Digital Content
Available from on or off campus to current students, faculty and staff of OU.
- Early Encounters in North America1,482 authors and over 100,000 pages of letters, diaries, memoirs and accounts of early encounters. Translated and in plain text.
- Early European BooksHigh-resolution facsimile images of rare printed sources from the origin of printing through the 16th century.
- HathiTrust Digital LibraryShared 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 viewing or downloading of books that are still under copyright. NOTE: The individual titles in this database are only listed in Discover not the Local Catalog.
- Hispanic Life in America, 2010-presentCombining deep historical content with current sources, Hispanic Life in America provides primary source documents related to Hispanic American life. It is continually updated to reflect the latest news in government, business, and arts—from U.S. immigration policies and the response at the U.S. southern border, to the Dreamers and the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), as well as the ongoing influence of Hispanic American businesses, politicians, musicians, athletes, and others.
- Historical Spanish Periodicals in HathiTrustDigitized periodicals from the latter part of the 19th century.
- JSTORDatabase covering all subject areas. Includes all or part of several of the journals listed below: Western Historical Quarterly, Environmental History Review, Great Plains Quarterly, Pacific Historical Review, American Indian Quarterly, California History, Montana, the Magazine of Western History, and Ethnohistory.
- 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.
- Sabin Americana: History of the Americas (1500–1926; Gale)Includes books, pamphlets, serials, and more.
- Spanish Fiction in HathiTrustSpanish fiction, 1880-1919, as well as a few books from that time period about Spanish literature.
- Spanish Plays in HathiTrustSpanish plays from the 18th century through early 20th century.
- Teatro Español del Siglo de OroFull text to hundreds of plays from the Golden Age of Spanish Theatre. Search or browse by keyword, play title, speaker, playwright, or genre.
Websites
- Descarga Cultura UNAMStreaming audio from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, including adaptations of plays, works of literature, and Mexican authors reading their own work.
- Instituto CervantesThe Spanish government's official agency promoting the teaching of Spanish language and culture worldwide.
- Manos TeatralesManos is a collaborative project, dedicated to analysis and dissemination of information about the treasure-trove of some 3,000 surviving manuscripts of Spanish classical theater. In English and Spanish.
- Mango via Pioneer Public Library SystemMango 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.
In addition to these links, you might find useful articles and reviews by searching Google for a specific place, e.g. google.com.mx for Mexico, google.es for Spain, google.com.pr for Puerto Rico, google.com.co for Colombia. There isn't a Google search for every country, but when there is, you will find results that you would not have found searching just google.com.