Biology: Field Guides & Multimedia

Videos in Biology, Agricultural Sciences, Chemistry, and Health among other subject areas.

The Birds of North America (BNA) is a comprehensive reference covering the life histories of North American birds. This database provides detailed scientific information for each of the 716 species of birds nesting in the USA and Canada. It also includes filmclips and audiorecordings.

The Biodiversity Heritage Library improves research methodology by collaboratively making biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community.

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Explore the structure, function and biology of the cell with videos.

This site merges the book A Guide to Field Guides: Identifying the Natural History of North America by Diane Schmidt, Biology Librarian at the University of Illinois, and its companion Web site International Field Guides. After the publisher returned copyright to the book, the author decided to combine the two products and create a searchable database of field guides for plants, animals, and other objects in North America and around the world. Search the database

Primal Pictures provides a dynamic interactive multimedia overview of human anatomy from head to toe. It features three-dimensional animations that illustrate function, and biomechanics. It covers a detailed anatomy study guide and includes detailed notes and figures of the skeletal, muscular, cardiovascular, nervous, digestive, reproductive and endocrine system.

Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom.