Subscription Databases:
Science & Health

See also our general Health & Medicine Resources

These resources are available only to Library patrons, in any of the following ways:

• From any computer in either Branch of the Library
• By dialing in to our modem pool using your subscription Metro Net Account
• From any web browser / internet service provider, by entering either your FCL Library Card barcode number and the last 4 digits of your phone number, or your Metro Net user name and password when prompted.

Facts on File Science Online

Newly redesigned, the award-winning Science Online (for Grades 6–12) offers a comprehensive, curriculum-oriented overview of a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive essays, diagrams, illustrations, images, biographies, experiments and activities, and definitions. Invaluable new features include approximately 300 videos, regularly updated science news articles, a feature on the cell as shown through flash animations, hundreds of newly colored diagrams, and much more.

Health & Wellness Resource Ctr

This Gale Group database allows users to search for consumer health information in many sources at once: 700 health/medical journals, 2,200 general interest publications, pamphlets, health Web sites, and reference sources such as The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, and the PDR Family Guide to Health and Nutrition. New and updated material is added quarterly; magazine and newspaper articles are added daily.

Health Reference Ctr Academic

Use this database to find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc. The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only.

New Book of Popular Science (Grolier Online).

This database provides 400+ articles on science, technology and medical topics that are highly interactive and continually updated. It includes science games, teacher resources and a Q & A section.

Last modified on