Chronicle of Higher Education
- Chronicle of Higher Education This link opens in a new windowNewspaper providing news, information and job information for college and university faculty and administrators.
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The library has a site license for the Chronicle.
Off-campus users will need an account to log in to Chronicle.com. If they already have an account, they can click “Log In,” at the top right-hand corner of our homepage.
If they don’t have an account, they will simply need to create a free account using their institutional email address (e.g., youremail@umich.edu). Our account-registration system will recognize your institution’s domain, and that will provide unlimited access.
Remote users can set up a Chronicle.com account by visiting this link.
Activating an account is as simple as confirming the user’s institutional email address by way of an email with the subject line: “Confirm your email address.”
When users sign up, we encourage them to keep up with the latest developments about COVID-19 and its impact on higher education by registering to receive The Chronicle’s Academe Today newsletter each morning.
Audio-Visual Materials
- Netflix
- Select documentaries available on a YouTube channel to allow for educational use.
- Paris Musees Collection
- Images and virtual collections.
- PBS Learning MediaWhile designed for K-12, this site from PBS includes clips and full length videos from shows like Nova, Frontline, American Experience, Ken Burns documentaries and more.
- Smithsonian Open AccessNearly 3 million open access images from the Smithsonian including art, science, history and culture.
- American Archive of Public Broadcasting This link opens in a new windowHistoric public broadcasting radio and television content. Limit your search to "Available online" and preferred media type.
- Kanopy This link opens in a new windowIf you find videos that you would like to use in classes, please complete this form to request them. Kanopy is a mediated, on-demand streaming video service that provides access to offer award-winning collections including titles from PBS, BBC, Criterion Collection, Media Education Foundation and more. Films requested will be available in approximately one to two business days.
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E-Books
COVID-19 Research/News
- Conversations on COVID-19: Impacts on Communities of ColorThe National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have a long history of gathering leading thinkers to share the latest research and information on health equity. Conversations on COVID-19: Impacts on Communities of Color includes conversations with experts on a variety of topics related to minority health and COVID-19, as well as information and resources from the National Academies on topics related to health equity.
- Coronavirus (Covid-19)A collection of articles and other resources on the Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, including clinical reports, management guidelines, and commentary from the New England Journal of Medicine.
- Coronavirus- SpringerNatureResearch articles from SpringerNature journals, as well as additional commentary on this topic and relevant books. All content listed here is free to access.
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)Resources from JAMA, another prestigious medical journal, pertaining to the COVID-19 outbreak.
- The Coronavirus Outbreak - New York TimesSign up for a New York Times account using the database link on the library homepage.
- Coronavirus Update: Industry Fast FactsIBISWorld presents a collection of fast facts that outline how the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) is impacting sectors across the countries where IBISWorld operates, including Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, the UK and the US.
- Free Standards Related to COVID-19This guide links to all of the standards, including specifications for masks, gloves, gowns, and hand sanitizer, made freely available by organizations during and for the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Global research on coronavirus disease (COVID-19)WHO is gathering the latest scientific findings and knowledge on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and compiling it in a database. We update the database daily from searches of bibliographic databases, hand searches of the table of contents of relevant journals, and the addition of other relevant scientific articles that come to our attention. The entries in the database may not be exhaustive and new research will be added regularly.
- LitCovidCurated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus. It is the most comprehensive resource on the subject, providing a central access to research articles in PubMed.
- Novel Coronavirus Information CenterElsevier’s free health and medical research on the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and COVID-19. Includes clinical information, mental health, research and drug discovery, and public health.