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Academic Search Premier
Full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications across all academic disciplines. Updated daily. Details
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World Book Online
All articles from the print World Book encyclopedia plus links to approved websites. Updated monthly. Details
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Student Resource Center
Covers biography, literature, history, and science. Includes primary documents. Search by Lexile scores in Advanced Search. Details
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Science Resource Center
In-depth information on wide number of science topics. Includes magazine and newspaper articles. Details
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New Book of Popular Science
Homework help with animals, astronomy, chemistry, math, plants, technology and more. Details
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Grolier Online
Search all of HCL's Grolier databases simultaneously or individually from this aggregated site. Includes Lands and Peoples, New Book of Popular Science and Amazing Animals of the World. Details
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Today's Science @FACTS.com
Science news including hot topics, basic facts, biographies of scientists, and a glossary. Details
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Junior Reference Collection
Information from books about people, places, history, science and more. Details
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  NASA Homepage 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration site includes information about NASA Space Centers, humans in sp...more

Views of the Solar System 
Fact-filled site includes many graphics and animations, as well as detailed statistics on the planets, moons, ...more

An Atlas of the Universe 
Nine maps of the universe, starting with the nearest stars to the sun, and ending with the limits of the known...more

U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications 
Site includes tables for sunrise/sunset, moonrise/moonset and twilight times for a year. Also contains informa...more

Hubble Site 
Images, news, facts and discoveries of the Hubble telescope. Includes a monthly guide to the planets and cosmi...more

Phoenix Mars Mission 
News, image gallery and education portal for the NASA Phoenix Mars Mission.

Eight Planets 
Described as a multimedia tour of the solar system, this site includes information on the planets, moons and o...more

Minneapolis Clear Sky Chart 
The Clear Sky Chart is a prediction of when Minneapolis, MN, will have good weather for astronomical...more

Skywatch 
NASA sighting data detailing when and where to look in the sky for sightings of satellites and other spacecraf...more

Basics of Space Flight 
Informative and detailed tutorial developed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory includes a glossary, animated dia...more

University of Minnesota Dept. of Astronomy Public Outreach Page 
Links to local astonomical events, organizations, and resources, including  issues of the newsletter...more



Last updated: Jan. 27, 2010
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