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ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES

IMPORTANT: Home Access to the available databases on this page now requires a Patchogue-Medford Library card. You will be prompted to enter the barcode from your card.


Biology
Description: Encyclopedia articles on all aspects of biology, including botany, zoology, history and major issues of controversy, biographies of important scientists, and information on careers in the biological sciences.
Full Text: All articles are fulltext.
Coverage: Based on the print version of the 2002 edition of Biology from MacMillan Reference USA.
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General Science Collection
Description: Database of general science magazines and journals covering all aspects of the natural sciences.
Full Text: Includes full text for 60+ journals.
Coverage: Indexing and abstracts 1988+, Select full text 1992+.
Updates: Daily.

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Science Online
Description: A curriculum-oriented database that offers a comprehensive, authoritative overview of the sciences.
Full Text: Includes diagrams, definitions, biographies, essays, and timelines.
Coverage: All areas of the natural sciences.

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Science Reference Center
Description: 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. Includes topics in biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife..
Full Text: Includes full text for 600+ reference books, encyclopedias, periodicals, newspapers, and biographies.

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WORLD WIDE WEB LINKS

"Mega Sites"
Astronomy
Biography
Biology
Chemistry
Earth Science
Physics
Science Projects
Technology

“Mega Sites” or Reliable Review Sources (Back to Top)

Blue Web’n Learning Sites Library
You can search by subject area including Mathematics, Science, or Technology. They give breakdowns within these categories and give the corresponding Dewey Decimal Number. Individual sites are rated with up to 5 stars.

Internet Public Library
A wonderful set of links, appropriate for a wide range of educational levels from elementary to post-graduate. There are also links to serials and associations. The list of serials is nicely annotated and link to the Journal's site for ordering info.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
This site is grouped by subjects including Science and Technology. Put together by a librarian and an educator, these sites are particularly useful for students but there is a wealth of material of interest to all age and education levels.

FirstGov for Science
"From science.gov, users can find over one thousand government information resources about science. These resources include: technical reports, journal citations, databases, Federal web sites, and fact sheets. The information is all free, and no registration is required. 'Science.gov privdes the unique ability to search across the content within databases as well as across Web sites,' said Eleanor Frierson, Deputy Director of the National Agricultural Library and co-chair of the science.gov Alliance, the interagency group that created science.gov. 'It shows that Federal agencies can work together to pull off something none of them could do individually.'"

ScienceNet - Toronto Reference Library
This site may be searched in English or French, by subject or alphabetically by topic. The links range from elementary school level through high school and beyond.

Scirus
A search engine designed to specifically index scientific and medical information available on the Web. Currently Scirus indexes over 167 million pages with science related content, as well as citations from MedLine, Science Direct and BioMed Central full-text articles, patents, and NASA technical reports.

Astronomy (Back to Top)

NASA

Nine Planets

Sea and Sky

Windows to the Universe

Biography (Back to Top)

Catalog of the Scientific Community in the 16th and 17th Centuries

Eric’s Treasure Trove of Scientific Biography

The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences

Nobel Prize Winners in Chemistry 2001--1901

Nobel Prize in Physics Winners 2001--1901

Biology (Back to Top)

Biology Project, The

bioSURF

BioTech

Chemistry (Back to Top)

ChemCenter

Chemical Elements

Chem4Kids

General Chemistry Online

Periodic Table

Wired Chemist

Earth Science (Back to Top)

Ask-A-Geologist

Earth and Sky

Mineralogy Database

Physics (Back to Top)

Physics Classroom, The

Physics 2000

Science of Hockey

Science Projects (Back to Top)

Science Fair Survival Page

Science Fair Project Resource Guide from IPL

Student Science Projects from NSRC

Technology (Back to Top)

How Stuff Works

Why Files, The

Last updated on September 10, 2007.