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Acquisitions Services

Resources for purchasing resources and how to guides for Kanopy

How Do I Get to Kanopy? How Do I Request a Title?

Begin at bowiestate.edu > Click "Library" > Click "E-Resources" > Click "A-Z Databases" > Click the letter "K" from the list > Navigate to the Kanopy Homepage

To request a title from Kanopy, go to the search bar and type the title you are looking for. The screen will say your search for "insert title here" did not have any matches. Click the "Request Access" Tab next to "In Collection" and a form will come up for you to submit to the Library for review. Please note: Thurgood Marshall Library purchases titles for faculty only. If you are a student looking to access a Kanopy video needed for class, please reach out to your professor. 

How Do I Make Kanopy Available Off Campus?

To make Kanopy available off-campus, simply include the university's proxy link. This will automatically redirect users to the log-in page where they will enter their 14-digit LIB# in the box that asks for their ID number/barcode, and type their last name into the Password box. The proxy link address is: https://proxy-bs.researchport.umd.edu/login?url=

Example: 

Step one: Add the proxy link- https://proxy-bs.researchport.umd.edu/login?url=

Step two: Find the URL for the title you would like to link to. Make sure to double click the search bar so your link includes https:// if it doesn't, the URL will not work- https://bowiestate.kanopy.com/video/scottsboro-american-tragedy

Step three: Add the URL for the title after the proxy link- https://proxy-bs.researchport.umd.edu/login?url=https://bowiestate.kanopy.com/video/scottsboro-american-tragedy

Step four: Copy the link and use as needed!

How Do I See the Collection of Videos Bowie Has Access To?

There are two ways to see which videos we have in our collection. Thumbnails of videos populate the homepage; these are videos currently in our collection. We also keep a running list of titles in our collection with their expiration dates. See "Current Titles in the BSU Kanopy Collection" below for a list of titles with their expiration dates:

Title Subject Expiration Date
Adventure Never Ends: A Tabletop Saga Arts, History N/A
American Masters: Mike Nichols - The Career of a Legendary Filmmaker Fine & Performing Arts November 2, 2023
Clinical Diagnosis and the DSM-5 (collection) Psychology November 15, 2023
Clinical Interviewing: Intake, Assessment & Therapeutic Alliance Psychology March 30, 2024
Echo In The Canyon Fine & Performing Arts February 14, 2024
Homecoming - A Story of African American Farmers History December 06, 2023
Ken Burns: The Central Park Five History November, 02, 2023
Killing Us Softly - Advertising's Image of Women (playlist) Marketing, Arts, History March 3, 2024
King Lear English February 14, 2024
Little Satchmo Arts, History, Sociology July 6, 2024
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart English, History October 9, 2024
Matthew Bourne’s Romeo + Juliet English March 28, 2024
Mr. Civil Rights - Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP History March 03, 2024
Much Ado About Nothing Fine & Performing Arts March 28, 2024
Schizophrenia and other Psychotic Illnesses Psychology November 15, 2023
Scottsboro - An American Tragedy History August 25, 2026
Shakespeare Series: King Lear English February 14, 2024
Shakespeare Series: Othello English March 28, 2024
Shakespeare Series: Romeo and Juliet English March 28, 2024
The Middle Passage History March 3, 2024
Tongues Untied - Giving a Voice to Black Gay Men History March 3, 2024
Upstart Crow: S1 English March 3, 2024