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Issue No. 91, Feb 2014
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Collection Spotlight: More Video from Alexander Street Press

Asian Film Online is an online collection of 600 narrative feature films, documentaries, and shorts, curated by film scholars and critics. Nowhere else can you find such a focused collection of Asian voices addressing Asian issues. Viewers can explore the impact of globalization and urbanization on people’s everyday lives throughout the region. On completion, two dozen countries will be represented, with a strong concentration on China, India, Iran, South Korea, and Southeast Asia. AFO will appeal to anyone interested in Asian studies, anthropology, philosophy, geography, cross-cultural conflicts, and lots more. The works explore a wide variety of cinematic styles and techniques relevant to the study of film, literature, and the visual and performing arts. More than 75 percent of the films stream exclusively in AFO, and more than 60 percent are award winners.

Engineering Case Studies Online is a one-stop collection of video and text focusing on engineering failures and successes globally. It contains 250 hours of videos and 50,000 pages of text including documentaries, accident reports, experiments, visualizations, case studies, lectures and interviews from leading engineering institutions. Many areas are represented, including aerospace, civil and environmental, electrical, and mechanical. Content is produced by the BBC, U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, American Society of Civil Engineers, and others. Coverage includes both historical and recent cases – events that made international headlines and impacted lives and environment substantially.

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Improved Functionalities: Unlike physical DVDs, streaming videos allow multiple concurrent viewers. Full desktop and mobile versions are available. All popular OS (Windows, MAC, IOS, Android) are supported. Browse content with "smart facets" that change as you search. The system automatically adjusts to the highest quality file the user’s bandwidth can support. It is also easy to create bookmarks, clips and playlists. Browse, explore and enjoy!