Websites for this Topic | Research guides and databases
Databases with the
image may be used from outside the Library.
All other databases are available in the Library only.
Gale Virtual Reference Library![]()
A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Grolier
Online![]()
The database includes seven encyclopedia databases: Encyclopedia
America, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of
Knowledge, La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre, America the Beautiful,
Lands and Peoples, and The New Book of Popular Science.
SIRS Discoverer![]()
A general reference database that is especially for children in grades 1-9. Includes World Almanac for Kids, Encyclopedia Britannica and 5,000+ prescreened links on Discoverer Webfind.
Today's
Science![]()
A news source reporting scientific developments to students.
World
Book Online![]()
The popular World book encyclopedia in an online, multimedia
format that includes articles, printable maps, and pictures.
Natural History of Planet Earth: Topics in the Earth Sciences & Botany(by Raymond Wiggers, Illinois author)
Nature/Ecology (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois)
From the Math Forum @Drexel UniversityAsk Dr. Math
Science Fair Central (Discoveryschool.com)
Science Fair, Science and Technology from the Chicago Public Library
Weather.com The Weather Channel
Natural Disaster Reference Database from NASA
The Weather World 2010 Project(University of Illinois)