Science & Nature

Discovering Collection
For grades 6-12, provides in-depth content in six areas: geography and culture, history, literature, multimedia, biography, and science and health. Thousands of overview essays, literary criticisms, timelines, primary source documents, audio and video clips and over 15,000 maps, images, and flags.
(Provided by ELM)

General Science Collection
More than 200 journals, including Archaeology, Astronomy, Discover, National Geographic, National Wildlife, Popular Science, Science News, Scientific American.
(Provided by ELM)

Science Reference Center
Contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources.
(Provided by ELM)

Encyclopedia Smithsonian
Links to on-line Smithsonian resources and answers to frequently asked questions from Art to Zoo, Design, Crafts, Science, ...

The Encyclopedia of Earth
An electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society.

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
News, links, mission schedules, and NASA for children.

National Gardening Association
A wide array of useful gardening content for consumers and educators.

NatureServe
A source for information about rare and endangered species and threatened ecosystems.

OnlineConversion.com
"Convert just about anything to anything else." Popular conversions and more.

PubChem
A database created by NIH (National Institutes of Health) to provide information about small organic molecules.

science.gov
Authoritative U.S. government science information, including research and development results.

United States Environmental Protection Agency
Current issues information, reports on key environmental topics from air to water, kids page, laws/regulations and further official agency information.

*Funding for electronic references is provided by ELM (Electronic Library for Minnesota) with a state appropriation to the MINITEX Library Information Network, MELSA (Metropolitan Library Service Agency) with funding from state and federal revenues, and Washington County.