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Amazon Prime, Apple TV+, Disney+, Hulu, Max, Netflix, Paramount+, Network and Cable Television Platforms (CBS All Access, Peacock, etc.)
- Titles offered exclusively through online platforms that sell only to the home market are not available via the UCLA Library. These companies only sell and offer subscriptions to individual account holders, and do not offer an institutional license for libraries that provides access via IP address recognition. The only legal option for viewing content from these platforms is for individuals to subscribe. The websites Just Watch and Reelgood are examples of websites to discover which commercial vendor(s) might be offering streaming access to this type of media.
- Netflix does allow classroom screenings of some documentaries for "one-time educational purposes" from a personal account. More information.
- Netflix has also established a freely available Educational Documentaries Youtube channel with selected documentary features and series.
- Institutional access to films that are distributed outside of these platforms may be possible via purchase of physical media like DVDs, Library streaming media databases, and/or through the Instructional Media Library.