Reference Librarian
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Ebook Databases
- Ebook Central
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"Authoritative ebooks at your fingertips." Includes the former ebrary and EBL databases.
- EBSCO eBooks
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Search and view the full text of ebooks. Includes fiction and nonfiction titles.
- JSTOR
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JSTOR includes many full-text scholarly books in addition to peer-reviewed journals. Book chapters are available as individual PDFs.
Google Books
Google Books will provide you with partial access to many books published in the last few decades and full access to certain titles that are in the public domain.
It's a good way to get a sense if the book(s) you are interested in are actually useful.
If you do find something in Google Books that you like and want to see the actual book, you can always request it free of charge from Library Services through interlibrary loan.
Streaming Video
- Academic Video Online: Premium
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A comprehensive video collection covering a wide range of subjects.
- Films on Demand
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A streaming video service that provides users with access to hundreds of videos related to the Humanities and Social Sciences. Users can watch, mark, and share videos.
- Theatre in Video
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Contains more than 250 definitive performances of the worlds leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries.
- Black Studies in Video
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Award-winning documentaries, newsreels, interviews and archival footage surveying the evolution of black culture in the United States.
- Media Education Foundation Digital Collection
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These films encourage critical thinking about the social, political, and cultural impact of American mass media with a special focus on representations of gender and race, and the effect these representations have on identity and culture.
