The newsletter of the Swarthmore College Library

Library offers films, streaming video, and viewing facilities

From the Harry Potter movies to Human Planet to Orchestra 2001 in Russia, the TriCollege libraries have thousands of DVDs and VHS films that library patrons may borrow. The Swarthmore College Library owns almost 12,000 of those videos.About 6,000 feature films and almost 3,000 documentaries are kept in McCabe Library. Cornell Science Library has a collection of 519 videos on a range of science topics. Underhill Music Library holds 1,305 videos; 157 of these are unique dance videos created at Swarthmore. Beginning in 1985, these dance videos contain student and faculty performances and visiting artists’ lectures, workshops, and performances.

Sunka Simon, associate professor of German, Film and Media Studies, writes that “McCabe library and the LRC have been immensely supportive to faculty and students in FMST and GMST in purchasing German films and media products for teaching and research. For novices in national and world cinemas, for fans of Hollywood cinema and cinephiles of experimental films, the LRC and the library hold a plethora of treasures. Go and discover them on your own or through our classes and screenings!”

Print Preservation

Shifting Sands

We still have access to the print for most digital scholarship, but will this always be so?

Jstor Offers Public Access to Post-Copyright Journal Content

Scholarly Communications

As a Swarthmore College Library user, it is probable that Jstor is your favorite source of full-text, scholarly articles. Jstor is an amazing resource, but it is expensive, and you can only access its content as a member of the Swarthmore College Community.