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The informal science database is a collection of bibliographic references, abstracts and reviews of published, peer-reviewed work related to informal science and learning. The submitted citations come from a wide range of sources including books, journal articles, conference proceedings, professional society publications, doctoral dissertations, theses and government/published reports.

In addition, you can search for and download evaluation reports on your topic of interest.

Current number of citations: 3931

 

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Newly Published


Find recently added papers published this year:

» Atkins, L. J., Velez, L. , Goudy, D., Dunbar, K. N. (2008). The unintended effects of interactive objects and labels in the science museum.
» Buck, G. A., Clark, V. L. P., Pelecky-Leslie, D., Lu, Y., Cerda-Lizarraga, P. (2008). Examining the cognitive processes used by adolescent girls and women scientists in identifying science role models: A feminist approach.


Recently Added


See the five newest entries submitted from previous years:

» Miller, J.D., Augenbraun, E., Schulhof, J., Kimmel , L.G. (2006). Adult science learning from local television newscasts.



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