Thursday, July 20, 2006

The Scientific Method

Merriam Webster (in Encyclopedia Britannica) defines the Scientific Method:
Main Entry: scientific method
Function: noun:
principles and procedures for the systematic pursuit of knowledge
  • involving the recognition and formulation of a problem,
  • the collection of data through observation and experiment,
  • and the formulation and testing of hypotheses
GALILEO provides access to a variety of resources that help you collect data. One resource is Access Science @ McGraw Hill.

"AccessScience provides the finest collection of science reference materials—online and fully searchable. We offer easy accessibility to the information you need to make research easy—with access to all the articles, fully illustrated, from the latest edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, Research Updates from the McGraw-Hill Yearbooks, thousands of illustrations, and the latest Science News® headlines, biographies, and more. This online encyclopedia is tailored to researchers and students looking for the most relevant, readable, and trusted sources of information available. We maintain content of the highest standards, and readers may be assured that our authors are the top experts in the field, including a number of Nobel Prize and Fields Medals winners."

GALILEO
....Databases A-Z
.......Scroll down a bit to AccessScience

The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.

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