McQuade LibGuides: Engineering: Streaming Video and Documentaries

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NOBLE/Merrimack Library Catalog This link opens in a new window
Find print and electronic books plus videos, at McQuade and at North of Boston libraries. For tips on requesting, etc. see the NOBLE/Evergreen Guide.

To search for videos in the catalog, click on the dropdown menu that says "All Formats" and select "Video (All)."

Alexander Street Press (AVON) This link opens in a new window
Academic streaming video database of 80,000+ multidisciplinary titles in many subject areas including business, counseling, health, history, and more.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Collection of 38,000+ streaming videos ranging from documentaries to educational films to instructional videos.
Kanopy Streaming This link opens in a new window
Curated streaming video collection of popular documentaries. You can only view titles that Merrimack currently licenses. To request a Kanopy video, search for the video on Kanopy and submit a “Request for Access” form or email us at mcquadeacquisitions@merrimack.edu

Featured Videos and Films

To Engineer is Human
Publication Date: 1987
This documentary examines engineering and explains how failures of imagination rather than miscalculations can often lead to disaster and how engineers can often learn more from a single failure than from a thousand successes.
The Brooklyn Bridge
Publication Date: 1982
This award-winning film by Ken Burns recaptures the drama, struggles, and personal tragedies behind the greatest of all achievements of America's industrial age, the Brooklyn Bridge. Largest bridge of the era, its construction entailed enormous problems and ingenious solutions. Witness the human heroics behind the bridge that seized America's imagination in the 1880s. Discover the enduring charm and beauty of a granite-and-steel masterpiece.
Introduction to Structural Design
Publication Date: 2004
Discusses how to achieve good structural design of bridges, which is the efficient use of resources to produce a structure that won't fall down and will do what it is intended to do.
Incident at Morales: An Engineering Ethics Story
Publication Date: 2003
Incident at Morales involves a variety of ethical issues faced by a company that wants to quickly build a plant in order to develop a new chemical product to gain a competitive edge over the competition.
The Challenge of Bridge Maintenance
Publication Date: 2019
To avoid the worst, bridges are subject to permanent controls and repairs using advanced techniques such as, for example, breaking concrete with high pressure water or cutting a cable so tight that it could unleash like a giant whip. Maintenance specialists perform daily tasks that are not well known to the public in order to prevent tragedies.
First Person Singular: I. M. Pei
Publication Date: 1997
This program profiles the man responsible for some of the most triumphant architecture of the 20th century: architect I. M. Pei. He discusses the triumphs (and failures) of his career, and the primary artistic and intellectual influences reflected in the sweeping simplicity of his designs, from the Kennedy Presidential Library to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.
Norman Foster
Publication Date: 1995
The airport in Hongkong, the Gherkin in London, the viaduct in Millau - all of these constructions bear the mark of the most significant architect of the present: Norman Foster. This portrayal highlights the artistic development and personality of the frequently honoured architect and designer.