Research Guides: ENG : English Language & Literature: Books & Streaming Media

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Book Review Digest Plus [EBSCO] 1983+ This link opens in a new window Reviews of English-language fiction and nonfiction books from U. S., Canadian, and British periodicals.
Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Catalog This link opens in a new window Smith College is a member of the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), which acquires and preserves "unique and little-known documents." The collections, which number about five million items, are international in scope and made available to researchers at member institutions through interlibrary loan, electronic delivery, and on-site use at CRL in Chicago. Read more....
Five College Library Catalog This link opens in a new window Search Smith and the Five Colleges for books and more.
HathiTrust This link opens in a new window Full text books & journals digitized by HathiTrust partner libraries, Google, the Internet Archive, etc. Includes searchable access to over 10 million volumes total; 3 million public domain volumes are fully viewable online and allow downloading one page at a time. Complements Google Books.
Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive [Gale] This link opens in a new window Full text searching of the TLS; book reviews, film reviews, play reviews and more.
Times Literary Supplement Subscriber Archive 1994+ This link opens in a new window Complete coverage of the TLS from 1994. (New issues added 1 week after publication). Username and password for this resource available at any Smith Libraries service point.

BBC Shakespeare Plays This link opens in a new window Streaming video; BBC production of every Shakespeare play.
Kanopy This link opens in a new window Streaming educational & feature films across all disciplines, with films from the BBC, California Newsreel, Criterion, PBS & many others. Create a free Kanopy account on campus, then connect to a Kanopy app and watch on your mobile device or smart TV. See Kanopy Help.
Naxos Spoken Word Library This link opens in a new window Streaming audio for literature, poetry, abridged versions of classic texts and non-fiction.
OntheBoards.tv This link opens in a new window Growing collection of high-quality videos of full-length performances by some of today's most provocative artists working in dance, theater, music, and other forms that defy categorization.
Theatre in Video Vol. I [Alexander Street] This link opens in a new window Streaming video of definitive performances of the world's leading plays, and film documentaries. Users can bookmark specific scenes, monologues and staging.