Research Guides @ Fordham: Biological Sciences: Science Media & News

Video Resources

Search through our streaming video databases to find science lab experiments, dissections, explanations of scientific concepts, documentaries, lectures, technology tutorials, and more.

Academic Video Online (AVON)
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TIB AV-Portal
Operated by The Leibniz Information Center for Science and Technology (TIB), an open access platform on which most scientific videos such as conference recordings, simulations, animations, lectures and visualized research data can be published and viewed free of charge.

Additional video resources:

NASA+
A ad-free, no-cost video streaming service that includes NASA missions and documentaries.
PBS NOVA
Fordham does not subscribe, not all content is free. Documents technology, nature, space, the human body, and more.

Biological Sciences Media

Interactive Content:

Get Body Smart
A collection of animated lessons and interactive tutorials to help learn about human anatomy and physiology.
HHMI BioInteractive
A resource for students of all levels up through college to watch videos and complete activities that explain various biology concepts. Can be used in science education.
Human Body Maps
A free, interactive anatomy program from Healthline that provides access to high-quality medical images
iBioSeminars
Provides accurate up to date biological information reported and edited by scientists.

Videos:

Human Behavioral Biology Lectures by Prof. Robert Sapolsky
A lecture series by Stanford Professor Robert Sapolsky that covers human behavioral biology from beginning to end.
OMGenomics
A bioinformatics channel that focuses on the intersection of biology and data science.

Podcasts:

BBC4: Best of Natural History
A wide range of programs that aim to immerse a listener in the wonder, surprise and importance that nature has to offer.
Microbe TV
A collection of podcasts dealing with the latest in different areas of biological research, including evolution, urban agriculture, virology, and many more. A majority of the podcasts are produced by the American Society for Microbiology.

Image Resources

Search through our image databases to find historical collections and web archives of scientific study, experimentation, and scientists' biographical information.

JSTOR & Artstor Open Access Content
Open Access content in a variety of formats. Search for Ebooks, E-Journals, Images and Special Collections hosted on JSTOR & Artstor all freely available to access.
Library of Congress Digital Collections
Digital collections in many formats.
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
Provides open access to over 800,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library's vast collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs.

Additional image resources:

All About Birds
From the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, this is a comprehensive guide to North American birds, containing information on the history of each bird, as well as sound and video recordings.
CDC: Public Health Image Library
Hosted by the CDC, for the historic documentation of public health. These images are not meant to represent the context of the current time period.
Cell Image Library
From the Center for Research in Biological Systems, this library is a repository for images and movies of cells from a variety of organisms.
NASA Image and Video Library
Archive of pictures, videos, and audio from the beginnings of NASA to the present day.

News Resources and Magazines

Selected Science News Resources:

New York Times (Fordham & The New York Times)
Information for free online access to the New York Times. Administered and supported by the Division of Student Affairs and the Parents Fund. Scroll down and click on "New Subscribers" to create a personal account.
Nexis Uni
Major U.S. and world news company profiles, SEC filings, U.S. and State legal cases, Supreme Court decisions back to 1790, and Hoover's Company Reports. Features include alerts, saved searches, and collaborative workspace with share folders and annotated documents. Click on FIND A SOURCE or SOURCES to locate and access journals/newspapers. FOR BEST RESULTS: CREATE ACCOUNT (ONLY FROM ON CAMPUS) & LOG IN; TURN OFF POP UP BLOCKERS.
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Selected Popular Science Magazines:

American Scientist
New Scientist
Popular Mechanics
Scientific American
The Magazine Rack: Science and Scientific Magazines
A collection of online magazines published in science and technology fields.
The Scientist
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Biological Sciences: Science Media & News

Using Science Media and News

Video Resources

Biological Sciences Media

Image Resources

Other Interactive Content

News Resources and Magazines

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