Science Resources
Science Projects
http://www.super-science-fair-projects.com/
Books
ACCESS PA Interlibrary Loan- Books, movies and more in a PA library (also known as the
Access PA Database) is a combined catalog reflecting the holdings of over 2,600 Pennsylvania
libraries and their combined collections of over 43 million books, audio materials, reference
materials, movies, and much more
Search for a book you want then see Ms. Caffarelli so that she can request the book from the
lending library. Remember it may take 7-10 days to arrive.
Formerly known as NetLibrary, this e-resource provides access to
hundreds of thousands of books from the world's leading publishers
across all major subject areas
Encyclopedias
Encyclopaedia Britannica – Search over 70,000 articles of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopedias are good for
a general overview of your subject (free, but with ads).
http://www.britannica.com/
Whatis.com IT Encyclopedia- Get definitions for Internet, hardware, software or networking-related terminology.
http://whatis.techtarget.com/
About Topic Guides- Search through About directory of over 50,000 specialized topics each one managed by an
expert on the subject
http://www.about.com/
Wolfram/Alpha – Enter a question or calculation and Wolfram/alpha uses its built-in algorithms and data to get the
answer. A huge set of information and tons of models, methods and algorithms that make it possible to compute
whatever can be computed about anything.
http://www.wolframalpha.com/
Wikipedia- Encyclopedia of human knowledge written collaboratively by contributors around the world. CAUTION:
Although the site is monitored, ANYONE can add to the collective information which for scientific purposes makes the
information suspect. Use this site to investigate a general overview while you are forming a question or to learn new
vocabulary for future searching. Also, some of the links it provides are to valid websites.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Searches
Find how – Quick access to trusted, reliable How-to content on the Internet.
http://www.findhow.com/
Google Scholar- search for scholarly papers, including patents.
http://scholar.google.com
Sweet Search- a search engine for students. Reviewed articles.
http://www.sweetsearch.com/
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/guides/Science.xa_1.html
More Guides Under Introduction to Science
 Astronomy
 Earth Science
 Environmental Science
 Genetics
 Global Warming and Climate Change
 Science of the Body
o Science of the Brain
The DPLA offers a single point of access to millions of items—photographs, manuscripts, books, sounds, moving images,
and more—from libraries, archives, and museums around the United States. Users can browse and search the DPLA’s
collections by timeline, map, format, and topic; save items to customized lists; and share their lists with others
http://dp.la/
Real-time Search the communication stream of the Real-Time Web. Dig into up-to-the-minute alerts, blog
posts and tweets as well as traditional news. The rise of the Real-Time Web is one of the most important trends
changing the way the Internet works.
Twitter Search – See what’s happening right now. See what's happening - right now. Twitter contains up to the
second news from around the world. Search Twitter to scan for happenings before traditional news media writes about
it. TIP: Use Advanced Search
https://twitter.com/search-home
Science Links
NASA for Students
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/9-12/index.html
National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/research/space/
http://www.archives.gov/research/maritime/
http://www.archives.gov/research/health/
http://www.archives.gov/research/topics/science-technology.html
Top Sites for Science for Kids
For general science...
Learner.org offers video tutorials on many academic subjects including science. Although the site is
designed as a teacher's aid, it's a useful resource for kids, too. There are videos on a number of science
topics for students in kindergarten through high school. Free registration is required to view the videos.
http://www.learner.org
For physics ...
Physics.org is a comprehensive site run by the Institute of Physics. Its extensive database includes links to
more than 7,000 recommended sites, news articles, education and career advice, and interactive physics
games. Registering with Physics.org allows you to customize your search results based on your age and level
of knowledge.
http://www.physics.org
The Physics Classroom is a tutorial designed for high schools students and written by a high school physics
teacher. In the Physics Tutorial, you'll find written lessons and quizzes to test your comprehension. Or if you
need a visual to better grasp the concepts, the Multimedia Physics Studios provide animations to help you
better understand the basics. The Physics Help section has practice problems that test your comprehension.
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/
For chemistry ...
General Chemistry Online is managed by a college professor and focuses on high school chemistry. It
features tutorials, lecture notes, quizzes, exam guides, interactive experiments and a helpful FAQ section.
Construction Kits help you build chemical equations and ionic compound formulas, and do unit conversion
problems. The GraphPad builds a graph from the data you enter and e-mails it to you as a GIF file.
http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/index.shtm
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Chemistry Fundamentals Program is designed to help college
freshmen prepare for college-level chemistry classes. Reviews lessons from high school and get an
introduction to concepts that will be covered in college classes.
http://www.shodor.org/UNChem/index.htm
Howard Hughes Medical Institute BioInteractive site has lots of topics on human biology. Most topics include
Web casts of related lectures, explanations, videos and articles. Don't miss the "Virtual Labs" section; you'll
get a unique perspective. For instance, in the cardiology lab, you're an intern assisting a doctor in examining
and diagnosing three different cardiac patients.
http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/
The Biology Project, a University of Arizona Web site, is an interactive resource for high school and college
biology students. There are many well-organized subjects with explanations, illustrations and problem sets.
Each topic provides related links, and several of the topics are available in Portuguese, Spanish or Italian.
http://www.biology.arizona.edu
POWER Library Databases-Free information offered from the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
Click on the link from your Student Turtlenet page. At HOME? Google your local library page, click
on Databases, use your Public Library Card Number to access Power Library Databases. Don’t
have a library card? Apply for a e-number and it will be send quickly to your email. RECORD
YOUR E-NUMBER for future use.
Suggested databases from POWER Library:
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Greenfile -Offers information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of
scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on the environmental effects of individuals,
corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done at each level to minimize these effects.
Topics covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable
energy, recycling, and more.
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Health and Wellness Resource Center
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InfoTrac Newsstand-This full-text newspaper resource allows users to search articles instantly by title,
headline, date, author, newspaper section or other fields, eliminating random searching through
newspaper archives. InfoTrac Newsstand provides access to more than 1,000 major U.S. regional,
national and local newspapers as well as leading titles from around the world
Science full Text-Full text database covering the Sciences
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Sirs Discoverer - Excellent Student Database with Easy, Moderate and Challenging reading level articles. There is
a link to Science Fair Explorer which shows easy science experiments from many of the science disciplines.
Other Science sites to check
Scirus-Scientic - Search engine
http://www.scirus.com/srsapp
Biology Browser - sources curated by Thomas Reuters
http://www.biologybrowser.org
AgWeb
http://www.agweb.com/article/AgriSurf_201897
Science Central
http://www.sciencecentral.com/site/483447
SciSeek
http://www.sciseek.com
Worldwide Science
http://worldwidescience.org/
Scientific Commons
http://en.scientificcommons.org
Sci.gov – searches 50 data bases from 13 federal agencies
http://www.science.gov/
Scitation
http://scitation.aip.org
Science Accelerator – Research from the Department of Energy
http://www.scienceaccelerator.gov
InfoMine
http://infomine.ucr.edu/
SciVee: Making Science visible
http://www.scivee.tv/
APA Citations for your Reference Page.
Go to the NoodleTools link on your Student Turtlenet page. Create an individual account. (TIP:
Use your school username and password so that you don’t forget it). Go to the Bibliography
tab.
You will need to create a project if you want to use NoodleTools to assist in formatting your
reference entries. Choose AP for bibliography type.
EXTRA!
For an AP Guide other than NoodleTools try Purdue University’s link
APA Formatting and Style Guide - Purdue Online Writing Lab
Ask for Help
http://www.ipl.org/div/about/