Science & Math

Recommended Databases

Gale in Context: Science (Gale)

• Topics important in science today. Includes reference materials, magazines, journals, multimedia, websites, and more. 

Science Online (Facts on File)

• Covers all scientific disciplines, including biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, physics, and more. Definitions, biographies, news, and experiments. 

Britannica School: High School Edition

• Complete encyclopedia articles from Encyclopaedia Britannica and Compton's, general encyclopedias which are most appropriate as background research.

National Geographic Virtual Library (from BPL*)

• Full color, fully searchable reproductions of National Geographic magazine from 1888 to the present.

E-Books

eBook High School Collection (EBSCO)

• More than 11,000 e-books across all academic subject areas including math, science, technology, and more.

Getting Started with Sora (OverDrive)

• Over 17,000 e-books and audiobooks. More narrative nonfiction and popular reading than reference. 

Gale Virtual Reference Library (Gale) 

• Collection of reference e-books, including select science, math, and technology titles. 

Articles 

General and news databases are great for researching current topics in science. 

Academic OneFile (Gale)

• Best source for scholarly, full-text academic articles. Check the box labeled "to documents with full text" limit your results to immediately accessible results. Or, if you come up with a citation, see the librarian about making an interlibrary loan request. Checking the box labeled "to peer-reviewed publications" will focus your results on scholarly sources. Also includes full text of the New York Times from 1995 on. 

PubMed Central (National Institutes of Health)

• Free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences scholarly journal literature from the National Institutes of Health/National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM). 

Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale) 

• Today's "hottest social issues" include many question related to science and technology, from cloning to genetically modified foods to organ donation by death row prisoners. Don't miss this database for opinion articles on both sides. 

Issues and Controversies (Facts on File)

• Another current issues database with special reports on controversies including stem-cell research, space exploration, and nuclear power. 

Gale OneFile: News (Gale)

• Access to more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as leading titles from around the world. 

Newsstand

A few recommended science journals for leisure reading and browsing. We also subscribe to the following publications in print: Make Magazine, National Geographic, Scientific American, Psychology Today, and Wired. 

Popular Science (Academic OneFile) 

• "A consumer publication focusing on science. Features articles on robotics, aviation and space, science and technology, computers and software, automotive and home technology, medicine and health, and electronics." 

Nature (Academic OneFile) 

• "An international, interdisciplinary journal of science. Covers all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance and surprising conclusions. Also provides rapid, authoritative news and interpretation of topical and coming trends affecting science, scientists and the wider public."