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Easy Access Databases

Simply click on one of our Easy Access Databases below and browse.

Off-Campus? Use your UCN credentials to log in.

No Credentials or forgot your password? Claim your UCN ID

These databases MUST be accessed through the links provided by UCN in order for your UCN credentials to work.

Audio Cine Films
Audio Cine Films Inc. offers streaming access to thousands of movies from studios such as: Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios, Universal Studios and more. ACF also manages copyright related to the public presentation of films produced by the studios they represent in Canada and issue copyright licenses that allow organizations to present films within a public performance environment without infringing upon the Canadian Copyright Act.
Criterion on Demand
Criterion-on-Demand is a streaming video collection which represents a large number of feature film producers, including: 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks, Mongrel Media, Sony Pictures, Alliance Films, Miramax Films, Warner Brothers, Lionsgate Films, as well as a smaller number of independent producers. The title selection includes classics, new releases, foreign films, literary adaptations, documentaries, animated titles, and independent features.
Films on Demand
Films on Demand offers an extensive online educational video streaming library with thousands of high quality educational videos. Participating producers include Films for the Humanities & Sciences, BBC, PBS, TED, CBC Television, NFB, Cambridge Educational, The Open University, and many more.
Closed captioning is available on many titles.
NFB.ca (National Film Board of Canada)
NFB.ca is the National Film Board of Canada's award-winning streaming video site. The collection includes documentaries, animations, experimental films, fiction and interactive works on topics such as the environment, human rights, Indigenous topics the arts and more. There is also a selection of animated films for both adults and children.

NOTE: Faculty please email librarydatabase@ucn.ca to obtain the account activation link for CAMPUS

Help Centre Links

Movies on hoopla

Signing up for hoopla the first time:

Go to hoopla
Click GET STARTED TODAY
Enter your email and create a password. Click Agree.
Choose your library: University College of the North
Select whether you would like to receive notifications and click Next.
Enter your 14 digit Library Card Number located just above the barcode on your student ID card.
Select the box agreeing to the terms and conditions.
Click SIGN ME UP.

The next time you sign in all you will need is your email and password.

Browse through the movies and tv shows hoopla has to offer.

One nice feature is that you can download your selections to your devices so that you can watch offline.

hoopla
hoopla partners with libraries across the United States and Canada to provide online and mobile access to eBooks, audiobooks, comics, music, movies, and TV. With hoopla and a valid library card, patrons can borrow, instantly stream, and download dynamic content via hoopla’s mobile app or www.hoopladigital.com. All you need to get started is your library card and a web browser, smart phone, or tablet.

Accessing Curio

To access videos on Curio, follow the steps found HERE

Curio.ca (News on Demand)
Curio gives teachers and students streaming access to selected educational content from CBC and Radio-Canada, including documentaries from television and radio, news reports, archival material, stock shots and more.

NOTE: To login to the new Curio, enter your UCN email address and click 'Continue'. A verification code will be sent to your email. Enter the code and click 'Continue' again to gain access.

Access Free Movies & Videos!: Databases

Easy Access Databases

Help Centre Links

Movies on hoopla

Accessing Curio

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