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Animal Research
Databases
Databases
Science in Context Database
Type your animal name into the search box. Look at Reference results first and then Magazines. Copy and paste the source citation provided at the end of each article you use.
Type your animal name into the search box. Look at Reference results first and then Magazines. Copy and paste the source citation provided at the end of each article you use.
Websites
For the free websites, copy and paste the link to the page you use so that you can create the MLA citation later.
Animal Diversity Web Type your animal name into the search box at right. Use the scientific name if you know it and can spell it correctly.
National Geographic Animal Facts
National Wildlife Federation Wildlife Guide (covers animals in the US only)
World Animal Foundation Earth & Animal Fact Sheets
Animal Fact Sheets provided by Defenders of Wildlife
Nature Mapping Program Animal Facts for Grades 7-12 Click on one of the 5 animal classes to find the list of individual species.
Arkive - Type the name of your animal in the search box
For the free websites, copy and paste the link to the page you use so that you can create the MLA citation later.
Animal Diversity Web Type your animal name into the search box at right. Use the scientific name if you know it and can spell it correctly.
National Geographic Animal Facts
National Wildlife Federation Wildlife Guide (covers animals in the US only)
World Animal Foundation Earth & Animal Fact Sheets
Animal Fact Sheets provided by Defenders of Wildlife
Nature Mapping Program Animal Facts for Grades 7-12 Click on one of the 5 animal classes to find the list of individual species.
Arkive - Type the name of your animal in the search box
Habitats Research
National Geographic Habitats
World Wildlife Fund: Habitats - Click on the name of the habitat you want to learn about.
Biomes Research
Science in Context Database Biomes page - You should also do your own search by typing the name of the biome you are researching into the search box.
Kids Do Ecology: World Biomes
UCMP: The World's Biomes
Citing Photographs
Here's the basic format:
Photographer's Last Name, First Name. Title or Description of Photograph. Website Name, Website Publisher (include only if different from website name), URL (omit http://).
Example:
Sartore, Joseph. An African elephant photographed at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs, Colorado. National Geographic, www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/a/african-elephant/.
Simply put, you need to
- name the photographer
- provide either the title of the photograph or a simple description when no title is given
- indicate where on the web you found the photograph (website name, publisher, and link)