Digital Content
Available from on or off campus to current students, faculty and staff of OU.
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AVON: Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
This database is a multidisciplinary collection of streaming videos spanning a wide range of subject areas, including anthropology, business, psychology, film, history, music, and more. Resources include acclaimed and award-winning interdisciplinary documentaries, independent films, training and instructional videos, foreign films and shorts, newsreels, and other educational titles.
Note: AVON video access is mediated. Any video not currently licensed for use will require the user to request access. Access is enabled for class use with instructor approval.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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Early European Books This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1475-1701
Provides access to high-resolution facsimile images of rare printed sources from the origin of printing through the seventeenth century. Early European Books contains significant works by Aristotle, Copernicus, Descartes, Erasmus, Kepler, Luther and Spinoza, alongside ephemeral works such as pamphlets and almanacs. The works encompass all the major fields of human endeavour, including science, medicine, philosophy, theology, literature, history, political science, travel, and exploration.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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HathiTrust Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Shared digital repository of millions of library books and journals converted from print resources owned by research institutions around the world. HathiTrust Digital Library does not permit downloading or viewing the full text of books that are still under copyright.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window
This database is a digitized archive of the backfiles of selected scholarly journals. Provides access to materials in African American studies, anthropology, Asian studies, ecology, economics, education, finance, general science, history, literature, mathematics, philosophy, political science, population studies, sociology, and statistics.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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Kanopy Streaming Video This link opens in a new window
Provides access to streaming video supporting classes in the arts, business, health, media/communication, science, humanities and education.
Note: Kanopy video access is mediated. Any video not currently licensed for use will require the user to request access. Access is enabled for class use with instructor approval.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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New World Cinema: Independent Features and Shorts This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1990-present
Streaming full-length feature films from leading independent distributors and award-winning short films.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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Opera in Video This link opens in a new window
Provides access to streaming videos of opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries.
To learn how to embed videos into Canvas, view this online tutorial.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
Open Access Journals
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BetweenJournal of the Italian Association for the Theory and Comparative History of Literature.
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California Italian StudiesPublishes on Italian art, culture, and history.
Websites
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Dante Society of AmericaGo to the Education and Outreach page for links to digital projects including editions, interactive maps, podcasts, etc.
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Decameron WebA site dedicated to the study of Boccaccio, his world, and his work.
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Europeana"Explore 53,455,435 artworks, artefacts, books, videos and sounds from across Europe."
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Garibaldi and the RisorgimentoThe Garibaldi & the Risorgimento digital archive seeks to provide a comprehensive resource for the interdisciplinary study and teaching of the life and deeds of one of the protagonists of the Italian unification process, Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882). Click View the Panorama to experience the exhibit.
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Liber LiberFree Italian books and music.
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Mango via Pioneer Library SystemA 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.
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Vocabularia dell'Accademia della CruscaOnline edition of the Vocabularia dell'Accademia della Crusca.