The Library has recently subscribed to the Media Education Foundation (MEF) digital films service via the Kanopy streaming service. MEF produce and provide documentary films and other educational resources to inspire critical thinking about the social, political, and cultural impact of American mass media. 
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Trial access is available until 24 May for University of Edinburgh users to eHRAF – the online database of Human Relations Area Files (HRAF), a non-profit research organization at Yale University. This database covers:
* Ethnographic materials on all aspects of cultural and social life
* Western & non-Western cultures, ethnic minorities, indigenous people, and archaeological traditions
* Subject indexing at the paragraph-level for efficient retrieval of information
The companion database eHRAF Archaeology focuses on in-depth descriptive documents of archaeological traditions from around the world.
Support materials are available at http://hraf.yale.edu/resources/guides.
Access the trial via the link at : http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/databases-trials. Please give us your feedback as this is a key part of making a case to subscribe to resources like this.
Christine Love-Rodgers, Academic Support Librarian – Social & Political Science