About This Database

An Authoritative and Highly Visual Science Resource

The award-winning Science Online offers a comprehensive, curriculum-oriented overview of a broad range of scientific disciplines in a variety of useful formats. The acclaimed online database is ideal for schools and libraries.

The accessible content is organized by subject area and type of resource, as well as by national and state science education standards. Users can follow an extensive network of hyperlinks and suggested searches to related topics. Tabbed search results and Boolean search capabilities help users easily find their desired results. High-quality print, email, reduce and enlarge text, and save-to-folder capabilities; full database citations; a help page; and persistent record links are also available. A "Did You Mean...?" search enhancement suggests another search term when a user's search does not yield results.

Features:

• Topics, Terms, and Principles: thousands of essays on major topics and issues in science and technology
• Images, Videos, and Animations: more than 7,400 printable diagrams, illustrations, and images, many in full color; more than 500 videos and flash animations covering a variety of scientific disciplines
• Experiments and Activities: more than 1,100 science experiments and activities covering key principles in science, indexed by grade range, subject category, and time required
• Biographies: thousands of biographies of key scientists throughout history, many with accompanying images
• Definitions: thousands of definitions
• News Articles: a "Science in the News" section featuring regularly updated news articles, which also appear in search results
• Timeline: an extensive chronology of science history, organized by time period or scientific topic, and searchable by year or keyword, updated monthly
• National and State Science Education Standards: authoritative content tied directly to the curriculum
• Special Features: "Today's Science Feature" highlighting recent scientific events and discoveries with in-depth articles from Today's Science, updated frequently with new articles; a "Focus On" section providing an examination of specific areas, such as videos of everyday objects under the microscope
• Conversion Calculator: a helpful tool that converts to and from commonly used units of measure.