Science Online Subscription Database

14. Science Online Subscription Database

Type: Subscription Database

Title: Science Online
Link: http://www.fofweb.com.sdplproxy.sandiego.gov/Science/default.asp
Ages: 15 and up

Reader's Annotation: Need research for your science project? Visit the Science Online Database for articles experiments and other great resources. 

Summary:  For students and teachers.  This database has printable diagrams, definitions, biographies, experiments, timelines, and essays in specific subject areas such as earth science, biology, chemistry, weather and more.

Critical Evaluation: This is a great resources for students who need help in their science projects or are working on a research paper in the subject of science, ecology and conservation. Also, this free resource can also help students learn the different science topics because of the different diagrams and definitions provided.  Sample topics include Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth Science, Environmental Science, Forensic Science, Marine Science, Mathematics, Physics, Space and Astronomy, and Weather and Culture. The database is really easy to use, and students will get a lot of use from this, rather than going to Google and trying to look up information on their own through unreliable sources.

Challenge Issues:

• None

Challenge Ideas:

• Science Subscriptions are a much needed resources for teenagers.
• Be familiar with the themes in the material and how they relate to young adults today.
• Stay calm and remember to not be personally offended by their comments or concerns.
• Libraries provide materials and information presenting all points of view on current and historical issues.  Materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.
• Books and other library resources should be provided for the interest, information, and enlightenment of all people of the community the library serves. Materials should not be excluded because of the origin, background, or views of those contributing to their creation.
• LISTEN to what they have to say and reiterate our freedom to read and be without censorship.
• All material for young adults are under the review of the branch manager and even further up, the Library Director and even City Council members.