Hurricane Pathfinder: Resources in the SGHS LMC
Rainbands: Reading on the Outer Edge

Use HIP (Horizon Information Portal) to find books.

 

Or browse the shelves for the following nonfiction numbers:

Or use an encyclopedia to read the hurricane article (Encyclopedia Britannica Online)

Weather 551

 

Eyewall: Finding The Strongest Sources

Information Portals

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

NOAA's Historical Hurricane Tracks

National Weather Service's National Hurricane Center

Weather Underground (scroll down, down, down to the bottom right)

Databases to Locate Magazine and Newspaper Articles (See Mrs. Tunison for passwords. Database companies will not allow passwords on a website.)

EBSCOHost

Click on Magazine Article Summary, Newspaper Source, or General Science Collection.

InfoTrac

Select Custom Newspapers or Gale Virtual Reference Library.

   
Eye: Looking at Hurricanes from A Different Direction

Try these source engines:

Scirus (text search engine, like Google)

Kartoo (graphic search engine that looks at several different search engines)

 

Web Site Manager: Mrs. Tunison, SGHS Library Media Specialist (518.386.4265 or jtunison@sgcsd.net)

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