Science Resources

Created by Stacy Kitsis, Library Teacher, Arlington High School. Last updated: May 19, 2021.

Science, It's Electric!

Note: All database passwords are available online (must be logged on to school email to view) and from library staff.

Science Specific Databases

• • Science in Context (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.

E-Books

• • eBook High School Collection (EBSCO)

  • More than 11,000 e-books across all academic subject areas

  • 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 titles.

Articles Databases

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.

  • General OneFile (Gale)

  • Great place to start for popular science articles in a wide range of general interest magazines and newspapers.

  • PubMed Central

  • 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.

Newsstand

A few recommended science journals for leisure reading and browsing.

• • 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."

  • Stay tuned, there's more to come!

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