Finding videos in the library catalog
Simpson Library owns plenty of videos in other languages. Our video collection includes not only our DVD collection, but also several databases that provide streaming videos online.. Follow these steps to find videos in your chosen language:
1. Starting at the UMW Libraries home page, click on the Catalog tab. Then, click "Advanced Search."
2. On the Advanced Search page, choose "Audio Visual" from the Material Type menu, and choose your language from the Language menu.
3. Enter your search terms in the boxes, and then click Search. Note that you may want to enter search terms in both English and your target language. See Choosing search terms for more information.
Online videos
Online videos in other languages are available through the library's streaming video databases:
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Films on Demand Master AcademicStreaming video collection of over 30,000 titles. Most films on the Infobase platform have closed captioning and transcripts.
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KanopyStreaming video collection with over 20,000 films from leading producers such as Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, New Day Films, HBO, California Newsreel, PBS, BBC, and First Run Features. Kanopy makes it easy to share films, create clips, and embed videos. Most films on the Kanopy platform have closed captioning and transcripts.
You can also find videos in other languages for free on the Internet. Try the sites listed on the Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, and Spanish pages of this guide.
If you're looking for videos in some other language, try Google Videos. It searches millions of sites, including YouTube, and its Advanced Search page has a Language menu that you can choose from.