Science Resources

Free Premium Resources

A list of top-quality databases funded by MidYork Library System. Simply click on the link, log in with your library card number, and explore.

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Proquest Platinum:

Periodicals covering a broad range of material: business, education, general reference, health, language arts, sciences,social sciences, and many other curriculum-specific subject areas.
(funded by the MidYork Library System)

Grolier Online:

Includes access to the Encyclopedia Americana, New Book of Knowledge and Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia as well as Roget's II: The New Thesaurus and the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.

Searchasaurus (EBSCO)

Full-text magazine articles and encyclopedias for elementary to middle school.
(funded with federal LSTA Funds through NOVELNY)

EBSCO Animals (EBSCO)

In-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals, describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.

Quality Internet Resources

Math and Science Gateway

Links to resources in mathematics and science for educators and students in grades 9-12; by Cornell University's Center for Advanced Computing.

National Science Digital Library (NSDL)

Educational resources for science, technology, engineering and mathematics education, featuring links to hundreds of digital resources for teaching and learning about science; funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Science.gov: FirstGov for Science

Gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, from over 1,000 annotated sites.