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Affordable Instructional Materials & Linking to Library Resources Library Multimedia

This guide will provide information on how to link to library resources in Canvas, copyright guidelines, and contact information for more help.

Finding Multimedia

Multimedia can include images, sound files, or videos. For multimedia to include in your Canvas course, search our databases:

On the Databases page, use the first drop-down menu to filter these lists by Subject.

Linking to Multimedia

Audio

Border and Migration Studies  Alexander Street Press Click on “Embed” and use the embed code
Classical Music Library  Alexander Street Press Click on “Embed” and use the embed code
Disability in the Modern World  Alexander Street Press Click on “Embed” and use the embed code
Ethnomusicology: Global Field Recordings  Adam Matthew Click on “Embed” and use the embed code
Maruzen E-Book Library  Maruzen Click on "Share" and http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= in front of link
Music Online: African American Music Reference Alexander Street Press Click on “Embed” and use the embed code
Music Online: American Music Alexander Street Press Click on “Embed” and use the embed code
Music Online: Contemporary World Music Alexander Street Press Click on “Embed” and use the embed code
Music Online: Jazz Music Library Alexander Street Press Click on “Embed” and use the embed code
Music Online: Music Periodicals of the 19th Century Alexander Street Press Click on “Embed” and use the embed code
Music Online: Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries  Alexander Street Press Click on “Embed” and use the embed code

Video

Academic Video Online  Alexander Street Press Click "Share" icon and use the embed code
Associated Press Collections  Gale Click "Get Link" + add http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= in front of link
Border and Migration Studies  Alexander Street Press Click on “Embed” and use the embed code
Disability in the Modern World  Alexander Street Press Click on “Embed” and use the embed code
Kanopy    Click "Share" and use the embed code
Maruzen E-Book Library  Maruzen Click on "Share" and http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= in front of link
National Theatre Collection  Alexander Street Press Click on “Embed” and use the embed code
PBS Video Collection  Alexander Street Press Click "Share" icon and use the embed code
Psychotherapy.net    http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Swank    Click on "Share: Copy Link" and add http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= in front of link
Vanderbilt Television News Archive    http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar

Images

Most databases allow you to right-click on an image and save it. Don't forget to cite!

Africa and the New Imperialism  Adam Matthew http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
African American Communities  Adam Matthew http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
African American Studies Center  Oxford University Press http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Age of Exploration  Adam Matthew http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
America in World War II  Adam Matthew http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
America: History and Life  EBSCO Click "Permalink" and copy the URL
American Civil War: Letters and Diaries  Alexander Street Press Click "Share" icon and use the embed code
American Indian Histories and Cultures  Adam Matthew http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
American West  Adam Matthew http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Art & Architecture Archive  ProQuest Click "Copy URL" & use copied URL
Art Full Text  EBSCO Click "Permalink" and copy the URL
Arte Público Hispanic Historical Collection  EBSCO Click "Permalink" and copy the URL
Artstor  JSTOR http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL under title
Associated Press Collections  Gale Click "Get Link" + add http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= in front of link
Black Freedom Struggle in the United States  ProQuest http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Black Women Writers  ProQuest Click "Copy URL" & use copied URL
Border and Migration Studies  Alexander Street Press Click "Share" icon and use the embed code
Broadcasting America  Adam Matthew http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Caribbean Literature  ProQuest Click "Copy URL" & use copied URL
Children's Literature and Culture  Adam Matthew http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
China, America and the Pacific: Trade & Cultural Exchange  Adam Matthew http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
China: Culture and Society   Adam Matthew http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
China: Trade, Politics and Culture  Adam Matthew http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Chinese Newspapers  ProQuest Click "Copy URL" & use copied URL
Church Missionary Society Periodicals  Adam Matthew http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Colonial America  Adam Matthew http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Colonial Caribbean  Adam Matthew http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Comics Plus  Library Pass http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Defining Gender  Adam Matthew http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Disability in the Modern World  Alexander Street Press Click "Share" icon and use the embed code
Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures and the Environment  Alexander Street Press Click "Share" icon and use the embed code
Empire Online  Adam Matthew http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Food and Drink in History  Adam Matthew http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Frontier Life  Adam Matthew http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Global Commodities  Adam Matthew http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Grand Tour  Adam Matthew http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
India, Raj and Empire  Adam Matthew http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Life at Sea  Adam Matthew http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
London Low Life  Adam Matthew http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Market Research and American Business, 1935 - 1965  Adam Matthew http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Maruzen E-Book Library  Maruzen Click on "Share" and http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= in front of link
Mass Incarceration and Prison Studies  Alexander Street Press Click "Share" icon and use the embed code
Mass Observation Project, 1981 - 2009  Adam Matthew http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Medical Services and Warfare  Adam Matthew http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Medieval Travel Writing  Adam Matthew http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Migration to New Worlds  Adam Matthew http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Music Online: Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries  Alexander Street Press Click on "Embed" and use the Permanent Link
National Theatre Collection  Alexander Street Press Click "Share" icon and use the embed code
Oxford Art Online Oxford University Press http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography  Oxford University Press Click "cite" and add http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= in front of the URL
Poverty, Philanthropy and Social Conditions in Victorian Britain  Adam Matthew http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
The First World War  Adam Matthew http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar
Trade Catalogues and the American Home  Adam Matthew http://uab.idm.oclc.org/login?url= + URL in the address bar