Resources
Information Literacy Skills:
Reference sheets and lessons for using resources effectively
Reference sheets and lessons for using resources effectively
Click icon to access the database portal. No passwords are needed when using computers at school. See your library media specialist for login and passwords when using databases at home.
Locate information from authoratative and reliable resources using the following search terms:
- global warming
- ozone
- climate change
- greenhouse effect
Also, use the HELP portal for each database to learn more about effective search strategies.
- Global Warming 101
- History of Climate Change
- Signs of Global Warming
- Global Warming - What's a person to do?
- EPA's Personal Greenhouse Gas Calculator
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- EPA's Global Warming site
- Global Warming - Where you live
- Global Warming - The World
- US Global Change Research Program
- NASA Mission Detects Significant Antarctic Ice Mass Loss
- Videos from NASA's Earth Observatory on Global Warming
- Overview of Global Warming
- WorldBook @ NASA on Global Warming
- Global Warming - FAQs
- SeaWiFS and Global Warming
- Make a Difference
- NOAA on Global Warming
- Global Surface Mean Temperature graph from 1880 - 2001
- Do a keyword search in Destiny to find nonfiction, reference books, and web sites about your topic.
- Use indexes or tables of contents in nonfiction and reference books to locate information related to your topic and questions.
- Check the indexes of print and CD ROM encyclopedias for articles about your topic.
- Do a keyword search in the BCPL Catalog to locate additional resources.
- Chat online with a real live librarian at Ask Us Now! Be sure to have your research questions handy!
