Science Fiction Research
If you do not have a topic yet, you may want to look at some of the following sites for ideas.
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 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.
EBSCOhost (try the Student Research Center)
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.