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Virtual BLIC

Maybe you've already gone through as much Hulu and Netflix as you can handle. Did you know that the library databases offer you access to fun stuff, too?
For most of these you will already have to have used the off-campus login first.

Type of resource: Places to go:
Videos/movies Films On Demand - you can create an account and make your own playlists!
  https://www.kanopy.com/ - for OSU students, or anyone in the library
  https://www.hoopladigital.com/ - for anyone who is a member of a public library
  Fashion Studies Online: The Videofashion Library - for OSU students, or anyone in the library
  https://video.alexanderstreet.com/channel/silent-film-online - Silent films
  https://video.alexanderstreet.com/channels/cooking - Cooking
  https://video.alexanderstreet.com/channels/science - Science
  https://video.alexanderstreet.com/channels/lgbt-studies - LGBT studies
  https://video.alexanderstreet.com/channels - All channels! See what you're into.
  https://americanarchive.org/ - PBS "historic programs of publicly funded radio and television across America."
  https://fod.infobase.com/SubjectIndex.aspx - Films On Demand - a whole list of topics, check it out.
  https://osu.kanopy.com/category/supplier/janus-films-criterion-collection - Criterion Collection films
  https://search.alexanderstreet.com/afso - American film scripts online 
Ebooks/audiobooks https://openstax.org/subjects - additional ebooks to help with classes
  http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/ - lots and lots of free ebooks, including classic literature 
  https://redshelf.com/ - discounted (not free) digital textbooks
  https://bookriot.com/2016/09/15/11-websites-find-free-audiobooks-online/ - resources for free and legal audiobooks
Museums https://artsandculture.google.com/story/10-top-museums-you-can-explore-right-here-right-now/igKSKBBnEBSGKg 
Music  https://search.alexanderstreet.com/jazz - Jazz collection
  https://search.alexanderstreet.com/pops - Popular music library
  https://search.alexanderstreet.com/classical-music/browse/time-period - Classical music by time period
  https://mma.napubcoonline.com/ - Music magazines online (a collection of digitized music magazines)
  https://www.rocksbackpages.com/ - articles written about musicians over the last 60 years