Research Guides: BMC Summer Recommendations for Class of 2027: Home

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Some recommendations for online viewing and reading. Find lots more to read and watch through Tripod (the Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore College library catalogue), and get in touch with a librarian if you have questions or suggestions. We're always happy to hear from students, and we'll usually answer any questions within 24 hours. Email library@brynmawr.edu.

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Feature Films for Education
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Hundreds of full-length feature films that you can watch immediately.
Swank Digital Campus
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Streaming video platform which contains classic and popular feature films.
Met Opera on Demand
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More than 450 Metropolitan Opera performances streamed online. Dozens of Live in HD productions, classic telecasts from the 1970s, '80s, '90s, and '00s, and hundreds of radio broadcasts dating back to 1936
Academic Video Online: Premium
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AVON includes documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, and raw footage in all academic areas. Users will find thousands of award-winning films, including Academy, Emmy, and Peabody winners.

Listen

Naxos Music Library
Jazz, classical, world, opera and more. 2.5 million tracks.

DRAM - Database of Recorded American Music
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A collection of sound recordings documenting American music not generally covered by commercial recording companies. Works can be browsed by work, album or track titles, as well as by artist roles, and date of recording and composition. Some biographical and role information are provided for artists.

Read

News Sources
All our online subscriptions to major newspapers (New York Times, Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, Wall Street Journal) and newsmagazines are linked here.
Recommendations for Reading About Race
Online resources about Ukraine

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Learn

Ancestry.com
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Wide-ranging collections of information for conducting genealogical and local history research. Includes: digitized images of the United States Federal Census from 1790 forward; the American Genealogical Biographical Index; Passenger and Immigration Lists Index; United Kingdom and United States Directories 1680-1830; court, land, and probate records; and many other resources. Tip: If you're presented with a message that the page isn't redirecting properly, try turning off the third party cookies in your browser.
Mango Languages
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Provides online conversational foreign language instruction including a variety of resources to help patrons learn practical conversation skills for languages spoken all around the world. Offers language learning programs for many of the world s most popularly spoken languages. The Basic modules comprise lessons in introductory level polite conversation. The Complete modules comprise additional lessons to achieve an intermediate conversation level.
LinkedIn Learning
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LinkedIn Learning is a constantly growing library of more than 1400 courses and 82,000 videos in streaming video format, and new material is added every week. Courses are offered at different skill levels in over 140 specialties. Subjects covered range from 3D + Animation; Audio; Business including Office and Google software; Design; Developer; Photography and Video; and Web and social media.