Research Methods
#1: The Science Resource Center - #2: The Student Resource Center - #3: Ebsco's Science Reference Center
Method #1: Using the Science Resource Center.
Although you can use the Student Resource Center for science research, the Science Resource Center has more resources.
The easiest way to use this database is to choose a link from the Home Page topic list, like Biology (circled in violet above).
You can also type search terms into the Search box at the top of the page (circled in red above).
Shown above is the results screen for a search on global warming.
It returns articles from reference books (note the symbols for reading level: red triangles, green circles, yellow boxes),
magazine articles, articles from academic journals, newspaper articles, multimedia pictures, diagrams, photographs, and video,
and links to approved web sites.
Clicking on any title will take you to the full text article or multimedia file.
You can also search for famous men and women of science using the Person Search.
Click the Person Search button at the top of the screen and type in a name.
You can also search for a person using just Biographical Facts, like his or her place and time of birth.
You can also search through back issues of science magazines.
Click the Publication Search button at the top of the screen (circled in red above).
Search for a publication and then Select the Year (circled in green above) and click the link for an Issue (circled in orange above).
You can take advantage of the Science Resource Center's Toolbox, circled on the web page masthead shown above.
Click on any of the links shown above.
Science-related Tools includes links to charts and diagrams for all high school science subjects.
The Research Guide includes help for science projects and lab reports.
Research Tools includes information for term papers and reports for any high school subject,
for example, how to write a Thesis Statement.
Search Tips will help you find information on the Salesian High Library's Gale Cengage and other databases.
Guided Tour is an online animated guide to using the Science Resource Center.
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Method #2: Using Student Resource Center.
On the Student Resource Center home page, click on the Topic Trees link (circled above)
on the Search Types ribbon at the top of the screen.
Click on the Science button (circled above).
Click on any link from the list, for example, Human genome (circled above).
The Results screen is shown above.
On the first tab, you are presented with articles from reference books. Look especially at the right for Critical Essays.
The second tab has magazine articles, the third tab has articles from academic journals, the fourth tab includes newspaper articles.
The last tab includes multimedia files like photographs and video clips.
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Method #3: Using Ebsco's Science Reference Center.
Click on the Ebsco Host banner on the Salesian High Library's Online Databases page as shown above.
Type in the Ebsco Databases password if you are working from home.
Click on the Science Reference Center link (circled in red above).
Type in your search terms in the Find text book (shown circled in red above).
The Results screen is shown above.
You can scroll through all of the results or use the links to see only Periodical articles, Reference Book articles, etc.
Click on any article title to see the full text.
Especially valuable are the Videos. Each video opens into Windows Media Player.
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Click here to return to the Salesian High School Library's Research Guide page.