“What kind of content will I find on AccessScience?”

“While searching or browsing the site, you may come across the following content types:

  • Articles – source material from the latest edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and previous  McGraw-Hill Yearbooks of Science & Technology, including articles exclusive to AccessScience
  • Briefings – topical overviews  of newsworthy subjects, designed to engage and inform
  • Biographies – life histories of well-known scientists from the Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography, plus video biographies of Franklin Institute Award winners 
  • News – timely stories from Science News with links to relevant AccessScience content
  • Dictionary – definitions from the latest edition of the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms
  • Videos/Animations – engaging multimedia selections that will play on any device
  • Projects – DIY makerspace projects for all skill levels”

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