Science+Content+Area+Research

Sourcebook for teaching science

 * online textbook by Norman Herr
 * Help with filtering in Excel datatables (many of the databases Herr recommends contain large datatables; use these instructions to work with only the data that meets your precise criteria)

Resources to help you define & refine your topic:
 * ===Books (Specialized, scholarly encyclopedias) in Reference at Ursuline Library:===
 * Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (20 vol.)
 * Encyclopedia of Bioethics (5 vol.)
 * Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics (4 vol.)
 * McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology (20 vol.)
 * Search the library's online catalog for additional books; to limit your search to e-books, use //Advanced Search// and change //Material Type// to "E-books."


 * ===Online resources of interest (does it pass the @CRAP test?)===
 * Agricola: bibliographic records of publications (including research studies) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library; use Ursuline Library's online catalog to locate books or Journal Finder to locate journals & magazines in full text
 * The periodic table of videos
 * National Science Digital Library (funded by the National Science Foundation)
 * Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations (database from the OhioLINK Digital Media Center)
 * Weblinks (online resources compiled by Ursuline librarians)

Understanding scholarly research: ›› these brief videos require Adobe Flash Player = = Recommended databases for research topics in Science:
 * ===Peer review in 5 minutes===
 * ===Introduction to literature reviews===
 * ===What is a Database?===
 * ===Academic Search Complete===
 * indexes thousands of magazines, journals, newspapers, and other resources in multiple academic disciplines
 * ===ACS (American Chemistry Society) Journals & Magazines===
 * provides full text articles from the American Chemistry Society 1879-present
 * ===Access Science===
 * online encyclopedia of science and technology
 * ===Environment Complete===
 * indexes books, journals, and conference papers (EBSCOHost)
 * ===GeoRef (1785-present) ===
 * covers articles, books, maps, reports, and other literature on geology and geosciences (OSearch)
 * ===Green FILE ===
 * scholarly, government and general-interst content concerned with global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more (EBSCOHost)
 * ===INSPEC===
 * index and abstracts to articles, proceedings, books, and reports in physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computers and computing, and information technology (OSearch)
 * ===PubMed===
 * service of the National Library of Medicine providing over 16 million citations to biomedical literature 1950s-present
 * ===Science Citation Index Expanded (ISI)===
 * fully indexes over 6650 major journals across 150 scientific disciplines and includes all cited references captured from indexed articles

Research resources for high school students:
 * ====Ohio Web Library Resources====
 * all residents of the State of Ohio have access to these databases; some students may be able to connect to additional subscription databases through their schools and/or local public libraries