Did you know the Leatherby Libraries provides streaming services for Chapman faculty, staff, and students?

Kanopy and Swank Digital Campus are streaming services for academic or entertainment purposes! Students, faculty, and staff can view various documentaries and films through these services.

Kanopy

Kanopy has numerous films and documentaries in many categories, including Criterion Collection, Kino Lorber, The Great Courses, and Psychotherapy.net. It is the perfect resource for academic-level movies and documentaries. 

Popular titles on Kanopy include (as of May 2025):

  • Parasite
  • Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
  • Four Daughters
  • Port of Shadows
  • and more!

You can access Kanopy here by signing in with your Chapman University credentials.

Swank Digital Campus

Logo for Swank Digital Campus, with the name of the database in blue text on a white background.

Swank Digital Campus is another streaming service available to the Chapman community. This resource has a wide range of movies available to the Chapman community, including crime, comedy, thrillers, and more! Our subscription provides the 1,000 most-requested videos on the platform.

Some blockbuster titles include (as of May 2025):

  • 10 Things I Hate About You
  • Back to the Future
  • Black Panther
  • Everything, Everywhere, All At Once
  • and more!

You can access Swank Digital Campus here by signing in with your Chapman University credentials.

Faculty can learn how to request additional films via the procedures on the Streaming Videos page of the Library Content for Online Teaching and Learning LibGuide, as well as learn more about the Leatherby Libraries’ other streaming video resources.

For any questions, please contact the Chair of Resources & Scholarly Communications, Kristin Laughtin-Dunker, at laughtin@chapman.edu.