LibGuides: Databases: Overview

Library Databases

Explore our databases by subject! Not sure where to start? Try the Research Starter. If you encounter any problems accessing the library databases, please email us at library@soka.edu

Research Starter
Online encyclopedias provide overview of a topic and list of references for further reading.
Multidisciplinary databases
Academic Search Premier, ProQuest Research Library, JStor, and more

Ikeda Library Catalog (WorldCat Discovery)
Search what you can find in the Ikeda Library. The catalog includes printed books and journals, electronic books and journals, databases, films, and audio CDs.

Music CDs & Streaming Music

List of Music CDs
You can filter and sort the list after downloading the file.

Music & Performing Arts
Available collections in this streaming music database are American Song, Classical Music, Contemporary World Music, Jazz Music, and Smithonian Global Sound.

DVDs and Streaming Documentaries

List of DVDs
You can filter and sort the list after downloading the file.

Docuseek
Docuseek provides exclusive educational streaming access to content from Bullfrog Films, Icarus Films (including The Fanlight Collection and dGenerate Films), Kartemquin Films, MediaStorm, the National Film Board of Canada, Scorpion TV Sincerely Films, Terra Nova Films and KimStim. Over 1,600 films are included in our subscription.
Filmakers Library Online
Streaming documentary films, available 24/7!
Kanopy Streaming Films
Kanopy is a video streaming solution for colleges offering a "Netflix-like" user experience and a broad selection of over 26,000 documentaries, feature films and training videos from thousands of producers.