Audio and Video Databases

Books, primary documents, photographs, movies, and sound recordings from the Library of Congress. (Full-text).

Free website with famous speeches in audio, video, or text formats. (Streaming media).

Listen to classical music recordings. Search by composer, artist, work, genre, or time period. (Streaming media).

History journals, documents, encyclopedias, maps, and video clips for K-12 students. (Full-text).

Audio recordings of oral arguments from U.S. Supreme Court sessions. (Streaming media).

Multimedia Search Engines

Search for audio, video, and image files. Allows some specification of formats.

Claims to be the biggest video search engine. Searches audio, video, television, and podcasts.

Search audio, video, images, and texts.

Search digital libraries with audio, video, images, and texts.

Search multimedia blogs and podcasts -- including radio and television.

A database of educational videos contributed by members, but carefully screened for quality.

Search for videos using many advanced search options.

Not a search engine, but a popular database for videos contributed by members.

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