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Introduction to Research

Why use Video?

Research suggests that students learn concepts more easily when they are presented in both verbal and visual form. 

Take advantage of our over 20,000 streaming videos to expand and enhance your research in categories such as dental hygiene, massage therapy, culinary arts, controversial issues, and more:

 

Streaming Videos at HACC

Academic Video Online (AVON)

Academic Video Online (AVON)

Over 70,000 streaming video titles spanning a wide range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more.

Kanopy

Kanopy

On-demand streaming of classic cinema, indie films, and top documentaries. Films remain available for 72 hours.

Feature Films for Education

Feature Films for Education

Includes dramas, literary adaptations, blockbusters, classics, science fiction, environmental titles, foreign films, social issues, animation studies, and award winners.

PBS Video Collection

PBS Video Collection

Collection of more than 1,200 streaming videos with a wide range of documentaries and series from PBS.

Films On Demand

Films on Demand

Curriculum-focused, streaming video titles from producers such as Films for the Humanities and Sciences, A&E, History, ABCNews, BBC, NBC News, Biography, National Geographic and others.

Swank Digital Campus

Swank Digital Campus

Collection of feature films useful to all academic areas.