Science in Context features authoritative information for assignments and projects, and provides detailed coverage of popular subjects, including earth science, life science, space, technology, mathematics, and science history and biography.
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This guide contains library resources to help you succeed in your Fire Science coursework, whether you're obtaining your Firefighter Basic Certificate or planning to obtain your AAS in Fire Science. Here are two valuable library resources you can rely on throughout your program.
Science (Gale In Context)
Environmental Studies and Policy (Gale OneFile)
Tip: Both resources are available online through your college library. Make use of them to improve your exam prep, deepen your clinical understanding, and be better prepared for both coursework and real-world fire science scenarios.
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Environmental Studies & Policy is a digital resource that that answers inquiries about environmental concerns from diverse perspectives. The database provides access to scholarly journals, magazines, and other reference materials covering environmental issues. Exclusive features, including Topic Finder, InterLink, and a mobile-optimized interface, support and enhance the search experience.
Gale In Context: Environmental Studies provides users with comprehensive information regarding today's environmental issues, empowering learners to critically analyze and understand important topics that affect people around the world. The database is updated daily with relevant content integrating case studies, news, reference materials, academic journals, videos, and more on subjects such as climate change, food security, soil ecology, and tourism. ReadSpeaker and on-demand article translation accommodates diverse backgrounds. Citation tools for formatting into MLA, APA, and Chicago style are integrated directly into the user's workflow and can be easily imported from single or multiple documents to services like EasyBib or NoodleTools.
Full-text database that includes scholarly journals in the humanities as well as images from the Artstor collections
Science is an engaging resource that provides contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics. Drawing students in with captivating subject matter, Science showcases how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues ranging from bacteria to obesity and weather. Integrating millions of full-text articles that include national and global publications, 200+ science experiments, 300+ interactive simulations, other multimedia, and top reference content, Science is updated daily and offers over 600 pages on topics across the curriculum, covering biology, chemistry, earth and environmental science, physics, and more.
Full-text for hundreds of science magazines, journals, reference books, and scientist biographies. The database also contains videos, curriculum-aligned lesson plans, a vast image collection, and over 1,000 full-text science experiments.