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Science and Technology Department
Explore current popular and technical information on a variety of subjects and formats. The Science and Technology Department is located on the fifth floor of the North York Central Library.
What You'll Find on this Page
 More About the Science and Technology Department |
Formats include:
- Books and magazines
- Videos, audiocassettes, CDs and CD-ROMs
- Hot topic files
- Government publications
Knowledgeable staff can help you find the most current research tools in their areas of expertise, including:
- Agriculture
- Computer Science
- Consumer information, including consumer reports
- Cooking
- Engineering and construction
- Environmental and earth science
- Gardening
- Health and medicine
- Hobbies, including woodworking, bird watching, sewing and model-making
- Manufacturing
- Mathematics
- Pets
- Pure Science, including astronomy, physics, chemistry, biology, botany and zoology
- Repair manuals on subjects like automobiles, appliances and electronics
- Much more
| Collection Highlights |
- Science Fair collection, consisting of books to borrow and to use in the library, laboratory manuals, information files and magazines with science experiments and projects. For ideas, see our research guides, including the Science Fair Resource Guide - an annotated bibliography of books, magazines and more.
- How to Research a Science Fair Project. Students in grade 7-9 may be interested in this library program designed to help you research and find ideas.
- Sound effects collection of CDs. Library
staff maintain a comprehensive index to nature sounds (especially birdcalls)
and other sound effects.
- Textbooks, including graded texts (grade 7-12) for mathematics, chemistry, physics and biology. A list of texts by grade and by subject is also available.
- Hot Topic Files on more than 500 topics, some to read in the library only, many for borrowing. Subjects include current science, technology and medical topics in the news.
| Service Highlights |
- Four study booths for private study
- Car valuation look-up by phone, using the Canadian
Red Book
- Readers' advisory, using a list of popular and representative science,
technical, health and medical books and authors
| Electronic Resources |
Science Net - Research School Science Topics
Science web sites selected by TPL staff for teachers and students from Kindergarten to Grade 12. The sites are indexed by subject category. Topics include Biology, Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Physics, Geology, Paleontology and Astronomy.
General Science Abstracts - a database that indexes, abstracts and provides full-text articles from science, technical and medical magazines
Relevant and current databases, such as Alt-Health Watch, Health Reference Center, Computer Database and Discovering Science.
Find Articles
The Virtual Reference Library, Science Net, and the Expanding Universe contain lists of current and topical websites maintained by knowledgeable library staff.
For high quality science links see:
| User Guides |
- Research aids, called GuideTo - More than 40 guides with titles of books, magazines, indexes and websites on hot topics, health and medical subjects for high school students and the general public
- Index of Scientists and Inventors - an index of biographical information on more than 2000 scientists, engineers, physicians, and inventors. The emphasis is on Canadians in collective biographies, magazines and websites. Staff of the Science and Technology Department maintain this index.
| Contact Us |
Contact the Science and Technology Department
Fifth Floor
North York Central Library
5102 Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario M2N 5N9
Tel: 416-395-5649
Fax: 416-395-5668
Updated: September 4, 2008
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