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 ENERGY
Library Resources
Grade 6
October 2008

Use the Library Catalog from school or from the BHMS Library homepage to do a SUBJECT or KEYWORD search and use the Resource List titled "Energy".  You are looking for NONFICTION BOOKS and ONLINE LINKS in WebPath Express.  If a book call number starts with FIC or SC, these are fiction or short stories and not suitable for this research project.

Suggested Search Terms
 The Name of Your Energy Source
(Does it have more than one term or spelling?  For example, hydroelectric power could also be referred to as water power, hydro-electric power or hydro-power.)

Examples of Specific Energy Sources

• biomass

• ethanol

• geothermal

• hydro-electric

• hydrogen fuel cell

• nuclear

• ocean

• solar

• thermal

• tidal

• wave

• water

• wind

• wood

Some General Energy Search Terms

• alternative energy

• native energy

• chemical energy

• conservation

• energy, energy conservation or energy supply

• environment or environmental pollution

• fossil fuel(s)

• fuel or fuel(s)

• global warming

• natural resource(s)

• non-renewable energy

• power

• power plant(s)

• power station(s)

• renewable resource(s)

Encyclopedias

• World Book Online

Bibliography
Be sure to write down where you obtained your information.

• Noodlebib helps to format your bibliography.
   

• Noodlebib First Time User's Guide
   

• Sample Bibliography, Energy