Research Guides @ Fordham: Science (General, Popular, and Applied): 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) This link opens in a new window
PBS Videos have been removed. More than 70,000 titles spanning the widest range of subject areas and curated for the educational experience. Includes Dance, Music, Classical Performance, and Opera in Video. MUST STAY ON THE ACADEMIC VIDEO CHANNEL - DO NOT CLICK ON CHANNELS LINK. DO NOT EMBED LINKS OR CODE IN BLACKBOARD TO AVOID REMOTE AUTHENTICATION ISSUES. Rather, share the database-generated links via email, chat, or syllabi. What's New (and Some HIGHLIGHTS) in Academic Video Online...
Should you get an error page when trying to access content on-campus or remotely, clear cache / cookies and / or try a different browser that has been cleared of cache / cookies.
TIB AV-Portal This link opens in a new window
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.

News Resources and Magazines

Selected Science News Resources:

New York Times (Fordham & The New York Times) This link opens in a new window
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 This link opens in a new window
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.
See link below for downloading information....
A user will be able to download 250 titles/headlines from the search results list at a time. Checking the box next to each search result allows users to download the full document. The system will allow downloading of 100 documents or 1,000 pages at a time. There are no overall total download limits.

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
Must make a free account for full access.

How to Find Open Source Images

One of the easiest ways to find open source images is through an advanced Google search. Here are the steps:

1. Search for your topic in Google

2. Limit your search to "Images"

3. Select "Tools" to open up search tool limiters

4. Select the "Usage rights" drop-down menu that appears

5. To filter by open source images, select "Creative Commons licenses"

Image Resources

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

Birds of the World This link opens in a new window
Brings scholarly content from four celebrated works of ornithology into a single platform where biologists and birders can find comprehensive life history information on birds from around the world. Illustrated.
Formerly "Birds of North America Online."
JSTOR & Artstor Open Access Content This link opens in a new window
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 This link opens in a new window
Digital collections in many formats.
New York Public Library Digital Gallery This link opens in a new window
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:

NASA Image and Video Library
Archive of pictures, videos, and audio from the beginnings of NASA to the present day.
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.

Podcasts

Gastropod
This podcast uses science and history to explain all the different foods we eat.
Probably Science
Comedy and science podcast from stand up comedians with some relevant education.
Radiolab
A podcast dedicated to exploring "a strange world."
Sawbones
A wife (who is a doctor) explains medicine and its history to her husband (who is not a doctor).
Science Vs
This podcast tackles "fads, trends, and the opinionated mob to find out what’s fact, what’s not, and what’s somewhere in between."
StarTalk Radio Show
"The StarTalk® podcast network bridges the intersection between science, pop culture and comedy with clarity, humor and passion."
The Naked Scientists: science radio and science podcasts
BBC radio and podcasts aimed at promoting science to the general public in entertaining fashion. All areas are covered.
This Podcast Will Kill You
Two graduate students, Erin and Erin, share their love of "epidemics and weird medical mysteries with the world."
Twenty Thousand Hertz
A podcast devoted to the mystery of sounds.

Science (General, Popular, and Applied): Science Media & News

Using Science Media and News

Video Resources

News Resources and Magazines

How to Find Open Source Images

Image Resources

Other Interactive Content

Podcasts

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