- Library Resources
| In the Bessie Chin Library |
In Other Libraries |
General encyclopedias:
World Book Encyclopedia (2005) | World Book Online
New Encyclopaedia Britannica (2005) | Britannica Online, Academic Ed.
General science encyclopedias (multi-volume):
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. 9th ed. (2006) | AccessScience (Online version of the encyclopedia)
Gale Encyclopedia of Science (1996 and 2004 eds.) | Gale Virtual Reference Library)
General science encyclopedias (single-volume):
Von Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia (1989)
The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia (1993)
The Usborne Internet-Linked Science Encyclopedia (2001)
Scientific dictionaries:
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. 2nd ed. (1978)
Single-subject science encyclopedias:
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1997)
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences (1996)
Science project books:
The complete book of science fair projects
Experiment central
Painless science projects
The parent's guide to science fairs
1001 ideas for science fair projects
The Scientific American book of science projects for the amateur scientist
How to do a science fair project
Textbooks
Periodicals:
Discover
E: The Environmental Magazine
Natural History
Psychology Today
Science
Science News
Scientific American | Scientific American Digital
Online databases including:
Ebsco Article Databases
Enter username and password (get from library staff or signs in the library or classroom); choose "Student Research Center." By clicking on "Science" in the left column you will be able to search six encyclopedias providing thousands of encyclopedia and periodical articles as well as hundreds of images, all relating to science topics.
AP Science
This database from ProQuest provides articles from professional science journals beyond those included in the EBSCOhost database.
|
General encyclopedias:
Encyclopedia Americana
Colliers Encyclopedia
Periodical indexes:
Applied Science and Technology Index
Education Index
General Science Index
Periodicals:
American Biology Teacher
Journal of Applied Physics
Journal of Nutrition
Quarterly Review of Biology
The Science Teacher
Science World
...many others are available as well. |
Finding Science Projects
On the Web: Search engines are very useful in finding science experiments and information on science fairs.
With a search engine, look for: "science experiments", "science fairs", "science fair projects", "lab experiments", or "hands-on science". When you've got a specific topic chosen try using a search engine such as Clusty which "clusters" like Web pages under topics or Ask which gives options to narrow your search by sub-topic.
Once you've begun to search for information on your topic try using Google Scholar which indexes academic-level articles on various topics. Not all are available without a subscription to specific databases, but having the references can be very useful sometimes.
In Books: On a site such as Amazon.com do the same sort of search for books about science experiments and projects. Be careful--many of the books about science projects are written for elementary school students. They are not suitable for high-school level work. |
- Google Web Directory to Science Fairs: Ideas and Guides - http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Educational_Resources/Science_Fairs/Ideas_and_Guides/
- Science Buddies - http://www.sciencebuddies.org/
"Science Buddies is a non-profit organization empowering students from all walks of life to help themselves and each other develop a love of science and an understanding of the scientific method. With the help of our Mentors and Advisors, we help students improve their science skills and literacy, and we inspire them to consider additional study or careers in science." Check their Topic Selection Wizard for a way of developing a project topic.
Science Fair Sites
- Redwood High School Science Fair Page - http://redwood.org/rhs/academic/science/fair.htm
Bessie Chin Library Science Page - http://redwood.org/library/science.htm
- Science Fair Websites - http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/scifair.html
Internet Public Library Science Fair Project Resource Guide - http://www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide/
Google Web Directory to Science Fairs - http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Educational_Resources/Science_Fairs/
California State Science Fair - http://www.usc.edu/CSSF/
Senior Division Guide (Tri-Valley Science and Engineering Fair) - http://lasers.llnl.gov/lasers/tvsef/sr.html
Intel Science Talent Search - http://www.sciserv.org/sts/
Intel International Science & Engineering Fair - http://www.sciserv.org/isef/
The WWW Virtual Library: Science Fairs - http://physics.usc.edu/~gould/ScienceFairs/
Siemens Westinghouse Science and Technology Award - http://www.siemens-foundation.org/science/science_and_technology.htm
Science Fairs Homepage - http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/sciencefairs/
An NSTA Position Statement [on] Science Competitions - http://www.nsta.org/handbook/competitions.asp
-
|
