Science Fiction Research

 

 

 

If you do not have a topic yet, you may want to look at some of the following sites for ideas. 

Hint: You will find that many of these sites have a built in search feature. If you know your topic, you may want to try searching these sites for your articles by using that feature.

 

BrightSurf- Current Science News              http://www.brightsurf.com/top_stories.php

CNET- Technology  News                           http://www.news.com/?tag=hd_ts

Discover Magazine                                       http:/www.discovermagazine.com/

MSNBC Science                                           http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3033055/

New Scientist Magazine                               http://www.newscientist.com/home.ns

The New York Times Science News            http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/

PhysOrg.com                                                 http://www.physorg.com/

Popular Science Magazine                           http://www.popsci.com/popsci/

Popular Mechanics Magazine                      http://www.popularmechanics.com/

Science (AAAS)                                             http://scienceonline.org

Science Daily                                                 http://www.sciencedaily.com/topics/

Science.gov                                                    http://www.science.gov

Science News Online                                     http://www.sciencenews.org/

Scientific American News                             http://www.sciam.com/

SciTech Daily Review                                    http://scitechdaily.com/index.htm#break

Spaceref.com                                                      http://www.spaceref.com/Directory/Future_Technology/

Yahoo News- Science                                    http://news.yahoo.com/i/753;_ylt=AhtEaliIwpH85xXsOgJGNlus0NUE

 

 

Try some of these magazine/newspaper databases (as well as the links above). When searching in the newspaper/magazine databases, be sure to set up the date range (published date) so that you are searching for articles no older than one year.

 

 

 

Tips to remember before you begin researching: 

Use keyword searching. Keyword Searching is a way to search an index or database by searching for particular words in titles, names, subject headings, abstracts and any other information available in publication records. This kind of searching allows you to combine keywords by using the Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT. Keyword searching is more flexible than subject searching because it allows the searcher to select his or her own words or phrases for the search. Keyword searching is a more powerful way to search the databases.

 

To see the format for the Science Fiction (Modern) Research Paper, click here

To see the cover page template for this project, click here.

 

 

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