Wikipedia:  Please use it as a jumping off point for your research. Use the original research found in the references.  Verify the facts.  Do not cite from it in your papers.
World Book Online:  Good starting place for most research.  K-12 PUSD resource. Login with username and password on back of ID card.  Citation information at bottom of all articles.  Take a look at the Related Information tab where credible websites, special reports and magazine articles are also often provided.

Trial Science Databases

Gale Science in Context   This should take you directly to the database but if not, username = 144709, password=pass

Infobase Science Online   Login with school username, password is our mascot plural.

JSTOR  The username is our school name all one word minus the word school and the password is where you might go to use this resource. Stop by the library if you do not get the login clues.

If you do use one of the trial databases we would appreciate your feedback.  Please complete this brief survey.

Image/Video Databases

Britannica's ImageQuest   Over 1 million rights cleared images. Login with the school username and password.  MLA citations for all images.

Discovery Education   Login with your student ID and password.  Downloadable videos and clips with MLA citations.

Web Resources

Google Scholar

Use this resource for academic articles. You can then use EBSCO Discovery to determine if the article is available in our subscription databases. If not available and you need the article, email the citation to Ms. Powell, kpowell@powayusd.com.

Science News for Students

Intel ISEF Projects Database

Science Buddies

Discovery Science Fair Central

Citing Your Sources

Noodletools

For this project you are asked to use APA format. When creating your project in Noodletools select APA not MLA.  Otherwise all should be the same.  The final citations will look a little different but the information you need for citing is basically the same.

Owl Purdue Online Writing Lab's APA Format