Science

This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms including controversial opinions and viewpoints.   TOPICsearch contains full text for over 140,000 articles from nearly 260 diverse sources including international newspapers, EBSCO's unparalleled collection of peri...

 Science Reference Center is a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full-text science-oriented content. Designed to meet every student's science research needs, Science Reference Center contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals and other sources. Topics covered include biology, chemistry, earth & space sci...

 Primary Search contains full text for more than 80 popular elementary school magazines. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Additionally, Primary Search includes the Encyclopedia of Animals, and features the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, which provides students with easy-to-read encyclopedic entries written specifically for kids. This databa...

Middle Search Plus contains more than 150 popular middle school magazines as well as thousands of biographies and historical essays.  Additionally, Middle Search Plus contains primary source documents including Essential Documents in American History, reference books including the Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia; New Oxford American Dictionary, 2nd Edition; Encyclopedia of Animals...

 Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia contains over 25,000 articles covering an array of topics.  

 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has prepared a Data Validation Package, dated June 2010, containing the groundwater and surface water monitoring data generated from the November 2009 sampling event at the Old and New Rifle Processing Sites (those are the official DOE names for the uranium mill tailing sites located near Rifle). The package includes worksheets and reports that document th...

Khan Academy is an amazing collection of over 2,600 videos and practical exercises covering everything from math to science to the humanities. And it's all free! Learn what you want, when you want, at your own pace. Here's what Khan Academy says about itself (from the About page on their website): A free world-class education for anyone anywhere. The Khan Academy is an organization on a mission. W...

World Book Encyclopedia Online is a reference source containing every article from the print set plus thousands more. It has state-of-the-art multimedia, maps, editor-reviewed Web sites and much more. The site also contains the World Book Online Reference Center, World Book Advanced, World Book Kids and a Spanish Language Encyclopedia.

Searchasaurus is a research tool for children in elementary school. Research topics including Animals, Art and Music, Health and History, People and Places, Science and Math, Sports, and Stories.

Kids Search is designed to help elementary and middle school students with research. Students may browse by topic, or access the dictionary, encyclopedia, or image library. Topics include Animals, Arts & Music, Geography, Health, In the News, Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Sports. There are resources for teachers, too.