FIU Libraries: All IN: Alternative Resources to meet the needs of People with Disabilities: Resources

All In: Making Learning Environments Accessible to All Learners

This is a guide to help faculty to find alternative resources to meet the needs of all students in online classes.

Due to each course being individual in its' needs, this provides general information to let you know that FIU Libraries subscribes to resources with closed captioning, reading of text, and more.

The number and variation of library resources are multiple but your library subject specialist can help you find the right resource to ensure your course is ALL IN!

Disability: Topic Page
Conventionally understood as the state of being physically and/or mentally different from some assumed "norm" of human physiological and/or psychological functioning.

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He or she can help you make learning environments accessible to all learners and help ensure the materials you use are ALL IN.

Select Media Options

Some include , others include a transcript. Each is an individual case-by-case basis.

Kanopy Streaming Videos This link opens in a new window
Curated collection of educational videos.

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Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
Interdisciplinary collection of over 40,000 full video titles (not just clips) and well over 20,000 hours of content from Alexander Street Press; Content types include: documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, raw footage, award-winning feature films, educational films for classroom instruction, and archival materials.
60 Minutes Collection: 1997-2014 This link opens in a new window
Access to the CBS News archives; 60 MINUTES is the winner of more than 100 Emmy and 20 Peabody Awards, it holds the record for the longest continuously running primetime program in the history of television; This online collection provides 350 hours of video from 17 years of broadcasts.
Frontline: Social Issues This link opens in a new window
American public televisions flagship public affairs series.

Streaming Media Collections
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Text Listening Options

Gale Databases This link opens in a new window
This is the gateway to all Gale databases.
Opposing Viewpoints In Context This link opens in a new window
Database covering viewpoints on a variety of social topics. It includes articles, topic overviews, government and organizational statistics court cases, profiles, and more.
Gale In Context: College This link opens in a new window
Provides holistic topic perspectives by integrating a multitude of content, including reference articles, periodical and newspaper articles, primary sources, multimedia records (including charts, graphs, maps and tables), and video and audio content from NBC, NPR and many other respected sources.

A-Z List
Under "Find", select "A-Z List"

HathiTrust Digital Library

FIU Libraries is a member. Member Libraries can download a book via HathiTrust which can then be used with a screen reader. Through an intermediary in the library or DRC there is the ability to make in-copyright material available for those with disabilities.

Follow these steps to access the materials that are Hathi Accessible:

1. Search the Library Catalog. When you get your results, scroll down, down, down to Narrow Results.

2. Under Subcollection, click Accessible Resources.

3. Click on the sign.

4. Fill out the Form.

Floor		Resources
One		Center for Academic Success: University Learning/Testing Center Electronic Classroom Broadcast Video Productions Resource for Education Technology UTS - Media Equipment Services Distance Learning Electronic Classroom Instructional Photography & Graphics
Two		Information & Research Services Curriculum & Juvenile Collection LACiC - Latin American and Caribbean Center Government Documents GIS-RS Center & Teaching Lab Maps & Imagery User Statistics
Three		Periodicals & Newspapers Laptop Lounge Honors College Student Resource Center College of Medicine Library Copiers Systems
Four		College of Medicine Special Collections & Archivese Academic Space Management School of Social Work Study Area
Five		Audiovisual Collection Diaz Ayala Collection Architecture and Fine Arts (General Collection and Periodical Section N) Music (General Collection and Periodical Section M) Music Listening Room Music CAI Center Spanish Resource Center Group Study Rooms
Six		Quiet Study Space Group Study Rooms General Collection HJ-L & P-Z Oversized Books
Seven		General Collection A-HG Quiet Study Floor Group Study Rooms
Eight		Library Administration Collection Management Digital Collections Center

Floor		Resources
One		Circulation Course Reserves Intercampus/Interlibrary Loan Information and Research Services Center for Excellence in Writing Communication Arts Studio Computer Labs/Copiers
Two		Microforms Periodicals Juvenile Collection Oversize Collection Video Collection Government Documents Reference Workroom Reference Collection Copiers
Three		General Collection, A-Z Library Administration

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