Docuseek is the internet site where colleges, universities, and other educational institutions can discover, access, license, stream and share among their students, faculty and staff, the best documentary and social issues films and videos available.
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Searching Docuseek is free and open to all. Docuseek allows you to search through its database in both traditional and unique ways. Docuseek supports traditional key word searches, but expands it to include searching through descriptions and transcripts. Docuseek also adds an expanded subject taxonomy, and allows you to combine subject category searches with grade level, length, filmmaker, awards, format and other characteristics to focus your search.
For help using Docuseek, start with the Welcome page on our support wiki (where you are right now).
Subscriptions and licenses; databases, collections, and titles
Different vendors and librarians in various roles use different terms for gaining access to content. On Docuseek, we say we license content. Content may be licensed for one week, one semester (about 110 days), one year, or three years, or for the Life of File, defining "life of file" as "an institutional streaming license to use a file of the content for the life of the MPEG-4 (H.264) codec."
We license either individual titles, or groups of films, which we call collections. Collections include the entire Docuseek collection of content, all of the content from a particular distributor, thematic collections which we have curated and are offered at an attractive package price, and series of films (e.g., the One Ocean series, or the Capitalism series).
Our collections are treated as "databases" for the purpose of COUNTER 5 reporting. See the
COUNTER 5 Release page for more information. The Docuseek Complete Collection is comprised of over 2300 titles. You may license any subset of it, including the entire collection. Docuseek also licenses other collections of titles through arrangements with distributors, including GOOD DOCS, The Global Environmental Justice Documentaries project, and Icarus Films (their fiction film collection).
We try to be flexible in our licensing options, so you are not locked in to our pre-defined collections.
We license collections for one year, three years, and for the "life of file".
If you are ordering many titles, contact Elena Wayne, Sales + Marketing Manager for special pricing opportunities.
Pricing
Docuseek prices are determined by a few factors.
The first factor is your institution's Carnegie classification from their 2015 update. Your classification is based mainly on full-time equivalent enrollment, and the level of degrees offered and research activity. Your school's classification is mapped onto one of seven tiers.
A second factor is the number of titles you are licensing. The per-title price jumps downwards at 15 titles, 30 titles, 60 titles, 100 titles and 200 titles. The more titles you license, the cheaper the per title price.
A third factor is the length of time you want to license a title for. The longer the license period, the cheaper the per-year price is. We license films for periods ranging from one week to the life of file.
The fourth factor is the length of the film, although this only applies to single title licenses.
Single title prices and collection catalog prices are displayed when you are logged in, and have the right to license content.
Trials, purchase options and license models
You may purchase licenses online using our shopping cart. We accept credit cards (Mastercard and Visa) and purchase orders. Credit card orders are processed as soon as the credit card order is approved. Purchase orders are fulfilled usually within 24 hours.
For larger orders with special requirements, please contact Elena Wayne, Sales + Marketing Manager.
If you want to test drive the site, we are happy to set up a 30-day trial of Docuseek for your institution. Contact Elena Wayne, Sales + Marketing Manager, to set up a trial.
Because Docuseek license fees drop with the number of licenses purchased, Docuseek offers a token-based model that allows you to get a better price without having to decide which titles to license at the time of purchase. You may purchase a block of "tokens", qualifying for a better price, The tokens may then be exchanged for streaming licenses after you have consulted with your selection committee and / or faculty. You have one year to exchange your tokens for licenses.
We also offer an Evidence-Based Acquisition (EBA) model. You commit to acquiring a set number of Life of File licenses, and have access to the entire Docuseek collection for set period of time. You can use that period to help determine what titles you want to add to your collection. Contact Elena Wayne, Sales + Marketing Manager, to get details on our EBA program.
For more information on using Docuseek, check out our FAQ.
Docuseek does not charge a server fee to deliver subscription licenses.
Docuseek does not charge a server fee to deliver less than 250 life of file licenses.
Docuseek charges an annual server fee of $250 to deliver 250 to 499 life of file licenses.
Docuseek charges an annual server fee of $500 to deliver 500 or more life of file licenses.
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