{"id":1598,"date":"2016-03-09T12:22:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T12:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/eresources\/?p=1598"},"modified":"2016-03-09T12:22:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T12:22:00","slug":"trial-access-to-academic-video-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/eresources\/2016\/03\/09\/trial-access-to-academic-video-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Trial access to Academic Video Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ezproxy.is.ed.ac.uk\/login?url=http:\/\/search.alexanderstreet.com\/avon\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1600 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/eresources\/files\/2016\/03\/Capture.jpg\" alt=\"Types of video\" width=\"930\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/eresources\/files\/2016\/03\/Capture.jpg 930w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/eresources\/files\/2016\/03\/Capture-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/eresources\/files\/2016\/03\/Capture-768x406.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/eresources\/files\/2016\/03\/Capture-624x330.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We have trial access to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ezproxy.is.ed.ac.uk\/login?url=http:\/\/search.alexanderstreet.com\/avon\" target=\"_blank\">Academic Video Online<\/a> <\/strong>(via Alexander Street Press) until <strong>30th April<\/strong>.\u00a0 Please complete a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/e-resources-trial-feedback-form\" target=\"_blank\">trial feedback form<\/a> if you would like the library to subscribe to any of the subject collections.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ezproxy.is.ed.ac.uk\/login?url=http:\/\/search.alexanderstreet.com\/avon\" target=\"_blank\">Academic Video Online<\/a><\/strong> is a multidisciplinary collection of videos that touches on the curriculum needs of virtually every department. It delivers more than\u00a048,000 video titles spanning essential subject areas\u00a0including anthropology, business, counselling, history, music, film, and more. More than half of the titles can be found only at Alexander Street.\u00a0 With 400 new titles added per month, this collection is unmatched in its breadth.\u00a0 Academic Video Online allows students and researchers alike to analyse unique and valuable content from over 500 producers and distributors around the world.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the breadth and depth of content,\u00a0Academic Video Online offers a wide range of platform tools for learning, research, and teaching, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Learning segments<\/strong>. More than 14,000 learning segments make it easy for instructors to find and integrate specific video content into the classroom and help users get to the right content faster. Each segment is fully searchable and includes an abstract, making user selection even easier.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transcripts<\/strong>. Users view searchable, scrolling transcripts alongside more than 95% of titles.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Clipping functionality<\/strong>. Users can easily create, annotate, and share video clips and playlists, and can embed them in third-party sites.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Permanent URLs<\/strong>. All videos, clips, and playlists can be cited at permanent URLs, making integration with any learning management system easy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>HD-quality player<\/strong>. A video player with a 16:9 aspect ratio that streams up to 2.5 mbps allows for optimized high-definition viewing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Comprehensive permissions.<\/strong>\u00a0Our platform enables in-class, on-campus, and remote viewing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1601\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/eresources\/files\/2016\/03\/AVONbutton.jpg\" alt=\"AVONbutton\" width=\"150\" height=\"75\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Academic Video Online<\/strong> \u2013 streamed video, all disciplines \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ezproxy.is.ed.ac.uk\/login?url=http:\/\/search.alexanderstreet.com\/avon\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/search.alexanderstreet.com\/avon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Playlists<\/strong> \u2013 all disciplines &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/search.alexanderstreet.com\/playlists\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/search.alexanderstreet.com\/playlists<\/a> &#8211; register to make your own<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCIPLINE URLs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Art &amp; Design \u2013 <\/strong>Art &amp; Architecture, Fashion Studies &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/search.alexanderstreet.com\/art-design\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/search.alexanderstreet.com\/art-design<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Diversity<\/strong> \u2013 Asian Studies, Black Studies, LGBT, Women\u2019s Studies &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/search.alexanderstreet.com\/diversity\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/search.alexanderstreet.com\/diversity<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Health Sciences<\/strong> \u2013 Counselling and Therapy, Health Policy, Medical Imaging, Nursing, Rehabilitation, Sports Science, Veterinary Science &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/search.alexanderstreet.com\/health-sciences\">http:\/\/search.alexanderstreet.com\/health-sciences<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>History <\/strong>\u2013 World History, Women\u2019s History, American History &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/search.alexanderstreet.com\/history\">http:\/\/search.alexanderstreet.com\/history<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Literature &amp; Language<\/strong> \u2013 Drama, Film, Language, Literature &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/search.alexanderstreet.com\/literature-language\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/search.alexanderstreet.com\/literature-language<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Music &amp; Performing Arts<\/strong> \u2013 Classical Music, Dance, Film, Jazz, American Song, Popular Music, Theatre, World Music &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/search.alexanderstreet.com\/music-performing-arts\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/search.alexanderstreet.com\/music-performing-arts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Personal Interest<\/strong> \u2013 Cooking, How-to, Travel &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/search.alexanderstreet.com\/personal-interest\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/search.alexanderstreet.com\/personal-interest<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Psychology and Counselling<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/search.alexanderstreet.com\/psychology-counseling\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/search.alexanderstreet.com\/psychology-counseling<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Science &amp; Engineering<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/search.alexanderstreet.com\/science-engineering\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/search.alexanderstreet.com\/science-engineering<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Social Sciences<\/strong> \u2013 Anthropology, Business &amp; Economics, Criminal Justice, Education, Environment, Food, Human Rights, Media Studies, Politics, Psychology, Religion, Social Theory &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/search.alexanderstreet.com\/social-sciences\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/search.alexanderstreet.com\/social-sciences<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Academic Video Online<\/strong> can also be accessed via <a href=\"http:\/\/discovered.ed.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\">DiscoverEd<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/e-resources-trials\" target=\"_blank\">E-Resources Trial Webpage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have trial access to Academic Video Online (via Alexander Street Press) until 30th April.\u00a0 Please complete a trial feedback form if you would like the library to subscribe to any of the subject collections. Academic Video Online is a multidisciplinary collection of videos that touches on the curriculum needs of virtually every department. It [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[606,8,605,604,134,33,603,83,602,601,600,118,6,130],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4JPXA-pM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/eresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/eresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/eresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/eresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/eresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1598"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/eresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1610,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/eresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598\/revisions\/1610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/eresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/eresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/eresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}