Database List
Resources with Audio Files
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Academic OneFile     Peer-reviewed, full-text articles from journals and reference sources. Coverage includes the sciences, technology, medicine, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Also includes transcripts and audio from all National Public Radio programs. Available in both PDF and HTML full-text; updated daily. Coverage is from 1980-present. |
| Alta Vista Audio Search MP3, Wave, Real Media, and other files. |
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| American Presidency Project A digital archive of the Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States from Hoover to Bush (1929 to present); see also IC Library stacks at: J80 .A283. The site also includes: inaugural addresses, radio addresses, fireside chats, debates, convention speeches, and party platforms. |
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| American Rhetoric A database of over 5000 full text, audio, and video versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates and interviews. |
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| AOL Video Video search portal. Users can also upload their own video or browse by: category (sports, music, television), channels (MTV, ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, etc), & TV Shows A-Z. This is the only portal that offers streaming ABC television programs. NBC and FOX programs stream from Hulu. |
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AP Images Provides 24/7 access to over 4.9 million primary source photos from 1825 to the present. Additionally, provides audio, video, graphics and interactives. Constantly updated, AP Images is an important resource for virtually every discipline. This database may be used for educational purposes only. Images may not be posted on the Web or otherwise made available electronically to anyone outside the Ithaca College community. These images may not be republished or distributed in newspapers, newsletters, magazines, brochures, catalogs, yearbooks, calendars, posters, or similar materials. |
| Beolingus More than 900,000 translations with examples and hints, explanations, synonyms, sayings, aphorisms, and quotations in English and German. Browse lists for special topics. Listen to German and English pronunciations spoken by native speakers. |
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| Bird Songs: Songs and Calls of Some New York State Birds Audio files of common bird calls. |
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Birds of North America Online Life histories for each of the 716+ species of birds breeding in North America. Features include images, sounds, data tables, conservation, management and priorities for future research. |
| Borror Lab of Bioacoustics A collection of recorded animal sounds in the world -contains more than 30,000 recordings of over 1000 species of animals. |
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| Business Journalism.org : tutorials Combination of web & audio files provides a primer to a variety of topics such as how to cover: the Business of Health Care, Private Companies, the Business of Sports, S.E.C. filings, Financial Statements, use & interpretation of numbers and the Economy, etc. |
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| CCMixter ccMixter is a community music site featuring remixes licensed under Creative Commons where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want. Supports MP3, AAC, OGG, FLAC and WAV. Celebrities such as David Byrne and the Beastie Boys have posted legally available samples for you to remix. Post and tag your samples as well. Sound clips are available to stream or download. |
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| Civil Rights Digital Library Chronicles the struggle for racial equality in the 1950s and 1960s with primary sources and other educational materials. Search, or browse by events, places, people, topics, or media types to locate sound recordings, texts, visual works (including video clips), websites, and instructional material. |
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| Collect Britain Links to over 100,000 images and sounds selected from the British Library collections. Resources included: maps, books, topographical drawings, stamps, photographs,newspapers, music and sound clips which illustrate regional accents and dialects, as well as wildlife recordings. Includes the Penny Illustrated Paper (1861-1913). |
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| Democracy Now! Independent news program hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. |
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| Digitale Sammlung A wiki in German, with a collection of links to digital resources from around the world with an emphasis on those in German. |
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DRAM Scholarly music database containing recordings from nearly 2,300 albums and covers folk, opera, Native American, jazz, 19th century classical, early rock, musical theater, contemporary, electronic and more. Also features liner notes and essays from New World Records. |
| ESPNU ESPN's college sports network includes news, scores, columns, video and audio highlights, podcasts and the live streaming of games. |
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| Eufeeds News feeds from 300 European newspapers, organized by country |
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| Europeana European collection of cultural materials from museums, archives, libraries, and audio-visual collections such as the Rijksmuseum, the British Library, and the Louvre. Includes images, texts, sounds and videos. |
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| FIR: The Hobson & Holtz Report Twice weekly commentary on public relations and technology by Shel Holtz & Neville Hobson. |
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General OneFile Current journal and news information in humanities, education, business, science, art, politics, economics, social sciences, law, health care, computers, technology and environmental issues. Formerly InfoTrac OneFile. note: Formerly known as InfoTrac OneFile |
| Grooveshark Search for and stream music online. Users can create accounts. |
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Health Reference Center Academic Multi-source database providing access to full-text nursing and allied health journals, plus a wide variety of personal health information sources. The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only. Coverage is from 1980-present. |
| Hobnox International entertainment media site where artists can submit their projects. Streaming video can be slow at times. [beta 4/08]. |
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| Homeland Security Digital Library Provides access to important U.S. policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents as well as specialized resources such as theses and reports from various universities, organizations and local and state agencies. HSDL content includes multi-media offerings. Registration is required. |
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| Imooty European news navigator |
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| Internet Archive A digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form - includes links to images, live music, audio, text, and software. |
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Jazz Music Library Growing collection of more than 120,000 jazz recordings. Content covers artists, performances and record labels in all jazz genres and time periods. |
| Kidon Media Link Links to 18,776 newspapers and other news sources from almost every country and territory in the world. |
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| LibriVox Volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain, and then release the audio files back into the public domain. LibriVox is a volunteer, open source, free content, public domain project. |
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| Link TV Broadcasts programs to educate and motivate viewers to become engaged in the world. More about Link TV. |
