Research Guides: Literatures in English: Multimedia

Multimedia Databases

Kanopy
Kanopy offers over 8,500 streaming films, documentaries, educational and training videos from an array of producers and distributors including BBC Active and Criterion Collection/Janus films. All videos work on PCs with Flash, iPads, iPhones, and mobile devices.
Swank Digital Campus
Streaming service featuring films, independent films and documentaries. Access note: Please clear browser cookies/cache before use. All videos work on PCs, however will only stream on mobile devices by downloading the Swank mobile app. For more information, visit the Swank FAQ page.
Must use VPN to access this database from off campus.
Alexander Street (Alexander Street)
A search interface that provides access to audio, video, and text resources from Alexander Street Press.

Audio Drama: The L.A. Theatre Works Collection (Alexander Street)
More than 300 works from the L.A. Theatre Works radio theatre company.

PennSound
PennSound is an ongoing project, committed to producing new audio recordings and preserving existing audio archives. Strong focus in contemporary American poetry.
Naropa University: Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics Audio Archive
Audio archive of classes and events held at Naropa University, with a strong focus in contemporary experimental poetics.

ARTstor
Database of over one million high-quality images, useful not only for the fine arts but as a general image resource.
CU Digital Library
The University of Colorado Digital Library provides centralized access to 150,000+ digitized and digital collections for teaching, learning and research. Collections include images, audio and video files. Many of these resources are available to the general public. Includes the following collections:

CU Boulder Library Guide to Finding Images
Please see this page on Finding Images from Art History subject specialist Alex Watkins for in-depth links to image resources online.

AP Newsroom (EBSCO)
Photos from the Associated Press, illustrating major news events and important figures over the last 160 years.
Digital Public Library of America
Brings together digital materials from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States.

Email: libraries@colorado.edu