Pathfinder
for Finding Astronomy Articles
Electronic
Resources:
These
resources are available to you at school or at home. Access
them from the middle school library website.
•
Click on INFOTRAC
Type in the password.
Choose
Junior Edition.
Make sure that you click on Full Text.
1.
Type in your topic and click on Search.
2.
The description of the article, the number of words or pages,
and the name of the magazine will give you hints of how
useful the article will be.
3.
Read the articles on the screen and print them to use later
as needed. If you print, make sure that you print double
sided to save paper.
Internet
Sites:
Here
are the web sites for three magazines that will have astronomy
articles. Use the search space on each of these sites to
find the article you need.
( http://www.skyandtelescope.com/)
(http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx)
(
http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space.html
)