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Some good online encyclopedias

http://www.encyclopedia.com/: More than 57,000 frequently updated articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia. Each article is enhanced with links to newspaper and magazine articles as well as pictures and maps.

Britannica: The online version of the famous Encyclopedia Britannica. Some articles require a log in.

The Canadian Encyclopedia/l'Encyclopédie canadienne: The complete encyclopedia online. The most comprehensive and authoritative source of information on all things Canadian.

Medical Encyclopedia: From the National Institutes of Health - MedlinePlus - over 4000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms etc

Some great science websites

http://cramscience.ca/ First Canadian science website specifically for teens, launched in January 2006. We’ll be able to show you that Science is more than just sitting in class and studying for exams. Science is great, because it’s a part of every aspect of your life, from the food you eat to the movies you watch.

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ The museum of science, art and human perception. Neat site

BBC - Science & Nature Use Firefox as browser. The best of BBC Science and Nature, from TV and radio, to the web and beyond. Take a tour from the smallest atoms, to the largest whales.Great site with lots of interactive games and puzzles.

http://www.belmont.sd62.bc.ca/virtual_library/science.htm Comprehensive links to science sites for high school students. Annotated. Excellent. Covers all kinds of science, much Canadian info.

http://sciencenet.tpl.toronto.on.ca/ Links to a wide variety of science sites. Both K-12 and higher education sites are included. Canadian sites and those built by students are labelled.

http://www.the-science-lab.com/ A comprehensive directory of science related websites.

http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/education/main_e.html Find information to help you with your science classes – from the National Research Council of Canada.

LivePhysics.com is dedicated to physics, science, space and technology news. Latest research breakthroughs and innovations, science advances and scientific discussion forum. We continuously update our contents to provide worked physics problems and examples, organized by topic to provide free physics related homework help to students.

http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/canedweb/educators.html#science Links to some good science sites

Hinterland Who's Who This is where you’ll find in-depth descriptions of wildlife, discussions on issues, actions that you can take to help wildlife.

Science fair projects

http://www.cdli.ca/sciencefairs To aid students in the most difficult aspect of their science fair experience; getting an idea.

http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/resources/sciencefairlinks.asp Ideas and advice just a click away.

http://www.virtualsciencefair.com/ Who won in 2007, amazing links to info, and science fair ideas and advice.

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/?pID=fair Ideas, tips, web resources, rules, display tips etc.

Databases - Can be used at school and at home.

United Streaming Over 4000 videos and 40,000 video clips from Discovery Education. You can search this database by subject and download the video clip or video which can then be used in Powerpoint presentations or other projects. The passcode to access the site is available in the library.

Elibrary Curriculum Edition Over 2000 full text magazines, newspapers, reference books, with web links and some audio/video files. Password and user name available in the library.

E-STAT Statistics from Stat Canada on population, health, environment etc.. To access this at home you need to use the log in which is available in the library.

Librarian’s Index to the Internet You can search and browse this website for the best of the Web. There are over 20,000 annotated entries, organized into 14 main topics and nearly 300 related topics. This is the science topic. Fabulous site maintained by librarians, annotated so you know what you are getting. Health, diseases, genetics, drugs etc. at http://search.lii.org/index.jsp?more=SubTopic4

National Library of Quebec For any resident of Quebec, you just have to register online and you will have FREE access to some amazing databases.

The science ones are:
Biology Digest
Science Online
Science Reference Center
New Book of Popular Science

Scientific Journals – where to read about the latest, cutting edge science.

The two main science journals are Nature and Science which are published weekly. As well as original research papers which are difficult for non-scientists to read, there is also a news section with short articles about the latest findings by scientists and it is easy to read.

Nature Nature is the international weekly journal of science: a magazine style journal that publishes full-length research papers in all disciplines of science but also many news articles accessible to everyone.

Science International weekly science journal published by the American Association for the advancement of science. Research papers but also lots of news articles.

New Scientist and Scientific American are magazines that are easily accessible by everyone. There are no original research papers

New Scientist Science news and science articles from New Scientist. Read the latest findings on drugs, cancer, depression, technology, sex and more.

Scientific American The latest science news, including technology coverage, science articles, games and science trivia.