We all have resources we have come to rely on in our courses. Whether it is a tried and true text or a VHS from 1987. Sometimes utilizing those materials in a modern environment can be challenging due to copyright. The Library has tools and resources to help! The streaming databases we subscribe to - Academic Video Online Premium and Swank Digital Campus - allow you to search by topic or title, embed a link in your LMS course, view the transcripts, create playlists, easily cite and provide captions to thousands of educational films, documentaries, motion pictures, and much more.
Our eBook packages - EBook Central, EBSCO EBook Collection and SpringerLink allow the freedom of breaking from traditional print texts and the many packages we have subscriptions to allow for utilization of eTexts across multiple disciplines!
We can also assist you in digitizing a DVD owned by Merrill Library, or by any UMS Library for upload to KALTURA for use in your Brightspace or any LMS course.
To determine if the title you need has already been digitized, search KALTURA. You can also search the Catalog for a DVD that you would like to use. Look for the Access Note in the description of the item. It will read like this:
| Access Note | Digital copy may be available for instructors. Ask Librarian. |
Once a DVD had been digitized and uploaded to KALTURA, you will be able to access and insert the embed code or the link into your LMS course.
Access UMM's Licensed Databases and use journal articles in your LMS without having to seek permission. Copy the permalink or the DOI and place in your LMS.
Digital Rights Management (DRM) refers to rules media vendors put on a user's ability to save, share, or otherwise copy items from their media collections. DRM may also include a limit on the number of users who can access the items simultaneously. Each media collection has different DRM rules, look to their help pages to find out.