Name __________________________
Science Period _______
ELA Period ________
SCIENTIST BIOGRAPHIES 2012
RESEARCH ROADMAP - Page 1
Where will you look? Where did you look?
Name of scientist ____________________________________________________________________
Keep an accurate list of all the resources you use (both successful & unsuccessful efforts) on this worksheet.
You do not have to try all of the resources on this list, and you may use others that are not listed.
Remember to fill out a bibliography worksheet as soon as you find information in a resource.
Use the bibliographic symbol (bullet) next to all the notes you take from that source.
USE THE INDEX!!!
PRINT RESOURCES -- General Encyclopedias
Bibliographic
Bibliographic
Date
Info?
New
Symbol
Worksheet
Encyclopedia
(title)
Accessed
Info?
Bullet
Salmon
Y/N
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Compton’s Encyclopedia
New Book of Knowledge
Y/N
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World Book Encyclopedia
SPECIALIZED ENCYCLOPEDIAS (Use the call number to find books & put them back on the shelves)
Bibliographic
Bibliographic
Date
Info?
New
Title of Encyclopedia
Symbol
Worksheet
Accessed
Info?
Bullet
Salmon
African American Biographies
REF 920 AFR
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
American SCENE: Lives
REF 920.073 AME
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Current Biography Yearbook
REF 920.03 CUR
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Grolier Library of Science Biographies
REF 925 GRO
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Grolier Library of Women’s Biographies
REF 920.72 GRO
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Illustrated History of Women
REF 305.4 ILL
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Inventions & Discoveries
REF 609 INV
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Inventions & Inventors
REF 609 INV
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Reference Library of American Women REF 920.703 REF Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Reference Library of Black America
REF 973.04 REF
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
World Book’s Biographical Encyc of Scientists
REF 509.2 WOR
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Young Oxford History of African Americans
REF 973.04 YOU
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Young Oxford History of Women in the U.S.
REF 973.0497 YOU
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
PRINT RESOURCES (Reserved Collection on book cart and top of bookcases)
Date
Info?
Book Title
Complete
title
is
not
necessary,
just
write
enough
to
Accessed
New
Info?
identify the resource. Abbreviations are useful.
Y/N
Y/N
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Bibliographic
Symbol
Bullet
Bibliographic
Worksheet
Blue
Y/N
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SCIENCE BIOGRAPHIES 2012 Research Roadmap -- Page 2
ONLINE RESOURCES (Online Subscription Databases)
Access via LMS Library homepage http://lcsd.k12.ny.us/lmslibrary [Online Subscription Databases]
Date
Accessed
Bibliographic
Symbol
Bullet
Bibliographic
Worksheet
Green
Name of Database
Info?
ABC-CLIO
Britannica Online
Elementary Level
Middle Level
(Same as Compton’s in print)
High School Level (Encyclopaedia Britannica)
Y/N
New
Info?
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
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eLibrary
Grolier Online
Encyclopedia Americana (hardest to read)
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
New Book of Knowledge (also in print)
New Book of Popular Science
SIRS Discoverer
Student Resource Center
World Book Online
World Book Kids
World Book Student
World Book Discoverer
Y/N
INTERNET – WORLD WIDE WEB
Find reliable information fast with selected websites.
Access links via LMS Library homepage http://lcsd.k12.ny.us/lmslibrary
Follow this path: [Project Resources]  [Grade 8]  [Science Biographies]
Read the descriptions and choose a link that looks relevant!
No Wikipedia for research notes - If you use Google or other search engine, evaluate the webpage for credibility.
Bibliographic
Bibliographic
Date
Web Pages (Title or URL)
Info?
New
Symbol
Worksheet
Accessed
Info?
Bullet
Pink
Y/N
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