02/04/08
SCIENCE FAIR LIBRARY PATHFINDER
I. Book Resources:
A. Web Catalog
1. Go to: www.vermilonschools.org/vhs/library
2. Select Library Sites.
3. Select Vermilion High School Library.
4. Type in your search term. The results should point you toward
reference books and regular books.
B. Ritter Library/Clevenet
1. Go to: www.vermilionschools.org/vhs/library
2. Select Library Sites.
3. Select Ritter Library.
4. Select the Catalog button.
5. Type in your search term to find out if Ritter has the books
you need.
6. If Ritter does not have the books you need, you may be able
to order books from another participating Clevenet library
but you must use your public library card to do so.
II. Computer Resources:
A. Databases:
1. Go to: www.vermilionschools.org/vhs/library
2. Select General Resources-
Choose Gale Power Search:
1. You will have a choice of four different databases to
search within the Gale products: Gale Professional
Collection Gale Student Resource Center Gold,
Gale Virtual Reference Library, and Gale Student
Resource Center – Junior. There is a description
of each database under each title.
These are Leeca Databases. See Ms. Hunter for
the Username and Password.
2. Choose the databases you wish to search by
selecting/deselecting the databases using the checkmarks in the
boxes.
3. Type in your search term in the box. (basic search)
4. You could also do a subject search, publication search, or
advanced search.
5. Choose the tabs at the top to see a list of the reference books,
magazine, and newspaper articles available on your topic.
6. Choose the article by clicking on “full text.” You can read
and print the articles.
7. To print the article, choose the printer icon at the top of the page
and reformat the page. Then select File and Print.
8. Citing sources:
a. Once you have found an article in a reference book
or in a magazine, journal or newspaper, click on “How to
Cite.” Then choose MLA, Save, and then Open. The citation
information will appear. You can copy and paste it into your
Works Cited page.
IMPORTANT: Show this citation to your teacher to make sure
that it fulfills the teacher’s requirements for a citation. OR,
b. Select the Help button at the top of the page. Select
“Managing the Information You Find” and select
“ThomsonGale Resources”. You can find examples of MLA
and APA citation formats and use them as a guide for citing
your sources.
B. Encyclopedia Britannica Online – This is an INFOHIO resource. See
Ms. Hunter for the Username and Password.
1. If you select the gray button, you will search all three levels of
Britannica.
If you select the light blue button, you will search only the high
school level.
2. Type in your subject in the search box and select GO.
3. Select View: Article to read the entire article.
4. In order to print the entire article, choose Print Article (button next
to Print Page).
5. If you need to cite the article for a bibliography, choose Cite
Article and you will be directed to the citation in either MLA or
APA style.
6. You can copy and paste the citation into your Works Cited page.
C. EBSCO – This is an Infohio Database. See Ms. Hunter for the
Username and Password.
1. Choose Student Research Center 9-12.
2. Choose the types of materials you want to search by putting a check in
the boxes.
3. Type in your search term in the search box to do a basic search. Don’t
forget to check the box for full text located under Limit Results. You
could also search by Topic or do an advanced search.
4. When the results page shows, you can choose to see all results, or
choose to see results in reference books, magazines, biographies,
images, etc. by clicking in the circles.
5. To read the article, choose HTML full text or PDF full text. If you choose
PDF full text, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your
computer in order to read this file.
6. To print, click on the printer icon on the article page first and then click
on print and ok.
7. Citing Sources:
a. If you select Citation (at the top of the page), you
will get information for citing the source.
b. If you select the Help icon at the top of the page, then
select “Creating a Bibliography”, then select MLA or APA,
you will see examples of how to cite the sources you are
from EBSCO.
D. Internet Sites
1. Go to: www.teacheroz.com and select Table of Contents
Look for ENGLISH, ECONOMICS, MATH, PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY,
SCIENCE and select Other Subjects.
2. In the VHS Library, go to Internet Explorer and Favorites. Look for the
Science Folder.
3. Recommended web sites for finding a Science Fair project:
a. http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/
b. http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/
c. http://www.sciencefair-projects.org/
e. http://scienceclub.org/scifair.html
f. http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/sciencefairs/
g. http://www.super-science-fair-projects.com/
h. http://www.csun.edu/~lg48405/virtual/virtual_science_fair.html