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You don’t need a fortune teller to know that sometime in the next school year students will come in, call, or e-mail the library for information about science experiments and science projects. This year you can add online databases to the sources you recommend; check out the slideshow below (best viewed in full screen) to see how easy it can be to locate ideas and instructions for good science projects online.

Science Experiment And Science Fair Information

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New titles added to Gale Virtual Reference (GVRL)

Eleven new titles just joined the list of electronic reference sources available through PLYMC’s Gale Virtual Reference interface. Here is the complete list of virtual reference titles in GVRL, new items appear in green type.

African American Almanac, 10th ed., 2008
Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-Bottoms: Pop Culture of 20th-Century America , 5v, 2002
CDs, Super Glue, and Salsa , 2v, 2003
Colonial America Reference Library, 6v, 2000
Encyclopedia of Business and Finance, 2nd ed., 2v, 2006
Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion, 3v, 2005
Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity , 3v, 2005
Encyclopedia of Global Industries, 4th ed., 2007
Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd ed., 15v, 2005
Encyclopedia of Small Business, 3rd ed., 2v, 2007
Environmental Issues: Essential Primary Sources, 2006
Everyday Finance: Economics, Personal Money Management, and
Entrepreneurship, 2v, 2008
Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages , 5v, 2004
The Gale Encyclopedia of Diets: A Guide to Health and Nutrition, 2v, 2008
Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law, 2nd ed., 2v, 2006
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences , 2nd ed., 9v, 2008
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences , 17v, 1968
Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods and Recipes of the World , 4v, 2002
Notable Sports Figures , 4v, 2003
Real-Life Math, 2v, 2006
Social Trends and Indicators USA , 4v, 2003
U*X*L Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes, 2nd ed., 4v, 2008
U*X*L Encyclopedia of Weather and Natural Disasters, 5v, 2008
UXL American Decades, 11v, 2003
UXL Complete Life Science Resource, 3v, 2001
UXL Encyclopedia of Biomes, 3v, 2000
UXL Encyclopedia of Drugs and Addictive Substances, 5v, 2006
World War I Reference Library , 4v, 2002
World War II Reference Library , 5v, 2000
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations, 12th ed., 5v, 2007
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States, 7th ed., 2v, 2007

The accessibility of these reference works online will be helpful in responding to questions like:

1. What can you tell me about the Pequot War of 1637?
2. Where am I going to get primary sources about smog?
3. I need information about toy manufacturers and the world market but I don’t know where to find out about companies in other countries.
4. My child is going to be studying fractions in school this year and I need a quick refresher so I’ll be able to help with math homework.
5. How do hurricanes form and are there more of them because of global warming?
6. How many people in New Jersey speak Hindi?
7. I need to know how people in Ohio have voted in Presidential elections since 1980.
8. Why is the position of Secretary-General of the UN important? How many people have held that post and what countries did they come from?
9. What are phytonutrients?
10. Where can I find out something about the Kyoto Protocol and what countries signed it?
11. I need a timeline for the Iroquois Indians and a map that shows the Iroquois nation today.
12. How is math used in sports?
13. What is the Hilton Head Metabolism Diet?
14. I want to find out more about inflation, recession, and the Consumer Price Index.
15. I need to know if the country of Djibouti has an army. I already looked in CultureGrams.