Heroth - Element Research - Science - Evans Library at Fulton-Montgomery Community College

Steps to Complete the Element Reseach Project

Research on the element you've been assigned can be approached using the resources below the assignment. Remember, there's no one source that will answer all the questions that are a part of this assignment - start with the The Elements Revealed and go from there!

The Elements Revealed: An Interactive Periodic Table
Start researching your element using this interactive tool.
USGS
The U.S. Geological Survey provides science about the natural hazards that threaten lives and livelihoods; the water, energy, minerals, and other natural resources we rely on; the health of our ecosystems and environment; and the impacts of climate and land-use change.
USGS - Mineral Commodity Summaries
Each chapter of the 2020 edition of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Mineral Commodity Summaries (MCS) includes information on events, trends, and issues for each mineral commodity as well as discussions and tabular presentations on domestic industry structure, Government programs, tariffs, 5-year salient statistics, and world production and resources. The MCS is the earliest comprehensive source of 2019 mineral production data for the world. More than 90 individual minerals and materials are covered by two-page synopses.
USGS - Minerals Yearbook, Volume I, Metals and Minerals
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Minerals Yearbook discusses the performance of the worldwide minerals and materials industries and provides background information to assist in interpreting that performance.
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Volume I, Metals and Minerals, contains chapters about virtually all metallic and industrial mineral commodities important to the U.S. economy. Chapters on survey methods, summary statistics for domestic nonfuel minerals, and trends in mining and quarrying in the metals and industrial mineral industries in the United States are also included.
Primo
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Smart Searching

Once you've developed a set of key words (words related to or about your topic) use these search strategies to narrow or broaden your results. Be patient. Be flexible. Be a researcher!

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