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Conceptual Physics

What is a thesis?
Here is all the help you'll need to create a great thesis statement for your research paper!

Organizing Your Argument
You need this VERY useful PowerPoint.

SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES

Science Online
Science Online is a complete reference database containing thousands of entries covering almost every field of science. Categories include: Diagrams, Definitions, Biographies, Essays, and Experiments and are cross-referenced through hyperlinks and are searchable by keyword, topic, and year. In addition, the site includes a Timeline dating from the big bang to the present.
To use Science Online at home, enter a library card number from Fay School (see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder) or any public library in Massachusetts in the box below. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.

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Issues & Controversies
Use Issues & Controversies from Facts on File to find up-to-date, in-depth and objective information on the most prominent and hotly debated issues of the day. This is a great place to find clear explanations of opposing points of view! (Funded by the Central Massachusetts Regional Library System.)
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Expanded Academic ASAP
Use this online periodical database to find articles for your science research.

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ONLINE MAGAZINE

Scientific American
Scientific American offers understandable, authoritative reporting on developments in every field of science.
To use Scientific American at home, see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name and password. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.

ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA

Grolier Online: New Book of Popular Science
The online version of the reference books by the same name.
To use Grolier Online at home, see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name and password. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.

WEB SITES

Physics Classroom
A high school physics tutorial with a tutorial and multimedia physics studio to help you visualize difficult concepts.

Interactive Plasma Physics Education Experience
This site contains Interactive Plasma Physics Topics, ranging from electricity, magnetism, energy, and fusion.

Science.gov
A search engine just for science--check it out!

National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is an independent U.S. government agency responsible for promoting science and engineering. Provides news from many branches of science. New discoveries in Physics!

Librarians' Internet Index
Librarians' Internet Index is a searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 10,000 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians ("Web Sites You Can Trust").

Ask a Scientist
Got a biology question? Ask a question and a real scientist from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute will answer! Check out the archives first to see if someone else has asked your question.

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updated 04/29/2008

 

 


 

 


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