Evaluating information
- Using databases (6 min. 2 sec.) Watch this video to learn how to filter results to save time and get the most useful resources for your project.
- CRAAP test (3 min. 9 sec) Watch this video to learn the different criteria for telling if a source is useful or not.
Gale Database
- Science in ContextAll science: general reference source as well as curent news, magazine, and journal articles.
Find background information, news, magazine and journal articles in all areas of science.
Culinary Arts Database (Gale)
Useful websites
Website evaluation -- apply the CRAAP test! Here are some examples of websites that might prove useful for the 7th grade science project. Many others will also be helpful. Remember, it's up to you as the researcher to make the call, looking carefully at the source's currency, relevance, accuracy, authority, and its purpose.
| Kinds of websites | Biology | Space | Chemistry | Earth Science | Physics | Psychology |
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| Government (federal, state, local) | CDC Cen. for Disease Control | NASA | Air Pollution Control Commission (Boston) | Boston Water and Sewer | NIST Nat'l. Inst. of Standards and Tech. | NIMH Nat'l. Inst. of Mental Health |
| University or college-related | Cornell Lab of Ornithology | McAuliffe Center (Framingham State) | MIT Blossoms Chemistry videos | Center for Agriculture, Food & Environment (UMass) | MIT Blossoms Physics videos | ePsych Mississippi State Univ. |
| Nonprofit organizations |
Rodale Inst. Organic farming |
Sky & Telescope magazine | Clean Water Action | Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. | Nat'l. Assoc. of Rocketry | ChildMind Inst. |
| Professional organizations | Soil Science Soc. of Amer. | Experimental Aircraft Assoc. | Amer. Chem. Society | Amer. Meteorologist Soc. | Soc. of Plastics Engineers | APA Amer. Psychological Assoc. |
| Commercial/business |
Burpee Seeds |
Sciworthy magazine |
Arm & Hammer Baking Soda Reynolds Kitchens Foil
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Octaform Earthquake resistance | Zeiss Vision | Psychology Today magazine |