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SEARCH OPTIONS
Powerful search capabilities deliver concise results. Search
one of five ways from the main screen. It is easy to perform a
full-scale search by selecting a topic from the alphabetical list
of more than 80 topics just by clicking on the topic. If your
topic is not in the list, you can type it in the Basic Search box
from which you can select from a pull-down menu to search
by subject, keyword, or full text.
From the main screen you can also perform Advanced,
Person, Publication, or Science Standards, or Timeline
searches. Search results are returned in six different
folder tabs: Reference, Magazines, Academic Journals,
Newspapers, Multimedia and Web sites.
CONTENT LEVELS
When articles are returned in the results list, the content level
is indicated to the left of the citation by one of three different
icons representing Basic, Intermediate and Advanced. The
icons associated with each of these levels help describe the
degree of detail and difficulty each information source pro-
vides. The levels coincide with stages of research: from basic
research for facts about a topic to deeper research for more
background and context to a sophisticated information need
for scholarly details and recent developments.
The content levels are assigned to each periodical and refer-
ence set based on the publisher’s age recommendations. They
are not assigned to each individual article.
This general approach allows students and teachers to
choose the articles that best suit particular needs, acknowl-
edging that many students read below or above their particu-
lar grade level.
Further, the Content Level icons indicate the sources’ intend-
ed audiences. Thomson Gale creates research materials for
targeted audiences (e.g., U•X•L
®
is for grades 5 and up), and
these publisher recommendations, along with the amount
of detail, are the basis of the designated content levels. Each
content level is described below.
Basic
content provides a good overview for any student
beginning a research project. It not only provides a founda-
tion of key facts about a topic, but introduces keywords to
help students who continue their research in other materials
or on related topics. Basic content level sources are generally
those published for readers up to the eighth-grade level.
Intermediate
content builds on the research or information
at a basic level. For a more experienced researcher, these arti-
cles cover a topic in more detail, offering more background
information as well as contextual information to expand on
the facts. An Intermediate content level indicates a source
published for students from a seventh-grade comprehension
level up through undergraduates, as well as the general pub-
lic.
Advanced
content allows a student to complete the most
sophisticated assignments requiring the latest news and
details at a scholarly or professional level.
Subject Search: Science Resource Center features a hierarchi-
cal subject guide designed to help you conduct research by
topic. It’s usually best to search for only one or two words
at one time in order to retrieve desired results. If you enter
more than one word, enter the most important word first,
even if that looks backwards. You don’t have to enter every
word of a subject heading to get a match.