Databases

Subject: Movies
Description: Hundreds of popular movies and classics in multiple languages. The majority of new releases are added within 1-2 days of being released in Blu-ray and DVD.

Subject: Music, Performing Arts
Description: The Digital Concert Hall is an online platform that provides access to live and recorded classical music performances by the Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra). It includes Live Concert Streaming, interviews and documentaries.
Access: The first time accessing access Digital Concert Hall: Berliner Philharmoniker, click on "Start Institutional Access" and register in order to create an account. Once registered you will be able to access the resource by clicking on Log in.

Subject: Music & Performing Arts
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Subject: Music.
Description: Covers all aspects of music. It includes the full text of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, the New Grove Dictionary of Opera, the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, the Oxford Companion to Music and more.  
Access: limited to five simultaneous users.

Subject: Multidisciplinary
Description: Streaming video collection which includes thousands of award-winning documentaries, training films and theatrical releases.
Access: This link will lead to a catalogue search of all titles owned by Douglas College. Add more terms to refine your results, or use the search feature on the Kanopy website for a full listing of Kanopy titles. 

Subject: Music.
Description: Complete catalogues or selected recordings of over 400 independent labels. Includes music notes, tracklist, and instrumentation. Libretti and synopses of more than 700 operas More than 40,000 composer and artist biographies
Access: Only five simultaneous users are allowed. 

Subject: Anthropology, Music
Description: Smithsonian Global Sound is a virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions. It includes folk, popular, classical and world music, speeches, and oral histories, delivered via streaming audio.

Description: The Theatre Performance & Design Collection is an international collection that covers all aspects of theater from production and design to performance, from the 17th century through to the present day, including, set design, lighting design, sound design, costume design, makeup, and more. It includes the National Theatre Collection, the Royal Shakespeare Company Collection, and other collections.

* To search a specific collection, use the My Collections drop down menu.