Make a Comment »*World Book Online: the 2010 edition of the encyclopedia. A good place to define your terms as you begin your research.
*SIRS Researcher: Offers Pro & Con viewpoints for leading issues and has relevant articles, timelines and graphics. Requires a username and password. See Mrs. O’Connor if you forget it.
*Marvel: A database of full-text and magazine articles. Also includes access to the Encyclopedia Britannica and several other reference databases. This database can be accessed by home; follow the directions for a New User (requires registration to ensure that you are a Maine resident).
Relevant databases for Genetics, Oncology, Forensics:
- Academic Search Premiere – a large scholarly, multi-disciplinary, full-text database, with more than 7,400 full-text periodicals
- AccessScience – online access to the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology (over 8,500 articles); research updates; the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms; the Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography; and the latest news in science and technology from Science News® and ScienCentral® videos.
- Britannica Online
- Nature – Internation Weekly Journal of Science
- Proquest Newspapers
Other useful Web sites:
- University of Utah, Genetic Science Learning Center provides educational resources with accurate and unbiased information about topics in genetics, bioscience and health. Designed for non-research audiences, they are jargon-free and often convey concepts through animation and interactivity.
- MEDLINE searches for information on government health Web sites (National Institutes of Health).
- The National Library of Medicine’s Directory of Health Organizations (DIRLINE) is a search engine that returns reputable sites that have been vetted by health professionals.
