Follow your teacher's guidelines for your project.

Be sure to cite your sources! Use NoodleTools to make a bibliography (APA Style) to include with your project.

*Remember, you also can do research at your local public library. Ask the Reference Librarian for help.



Recommended Sources

PRINT SOURCES

You can find books in both Nonfiction and Reference--500s Math & Science/600s Applied Science & Technology

Check OPAC to search subjects and keywords.

Reference

Reference Sets:

  1. REF 500 Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia
  2. REF 500 GRO The New Book of Popular Science (Multiple volumes)
  3. REF 500 KNI Science of Everyday Things (Vol. 1 Chemistry & Vol. 2 Physics)
  4. REF 503 KNA Visual Science Encyclopedia (Volumes are divided by TOPICS)
  5. REF 500 PAR Science 1001
  6. REF 503 TES Blackbirch Encyclopedia of Science & Invention
  7. REF 503 WOR World Book Student Discovery Encyclopedia
  8. REF 612 WAL Young Oxford Library of Science (Volumes are divided by TOPICS)
  9. REF 509 CLA Timelines of Science and Technology (Multiple volumes)
  10. REF 509 SCI The Science Book
  11. REF 546 GRO Elements (Multiple volumes)
  12. REF 600 MAC The Way Things Work
  13. REF 603 ENC Encyclopedia of Technology and Applied Sciences

Encyclopedias: World Book


ONLINE SOURCES

Library computers have shortcuts to POWER Library and World Book Online on them. Computers located inside school can follow links listed below.

POWER Library Databases

  • SIRS Discoverer

  • MiddleSearch Main Edition

  • GreenFILE

  • Consumer Health

  • eBooks on EBSCOHost

  • To go to POWER Library from a school computer OUTSIDE of the Library, click HERE.

World Book Online

www.worldbookonline.com If you need to access this source outside of the Library, please see your handout for the username and password.

Other Sites on the Web (Careful! Some of these sites contain advertisement links. Watch where you click.)


Science Fair Websites:
  1. Science Buddies
  2. ScienceBob
  3. All Science Fair Projects
  4. Kids' Do It Yourself Science

Research Sites:
  1. ScienceBob Research Main Page
  2. PBS Science and Nature page -- contains a variety of articles, videos and photos from science show such as NOVA
  3. Franklin Institute: Case Files
  4. .