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Kanopy Streaming Service
An online streaming video service for universities, Kanopy Streaming offers films, documentaries, and training videos.

Some videos found in Kanopy:

Bridging the divide : Tom Bradley and the politics of race
Thirty-five years before Barack Obama was elected President, the question of race and the possibility of bridging racial and ethnic barriers was put to a test
Miss Representation
This film exposes how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America.
Off the Straight & Narrow
The first in-depth documentary to cast a critical eye over the growth of gay images on TV.

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Opposing Viewpoints in Context
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A complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Users have access to viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, interactive maps, videos, streaming audio, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

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Wikipedia is an encyclopedia written collaboratively; anyone with internet access can write and edit Wikipedia articles. Users can contribute anonymously, under a pseudonym, or, if they choose to, with their real identity.

Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) is a collection of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources; these trusted, authoritative reference works are available 24/7.

If you need general information about subjects, persons, places etc. then GVRL is a good place to start.