Public Libraries and Kanopy Films/Videos

Public Libraries and Kanopy Films/Videos

If you are a California student, you are strongly encouraged to apply to the San Francisco or Los Angeles Public Libraries for a free card—which will give you online access to educational videos on Kanopy, and a variety of other resources, including with the SF Library, EBSCO journals--all of which can be accessed online when you are studying anywhere. Many other major California Public Libraries provide you with access to excellent resources, including Kanopy films, and access to one of these other libraries should be sufficient, although few if any have the range of offerings provided by the San Francisco Public Library. We expect that all of our California students to obtain a public library card from a California city in their vicinity, virtually all of which provide access to the very valuable Kanopy film collection. Films from the Kanopy collection are required for a few courses, and recommended as options in a larger number of courses. Such access is free with a public library card from most California cities, as well as many other cities throughout the U.S. If you live outside of California, you are strongly encouraged to find a library membership in your area (public library or university) that provides with access to a range of valuable content, including access to Kanopy videos. If you are unable to do so, there are steps we can take to assist you, using WISR's limited access to essentially needed and required Kanopy films.