Animals of Washington State - (and here is the 4th grade Woks Cited format)

Search for your animal:	first check out this awesome animal -- Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
Books	St. Joseph's Library - look by KEYWORD and SUBJECT Seattle Public Library Catalog King County Library Catalog
Encyclopedias
	Grolier's online - (general, OK for well known animals) - Citation example: Banfield, A. W. F. "Coyote." Encyclopedia Americana. Grolier Online, 2013. Web.
	Animal Diversity Web - U Michigan Museum of Zoology - great long articles
	Exploring Nature.org - Exploring Nature Educational Resource - with pictures to color Washington state animals list Amsel, Sheri. "Kangaroo Rat." Exploring Nature Educational Resource. 2013. Web.
	International Wildlife Encyclopedia -- book set in the library -- I will photocopy for you International Wildlife Encyclopedia - online version Citation example: "Kangaroo Rat." International Wildlife. Marshall Cavendish Digital, 2013. Web.
Internet	Google (and GoogleImages) - KidsClick -Yahooligans if more than 1 word, put the name of your animal in quotation marks add the word animal to your search use the Latin name in quotation marks use Advanced Google and under occurances, click on as title of the page (caution on using Wikipedia because can be edited online)

Other Links - best sites in BOLD

• Animals at the Woodland Park Zoo
  • Animal fact sheets
    • Birds
    • Invertibrates
    • Mammals
    • Reptiles and amphibians
      
• Animal Planet: Wild Animals A-Z [with advertising]
• Animals A-Z - one page of information
• BirdWeb - Seattle Audubon Society - Bird list
• Burke Museum - Field Guides
  • Amphibians of WA - salamanders, frogs, newts
  • Birds of WA
  • Mammals in WA (Opossums) (Hares, rabbits, and pikas) (Carnivores) (Shrews and moles) (Split-hooved mammals) (Rodents) (Bats) (Porpoises, dolphins, and whales)
  • Reptiles of WA - turtles, lizards and snakes
• Defenders of Wildlife - factsheets on various animals
• E Nature.com -- field guides on many animals
• Eastern Washington wildlife - mostly pictures
• Nature Works - long list of various animals
• Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
  • Birds - Canada Geese Northern Flickers (Woodpeckers) Crows Owls Domestic Pigeons Robins Great Blue Herons Starlings Hawks Swallows House Sparrows Woodpeckers Magpies
  • Frogs (tree frogs and bull frogs) and Snakes
  • Mammals - Bats Muskrats Beavers Old World Rats Black Bears Opossums Cougars Pocket Gophers Coyotes Rabbits Deer Raccoons Elk River Otters Moles Skunks Moose Tree Squirrels Mountain Beavers Voles
• Wildlife list from Alaska Wildlife Notebook series - excellent info if animals listed