Kanopy is a video streaming service.
It gives you access to:
- Access to a large, curated catalogue of over 30,000 educational documentaries and classic films from leading producers.
- A wide range of subject coverage (e.g. Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, Education, Health and Sciences)
- Content that you can watch anytime, anywhere and on any device including via media streaming apps.
- Go to LibrarySearch
- Log in using your CCCU username and password. If you are away from campus, or connecting with your own device over Wi-Fi, you will need to include @canterbury.ac.uk after your CCCU username.
- Select Find Databases, then click on K, finally click on the link to Kanopy to open it in a new tab.
- Kanopy’s website and video player works with screen reader technologies on desktop browsers, as well as iOS and Android devices.
- The videos are accompanied by captions, subtitles and transcripts. Activate the captions via a small ‘CC’ button on the video player or place a ‘captions request’.
- ‘Transcripts’ can be selected under the ‘More’ tab once a video starts playing.
Your Learning and Research Librarian will be able to help you make the best use of online resources. For detailed guidance, book a tutorial via the Learning Skills Hub.
Watch the video below for guidance on how to use Kanopy:
LibrarySearch
The LibrarySearch services will help you discover books, journals, articles, audio visual material and more on your chosen topic. This is a good place to start when you are beginning to research a topic as you can draw on content from a variety of different sources.
Database guides
Online databases are great for primary research, background information, latest thinking, detailed theory, standard reference, study skills, and literature searching, and we have plenty to help with your studies.