General Streaming Media Platforms
- Streaming Media (Audio and Visual) Request FormIf you would like to request a film to stream during a class session or use for a student activity presented by a registered student group, please use our request form.
- Subject Specialist Librarian DirectoryIf you have questions, please contact your Subject Specialist Librarian.
- AVON This link opens in a new windowAcademic Video Online is the most comprehensive video subscription available to libraries. It delivers more than 77,000 titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more.
- Alexander Street Advanced Search SyntaxThe Alexander Street Video Platform does not have an advanced search form, but you can use advanced search syntax. Click the link here to learn more about search strategies.
How to search for and add videos from the AVON collection without leaving Canvas
- Kanopy Streaming This link opens in a new windowKanopy is an on-demand streaming video service for educational institutions that provides access to more than 26,000 films. Kanopy works directly with filmmakers and film distribution companies to offer award-winning collections including titles from PBS, BBC, Criterion Collection, Media Education Foundation and more.
- Kanopy Troubleshooting GuideHaving trouble linking to Kanopy off campus? Trying to use the app on your device? This guide has resources to help.
- Swank Digital Campus This link opens in a new windowSwank is an on-demand streaming video service for educational institutions that provides access to 1000s of films. Swank works directly with filmmakers and film distribution companies to offer award-winning collections. This service is restricted to faculty led courses, educational purposes and to support the curriculum, both in-person and online. The library cannot provide access for pure research purposes at any level.
- Alexander Street PBS Video Collection This link opens in a new windowThis collection of more than 1,400 streaming videos provides an exceptional range of content with the most valuable video documentaries and series from PBS. From science to history, art to Shakespeare, diversity to business & economics, and more, the PBS Video Collection: Fourth Edition provides access to one of television’s most trusted networks.
- Alexander Street Advanced Search SyntaxThe Alexander Street Video Platform does not have an advanced search form, but you can use advanced search syntax. Click the link here to learn more about search strategies.
Open Access Internet Media on General Health Sciences
- CDC TVAn online video resource available through CDC.gov. CDC-TV videos cover a variety of health, safety and preparedness topics. Most videos are short and easily downloadable while all include closed–captioning (some videos are also open–captioned).
- MedLine Plus Videos and ToolsWatch health videos on topics such as anatomy, body systems, and surgical procedures. Test your knowledge with interactive tutorials and games. Check your health with calculators and quizzes.
- National Institute of Health VideocastLive broadcasts of seminars, conferences and meetings. Includes recorded past events.
- National Institute of Health YoutubeThe National Institutes of Health (NIH) includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases.
- National Library of Medicine Digital CollectionsLimit your search to video content by choosing "moving images" from the Format filter.
- National Cancer Institute Did You Know? SeriesSEER has developed Did You Know? video series, in collaboration with NCI's Office of Communications & Public Liaison, to highlight key topics and trends in cancer statistics. Selected videos are now offered in Spanish.
- Journal of the American Medical Association Video CollectionWatch videos offering the latest medical news and clinical updates, teaching innovative treatment and techniques, and addressing critical topics emerging in modern medicine.
- Behind the Knife Surgical Education PodcastOffered by Access Medicine.
- Environmental Health Perspectives PodcastIn this original podcast series, researchers from across the environmental health sciences offer insights into the motivation and vision driving their work. They also explore the implications of their findings for human health.
- Journal of the American Medical Association Podcast CollectionChoose from a variety of podcasts, including the JAMA Editors’ Summary, Author Interviews, Clinical Reviews, and others related to biomedical research, clinical practice, patient care, public health, and more.
- Karger PodcastsKarger's podcast offers the latest knowledge from medical experts and their in-depth assessment of developments in their disciplines.
- Run the List PodcastOffered by Access Medicine.
- S2D: The Symptom to Diagnosis PodcastOffered by Access Medicine.
DSM/Psychiatry Online Podcasts
- AJP PodcastEach episode of AJP Audio brings you an in-depth look at one of the articles featured in that month’s issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry. Wide-ranging interviews with article authors cover the background, rationale, main findings, and future implications of the research.
- Finding Our VoiceFinding Our Voice brings the viewpoints and opinions of the next generation of psychiatrists—including residents, fellows, and early career psychiatrists—to the forefront. Each episode focuses on systemic racism within a racial, ethnic, or minority group.
- Mentally Healthy NationMentally Healthy Nation is the voice of the American Psychiatric Association Foundation. This podcast features candid conversations with psychiatrists and other experts about various aspects of mental health that impact our community, where we live, learn, work, worship, and play.
- Psychiatric News BriefWith the American Psychiatric Association’s new flash briefing, Psychiatric News Brief, you can now listen to synopses of curated articles from Psychiatric News.
- Psychiatric Services From Pages to PracticePsychiatric Services Editor Lisa Dixon, M.D., M.P.H., and Podcast Editor and co-host Josh Berezin, M.D., M.S., discuss key aspects of research recently published by Psychiatric Services.
- Psychiatry UnboundAPA Publishing's Books podcast, hosted by APA Books Editor-in-Chief, Laura Roberts, M.D. Psychiatry Unbound offers the opportunity to hear the voices behind the most prominent psychiatric scholarship in the field today.
Kanopy Videos on Health Sciences
- Kanopy Videos on Health SciencesVideos on general health and medicine topics available through Kanopy purchased by WSULS.
Watch the video below to get a sample of the kinds of Health Sciences videos available through WSU's Kanopy subscription.