Using the Oxford Illustrated Science Encyclopedia website

The recommended websites listed on the Oxford Illustrated Science Encyclopedia website have been carefully reviewed and are regularly assessed to ensure that they are suitable for use by children and young adults. Each link takes you to a website outside the Oxford University Press site; to return to this site, you need to press the back button on your browser.

Website addresses change frequently. If you find a website that is no longer available, please by email and we will try to repair the link or provide a link to a suitable alternative site.

Using the Internet safely

Before using the links listed on this website, you should read the following guidelines on the safe use of the Internet:

• Many websites have guest books or message boards where you are invited to leave messages. If you write a message in such a guest book or message board, you should not include your own email address or other personal information such as your name, address or telephone number.
• If a website asks you to register or log in by typing your name or email address, you should ask permission from an adult before doing so.
• If you receive an email from someone you don't know, do not send a reply and tell a parent or other adult what has happened.
• You should never arrange to meet any stranger you talked to on the Internet.

Notes for parents, teachers and other carers

While all the links to external sites listed on this website have been carefully checked for their suitability for children, it is possible that children may follow a link or a chain of links from a recommended site and eventually be led to unsuitable material.

We therefore recommend that children are supervised by an adult at all times while they are on the Internet and that they do not use Internet chat rooms, where the participants may act under an assumed identity.

Please ensure that children have read and understood the Internet safety guidelines given above.

Downloadable pictures from the Oxford Illustrated Science Encyclopedia

Students or teachers may download and print out the pictures provided in the 'Free pictures' section of this website for their personal use in project or classroom work. The pictures are the copyright of Oxford University Press and may not be reproduced in print or in electronic form for any commercial purpose without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press.