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Consider taking a deep dive in a library database

An all-female/non-binary cast, led by Harriet Walter (pictured at center), perform Julius Caesar in 2012 at the Donmar Warehouse in London. This version of the William Shakespeare play was set in a women’s prison. Image courtesy of Drama Online.

Kanopy provides members of the U community with no-cost, commercial-free access to thousands of critically-acclaimed movies, documentaries, and award-winning foreign films.

Anatomy.TV provides medically accurate and detailed 3D rendering of human anatomy based on imaging data.

Birds of the World consolidates scholarly content from four celebrated works of ornithology into a single platform where biologists and birders can find comprehensive life history information on birds.
Many of us can remember, and perhaps still have, family recipes scrawled on index cards and packed into little boxes. Before computers, data was saved on paper — in journals, file cabinets, and library card catalogs. Remember the Dewey Decimal System? Fun fact: It’s still in use, though today in hard copy and electronic form.
Since their beginnings in the 1960s, databases have come a long way. Today, members of the U community may access an abundance of curated online content via Marriott Library's A-Z databases. Here’s a small sample of what you’ll find:
- Kanopy streams “thoughtful entertainment” on your preferred device with no fees or ads.
- Theater majors (and theater buffs), might enjoy Drama Online (login required), a digital library of playtexts, filmed live performances, audio plays, and scholarly books.
- Budding biologists and casual birders, flock to Birds of the World, an ornithology research database that features more than 10,000 species and billions of eBird observations.
- Feeling existential? The Philosopher's Index is a bibliographic database dedicated to abstracts of scholarly research in all areas of philosophy.
- The Poetry & Short Story Reference Center contains selected works of American and English poets, along with international poetry from every continent (accompanied by English translations, when available).
- Anatomy.TV is a suite of 3D interactive models of human anatomy accompanied by MRIs, X-rays, live-action movies, and animations.
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