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SIRS Discoverer's Science Fair Explorer NEW!

Science fair projects just got easier! This highly visual interactive helps students identify an exciting science fair project topic, and quickly connect to age-appropriate project guides. All science fair projects can be completed at home or at school with everyday materials.

http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/editorial?database=discoverer&page=science

SIRS Discoverer New Feature - Skills Discoverer

Skills Discoverer NEW!

Can preparing for standardized tests actually be fun? Do you need help finding quality, educational websites that motivate students to practice key skills necessary for test-taking success? Skills Discoverer quickly connects students to a variety of editorially-selected educational websites. Game-like activities and challenges engage users as they practice skills in curriculum-based subject areas. Skills Discoverer – useful in the classroom and at home, in groups and individually, by teachers and by students!

http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/editorial?database=discoverer&page=skillsdiscoverer

New Updates to Science Online

The latest update to Science Online includes a variety of timely new content and features:

• dynamic citations in MLA, Chicago Manual of Style, and APA styles;

• more than 100 new, tested experiments;

• more than 400 new color illustrations and more than 100 new photographs;

• more than 200 new essays;

MLA 7 Available on Select Gale Products

Gale PowerSearch and all InfoTrac products now offer MLA 7 citations.

The Modern Language Association changed their citation format rules in the MLA Handbook, 7th edition, published in March, 2009.

Gale is working toward upgrading all Gale products currently offering MLA 6 citations to MLA 7 citation format.

The most visible changes found in MLA 7 include:

• No more underlining — publication titles and the names of online products accessed are now italicized

• No more URLs — MLA no longer requires URLs, but encourages writers to provide a URL if the citation information does not easily lead readers to the source

• Continuous pagination — this is no longer an issue for scholarly journal citations; both volume and issue numbers are required, regardless of pagination

• Publication medium — since all documents are accessed from an online Gale resource, the citation will always include the medium “Web.” In addition, MLA has eliminated the requirement to include the name of the service (“Gale”) and the name of the subscribing institution

• New abbreviations — when certain metadata is missing, such as publisher or page numbers, there are suggested abbreviations to denote that fact