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Search your topic and be sure to scroll down to find all possible items. Some non-science topics will also provide great resources. Mark full text on the right so you don't get abstracts.

If you're looking for a topic: Under Advanced Search, Topic Finder (third link at top) is an interesting way to find connections - be sure full text is checked.

Or go to Browse Topics for a list to look at.

Articles can be translated with top left tool.

Helpful Websites

InfoBase

Username: SMSouthhs

Password: raiders

Science Online - a fabulous resource with lots of options. Search your topic, or browse theirs A to Z on the right. The Timeline feature can also help you choose a topic. Select the Biology Timeline and then limit the dates - maybe 1900-2024 - and scroll through the discoveries.

Today's Science - Go to Featured Topics on right, then Medicine and Health and then Medicine and History. Other topics also available. Also on the State Library of Kansas site.

NoodleTools

Click Log In on top right

Click the Google Icon on the bottom left and it log in with your school account. You are NOT creating a new log in.

If this is your first time, you might have to pick SM South and fill out a couple of questions.

Create a new project and sources from there.

State Library of Kansas

Scroll down to the blue boxes and User Resources and then go to Find Online Databases. Scroll below the pictures to the lists of databases.

  • Be sure to select full text and set other limiters, like the year, if available
  • Most will integrate with NoodleTools

Under General Research

  • Today's Science - Go to Featured Topics on right, then Medicine and Health and then Medicine and History. Other topics also available.
  • Britannica  Public Library - Good, basic explanations of lots of medical history and advancements
  • Explora Multi-Search  - general search databases that will include science topics
  • Issues & Controversies - great breakdown, with pros & cons, of current issues. Really good for Health Insurance and Health Care

Under Health, Medical, Science

  • Health Reference Center - search topic. Provides videos, news, images for most topics.

 

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Julie Fales
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