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Enjoy Spring Break with documentaries from the SKYCTC Learning Commons on AVON

Stream Videos for Women’s History Month with Academic Video Online (AVON)

03/07/2025

We hope you enjoy your spring break and take some time to check out documentaries to celebrate Women’s History Month! Some critically acclaimed documentaries in our Academic Video Online (AVON) collection include:

RBG

She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry

The Hunting Ground

Life of Fannie Lou Hamer

Sisters with Transistors

Mankiller

Dolores

The Vote

Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom

Black Feminists

Killing Me Softly: Roberta Flack

Code: Debugging the Gender Gap

Becoming Helen Keller

Seeds of Vandana Shiva

Half the Sky (Part 1 & Part 2)

Two Dollars and a Dream

The Women’s List

American Experience: Fly with Me

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With Academic Video Online (AVON), you can access 90,000+ titles that span a wide range of other subject areas.  Share full videos or clips for class or with other SKYCTC employees or students.  Here are a few video collections that may be of high interest: 

American History

BBC Landmark Video Collection

BBC Literary Adaptations in Video

Documentaries

Music & Performing Arts

Science & Engineering

Nursing Education

PBS Videos

Sony Picture Classics

Teaching Methods

If you need help finding a video for class or personal interest, don’t hesitate to ask a librarian or tutor through our Ask! page!

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National Women's History Alliance 2025 theme Moving Forward Together! Women Educating & Inspiring Generations

Women’s History Month at SKYCTC Learning Commons

02/28/2025

Celebrate Women’s History Month by learning about how women have shaped American history. Visit our Women in America Research Guide to browse primary source documents, print and electronic books, scholarly e-journal articles, and streaming video documentaries from women’s history. If you need any assistance finding something of interest, reach out to a librarian by visiting our Ask! page!

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Black History Month 2025

02/03/2025

Celebrate Black History Month by exploring our African American Research Guide, featuring The Learning Commons Staff Picks for recommended reading materials for Black History Month 2025 and other helpful library resources.

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