Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature using the familiar Google interface. Google Scholar helps you find relevant work across the world of scholarly research. If you are off-campus, use these instructions to set it up for full access to library resources.
Scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, general science and social sciences dating back to the late 17th century. JSTOR is great for historical research but not for current research. MCLA's access to JSTOR is made possible by support from the Hardman Family Endowment.
Search all of the library's databases at one time to find articles, books, media and more as well as get access to thousands of citations for items you can request on interlibrary loan.
The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.
Over 600 productions from musicals to literary classics and in a range of formats (captured theatre, films, TV adaptations, audio theatre, poetry recitals) and more than 800 video resources such as interactive workshops, dynamic e-learning videos, exclusive interviews, lectures, and documentaries.
Kanopy is an on-demand streaming video service. Freel Library offers access to an academic version of Kanopy for current students, staff, and faculty, including selected titles from the Criterion collection, A24, PBS, and other content providers. For items not in our collection, we recommend getting a Boston Public Library ecard and searching their Kanopy collection.