DP Extended Essay: Group 4: The Sciences

Includes articles from 7 global news feeds and EBSCO Journals and Periodicals. Integrated with Britannica ImageQuest, Merriam-Webster Dictionary, and curated web sites.

Offers archival and current journals, primary sources and books on the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Extensive date coverage. Updated regularly.

"Science Online contains a wealth of proprietary book and journal articles, images and videos, topic-specific timelines, tables and charts, and diagrams that provide a thorough grounding in all areas of the science curriculum. Science Online also includes specially selected content that composes a virtual study guide for the most researched scientific disciplines, including biology, chemistry, computer science, Earth science, environmental science, marine science, space and astronomy, and physics."

Current affairs explained in short articles written and illustrated by The Day's staff writers and graphic artists, including questions to spark critical thinking and student inquiry.

Group pass subscription, must be on campus to create account.

“Explore and stay informed on global topics, people and events in areas such as environment, business, health, education, jobs and careers, political and social issues and more. Features a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources from around the world, from 1980 to present.”

Subscription to The New York Times available via our on-campus access to the ISA Libraries' Group Pass link.

"Open-access repository of electronic preprints (known as e-prints) approved for posting after moderation, but not peer review. It consists of scientific papers in the fields of mathematics, physics, astronomy, electrical engineering, computer science, quantitative biology, statistics, mathematical finance and economics, which can be accessed online."

Search for open access research content.

DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.

Elicit can find relevant papers without perfect keyword match, summarize takeaways from the paper specific to your question, and extract key information from the papers.

"With PQDT Open, you can read the full text of open access dissertations and theses free of charge."

Dataset Search is a search engine for datasets. Using a simple keyword search, users can discover datasets hosted in thousands of repositories across the Web.

Datasets. "Explore, analyze, and share quality data. Learn more about data types, creating, and collaborating."

OWID is a "scientific online publication that focuses on large global problems such as poverty, disease, hunger, climate change, war, existential risks, and inequality. It is a project of the Global Change Data Lab, a registered charity in England and Wales,[1] and founded by Max Roser, a social historian and development economist. The research team is based at the University of Oxford." (Wikipedia)