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A collection of specialized databases and web sites selected by Thousand Oaks Librarians.

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Science
Credo Reference Available everywhere with a library card
Includes full-text and cross-reference access to hundreds of reference works and articles. Credo is a general reference resource covering every major subject including art, business, geography, history and more. Topic pages are good starting points for any research project.
  
Gale Virtual Reference Library Available everywhere with a library card search tips
Offers authoritative full-text reference titles from Gale and other premier publishing partners. Special features include: on-demand machine-aided content translations into 14 languages and text-to-speech technology in 19 languages.  
GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources) Available everywhere with a library card
Focuses on the physical, social, and economic aspects of environmental issues with access to more than 150 issue portals, 160 country portals providing timely and authoritative resources.  
Science In Context Available everywhere with a library card search tips
Curriculum focused full-text articles on key topics, with ideas for science experiments.  
Science Resources on IPL2 Recommended Web Resources
Internet Public Library is a public service organization and a learning/teaching environment with thousands of students and volunteer library and information science professionals involved.  
Science.gov Recommended Web Resources
A gateway to 50 million pages of authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. government agencies.  
Today's Science Available everywhere with a library card search tips
Full-text articles with photos, graphics and bibliographies for middle school students through college.  
World Book InfoFinder (Science Projects) Available everywhere with a library card tutorial
Designed to meet research needs of upper-elementary and middle school students. In addition to the complete World Book Encyclopedia, it also offers learning resources for educators, research tools and ideas for science projects.