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 PATHFINDERS                
Methuen High School Media Center--Methuen, MA
Pathfinders are pages that offer students selected resources in a variety 
of media on a topic they are researching. They provide a head start for students as
they begin their research project.

Biomes

To find books in the MHS Media Center, open Spectrum (the electronic card catalog) located on the student desktop. Type in the topic you want to search. You might try searching biomes, ecosystems, ecology, or your particular biome or country.
 

 Some titles we have are:

333.73
ALE		 Alexander, Bryan.  The Vanishing Arctic.  New York: Facts on File, 1996.
363.7
SWI		 Switzer, Jacqueline Vaughn. Environmental Activism : A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2003.
577
BIO		 Biomes of the World. (9 vols.)  Danbury, CT: Grolier, 1999.
577.3
KRI		 Kricher, John. A Field Guide to Eastern Forests, North America.  Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
577.34
NEW		 Newman, Arnold. Tropical Rainforest: Our Most Valuable and Endangered Habitat with a Blueprint for Its Survival into the Third Millennium. New York: Facts on File, 2002.
REF
363.7
ENV		 The Environment Encyclopedia. (11 vols.) New York: Marshall Cavendish, 2001.
REF
577.8
UXL		 UXL Encyclopedia of Biomes. (3 vols.) Detroit: UXL, 1999.

SELECTED WEB SITES

Multnomah Country Library Homework Center
 http://www.multcolib.org/homework/scihc.html#biomes
An excellent site for information on biomes and ecosystems.

Earth Observatory
 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Laboratory/Biome/
On this NASA site you can explore coniferous forests, temperate deciduous forests, deserts, grasslands, rainforests, shrublands, and tundras.

Global 200: Blueprint for a Living Planet--Major Habitat Types
 http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/where_we_work/ecoregions/about/index.cfm
Developed by WWF scientists in collaboration with experts around the world, this site provides a blueprint for biodiversity conservation on a global scale.  It includes information on every major habitat type.

A Research Guide for Students, by I. Lee--Biomes and Ecozones
 http://www.aresearchguide.com/biomes.html
 This site includes links to general resources on biomes and ecozones, and links to specific types of biomes.

MBGnet--Biomes of the World
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/
This site, posted by the Missouri Botanical Garden, has information on definitions, types, causes, locations, plants, and animals for each type of biome.

worldbiomes.com
http://www.worldbiomes.com
This site, selected by the SciLinks program, a service of National Science Teachers Association covers
major world biomes.
 
The World's Biomes
 http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/
This page groups biomes into five major types: aquatic, desert, forest, grassland and tundra, and their subdivisions.

Enchanted Learning
 http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/
Colorful site about biomes of the world.  Includes basic information on the biome, animal life, plants, etc.

Ecosystems - High School Environmental Center - US EPA
 http://www.epa.gov/highschool/ecosystems.htm
Learn about different ecosystems and strategies for restoring them, as well as the effects of pollution on this US Environmental Protection Agency site.

ONLINE RESOURCES

     Infotrac -- contains databases of magazine articles, a biography resource, and health and
     business references.  Try Reference Center Gold, Expanded Academic ASAP, and Biography
     Resource Center.

     bigchalk eLibrary -- online reference center including books, magazines, newspapers,
     pictures, maps, and TV transcripts.

     Massachusetts Newsstand -- newspaper articles from the Boston Globe (1980 - current),
     Boston Herald (1991 - current), and ten other Massachusetts newspapers.

     Grolier Online -- 2 electronic encyclopedias-- New Book of Knowledge and Grolier Multimedia
     Encyclopedia.  Articles in these encyclopedias link you to other articles and also to relevant
     Web sites where you can find more information on your topic.

REMOTE ACCESS

These databases are also available from home. You can gain access to these resources from 
home by going to the Answers...To Go! web page made available from the 
Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library System:

http://www.nmrls.org/answers/dbmvlc.html

and enter your public library card number (from Methuen or any MVLC member 
library) where you are prompted for a patron or user number.

CITING SOURCES

 

Using these links indicates the user is leaving 
the district server and that linked material
is not necessarily approved by the district.

Edited by Media Staff
11/14/08
Date last edited
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