Library : Course Resources

AP Chemistry : Pollutants Research

C. Sands / Spring 08

RefWorks : a web-based bibliography and database manager that allows you to create your own personal database by importing references from text files or online databases and other various sources.

REFERENCE RESOURCES IN PRINT

McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 2007  REF 503 En19g

A Guide to the Elements, 2002  REF 546.8 St99g

Chemical Compounds, 2006 REF 540 C42s

Chemistry: Foundations and Applications, 2004  REF 540.3 L136c

The Physical World, 1985   REF 503 Ox2p

Gale Encyclopedia of Science, 2001  REF 305 G131

World of Chemistry, 2000  REF 540 Yo86w

Alternative Energy, 2006 REF 333.7 AL79

Wiley Encyclopedia of Energy and the Environment, 1997 REF 333.7 W648e

Dictionaries –

• Dictionary of Chemistry  REF 549.3 H913d
• Facts on File Dictionary  REF 940.3 F119d
• McGraw Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms  REF 503 M178d

REFERENCE AND PERIODICAL DATABASES http://www.nmhschool.org/nmhlibrary/research_tools.php

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online

CQ Researcher -- 1923 - Present. Covers a wide range of political and social issues.

Biography Resource Center -- Find information on important people related to your topic.

Opposing Viewpoints -- Find pro and con viewpoint articles, reference articles that provide context, full-text magazines, academic journals, and newspapers, primary source documents, government and organizational statistics, multimedia, including images and podcasts, links to hand-selected web sites.

InfoTrac OneFile -- Find magazine, newspaper, academic journal articles and radio broadcast sound files/transcrits. Do an advanced search or combine terms with AND. Limit to FULL TEXT articles.

Scientific American Archive Online  -- 1993 - Present

General Science Full Text -- 1995 - Present. Limit to FULL TEXT articles.

THE WEB

Environmental Working Group www.ewg.org

Scorecard: The Pollution Information Site www.scorecard.org/env-releases/land

Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry, Department of Health and Human Services www.atsdr.cdc.gov/

Air, Climate & Weather. Environmental Literacy Council (especially links on the right)
www.enviroliteracy.org/category.php/1.html

Green Book. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/greenbk/ancl3.html

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