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Online Video Tutorials and Lectures
Academic Earth "Thousands of video lectures from the world's top scholars."
Participating Universities are:
  • Berkeley

  • Harvard

  • MIT

  • Princeton

  • Stanford

  • Yale

    • Lectures cover a wide range of subjects and disciplines.
    See list of subjects, disciplines
    Edens Library YouTube Channel NEW! Need a quick refresher on how to remotely access the databases, or how to search mutliple databases at once? Want to learn how to tame Google? Quick how-to videos on these topics! Many more topics coming soon!
    Forum Network A site sponsored by PBS and NPR, featuring:

  • taped interviews and videos of lectures by academics

  • material featuring political figures and business executives
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    Open Yale Courses "Open Yale Courses provides free and open access to a selection of introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale University. The aim of the project is to expand access to educational materials for all who wish to learn."
    MIT OpenCourseWare MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a free web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity.
  • Free lecture notes, exams, and videos from MIT

  • No registration required

  • Reflects almost all the undergraduate and graduate subjects taught at MIT
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    YouTube EDU You know this is a fun place to go for news and entertainment, but did you know YouTube has some great educational and academic videos as well? Give it a try!
    Woopid "Watch free technology training videos! Get help and answer your computer and gadget questions with thousands of video tutorials for PCs, Macs, and tons of different applications."
    CommonCraft Plain-English, easy-to-understand video explanations covering a wide range of complex concepts, from social networking sites to the United States Electoral College.

    Search Engines
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