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New Subscription: Academic Video Online (Alexander Street)

16 Aug 2021

Academic Video Online is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary video subscription with titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including, anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more.

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Further information: Email: clib.learningsupport@cpce-polyu.edu.hk Tel: 3746 0863

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Description

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Art and Architecture in Video

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Art and Architecture in Video, an online streaming film collection, offers over 500 hours of documentaries and interviews illustrating the theory and practice of a variety of art forms and providing the context necessary for critical analysis.
Including: Renaissance, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Modern Contemporary art

2

BBC Literary Adaptations in Video

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BBC Literary Adaptations in Video, a collection of nearly 200 hours, comprises a treasure trove of BBC productions of more than 50 famous literary works, many that were buried in the BBC archive for the past few decades. From Dickens to Shakespeare, from Chekhov to Arthur Miller, from Jane Austen to Mary Shelley, a great breadth of works is included.

3

The CNN Video Collection

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The CNN Video Collection offers CNN's specials and feature programming on business, economics, technology, environmental studies, health, women's studies, and human rights are some of the highest-quality videos being produced today.

4

Counseling & Therapy in Video: Volume IV

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Counseling and Therapy in Video: Volume IV provides an invaluable firsthand look at the realities of working with clients and the challenges associated with putting theoretical concepts into practice.

5

Engineering Case Studies Online

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Engineering Case Studies Online is a collection that targets to meet the need of comprehensive and authoritative resource to provide in-depth, impartial analysis of key engineering failures. Content is displayed alongside targeted learning objects designed to facilitate detailed understanding of the causes and impact of these failures.

6

LGBT Studies in Video

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LGBT Studies in Video 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.

7

Nursing Education in Video: Third Edition

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Nursing Education in Video: Third Edition is an up-to-date collection of demonstration and training videos designed to help students improve their clinical skills.

8

Social Work Online

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Social Work Online is a first-of-its-kind resource that pairs recently published social work textbooks along with compelling documentaries clinical demonstration videos, and engaging lectures that illustrate the complex and challenging realities social work students will face as practitioners.