Research guides: Biomedical Engineering: Media and Images

Images and Video

During your coursework you may require audio, images, or videos to enhance your projects and design work. This page provides links to resources which are either freely available online, or provided to you through the University of Waterloo Library subscriptions. Regardless of how you access materials, make sure to cite them appropriately.

Free Audio, Images, and Video
Created by the Centre for Extended Learning. Resources cover all subject areas.

Access and stream video:

Anatomy.tv
Choose from over 290 interactive 3D anatomy views, including 148 trigger points, covering the whole body.
Curio.ca
Videos and sound recordings of selected documentaries produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC / Radio-Canada).
Health Education Assets Library (HEAL)
The Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) is a collection of over 22,000 freely available digital materials for health sciences education.
Jove
10,000+ videos of laboratory methods and science concepts in the Basic and Advanced Biology Collections.

Find images:

Arkive.org
With the help of over 7,000 of the world’s best wildlife filmmakers and photographers, conservationists and scientists, Arkive.org featured multi-media fact-files for more than 16,000 endangered species.
iBiology
Open Access videos and materials illustrate the theory, process, and practice of science.
The Smithsonian Open Access
Download, share, and reuse millions of 2D and 3D digital images and data from across the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, 9 research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo.
Tree of Life Media
Find images, movies, or sounds of your favorite organisms.

Video Copyright and Educational Streaming

Netflix: Educational Screening
Information for screening Netflix content for educational purposes.
Media Resources (University of Waterloo)
The Media Resources Library (University of Waterloo) provides access to over 30,000 streaming titles and houses approximately 9,500 physical resources (i.e. DVD, VHS).

Examples of how to cite video in APA format

Citing Sources from YouTube:

Sample citation for YouTube video:

Harvard University. (2019, August 28). Soft robotic gripper for jellyfish [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guRoWTYfxMs

Sample citation for YouTube channel:

Walker, A. (n.d.). Playlists [YouTube channel]. YouTube. Retrieved October 8, 2019, from https://www.youtube.com/user/DjWalkzz/playlists

Citing Sources from JoVE:

JoVE video with no author listed:

Jove. (2021) Molecular cloning [video]. Jove. https://www-jove-com.proxy.lib.uwaterloo.ca/t/5074

Jove video with author listed:

Smith J, Kemp A. (March 2019) Molecular cloning and ethics considerations [video]. Jove. https://www-jove-com.proxy.lib.uwaterloo.ca/t/5074

The date noted should be the date that the video was uploaded.

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