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 Databases

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.
Alexander Street All Music & Videos
All of the streaming music and videos by Alexander Street (a ProQuest company) are searchable in this database.

DVDs and Streaming Video Databases

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

Academic Video Online (AVON)
It delivers over 70,000 titles spanning the widest range of subject areas. Monthly editor's picks are highlighted here. Distributed by Alexander Street (a ProQuest company).
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.
JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) Science Education
A video library dedicated to teaching the practice and theory of scientific experiments through engaging and easy-to-understand visual demonstrations. Science Education subject areas include Basic Biology, Advanced Biology, Chemistry, Clinical Skills, Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Physics, and Psychology.
Kanopy Streaming Films
Kanopy is an on-demand "pay-per-view" streaming video platform offering documentary and educational films. The licensed titles are available from the library catalog.

HBO Documentary Films and Paramount Pictures encrypt their films by geo-blocking. Their films are not accessible in some regions outside of the United States. Kanopy does not otherwise use geo-blocking, so with valid Soka login credentials, you are able to access other films on our site from anywhere in the world.