Databases and Ebook collections
Databases may include a variety of different resources such as journal articles, conference papers, book chapters, reports and multimedia. If you are searching for a specific book or journal title, it is best to start with LibrarySearch.
Multimedia
- Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
Academic Video Online provides a vast database of film and video clips from documentary, newsreel, entertainment, and television sources. The thematic range and temporal span make the collection relevant to many disciplines, from anthropology to zoology, various courses and student levels.
The collection includes award-winning films, including Academy®, Emmy®, and Peabody® winners, and gives access to the content from PBS, BBC, 60 MINUTES, National Geographic, Annenberg Learner, BroadwayHD™, A+E Networks’ HISTORY® and more sources.
Academic Video Online is a part of ProQuest One Academic.
- AnatomediaPLUS This link opens in a new window
Anatomedia is a comprehensive, self-paced learning program that students, teachers and practitioners can access from anywhere. Comprised of 9 interactive modules, it incorporates the latest radiology methods and research, developing knowledgeable anatomists and clinicians.
Meksi, an AI powered Virtual Patient (Beta version), allows doctors and medical students to safely practice and refine clinical consultation skills. It currently focuses on chest pain and more clinical cases will be added as the tool is developed.
- Alexander Street Video (Alexander Street Press) - New platform This link opens in a new window
Alexander Street Press is an online video streaming platform with access to more than 34,000 video titles. This database offers a wealth of digitized content across disciplines, but is particularly focused on the fields of counselling, anthropology, history, diversity studies, theatre, film, music, dance, news, current affairs, and the social sciences.
King’s has access to a wide range of educational videos, audio and text resources.
Dental Education in Video, provided via the Alexander Street Press, is a video encyclopedia available online. Providing demonstrations featuring clinicians and educators, we have access to 345 videos covering areas such as dental surgery, medicine, oral hygiene, assisting and nursing.
- Faculti This link opens in a new window
Faculti provides unlimited access to up to 1000 on-demand videos per year, and is forecast to produce thousands more annually, delivered by the world’s leading figures across core subject categories, accessible at a time and place convenient to you.
Please note:For off campus access, navigate to the top right button Login | Signup and select Login. Choose ‘Log in via SSO’ and then select 'King's College London' from the drop-down list.
For on-campus access, navigate to the top right button Login | Signup and select Login. Choose 'Log in via IP' and then select 'King's College London' from the drop-down list.
- Henry Stewart Talks (Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection) This link opens in a new window
A collection of lectures and presentations by leading experts in the fields of biomedicine and life sciences. Includes specific series on clinical methods, biochemistry, diseases, immunology, microbiology. The presentations consist of navigable slides with accompanying narration synchronised for ease of listening. They are all approximately 40-50 minutes long and are organised into a comprehensive series of talks.
Useful if you study:
- Biochemistry
- Biology
- Clinical Medicine
- Pharmacy
The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection contains over 2,500 specially commissioned, multi-media, online lectures by leading world experts from universities, research centres, medical schools, and pharmaceutical/biotech companies. There are over 2,000 contributing editors and speakers.
Subject categories include:
- Biochemistry
- Cancer
- Cell Biology
- Clinical Practice
- Genetics & Epigenetics
- Immunology
- Metabolism & Nutrition
- Methods
- Microbiology
- Neuroscience
- Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Physiology & Anatomy
- Plant & Animal Sciences
- Reproduction & Development
- Biochemistry
- Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) This link opens in a new window
JoVE, the Journal of Visualized Experiments, is the world's first peer reviewed scientific video journal. Established in 2006, JoVE is devoted to publishing scientific research in a visual format. JoVE allows authors to publish experiments in all their dimensions, overcoming the inherent limitations of traditional, static print journals, thereby adding an entirely new layer to the communication of experimental research. JoVE has published thousands of articles from top research institutions around the world.
King's has access to the following sections:
Bioengineering
Biology
Immunology and Infection
Medicine
Neuroscience