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The Catholic Intellectual Tradition

An introduction to the basics for students, faculty and staff, offering print and online resources, links to articles, databases and more.

Top Catholic Intellectual Tradition Books and Video


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Books available in MSMU Libraries

Recommendations from faculty, staff and the CSJ Institute.

Older Books

As a historically Catholic university, Mount Libraries hold scores of titles on Catholic thought that were acquired in the early days of the university. Many are not digitized. Please contact one of the librarians to assist you in locating these items.

Top Media on the CIT


Talking to university students about CIT

The Los Angeles Archdiocese's popular Bishop Robert Barron lectures on "Faithful and Intelligent? The Catholic Intellectual Tradition And You." at Duke University.

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Kanopy at MSMU


What is it?

Kanopy is an on-demand film streaming service that has a broad collection of over 30,000 full-length films on a multitude of subjects from leading producers/distributors, such as Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, New Day Films, Samuel Goldwyn, PBS, and more.

How to Access Kanopy

Films can be streamed from any computer, television, mobile device, or platform by visiting msmu.kanopy.com or downloading the Kanopy app.

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  • Use your MSMU credentials to create an account, or simply start streaming.
  • If you are on campus, you do not need to login to start streaming. 

Please help us keep costs down by exiting out of a film quickly if you don't plan to watch it. After 30 seconds of viewing, the license triggers.

If you create a Kanopy account with your MSMU credentials, you will be able to: 

Kanopy has many titles of unique educational, social, and cultural value. Enjoy! 

More on Books & Media


Visit the guides below for more on books and media including how to:

  • Use the MSMU Libraries Catalog
  • Borrow from other libraries (ILL - WorldCat)
  • Locate and request print books
  • Find basic reference materials (encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc.)
  • Find streaming media
  • Find and access eBooks
  • Find and use Reference Materials