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Information about access to streaming videos at BGSU.

This guide highlights the streaming video databases available to students, faculty, and staff at BGSU. Instructions for using and requesting films for our two most robust collections, Avalon and Kanopy, are included on the tabs.

Streaming Video Considerations


  • Film distribution is heavily restricted; posing unique challenges in providing broad streaming video access that meet the demands of our modern society. Our library staff will work diligently to connect you with an appropriate solution, but there will always be some titles we will not be able to secure licensing for. 
  •  Consumer streaming platforms such as Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and Peacock do not offer institutional licenses for academic librariesTitles on these platforms are often heavily restricted, but not always.  Please contact Brenda to determine if a title is available for your course: bzwayer@bgsu.edu.  Some instructors will require subscriptions to these consumer streaming platforms in lieu of requiring expensive textbooks. 

Educational Streaming Video Platforms the Library Subscribes to
 


 

Free Streaming Video Platforms