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

Search for your animal:

• Books: St. Joseph's Library (at school only) - look by KEYWORD and SUBJECT
  • Seattle Public Library Catalog OR King County Library Catalog
• Encyclopedias
  • Grolier's online - (general, OK for well known animals)
  • International Wildlife Encyclopedia (books - specialized, excellent)
• Internet: - (caution on Wikipedia because can be edited online)
  • 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
• Magazine articles, pictures: ELibrary - and some brief information
  • Username: wapsesdprvt Password: private
  • email Mrs. Cutler for password for at home

Links - best sites in BOLD
Animals at the Woodland Park Zoo - Animal fact sheets (alphabetical list)

• Animal Diversity Web - U Michigan Museum of Zoology - great long articles
• Animal Information - by country, including USA
  • or just AnimalInfo.org- by species- with profiles and tidbits
• BirdWeb - Seattle Audubon Society - Bird list
• Burke Museum - Field Guides
  • Amphibians of WA
  • Birds of WA
  • Mammals in WA
  • Reptiles of WA
• Eastern Washington wildlife - mostly pictures
• Endangered Species Information Network - for Washington
• Mammals of Washington - Burke Museum - divided by order then links
• North American mammals - Smithsonian - with picture and map- Enter, then search by species name
• Northwest Trek - some information on some animals
• Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife - info/pictures on at Living with wildlife
  • Butterflies of Eastern Washington
  • Eastern Washington Wildlife
  • Herps: Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern Washington
• Wildlife list from Alaska Wildlife Notebook series - excellent info if animal listed
• Wildlife of the Pacific Northwest - Canada, but some animals listed with info