Fall 2008 Database
Trials
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Sample Questions to Use with Trials
Science Trials
EBSCO
- Science Reference Center - Science Reference Center™
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.
http://trial.ebscohost.com
User ID: semls
Password: trial
Facts On File Science Online - Science Online offers a comprehensive,
curriculum-oriented overview of a broad range of scientific
disciplines in a variety of useful formats.
http://www.fofweb.com/Demo
Username: SEMLS
Password: SEMLS
ProQuest eLibrary Science - eLibrary Science offers full text, science-specific titles and selected articles from non-science specific publications. More than 400 science publications are represented, including reference books, magazines, journals, transcripts, audio/video, and manipulatives.
http://trials.proquest.com/ptc?userid=2297843
Password: welcome
Links from eLibrary Demo
Elibrary Science Product & Support URL:
http://www.proquestk12.com/productinfo/elibrary_science.shtml
Elibrary/Bookcart Testimonials:
http://www.proquestk12.com/bulletins/08MAR/eLib_Story.shtml
Standards Based Standards Learning Activities:
http://www.proquestk12.com/curr/elibrary.shtml
Bookcarts & Quizzes:
http://www.proquestk12.com/productinfo/elibrary_bookcarts.shtml
Sample Questions
Sample Questions to Try in the Databases
• I need ideas for a science project involving electromagnetism.
• I need information on quasars written at the junior high to high school level.
• A patron researching the PAVE PAWS radar system that detects and tracks ballistic
missiles wants to know how high above the ground the waves go. • Can you find information on nitrogen loading?
• I need information on geothermal heat/cooling pumps. • How many birds are killed by wind turbines?
• What kind of impacts could climate change have on ecosystems?
• What are NASA's current plans for maintaining the Hubble telescope? • Which heats up more quickly: water or land?
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