Research:  Database Links

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  Introduction  
 
  • Use the links below to find up-to-date articles and information for your technology summary
  
     
 
 
The Task
  • Search using electronic resources that
    • Are listed below under "The Links"
    • Are reliable and authoritative
    • Provide the most recent, up-to-date information about your topic
  • When utilizing the electronic resources below while at home
    • Passwords are needed
    • Passwords are provided on the Maverick Library's password sheet
    • These password sheets are available at the circulation desk in the library
The Links
 

  • ProQuest Databases (first and best choice for your research)

    At the ProQuest site scroll down to   ProQuest Career & Technical Education  This resource offers articles from more than 400 publications for vocational and technical study.

  • SIRS  (You'll find this resource also under PROQUEST...use the ProQuest password)

    SIRS provides valuable information on social issues, economics, business, politics, global issues, scientific developments, health, history, government, culture, the arts and humanities.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press as well as other Thomson Gale and Macmillan Reference USA core reference content to provide a one-stop source for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles

At the Facts On File site scroll down to Science Online  This resource contains extensive information on a broad range of scientific disciplines. 

Also at the Facts On File site you will find Ferguson's Career Guidance Center which provides profiles of more than 2,050 of today's most popular jobs in more than 94 industries.
 
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Updated 09-21-07
 
The Year 1000: A Legacy of Science and Technology view detail comment email this

An online exhibit into the technological developments of the year 1000, which this site claims was a "turning point towards High Medieval civilization with individuals and societies around the world making contributions to science, technology and culture." By librarian Nancy V. Green of the Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology, Kansas City, Mo.
http://www.lindahall.org/events_exhib/exhibit/exhibits/y1k/

HISTORY OF TOOLS

invention of tools 

Click to go to all Databases

suggestions:  stone age tools; history of tools; etc