By Users Maxistheman, Wikitarwin, Lexor on en.wikipedia - National Center for Biotechnology Information, part of the National Institutes of Health, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=925990
As mentioned in previous sections of this LibGuide, if you go over to the Library's Edublog page of databases (hopefully, you have the password to get into the blog and the one to unlock the database page - email Mrs Dearman or Miss Phillips, or ask your teacher if you've forgotten) and click on the BritannicaSchool link you can find a range of information on this topic. Select the "High" option, pop "virus" in the search box:
You'll find that as with other topics there are three levels of results:
Clicking on the first result in Level 3 will take you to an article on "virus (biology)", and again, you are provided with three levels - these are identified as 'reading' levels, however, do not let that put you off exploring what each level has to offer.
NB: When considering a website as a source of information, you need to consider who has produced it. In the case of National Geographic, it has a well-established reputation for reliability and credibility, however, LiveScience is one I have not previously encountered. A handy place to start is by looking for an "About" link or section and seeing what information you can glean. Have a read of LiveScience's About page - does it make you feel that this is a reliable site?
NB: It is important to consider the credibility of 'open access' journals and the publishers who produce them. There have been concerns regarding the practices of these sorts of publishers and the journals they publish - to decide if you want to use the articles from an 'open access' journal, it is worth doing some research online. For example, researching MDPI produced two sources that seem to indicate that it is reliable (Source 1 - Academia | Source 2 - Wikipedia) and therefore Viruses could be considered a credible resource.
