Meteorology Research
OR CLICK THIS LINK TO USE SYMBALOO:
http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/meteorologymix
Database or Website
Description
Grolier
Type your topic—like “hurricane”---and do a search. It
http://go-passport.grolier.com/
will pop up many resources.
From home, email/see librarian for the user &
password.
Gale Student Resources in Context
http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/suic/?userGroupName
=stl49895
Type your subject, like “tornado”. This one has good info
& overviews.
EBSCO HOST DATABASES
http://search.ebscohost.com/
Click “EBSCOHost databases”. Click Select databases, or
just check “select all.” Go to Advanced Search and choose
Full text, then type your subject & search by keyword.
World Book Encyclopedia
http://www.worldbookonline.com/
Another online encyclopedia with good overviews. Select
WorldBook Student and search for your topic.
NOAA: Storm Prediction Center
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/archive/events/in
dex.html
NOAA: Glossary of terms
http://www.weather.gov/glossary/
FEMA: Declared disasters
http://www.fema.gov/news/disaster_totals_annual.
fema
NOAA: National Hurricane Center
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastall.shtml
U of WY Atmospheric Science: Sounding
http://weather.uwyo.edu/upperair/sounding.html
NOAA: Storm Prediction Center
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/
Son of Citation Machine
http://citationmachine.net/index2.php
Start here to get info on the storm you are researching for
storms from January 2000 to current dates. (Tornadoes &
Derechos)
A helpful list of weather terms with very brief, easy-tounderstand definitions.
Many of your storms found here—news data on the impact
of the storm & benefits that people could get as a result.
Only for storms declared as disasters, officially.
Go here for data reports on tropical cyclones & hurricanes.
From home, email/see librarian for the user &
password.
From home, see/email librarian for the user &
password.
From home, see/email librarian for the user &
password.
EasyBib Citation Generator
http://www.easybib.com/
Prezi
http://prezi.com/
IX QUICK—META SEARCH ENGINE
http://www.ixquick.com/
Click on a map location to request a sounding.
The root cite for NOAA.
A great citation generator that will make MLA format
citations for you—or will walk you through the steps to do
so. Copy & paste into word once the citation has been
created. NOTE—any info from databases (like Grolier,
Gale, World Book or EBSCO) will have its own citation
right on the page!
Use this handy web site to create citations for web sources
and books. Copy & paste your citations to a word
document for safe-keeping.
Online zooming presentation tool. Sign up for a free
account. Try this instead of power point. OR, make a
power point and “prezi-fy” it!
Type in your subject like “derecho” to get results.
Pictures: Don’t forget to cite them in your paper/presentation. Use EASYbib to make the ML format citation. Also, don’t copy
and paste—right click “Save Picture As” and save it on your student number or in the student shared drive. You cannot paste a
photo into Prezi, but you CAN upload a photo. Need to save a graphic? Use snipping tool to select the picture & then save it
as a jpeg.