The Great Courses

Get free access to hundreds of top quality hobby and academic courses.

Learn a new hobby or start exploring an academic subject with free, top quality streamed videos.

The Great Courses are a set of high quality courses on a huge range of subjects, from hobbies such as drawing and cooking, to academic subjects such as philosophy, history and the sciences.

All the courses are provide by experts in their field, including academics from the world’s best universities.

All the courses are available for free through our Kanopy streaming service. All you need is you library card number and an internet connection. Some smart TVs may come with Kanopy installed on them.

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