Research and Course Guides: English: Books, video, & other media

Search the Clemson Libraries collections

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PASCAL Delivers
The combined catalogs of the academic libraries in South Carolina. Items requested will usually arrive in 4-5 business days

HathiTrust This link opens in a new window
millions of digitized publications from around the world, mainly from library, Google, and Internet Archive initiatives. For the fullest view possible, click on the yellow LOG IN box on the right, select Clemson University from the drop-down menu, then Continue, and log in to the network with your CU userid and password

Internet Archive
"non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more"
Google Books

Clemson OPEN (formerly TigerPrints) This link opens in a new window
Renamed ClemsonOPEN; the Clemson University institutional repository; includes theses and dissertations
Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
index to 3.8 million dissertations and theses in all subject areas with 600,000+ in full text; 1861-present
Google Scholar (with Clemson links) This link opens in a new window
Good place to look for dissertations not available through Dissertations and Theses Global
WorldCat This link opens in a new window
global catalog of library collections with items from over 10,000 libraries Limit: 4 simultaneous users

Swank Digital Campus
Streaming films (mostly from larger studios) to which we have current subscriptions; others can be arranged with advance notice from faculty
Kanopy
Streaming films (strong in global, independent, & documentary cinema) to which we have current subscriptions; others can be arranged with advance notice from faculty
TigerFlix
University-provided selection of popular movies that changes from year to year. Must be on campus or using the VPN to access.
Note: Click Clemson users button to log in; do NOT enter information in the "Username/password" boxes on the "Login" page

Digital Theatre+ This link opens in a new window
Hundreds of full-length productions, along with dramatic texts, poetry, performances, essays, graphic novels, and more
Drama Online This link opens in a new window
1,500+ play texts, videos of Shakespeare plays performed at the Globe Theatre & of major Early Modern British plays, 350 audio recordings from the L.A. Theatre works, & more.
Theatre Performance & Design Collection (previously Theatre in Video) This link opens in a new window
performances of plays & filmed documentaries about plays, playwrights, & theatre history

BBC Shakespeare Plays
All 37 of Shakespeare's plays, produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation [BBC]
MIT Global Shakespeares
"online access to performances of Shakespeare from many parts of the world"

Medici.tv This link opens in a new window
over 1,800 programs, including concerts and archived historical concerts, operas, ballets, documentaries, artist portraits and educational programs, and master classes
USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive This link opens in a new window
More than 55,000 video testimonies of survivors and witnesses of genocide. (Users will need to create a free account to access the information)
Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies This link opens in a new window
Access to this content requires a registration process using the following steps:
1. Go to the main Fortunoff site at https://fortunoff.aviaryplatform.com/
2. Select the Login button at the top-right side of the window
3. At the bottom of the Sign-In screen, choose “Join Now”
4. A confirmation email will be sent to your Clemson account
5. Once you verify your affiliation, you can search the testimonies and request access to individual videos
6. Your preferences and authentication should be stored once you successfully login and view a film