Next, find information about your topic.
The links below connect you to articles and newspapers, books, websites, videos, and more
Also look for additional links that pertain directly to your class section.
Depending on what you find, you might need to revise your topic or search strategy.
If you are having trouble finding information on your topic, always feel free to ask a librarian!
Search for Books or More in the Toolbar of the Library Home page OR the online catalog:
Examples of Asian-American videos: Mr. Cao goes to Washington; Ocean of pearls; Becoming American: personal journeys
Examples of Black Americans videos: Beloved; The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman; Go Tell It on the Mountain;The Sky is Gray; Blacking up: hip-hop's remix of race and identity
Examples of European-American videos: The Godfather; Landmark American trials: Sacco & Vanzetti, 1921
Examples of Hispanic-Americans: Dolores : rebel, activist, feminist, mother; Spare parts; Latin music USA
PBS has a variety of videos online celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month:
https://www.pbs.org/specials/hispanic-heritage-month/
There are other videos involving ethnic groups as well:
Arab-Americans: https://www.pbs.org/video/dptv-arts-culture-arab-american-stories-new-generation/
Alexander Street: American History in Video
"American History in Video includes approximately 1,000 hours of newsreels from the late 1890s to the 1980s. Beginning with the Spanish American War, the early films provide documentary footage of actual people, places, and events together with interviews and other broadcast content from the period. A landmark collection—the largest of its kind—American History in Video will enrich any history program and will see wide use across the curriculum. At completion, this online collection will include more than 2,000 hours of streaming video—more than 5,000 titles in all."
"All year long you can enjoy free live concerts, operas, ballets with the greatest artists of our time on our audio-visual platform. These live events are then available for a limited time on our website. Since its opening in 2008, medici.tv has built an international reputation by broadcasting over 200 classical music events and by connecting a community of aficionados from over 180 countries."
Westminster Choir College's library, Talbott, can send videos via intralibrary loan between the two campuses:
Find the item in the library catalog, click to open it. and click on the "Request" button the right of the title and author information You will be prompted to log in to your account. Please allow a minimum of 24 hours for pickup.
The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) - Rider University students may borrow books from The College of New Jersey Library using their Rider ID and filling out a Reciprocal Borrowing form at the Rider University circulation desks.
Mercer County Public Library - Rider University students, staff, and faculty can get a free library card from the Mercer County Library System. (A photo ID, Rider ID, and current pay stub or course schedule is required to complete the library card application). Nearest to the Lawrenceville Campus is the Headquarters Lawrenceville Branch located on Darrah Road, in Lawrenceville. A library card will allow you to access online materials that they may have.
Vale Reciprocal Borrowing Program - is an agreement among participating VALE member colleges and universities. Through this program, Rider faculty may borrow books from many area academic libraries, including Rutgers University.
Don't forget your hometown libraries!
WorldCat is a worldwide catalog of libraries and searching for a video may show what library near you may have it.
If you have membership to the following companies, you maybe able to view videos for free!
IMDb for ratings and reviews of movies
Databases to explore articles and information on films:
Found the perfect article but there is no link to the full text? We might have access through another database.
OR
If you have a citation for a journal article you want to get, use the Journals link to see if the Libraries own or have access to the print or electronic versions of the journal title. Here's how to check.The example below is to find full text articles in the New York Times newspaper. From the RU Library home page, click the link to Journals.
Type the name of the newspaper name in search box to see if it is available in one of our databases or in Moore Library: