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- Link
- https://www.kanopystreaming.com/
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- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Agriculture, American Studies, Archaeology, Art, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Dance, Design, Economics, Education, Engineering, Film Studies, General Science, Geography, German Studies, History, Information Studies, Mathematics, Media Studies, Medicine, Music, Photography, Physics, Politics and Government, Social Studies, Technology, Women’s Studies
- Type of resource
- AV services, Streaming/Download, Video Sources
On-demand streaming platform for educational institutions featuring over 26,000 films from leading producers including PBS, BBC, the Criterion Collection, First Run Features, Media Education Foundation, but also many other smaller, niche producers. The site offers both a platform from which to stream films as well as providing a video hosting service. A full range of academic subjects is covered and many of the films, programmes and clips are not otherwise available on DVD. The site also features detailed analytics so that librarians can more easily assess how the site is being used by students. Subscription is based on paying only for the films which students and institutions actually watch.
Other Online
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- https://www.ox.ac.uk/research/research-impact/impact-films?wssl=1
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- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Business Studies, Mathematics, Medicine
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- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Streaming/Download
The Oxford Impacts video series celebrates the ways that Oxford University benefits the world of policy, health, business and culture. In a series of short films Oxford academics and researchers, talk about how their research has benefited the wider community and the impact it has had outside the university.
Other Online Moving image
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- http://www.rvc.ac.uk/small-animal-referrals/news-events/clinical-podcasts
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- Medicine
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- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
A series of audio podcasts from the Royal Veterinary College, London on small animal clinical topics hosted by Shailen Jasani and featuring veterinary specialists and other clinical staff from the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals. Recent topics have included lymphoma is dogs and cats, corneal ulceration and canine lungworm. The written summary of content is informative. Reviews of the podcasts from listeners are available on iTunes.
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- https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/multimedia/index.html
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- Bio-Medical
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- Medicine
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
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- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
The videos (from 2102) include Inaugural Lectures, the Global Health Lecture series, and free online courses including tuition on global blindness and ebola. The podcasts (from 2007) offer a platform for scientists to discuss their latest research: topics include sustaining development goals and maternal health, the rise of HIV in homophobic countries and predicting pandemics.
Other Online Moving image Audio
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- https://www.ndm.ox.ac.uk/podcasts-funded-by-mrc
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- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
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- Medicine
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- Film/Video
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- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
The site hosts video podcasts from researchers at the Nuffield Department of Medicine who have been supported by the Medical Research Council. The information accompanying each video is comprehensive, with transcripts provided in Q&A format. Medical research undertaken includes targeting epigenetics mechanism to treat cancer, the links between obesity and diabetes, infectious diseases in China and chromatin remodelling.
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- https://www.alz.org/
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- Bio-Medical
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- Genetics, Medicine, Social Welfare
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- Courses, Databases, Information Sources, Journals, Organisations, Streaming/Download, Video Sources, Web Links
The Alzheimer’s Association is the leading voluntary health organisation in the United States in Alzheimer care, support and research. The Videos and Media pages of the site stream several videotapes outlining latest research in areas such as advances in brain imaging, mild cognitive impairment research, Alzheimer’s and genetics and the role of insulin. In addition to the research videos the Media Clips pages host short, informative clips on a variety of topics of interest to the dementia caregiver, persons with early stage dementia, family members, and professionals.
Other Online
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- https://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/genetics/
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- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
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- Agriculture, Biology, Genetics, Medicine
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- Radio/Sound
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- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
Audio monthly podcasts from the Naked Scientists team at the University of Cambridge in collaboration with the Genetics Society. Recent topics (10/2015) in the magazine-style format have included targeting cancer genes, GM crops and genetic testing. The description of content is comprehensive and full transcripts are available for most titles.
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- http://labmed.ascpjournals.org/site/includefiles/multimedia.xhtml
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- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
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- Biology, Chemistry, Medicine
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- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Journals, Podcasting, Streaming/Download
LabMedicine is a journal published by the American Society for Clinical Pathology. The site hosts podcasts on microbiology, haemotology, chemistry, transfusion medicine, phebotomy and laboratory management. There is no information given in the listings beyond title and speaker but the titles are self-explanatory.
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- https://elifesciences.org
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- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
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- Biology, General Science, Genetics, Medicine
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- Radio/Sound
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- Blogs, Journals, Podcasting, Streaming/Download
eLife publishes outstanding research in the life sciences and biomedicine, from the most fundamental and theoretical work, through to translational, applied, and clinical research. It aims to esearch to improve the way important results are presented and shared and the open-access eLife journal is the first step in the initiative to make science publishing more effective. The epodcasts produced by The Naked Scientists include magnetic nerve cells, the social behaviour of ants, optogenetics and gene therapy. Transcripts can be downloaded.
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- http://www.scienceandsociety.net/podcasts/
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- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Biology, Computing, Environmental Studies, Genetics, Medicine
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- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
Science and Society, launched in June 2003, was one of the first-internet radio programmes, and the site claims that it was one of the first in the United States to introduce downloadable podcasts as a value-added service. The podcasts present interviews with more than 600 world leaders in science, industry, and education. It focuses on Environmental conservation and sustainable energy policy, Medical breakthroughs, including cancer research, genetics and genomics, and bioengineering, Nanotechnology, Space exploration, Robotics and computer science and K-12 science education. The podcasts can be searched by themes such as Genetics and Genomic Medicine, Robotics and AI and Stem Cell Research. Each entry incorporates information about the speaker and bullet points summarising content.