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Merrill-Cazier Library has access to AVON (Academic Videos Online), a video streaming platform. AVON provides streaming on-demand access to over 60,000 feature films, documentaries, foreign films, and more. Organized by discipline and keyword searchable, AVON provides access to on-campus or off-campus use. Not sure where to start? See below for some of AVON's collections.

Collection of worldwide general release films from the Sony and Orion Picture studios. Features releases include Infinitely Polar Bear, The House of Mirth, Being Julia, Elle, Austenland, and much more.

This collection of almost 800 titles provides an exceptional range of content with the most valuable video documentaries and series from PBS. From science to history, art to Shakespeare, diversity to business & economics, and more, The PBS Video Collection: Third Edition access to one of television’s most trusted networks.

The Theatre & Drama collections enable users to experience the depth and diversity of drama in all of its forms, from the page, to the stage, to the screen. In addition to cornerstone text-based resources, Alexander Street provides curated video and audio dramatic performances that give viewers a well-rounded view of this powerful art form.

Asian Film Online offers a view of Asian culture as seen through the lens of the independent Asian filmmaker. Through a selection of over 1,000 narrative feature films, documentaries and shorts curated by film scholars and critics, the collection offers highly relevant perspectives and insights onto themes relevant across Asia, including modernity, globalization, female agency, social and political unrest, and cultural and sexual identity.

Black Studies in Video is an award-winning black studies portfolio that brings together seminal documentaries, powerful interviews, and previously unavailable archival footage surveying the black experience. The collection contains 500 hours of film covering African American history, politics, art and culture, family structure, gender, and more.

LGBT Studies in Video is a cinematic survey of the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people as well as the cultural and political evolution of the LGBT community. This collection features award-winning documentaries, interviews, archival footage, and select feature films exploring LGBT history and gay culture.

The Libby app makes finding, checking out, and reading books from OverDrive easy! To use Libby, download the app onto your smart device. After installing Libby, go into the app and click on the icon in the upper right corner. Then click on “Add a Library.” Search for “Utah State University” and log in with your A number and strong password. Then at the Library screen, search for authors or titles of books you’d like to read, check them out directly in Libby and enjoy your read!

You can set up multiple libraries in Libby, so you can read USU Libraries’ books along with those from your public library (if you have a login and password).

O’Reilly for Higher Education (formerly Safari Books Online) offers access to over 45,000 eBooks in computer science, tech, business, etc. The database includes streaming videos, case studies, expert playlists, and more. Additional topics like Career Development, Presentation Skills, and Travel and Hobbies (Cooking, Health & Fitness) and Real Estate are among the other topics available. Explore the world, enhance your career with new skills or deepen your knowledge, make travel plans, and so much more. View this tutorial to learn how to navigate O'Reilly.