To Access This Handout Go to Click on Science STEM - Endangered Species Research Resources

To Access This Handout Go to Click on Science STEM - Endangered Species Research Resources

To access this handout go to – click on Science – STEM - Endangered Species Research Resources

Endangered Species Research Resources

1/18/2017

Directions:View the following two websites in order to gather some tips on how and what

to include in your marketing campaign / public service announcement. Once you are finished viewing the examples, use the Fee-Based databases, Websites, and print resources below in order to researchyour endangered species.

World Wildlife Fund

The Ad Council

FEE-BASED DATABASES:

(Directions: To access the databases go to log in using your BCPS credentials, Click on Digital Content.)

  • World Book On-Line
  • Science Reference Center (check Reference Books)
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library– GVRL – (type your topic in the search box)
  • Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America, 2001
  • Endangered Animals, 2010
  • Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia
  • Environmental Encyclopedia
  • Grzimek's Student Animal Life Resource
  • The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
  • Animal Sciences
  • The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
  • netTrekker
  • Student Resources in Context

Destiny

- Catalog (to find books and e-Books)

  • Endangered Blue Whales
  • Series: Facts at your fingertips. The world of endangered animals:
  • Africa
  • Australia and Southeast Asia
  • North and South America
  • South and Central Asia

- Web Path Express (to find web sites)

WEBSITES:

  • Rare, Threatened & Endangered Animals of Maryland – Department of Natural Resources
  • Six Endangered Species of the Chesapeake – Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
  • Federally Listed Endangered and Threatened Species MARYLAND
  • Endangered and Threatened Birds of Maryland
  • NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources
  • World Wildlife Fund
  • A to Z Animals
  • ARKIVE - Discover the world's most endangered species
  • U.S. Fish andWildlife Services - Listed species believed to or known to occur in Maryland
  • The Marine Mammal Center
  • Maryland Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Stranding Program
  • Earthtrust - Wildlife Conservation Worldwide
    Information about wildlife conservation, including efforts to save the whales and to stop the use of driftnets.

REFERENCE BOOKS

REF 578.76 AQUAquatic Life of the World

REF 591 BANThe Encyclopedia of Aquatic Life

REF 590.3 BURInternational Wildlife Encyclopedia

REF 333.95 BEABeacham’s Guide to International Endangered Species

REF 333.95 ENDEndangered Animals

REF 591.68 ENCEncyclopedia of Endangered Species

REF 333.95 ENDEndangered Wildlife and Plants of the World

REF 333.96 ATLThe Atlas of Endangered Species

NON-FICTION - USE Destiny

599.5 NAT / National Audubon Society guide to marine mammals of the world. 1st ed. New York : Knopf :, 2002. Contains descriptions of all 120 species of the world's marine mammals, including whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals, sea lions, manatees, otters, and polar bears, providing information about appearance, behaviors, life histories, eating and mating habits, and other topics, with maps and illustrations.

*Important – Make sure you look at copyright date of each source when needing current statistical information!

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