RILINK Schools: Glen Hills Elementary School Library: Grade 4: Animals

Websites and Databases

These are safe and accurate websites and databases for researching this project. Not all animals will be found on every site!

Cincinatti Zoo
Look in the menu bar along the top and click on "animals." Click on the classification to find your animal.
National Geographic
Locate the green "Animals" box on the right. Type your animal's name in the "Quick Find" box.
Smithsonian National Zoological Park
Locate the "Animal Index" box on the left. Click on the classification. If the animal's name is written in BLUE, there is a fact page available. Click on the name.
Enchanted Learning
You may find information about your animal here. Locate the search box on the right. Type your animal's name.
National Geographic Wildlife
Click on the animal classification on the left. Then scroll to find your animal.
Animal EBOOKS
Type your animal name in the search box. Select a book. Use the index on the last page of the book to locate your animal. Then type the page number in the page box.
StarWalk Kids Media
Ask Mrs. Gaiewski for the username and password. Use the KEYWORD SEARCH to type in your animal name. Find the nonfiction books to gather information.

DATABASES

World Book Student This link opens in a new window
Type the name of your planet in the search box. Choose the best article to continue your research.

Try these databases! Type your animal name in the search box.

World Book Kids This link opens in a new window

Books from our Catalog

Find:

Advanced Search

Use our library catalog to locate books about your animal.

Animals books can be found in several places in our library. You may browse the bookshelves in the Everybody Nonfiction and Nonfiction sections. Look for these Dewey Decimal numbers.

590 Animals

595 Insects

597 Fish

597 Reptiles

598 Birds

599 Mammals

There are also several animal books in the reference section.

REF 590 BUR The First Encyclopedia of Animals

REF 590 FAX The Kingfisher First Animal Encyclopedia

REF 590 JAC Anmals

REF 590 PRI Scholastic Encyclopedia of Animals

The Student Discovery Encyclopedia

World Book Encyclopedia

Glen Hills Elementary School Library: Grade 4: Animals

Websites and Databases

DATABASES

Books from our Catalog

OUR CATALOG