Streaming Video Collections

This guide is designed by Sheridan library staff to help you make the most of the library's video content. Within this guide, you will find:

• Tips on finding relevant videos and tutorials for your courses
• Instructions on how to find and use persistent links and embed codes
• FAQs about the collections' content and technical requirements

To navigate through this guide, use the menu to the left (or, if using a mobile device, the menu will be above) to select a relevant collection.

The library offers a wide variety of online streaming videos for educational purposes.  There are a number of options to search these collections:

Search a specific video database

• Search directly in one of our video databases (example: Films on Demand), accessible through the Database A-Z list.
• Each database is updated immediately with new additions, and offers a variety of ways to discover content (keyword search, subject categories, search by studio, etc.).

Search Summon

• Search for the title or keyword in the Summon search box on the homepage; from the left hand menu under Content Type select Video Recording.
• Summon searches across most of our video collections. It is updated regularly.

Search the Catalogue

• Search for the title or keyword in the Catalogue search box on the homepage.
• The catalogue also searches across multiple collections, but tends to offer a more precise search than Summon.