Ivy Tech Libraries: Fort Wayne Library: Audio Visual Resources

Video Resources

Films on Demand: Archival Films This link opens in a new window
A collection of archival and historical films covering public events, wars, cultural phenomena, speeches, and more.
Films on Demand: Master Academic Collection This link opens in a new window
Thousands of educational videos on a variety of subjects including science, health, business, life skills, and more; search by keyword or browse broad topic categories.

Medline Plus Videos and Tools
Consumer-oriented site of health-medical videos and tools from U.S. National Library of Medicine

Naxos Video Library This link opens in a new window
Streaming videos of classical music performances, operas, ballets, and music documentaries. Also tours of world cultural heritage sites.

Public Domain Movies
Movies in public domain, includes streaming videos of each title. Search by title or browse by genre.
Netflix Educational Documentaries
A selection of educational documentaries from Netflix hosted on YouTube
Open Access Video Sites
A large list of free video sites, list maintained by Drew University.
PBS Video Database
Text or video from hundreds of PBS programs and series
Movie Archive
Thousands of free movies films and videos
National Science Foundation
Audio, video, and image resources in all the sciences, math, engineering, and social sciences

Audio Resources

Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
Vast catalog of streaming music selections with emphasis on Classical. Access individual works or playlists
Naxos Music Library: Jazz This link opens in a new window
Vast catalog of streaming music selections with emphasis on Jazz. Access individual works or playlists
Rosetta Stone Level One for Personal Use This link opens in a new window
Recognized as a leader in technology-based language learning, Rosetta Stone offers libraries and their patrons their proven immersion method. If prompted, click Allow Flash.

Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project
A digital collection of nearly 8,000 cylinder recordings from around the turn of the 20th century
Musopen
Online, public domain music
National Jukebox
Historical Recordings from the Library of Congress

Audiobooks

IvyCat - Library Catalog This link opens in a new window
Use the left side to limit your results. Under Format choose Audio Disc and Sound Recording. Or add "audio book" to your keyword search.
Naxos Spoken Word Library This link opens in a new window
Catalog of audiobooks, includes fiction, non-fiction, poetry, political speeches, etc.
O'Reilly for Higher Education This link opens in a new window
Audiobooks on the following subjects technology, design, programming, business, and more.
Skillsoft Books This link opens in a new window
Audiobooks on well-being, leadership, organization, and more

Archive.org Audio
Audio and MP3 library: over 100,000 free digital recordings of music, audiobooks, and more.
LibriVox
Free public domain audiobooks, read by volunteers.

Image Resources

Advanced Image Search (Google)
AICT
Art Images for College Teachers
ArtStor images
Access is limited to open-access public collections.

Bridgeman Image Collection This link opens in a new window
Unique and comprehensive collection of art masterpieces of all varieties, eras, and cultures. Entries: 66,919 Images: 66,934 People: 33,040

DPLA
Digital Public Library of America
Flickr Creative Commons
Flickr's Creative Commons portal. Browse by license type or choose "Advanced Search" to limit to Creative Commons content.
Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online
Images from the Library of Congress, now in the public domain.

NYPL Digital Collections This link opens in a new window
This database from the New York Public Library provides free access to thousands of digital materials including prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, and more.

Wikimedia Commons
Contemporary and historical images contributed by participants. Millions of high-resolution images of art, architecture, design, people, historical events, diagrams, maps, and more.
World Digital Library
Yale Digital Commons
100,000s of images from Yale University

Anatomy Images

Puppet Catalog

The Fort Wayne library has puppets available for check out with your Ivy Tech ID. They check out for two weeks, just like books. Search our Puppet Catalog to decide which puppet(s) you need, then bring the Cabinet and Bin numbers to the Information Desk in the Library and we'll find them for you.