Audiovisual Collections at Goldsmiths Library
Goldsmiths Library provides access to thousands of audiovisual resources that you can stream online from home, or use or borrow from the Library building.
Our audiovisual collections include film, television, radio, theatre, music and academic video.
Please note: many of our audiovisual databases are not searchable from Library Search, our main catalogue, so you need to search them separately. These databases are marked with the following red traffic light:
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Key Online Audiovisual Collections
- Artfilms This link opens in a new windowArtfilms-Digital is the video streaming service of Contemporary Arts Media and Artfilms, offering more than 5000 films from around the world for arts education and arts practitioners.
Not in Library Search - BFI Player This link opens in a new window11,000 archive films are available to watch free on BFI Player from the BFI, national and regional archives. This collection grows constantly as more material is digitised.
Note: Access is only available to free resources. Many items will require a subscription which Goldsmiths does not provide.
Please note that due to licensing restrictions users can only access this resource from within the UK
Not in Library Search - Box of Broadcasts (BoB) This link opens in a new windowBoB is Learning on Screen’s on demand TV and radio service for education. Our academically-focused system allows staff and students at subscribing institutions to record programmes from over 65 free-to-air channels, and search our extensive archive.
Please note that due to licensing restrictions users can only access this resource from within the UK
Not in Library Search - Faculti This link opens in a new windowGoldsmiths have access to all Education videos on the Faculti platform. Faculti has thousands of online videos for the purposes of research, teaching, and private study. Educators worldwide now use Faculti videos to add engaging, cutting-edge, real-life perspectives to undergraduate, postgraduate, and executive education programs.
Not in Library Search - National Theatre Collection This link opens in a new windowNational Theatre Collection brings the stage to life through access to high definition streaming video of world-class productions and unique archival material offering significant insight into theatre and performance studies. Through a collaboration with the U.K.'s National Theatre, this collection offers a range of digital performance resources never previously seen outside of the National Theatre’s archive.
In Library Search - Routledge Performance Archive This link opens in a new windowRoutledge Performance Archive provides exclusive access to an unprecedented and continually expanding range of streamed video and audio footage from performance practitioners past and present paired with relevant critical commentary.
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