NEIU Libraries Research Guides: Faculty Guide to the Library: Diverse Voices and Formats

Diverse Voices and Formats

Alexander Street Videos This link opens in a new window
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This steaming video collection covers a broad range of subjects and offers full length documentaries as well as interviews and video shorts. The collection contains over 11,000 videos and almost 7,000 hours of content.
Asian Film Online This link opens in a new window
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A selection of over 1,000 narrative feature films, documentaries and shorts curated by film scholars and critics
Black Studies Center This link opens in a new window
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Essential historical and current material for researching the past, present and future of African Americans, the wider African Diaspora, and Africa itself.
Black Studies in Video This link opens in a new window
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This collection features award-winning documentaries, newsreels, interviews and archival footage surveying the evolution of black culture in the United States, many from producers California Newsreel and Filmmakers Library. At present, the collection includes 145 videos, totaling 141 hours, going back to 1969. Many of the videos also have transcriptions.
Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
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Full text newspapers and magazines published by ethnic, minority, and native presses in English and Spanish, 1990 to present (coverage varies by title).
Ethnographic Video Online This link opens in a new window
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Over 1,300 hours of streaming video, including ethnographic films, documentaries, select feature films, and previously unpublished fieldwork
Films On Demand: Master Academic Package This link opens in a new window
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This streaming video collection contains over 23,000 titles from a wide-range of disciplines. Content comes from well-known educational media producers such as California Newsreel, Films for the Humanities and Sciences, PBS, and many more.
Latin America in Video This link opens in a new window
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Quality original language documentaries from some of the most important producers and independent filmmakers in Latin America.
Latino Literature: Poetry, Drama, and Fiction This link opens in a new window
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A searchable full text collection of poetry, fiction, and drama written in English and Spanish by hundreds of Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican, and other Latin authors working in the United States.
Women & Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 This link opens in a new window
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Resource focusing on the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000. The collection includes full-text documents, book, film, and website reviews, notes from the archives, and teaching tools.

Research Guides

African and African American Studies Research Guide
Links to resources, databases, and more on African and African American studies.
Latino/a & Latin American Research Guide
Links to resources, databases, and more on Latino/a & Latin American studies.
World Languages and Cultures Research Guide
Links to resources, databases, and more on world languages and cultures.
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Research Guide
Links to resources, databases, and more on women's, gender, and sexuality studies.

Other Resources

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
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Gather background information on your topic from hundreds of full-text encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations, and subject-specific titles, as well as 500,000+ images and audio files and over 1,000 videos.
PrepSTEP for Colleges and Universities This link opens in a new window
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Packed with tutorials, practice tests, e-books and high-stakes test preparation for self-guided skill building, career preparation and workforce readiness. Please create a personal account (email and password only).

Learning Strategies Library Guide
Looking to improve your study skills? Unsure of how to approach college-level reading, writing, and math? Check out these resources for help.

Finding Other Formats

To find a variety of types of credible library resources, go to the "Database and Articles" tab from the library homepage. From the A-Z list of Databases and Online Resources, use the "All Database Types" pull-down menu to select formats such as streaming videos, images, news, and more.

Faculty Guide to the Library

Reconsidering Authority

Textbook Affordability Initiatives

Diverse Voices and Formats

Research Guides

Other Resources

Finding Other Formats