Library

1. The library currently has the following database trial until March 17, 2025:

From the latest contemporary works to classic stagings, discover award-winning productions from the world's most exciting theatre companies, including the Royal Shakespeare Company, and many more. With accompanying interviews, essays, and expert insights from artists, technicians, and scholars, faculty and students gain an exclusive front-row seat to the theatre-making process.

2. The Library currently has the following database trial until March 24, 2025:

Our new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Streaming Video Collection provides sought-after resources to upskill educators and students for the rapidly changing tech landscape.  This curated collection of videos on AI—what it is and how to use it—offers a structured, engaging way to teach and learn about this evolving technology.

3. The Library currently has the following database trial until March 7, 2025:

Docuseek Complete Collection - Over 2,800 films (Please note that this is trial for the complete collection of films. The BHCC Library subscribes to a selection of films as well.)

Docuseek is the premier streaming platform for films in every major academic discipline.  The Docuseek Complete Collection provides access to film distributors such as Bullfrog, Icarus, Women Make Movies, Collective Eye, First Run Features and many more.  Some of the popular and/or award-winning titles are TikTok, Boom, Israelism, Fly So Far, The True Cost, Power to Heal, A Fierce Green Fire, The Life and Times of Sara Baartman, Cooked:  Survival by Zipcode, Ama, Lyd and many more titles.

4. The Library currently has a trial to ARTSTOR which can be found within the current JSTOR platform. The trial runs until March 27, 2025. To get to ARTSTOR, click on searching Images on the JSTOR homepage.

Artstor (on JSTOR)

5. The Library currently has a trial to Oxford University Press Research Encyclopedias. This trial lasts until March 15, 2025.

6. World Politics Review - Available until June 30. 2025. World Politics Review is a journalistic database that provides in depth analysis of the issues impacting every corner of the world.

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Black Freedom Struggle - Temporary Resource. From ProQuest. The site features over 2,000 curated primary-source documents related to critical people and events in African American history. Our intention is to support a wide range of students, independent researchers and anyone interested in learning more about the foundation of ongoing racial injustice in the U.S. – and the fights against it. 

8. Coronavirus Research Database - Temporary Database. From ProQuest. Including coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak, this database curates openly available content related to coronaviruses. It includes thousands of open-access articles from the world’s leading publishers as well as current research from pre-print repositories such as arXiv and will continue to grow and evolve as more is learned about the pandemic.