Digital Content
Available from on or off campus to current students, faculty and staff of OU.
- ARTFLThe American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language. ARTFL covers classic works of French literature, non-fiction prose, and technical writing from the 13th through the 20th century.
- ARTstorRepository of images that include collections from a wide variety of civilizations, time-periods, and media.
- Early European BooksHigh-resolution facsimile images of rare printed sources from the origin of printing through the 16th century.
- HathiTrust Digital LibraryDigitized books and journals. Only out-of-copyright materials may be viewed online or downloaded. HathiTrust Digital Library does not permit download or viewing the full text of books that are still under copyright (typically published since 1924).
- JSTORMostly full-text access to content from core journals. NOTE: while most JSTOR journals begin from the first issue of a given title, there is frequently an embargo on the most recent years. JSTOR should not be relied upon as a sole source for scholarly research.
- Kanopy Streaming VideoWatch feature and educational films online, on any device. International content, including the Criterion Collection. Effective October 1, 2018, Kanopy video access is mediated. This means that any video not licensed for use prior to that date will require the user to request access. Access is being enabled for class use with instructor approval.
- New World Cinema: Independent Features and ShortsStreaming full-length feature films from leading independent distributors and award-winning short films.
- Project MuseLargely full-text collection of articles from core journals. Generally limited to most recent 5-7 years.
Websites
Bibliotèque nationale de France. Website of the national library of France.
Blue Mountain Project: Historic Avant-Garde Periodicals for Digital Research. A digital thematic research collection of art, music and literary periodicals published between 1848, the year of the European Revolutions, and 1923.
Europeana.eu. An aggregator of European cultural content on the Web including exhibits of art, theatre, oral history, photography, etc.
Expositions.bnf.fr. Digital exhibits from La Bibliotèque nationale de France.
Gallica. Huge collection of digitized historical content, including books, manuscripts, newspapers, streaming music and speeches, and images. From the BnF.
Mango is a language-learning software accessible for free through the Pioneer Library System. A PLS library card is required. Individuals residing, working, attending school, or owning property in communities in Pottawatomie, McClain, and Cleveland counties are eligible to apply for a PLS library card.