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| MAAP: Mapping the African American Past A site created for the study of significant sites and moments in the history of African Americans in New York City from the early 17th-century through the recent past. Browse locations in New York and read profiles of people and events associated with these locations. The site includes film and music clips; photographs, documents, and maps. |
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| Macaulay Library of Animal Sounds Digital archive of animal sounds from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. |
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| Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy Covers a broad spectrum of medical and psychiatric disorders and their treatments. Disorders are mainly organized according to organ systems primarily affected, on the basis of disciplines (e.g. gynecology, obstetrics etc.) Normally gives etiology, pathology, symptoms and signs, diagnosis, treatment. |
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| Moving Image Archive Library of free movies, films, and videos. The digital movies range from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to videos of every genre uploaded by Archive users. Most of these movies are available for download. |
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| Museum of Broadcast Communications (MBC): Archives Located in Chicago, the MBC provides publications, events, a searchable archive, and a Radio Hall of Fame to preserve and protect the history of radio and television. MBC's archives includes television and radio programming, commercials and images. Users must register for a free account. Check the Digital File Available box to retrieve fulltext. |
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| National Gallery of Art Classroom for Teachers and Students The National Gallery of Art website provides lesson plans for k-12 students, using art to teach English, environmental issues, geography, history, math, science, and social science. |
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| National Public Radio (NPR) A privately funded non-for-profit member organization, NPR.org produces news, talk, and entertainment programs. Member stations offer national and local programming. |
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Naxos Music Library A comprehensive collection of classical music available online. It includes the complete Naxos, Marco Polo and Dacapo catalogues of over 85,000 tracks, including Classical music, Jazz, World, Folk and Chinese music. While listening, you can read notes on the works being played as well as biographical information on composers or artists. Works best on library computers with Internet Explorer. note: LIMITED TO 15 SIMULTANEOUS USERS |
| Old Time Radio Network Library Audio files for over 12,000 vintage radio programs. |
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| On the Media On the Media is a National Public Radio Program that reflects on how the media covered events in the weekly news. It also discusses issues in the media such as freedom of information . |
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| Oyez : U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia User friendly website that contains biographies of Supreme Court justices, case decisions, and some transcripts audio of select cases. |
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| PACER Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) is an electronic public access service that allows users to obtain case and docket information from federal appellate, district and bankruptcy courts, and the PACER Case Locator via the Internet. PACER is provided by the federal Judiciary in keeping with its commitment to providing public access to court information via a centralized service. There are fees associated with using PACER, but if your usage does not exceed $10 in a quarter, fees for that quarter are waived. |
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| Pandora Internet radio established in 2000 that uses the Music Genome Project to select songs that appeal to individual listeners. |
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| PodcastAlley.com Website with a podcast (audio programs that are broadcast over the internet) directory and the top 10 podcasts, as voted on by the listeners. Includes links to podcasting software, a service to upload and distribute podcasts, and a user forum.rn |
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| Prelinger Archives Over 48,000 films, over 90 old time radio audio clips, 2,000 game videos, 250 independent news clips and much more (including educational films, advertisements and industry films) |
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| Presidential Libraries Podcasts Historical clips from the Presidential Library collections for Presidents Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton. Listen to discussions about policy issues with advisors, addresses to the nation, and conversations with friends and family members. Hear the presidents speak both publicly and privately about issues of their day. |
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| Public Health Grand Rounds (University of Albany) Links to streamed multimedia presentations on public health topics. Requires Realplayer. |
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| Smarthistory A multimedia web-book "designed as a dynamic enhancement for the traditional art history textbook." Visitors to the site will find several hundred artworks (along with videos and podcasts) organized thematically and by time period. Use the drop down menus to look for certain styles, artists, and themes. |
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Smithsonian Global Sound World' s music and aural traditions in streaming audio. Individual tracks of music, spoken words, and natural and human-made sounds; incl. published recordings from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and other labels and recordings from Africa and South Asia. Limited to 3 simultaneous users. |
| Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS) Searching gateway for the Archives of American Art catalog, National Inventory of American Paintings Executed before 1914, Inventory of American Sculpture, Archives of American Gardens catalog, and other resources. Includes links to images, video files, and sound files. |
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| Teachers' Domain An online educational service with collections and course materials that help teachers enhance student learning experiences and advance their own teaching skills. The site includes classroom-ready multimedia resources including video and audio clips, interactives, images, and documents. There are also explanatory background articles for each resource, links to state and national curriculum standards, media-rich lesson plans, and resource management tools. |
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| TV Guide: Online Video Guide Video portal that contains current tv clips, search engine, browse by genre, commercials, etc. Search by date, genre, and/or network. |
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| Vevo Site for streaming music videos created by a partnership between Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and Abu Dhabi Media company. |
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| Vorleser German language audiobooks in mp3, from around 150 authors. Mostly German and European literature, with text links often included. For download at CD quality. |
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| Why Files Web site focuses on the theme of "science behind the news." Every two weeks, a new Why File is posted that deals with a current events issue in the news involving science. Each file contains graphics, audio and links. The site contains areas on sports science and "cool science images." Includes links to materials geared towards grades 5-12 education. |
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| Wikimedia Commons "a database of 2,413,359 freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute. ... Everyone is allowed to copy, use and modify any files here freely as long as the source and the authors are credited and as long as users release their copies/improvements under the same freedom to others. " -- Wikimedia Commons (Contains audio, sound effects, video, photographs and images) |
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