtid=32432 or have uwsp embedded within the URL?
What browser are you using? Try an alternate browser. For example, SWANK films work best in Chrome. Kanopy (and many other) films experience issues in Internet Explorer. If you are using a campus computer the default browser is Microsoft Edge. Chrome can be found through a program search and Firefox can be downloaded from the Microsoft Service Center. If you experience problems installing an alternate browser on a campus computer contact the IT Service Desk (715-346-4357).
Are you using a mobile device (smartphone or tablet)? Try viewing on a desktop computer. For example, SWANK films require the Digital Campus app to view on a mobile device. Kanopy films require an account to view on a mobile device.
Are you accessing the link from a Microsoft product such as Word or PowerPoint? It is a known issue that these products sometimes strip UWSP authentication information from Films on Demand titles. Try copy and pasting the URL into a browser.