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Books and Book Reviews
Book Review Digest Plus [EBSCO] 1983+This link opens in a new windowReviews of English-language fiction and nonfiction books from U. S., Canadian, and British periodicals.
Center for Research Libraries (CRL) CatalogThis link opens in a new windowSmith 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 CatalogThis link opens in a new windowSearch Smith and the Five Colleges for books and more.
HathiTrustThis link opens in a new windowFull 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 Subscriber Archive 1994+This link opens in a new windowComplete 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.
Streaming Media
BBC Shakespeare PlaysThis link opens in a new windowStreaming video; BBC production of every Shakespeare play.
KanopyThis link opens in a new windowStreaming 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 LibraryThis link opens in a new windowStreaming audio for literature, poetry, abridged versions of classic texts and non-fiction.
OntheBoards.tvThis link opens in a new windowGrowing 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 windowStreaming video of definitive performances of the world's leading plays, and film documentaries. Users can bookmark specific scenes, monologues and staging.
The PALABRA ArchiveAudio recordings of prominent writers from Latin America, the Iberian Peninsula, the Caribbean, and other regions with Luso-Hispanic heritage populations reading from their works at the Library of Congress.