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 PATHFINDERS
Methuen High School Media Center--Methuen, MA
Pathfinders are pages that offer students selected resources in a variety of media 
on a topic they are researching. They provide a headstart for students as they
begin their research project.

Alternative Energy Sources

To find books in the MHS Media Center, open Destiny (the electronic card catalog) located on the MHS Media Center Web page. Type in the topic you want to search, such as: nuclear power, solar power, wind power, etc. 

 Some titles we have are:

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DUP		 Dupler, Douglas.   Energy: Is There Enough?   Detroit:  Gale Group/Thomson Learning, 2002.
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ENE		 Energy Alternatives: Opposing Viewpoints.  San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 2002.
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VAI		 Vaitheeswaran, Vijay V.  Power to the People: How the Coming Energy Revolution Will Transform an Industry, Change Our Lives, and Maybe Even Save the Planet.  New York:  Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003.
629.22
AND		 Anderson, Curtis D., and Judy Anderson.  Electric and Hybrid Cars: A History.  Jefferson, NC:  McFarland, 2004.
REF
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MON		 Mongillo, John F., and Peter A. Mongillo.  Teen Guides to Environmental Science.  Westport, CT:  Greenwood Press, 2004.  (Check Appendix C for useful websites, and Appendix D for environmental organizations and their website addresses).

SELECTED WEB SITES

U.S. DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
 http://www.eere.energy.gov/
This U.S. Department of Energy site has links to information on energy efficiency and renewable energy forms such as: biomass, geothermal, hydrogen, hydropower, ocean, solar and wind.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory
 http://www.nrel.gov/
The NREL is the nation's primary lab for renewable energy & energy efficiency research.

NESEA -- Northeast Sustainable Energy Association
http://www.nesea.org
NESEA focuses on promoting the understanding, development & adoption of energy conservation and non-polluting, remewable energy technologies.

Green Building Sites:
The following sites deal specifically with "green buildings."

http://www.nesea.org/buildings/
http://www.nesea.org/buildings/

 Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
http://www.masstech.org/renewableenergy/green_schools.htm

U.S. Green Building Council: Build Green Schools
http://www.buildgreenschools.org/
 

ONLINE RESOURCES

Infotrac -- contains databases of magazine articles, a biography resource, and health and business references.  Try Reference Center Gold, Expanded Academic ASAP, and Biography Resource Center.

bigchalk eLibrary -- online reference center including books, magazines, newspapers, pictures, maps, and TV transcripts.

Massachusetts Newsstand -- newspaper articles from the Boston Globe (1980 - current), Boston Herald (1991 - current), and ten other Massachusetts newspapers.

Grolier Online -- 2 electronic encyclopedias-- New Book of Knowledge and Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.  Articles in these encyclopedias link you to other articles and also to relevant web sites where you can find more information on your topic.

REMOTE ACCESS

These databases are also available from home. You can gain access to these
resources from home by going to the Answers...To Go! web page made available 
from the Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library System:

http://www.nmrls.org/answers/dbmvlc.html

and enter your public library card number (from Methuen or any MVLC member 
library) where you are prompted for a patron or user number.

CITING SOURCES

Using these links indicates the user is leaving 
the district server and that linked material
is not necessarily approved by the district.

Edited by Media Staff
11/14/08
Date last edited
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