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counting clouds to banding birds, scientific projects involving regular people are common. Not only does this work help scientists, but it also empowers citizens to connect with the natural world. The
</span><a href="https://mel.org/welcome"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none">Michigan eLibrary (MeL)</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> includes
peer-reviewed studies, articles, and eBooks that can get regular people involved in scientific study.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:8.25pt"><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-e700xna"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none">eBook
Public Library Collection</span></b></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:8.25pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Receiving a starred review from
<i>Library Journal</i>, </span><i><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e700xna&AN=2004702&site=ehost-live&scope=site"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none">Citizen
Science</span></a></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> by Caren Cooper describes how citizen science is not a new field, but rather has become more well-known and widespread due to the Internet and smartphones.
Cooper shares how ordinary people participate in projects such as tabulating precipitation totals and tagging Monarch butterflies.
</span><i><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e700xna&AN=2275683&site=ehost-live&scope=site"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none">Science
by the People: Participation, Power, and the Politics of Environmental Knowledge</span></a></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> by Aya H. Kimura and Abby Kinchy focuses on the political aspects of citizen science
and seeks to understand the impacts it can have on people’s lives and environments. Written for kids,
</span><i><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e700xna&AN=1796481&site=ehost-live&scope=site"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none">Getting
into Citizen Science</span></a></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> by Vic Kovacs is a hands-on guide to help children learn how to participate in projects and keep scientific records. A suggested resource from
this book is </span><a href="https://scistarter.org/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none">SciStarter</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> which includes
a section of information about how libraries can get involved in citizen science.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:8.25pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Peer-Reviewed Journals</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:8.25pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">With studies from peer-reviewed journals about the impacts of citizen science, MeL offers a wealth of
information. For example, “</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sch&AN=150236164&site=scirc-live"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none">Creating
Synergies Between Citizen Science and Indigenous and Local Knowledge</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">,” in
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sch&jid=BIO&site=scirc-live"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none">BioScience</span></i></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
from </span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebscoprofile-scirc"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none">Science Reference Center</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">,
describes aspirational practices to strengthen connections between Indigenous Local Knowledge (ILK) holders and citizen science. When the total solar eclipse occurred in 2017, participants in a citizen science project collected thousands of temperature and
cloud observations. These measurements were used to better understand the meteorological effects of the eclipse according to “</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aci&AN=141262441&site=ehost-live&scope=site"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none">Eclipse
Across America: Citizen Science Observations of the 21 August 2017 Total Solar Eclipse</span></a><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none">”</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
in the </span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aci&jid=22R7&site=ehost-live"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none">Journal
of Applied Meteorology & Climatology</span></i></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> which is included in
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-aci"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none">Applied Science & Technology Source</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">.
MeL also provides ideas for school-age learners. The publication </span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sch&jid=SID&site=scirc-live"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none">Science
& Children</span></i></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> in
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebscoprofile-scirc"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none">Science Reference Center</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
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the Old with the New: Using a Historical Text and a Citizen Science App to Engage Student Learning</span></a><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none">”</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
describes a cross-curricular project for fourth graders. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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