Updates to Science Online

The latest update to Science Online includes more than 250 new or updated color illustrations, more than 25 new photographs, more than 300 biographies and essays, and more.
Looking for science experiments, videos, essays, images, definitions, and more, turn to Science Online for complete, visual science coverage!


Hundreds of New Essays
This latest update adds more than 300 biographies and essays focusing on topics in Earth science, space science, and scientific exploration. Based on the NSES Content Standards, this new content is the perfect complement to the material typically taught in high school and college science classes. Students can refer to this information for clear explanations of everything from ecology, oceans, sociobiology, and conservation to geological and astrophysical phenomena--along with profiles of the people behind the development of these sciences.
New essays include:
North American geology
Stellar evolution
Black smoker chimneys




Hundreds of New or Updated Color Illustrations
The more than 250 new or updated full-color illustrations--each with clear labels--enhance the already highly visual, accessible Science Online and help to clarify important science concepts. As with all the material in Science Online, the illustrations can be enlarged, saved, emailed, or printed and feature dynamic citation information.New illustrations include:
Aqueducts in California
Main Causes for Mass Extinctions
Separation of Electrical Charges in a Storm Cloud.



New Photographs
This update to Science Online adds more than 25 new full-color photographs, providing vivid, colorful images of core-curriculum science topics. Students can take an up-close look at the Lena delta in Russia, the Helix Planetary Nebula, and many other fascinating real-life examples of the science studied in class. Explanatory captions provide pertinent information about each photograph.New photographs include:
Helix Planetary Nebula
Protalus Ramparts
San Andreas Fault.

Science Online Adds New Content

Science Online has recently added new content which further broadens the scope of this outstanding database, adding coverage of several core-curriculum subject areas--marine science, chemistry, and physics . As always, the new content comes in a variety of student-friendly formats--including more than 250 new or newly colored illustrations, more than 60 new photographs, and more than 440 new essays. In addition, a record URL has been added to the Advanced Search page, allowing users to easily bookmark and link directly to this page.

New Marine Science Subject Page:

A new marine science subject page has been added to Science Online , easily accessible from the "Explore Subjects" menu on the home page. From this page, students and researchers will find the perfect starting point for exploring the wealth of newly added content on this topic--including new or newly colored illustrations, new photographs, and hundreds of new essays. The helpful suggested searches give ideas for important topics and terms to research, and the links to diagrams and images, experiments, biographies, videos, and a timeline that will help educators liven their lesson plans while clarifying important concepts.

Examples of some of the new content include:

· Formation of the Hawaiian Islands:Use this clear illustration to help explain how the drifting of the Pacific tectonic plate over a hot spot resulted in the formation of the Hawaiian Islands.
· Ocean currents:Get an informative overview, with links and illustrations, of this important part of marine science.
· Marine sextant:Learn exactly how this navigational tool works with this clear diagram and labels.

New Chemistry Content:

With new essays as well as new or newly colored illustrations, the new chemistry content provides an overview of some fascinating areas of research. Coverage ranges from the most fundamental fields of chemistry, such as the origins of matter and of the universe, to those with important applications to everyday life, such as the composition of foods and drugs, to hot topics such as forensic chemistry, and more. The new material will be helpful to teachers looking to supplement coursework in general science, physical science, and chemistry classes.

Examples of the new content include:

· Chemistry of interstellar space
· Chemistry of water pollution
· Synthetic foods.

New Physics Content:

Studying matter and energy and their interactions is an integral part of science. The new physics material added with this update makes it easy for students to grasp the fundamental science by providing accessible real-life examples to which they can relate. New essays along with new or newly colored illustrations cover the wide world of physics, from the smallest particles that make up matter to the immense forces that move the continents. Use this new material to teach this core-curriculum topic in an entertaining way.

Examples of the new content include:

Observing the night sky
Household energy use
Radioactivity.

Remember this new content when students start back to school and Science Fairs and projects roll around!

New “Visual Search” Option

The research databases provided by Ebsco* now offer a “visual search” option that will let you search and have your results presented in an interactive, visual map. You can change the style of the Result List at any time by selecting either Block style or Column style from the Display Style menu. Never lose track of your search path again; you can easily navigate back and forth through your search results.

Visual Search gives you options for different ways to group, sort, or filter your search - you can select these options at any time – before you run your search, or after, when you are viewing your results.

Use the Collect Articles area to "drag-and-drop" articles that you are interested in. Items that you "collect" will remain there for the current session, unless you remove them.

A comprehensive tutorial will open automatically when you click on the Visual Search tab in any EBSCO database, to guide you through the functionality of the new Visual Search screens.

*The Visual Search option is available using the following databases: MagillOnLiteraturePlus, Psychology & Behavioral Science Collection and the Religion & Philosophy Collection.