INFOhio has several electronic resources which support the Ohio Department of Education's Science Academic Content Standards for each Benchmark and most Grade-Level Indicators.

AccessScience – Targeted for students in grades 8 and above, this new INFOhio resource is based on the print McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 9th Edition. In addition to 7,000+ encyclopedia articles and 110,000+ scientific definitions, AccessScience includes 2,000+ biographies of famous scientists.

Those who have visited this resource in the past will notice a new interface that makes AccessScience easier to use and more intuitive. New features include the ability to e-mail links to articles and enhanced article citation information. Quick search boxes on the main screen allow easy access to encyclopedia articles or dictionary terms. Click on Advanced Search for additional search features or to Browse Alphabetically. Valuable features of the resource include Headline News articles from Science News magazine (updated weekly and archived), an Image Gallery, and quick links to new or recently-updated encyclopedia articles. Teachers, check the Study Guides for an overview of a wide variety of sciencific topics.

By clicking on the INFO button on INFOhio’s AccessScience authentication screen or Core Collection page, you will find several Help Resources to assist teachers and students with using the resource. With the publisher's new interface, INFOhio has updated two of our Help Resources: the Getting Started Guide and the PowerPoint presentation.

Britannica Online School Edition – With three levels of encyclopedias, BOSE contains science information for learners of all ages. In addition to encyclopedia articles, the results screen includes magazine articles for Grades 1-6 and Grades 7-12, recommended Web sites, and even video clips for some topics. From Learning Materials (found in the right frame of the main search screen), select Science. Learning Materials contain Activities for higher grades, Exercises for younger learners, Study Guides for teachers and Web Site Activities for everyone. Especially notable are the “animations” under the Activities for grades 6-12. Many new Activities and Study Guides have been added recently.

SIRS Discoverer – This full-text periodical index is perfect for grades 4-8, as well as older students who might need simpler articles and activities. To access periodical articles, either perform a keyword search or select Science in the Subject Tree. Many of these periodical articles are actually activities which can be done individually or with a class. Under Database Features select Activities, then Science & Nature Projects. As in all of INFOhio’s periodical indexes, new articles are added daily.

Oxford Reference Online – This new INFOhio electronic resource contains 16 separate science-related dictionaries, covering topics from Astronomy to Zoology! Words can be entered in the Quick Search box or individual dictionaries can be selected. Remember…these are dictionaries, so expect only short definitions.

For the latest Science news from newspapers, magazines and journals, don’t forget EBSCOhost and NewsBank Newspapers.

Sheila Benedum
Librarian, Bay High School
Electronic Resources Spotlight Coordinator

Suggestions
INFOhio participants and visitors to this site are encouraged to submit suggestions to INFOhio about our Electronic Resources and ER Spotlights.