Indigenous Student Access Program (ISAP)
Resources for ISAP Students
Introduction
When your classes, research, and studying start to feel overwhelming, come take a break in our "Just For Fun" section. Here, you will find different resources from Libraries and Cultural Resources available for you enjoy and to help unwind!
Unwind with some Movies and Music
The library subscribes to several film and audio databases that you can log into with your UCID, and gain access to movies, music, and other performing arts from around the world! Check out the databases below and get in touch with Alex if you have any problems accessing them.
- Audio Ciné Films This link opens in a new windowUnwind and watch popular films from Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pixtures, Pixar, etc.Audio Cine Films Inc. is one of the largest non-theatrical (markets outside commercial theatres) film rights representative in Canada, with exclusive rights to one of the largest film libraries available. We manage copyrights related to the public presentation of films produced by the studios we exclusively represent in Canada and issue copyright licenses that allow all types of organisations to present films within a public performance environment without infringing upon the Canadian Copyright Act. Audio Cine Films Inc. is the exclusive Canadian rights representative for : Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Columbia Pictures, Tristar Pictures, Screen Gems, Universal Studios Canada (MCA), MGM Studios, United Artists, and many more. HBO Films and Kinosmith titles are also available through Audio Cine Films Inc but require separate licenses.
- Criterion-on-demand This link opens in a new windowWatch more than 1500 films from around the world.Criterion-on-demand provides easy access to educationally relevant feature films used in Canadian Higher Education Institutions. This service includes: a bilingual website that offers title information, search capabilities, list new releases and accept title requests; more than 1500 titles; more than 1100 French titles; approximately 135 foreign language films with English subtitles; more than 100 documentary features (many from National Geographic); and closed captioned titles when available. Criterion-on-Demand represents a large number of feature film producers, including, but not limited to: Paramount Pictures, Paramount Vantage, Mongrel Media, Sony Pictures Classics, Alliance Films, Miramax Films, Warner Brothers, Lionsgate Films, The Weinstein Company, as well as a smaller number of independent producers. Our title selection includes 1920 classics, new releases, foreign films, literary adaptations, documentaries, animated titles, and independent features.
- NFB.ca (National Film Board of Canada) This link opens in a new windowNFB.ca is the National Film Board of Canada's online screening room, featuring thousands of films, excerpts, trailers and interactive works.NFB.ca is the National Film Board of Canada's online screening room, featuring thousands of films, excerpts, trailers and interactive works. New content is added weekly and the collection includes documentaries, animations, experimental films and fiction.
- Curio.ca This link opens in a new windowCheck out CBC's streaming documentaries, news, drama, children's programming and more in video and audio.Curio.ca gives streaming access to the best in educational video and audio from CBC and Radio-Canada; a wealth of primary-source content in English and French, including the latest from CBC's award-winning documentaries (television and radio), news, drama, children's programming and more.
- Music online. Listening This link opens in a new windowStream classical, popular, world, jazz, and other music through this database.Music Online: Listening is a multidisciplinary collection of audiovisual content that touches on the curriculum needs of virtually every department. Music Online: Listening allows students and researchers alike to analyze unique and valuable content from over 500 producers and distributors around the world. This database includes the following parts: Music online: American music; Music online: Classical music library; Music online: Contemporary world music; Music online: Jazz music library; Music online: Popular music library; Music online: Smithsonian global sound.
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