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Science Pathfinders
| Physics | Biology-Life Science | Earth Science | Physical Science | Environmental Science|
Browsing the stacks! Check out our collection of reference and other circulating books. Look in the 500's for books on physics.
Databases
 | Use the Student Resource Center and SIRS Discoverer to conduct searches using our subscription databases |
| Use EBSCOhost (in ACCESS PA) and check the button "peer reviewed" before you search* |
| Use eLibrary and check the "peer reviewed" button |
| SIRS is the best place to browse if you don't have a specific topic in mind (Use the Topic Browse tab to find the Science subject heading and the Applied Science or Physical Science subheadings. Select Magazines and scan your results to distinguish between popular and scholarly titles.) |
*To use the ACCESS PA Power Library at home, visit your local library's website and enter the barcode number on your public library card.
Search Engines
A specialized search engine for the sciences is Scirus at http://www.scirus.com
Try the new Google Scholar at http://scholar.google.com/
On the free Web (note that these online journals may not contain cover-to-cover full text):
You might want to try these first:
| American Scientist homepage http://www.amsci.org/amsci/subject/subject.html |
| Discover http://www.discover.com/ |
| Physics Today Online http://www.aip.org/pt/ |
| Physics-related Free-Access Journals http://physnet.uni-oldenburg.de/PhysNet/journals.html |
| Science Magazine Online http://www.sciencemag.org/ |
| Scientific American (full text archive available in Catalogs and Databases) http://www.sciam.com/ |
Remember, if you are using material from the free Web, look for academic content that was previously published.
| Remember to select academic articles, long enough for you to write a substantial abstract. |
| Plagiarism is UNACCEPTABLE! |
| You are expected to use perfect documentation format. For proper APA form, see Ms. Korn! |
| Human Anatomy | Diseases & Conditions |
Human
Anatomy
We have several books on anatomy in the stacks and in the reference area. Browse
around the numbers 611 and 612.
Databases
Free web
Books
We have many books relating to health! Check your specific interest in the online catalog.
Or browse in the circulating nonfiction and in Reference in the numbers 610 through 616.
Databases
Visit the Student Resource Center - Health Module for information on various medical subjects.
On-line resources
| Major Health Portals | Birth Defects | Cancer | Specific Conditions |
| March of Dimes Birth Defects http://www.modimes.org/pnhec/4439.asp |
| Yahoo: Health: Birth Defects http://www.yahoo.com/Health/Diseases_and_Conditions/Birth_Defects |
| Birth Defect Research for Children http://www.birthdefects.org/information/info_factsheets.htm |
| Birth Defects Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/node.do/id/0900f3ec8000dffe |
| Rare Genetic Diseases in Children http://mcrcr2.med.nyu.edu/murphp01/homenew.htm |
| cleft.ie (cleft lip) http://www.cleft.ie/ |
| Genes and Disease http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/disease/ |
| The National Human Genome Research Institute http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/ |
| Primer on Molecular Genetics http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/publicat/primer/index.shtml |
| Welcome to Morgan http://morgan.rutgers.edu/MorganWebFrames/How_to_use/HTU_Frameset.html |
| DNA From the Beginning http://vector.cshl.org/dnaftb/ |
| Genetics http://www.ornl.gov/TechResources/Human_Genome/genetics.html |
| Human Reproduction http://medstat.med.utah.edu/kw/human_reprod/ |
| American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp |
| Ask Noah About Cancer http://www.noah.cuny.edu/cancer/cancer.html |
| Breast Clinic http://www.thebreastclinic.com/ |
| Cancer Care http://www.cancercareinc.org/patients/informational.htm |
| Cancer News on the Net http://www.cancernews.com/default2.asp |
| Cancerpage http://cancerpage.com/ |
| OncoLink (U of Penn) http://oncolink.upenn.edu/ |
| National Cancer Institute http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov/ |
| Yahoo: Cancers http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Diseases_and_Conditions/Cancers/ |
| ALS Association http://www.ALSA.org/ |
| American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp |
| American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org |
| American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org |
| American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org |
| American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/newhome.html |
Databases
| Use EBSCOhost (in POWER Library) and check the button "peer reviewed" before you search* |
| Check our our SIRS Discoverer database and click the |
*To use the ACCESS PA Power Library at home, visit your local public library's web page and enter the barcode number on your public library card.
For those who prefer to browse:
In the periodical (magazine) section of the library look through our collection of Science News, Scientific American, and Discover magazines. Note: Not all the articles in these journals are scholarly articles. Look for articles with abstracts, in-text documentation, and source lists.
Search Engines
|
A specialized search engine for the sciences is Scirus http://www.scirus.com |
|
Try the new Google Scholar |
On the free Web (note that these online journals may not contain cover-to-cover full text):
You might want to try these first:
| American Scientist homepage http://www.amsci.org/amsci/subject/subject.html |
| Discover http://www.discover.com/ |
| Environment and Behavior http://eab.sagepub.com/ |
| Journal of Environmental Quality http://jeq.scijournals.org/contents-by-date.0.shtml |
| Journal of Environment and Development http://jed.sagepub.com/ |
| Occupational and Environmental Medicine http://oem.bmjjournals.com/ |
| Organization and Environment http://oae.sagepub.com/archive/ |
| Science Magazine Online http://www.sciencemag.org/ |
| Scientific American http://www.sciam.com/ |
Remember, if you are using material from the free Web, look for academic content that was previously published.