Science Fair Resources

 

 

Find Books on Your Topic

Click here for a guide to a few of the books available at the Licking County Library to help you with your science fair project.  To find additional titles, click on the Check Our Catalog link and search under the subjects "science projects - juvenile literature" or "science experiments - juvenile literature."    

Online Indexes to Science Fair Projects

Search these indexes for a book title containing your experiment, and then check our online catalog to see if the book is available at the Licking County Library.

• Akron-Summit County Public Library Science Fair Index
• Columbus Metropolitan Library Science Fair Projects Index

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Find Magazine Articles About Your Topic

Licking County Library databases may be accessed at library Internet workstations or from home. A LCL library card is required. Here are several databases that can help you research a science project:  

• Facts on File's Science Online:
  Includes encyclopedia articles, biographies, illustrations, dictionary terms, study guides.

• Student Research Center
  

  Designed specifically for youth grades 6-12. To begin a basic search, click on “Science” and select a topic.
• Worldbook Encyclopedia
  

  The complete Worldbook Encyclopedia is available online, including Worldbook Kids Edition for elementary school students.   

• What Tree is It?
• What's That Snake?
• What's the Point?

Science Fair Web Sites

• Homework Spot Science Fair Page
  Project ideas arranged by grade level and subject.
  
• Science Buddies
  Great site with over 700 project ideas and a step-by-step guide.
  
• Science Fair Central
  "A comprehensive guide to creating your science fair project" with questions & answers to 300 science fair questions from Janice VanCleave and an online Science Fair Handbook.
  
• Science Fair Project Resource Guide - Internet Public Library
  An annotated list of web resources for science fair projects.
  
• Science.gov 
  Portal to U.S. government science agencies.