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 PATHFINDERS
Methuen High School--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.

 Massachusetts Animals

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. If you don't already have a topic, located some lists of books on these mammals by typing in: 

Mammals
Natural History
Animals
Wildlife
Bears, Raccoons, Rabbits, etc.

Some titles we have are:

508.74
NAT		 National Audubon Society Field Guide.  New England. New York: Knopf, 1998.
508.744
FRE		 Freeman, Stan.  The Natural History of Eastern Massachusetts.  Florence, MA: Hampshire House Publishing Co., 1998.
599.097
WHI		 Whitaker, John O.  National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mammals.  New York: Knopf,  1996.
599.156
HAR		 Hare, Tony.  Animal Habitats; Discovering How Animals Live in the Wild.  New York: Facts on File, 2001.
REF
591
INT		 International Wildlife Encyclopedia. (22 vols.)  New York: Marshall Cavendish, 2002.
REF
599
MAM		 Mammal / consultants and contributors Dr. Paul Bates, [et al.]. -- New York, NY  :  DK Pub., 2003.
REF
599.003
ENC		 Encyclopedia of Mammals. (17 vols.)  New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1997.
REF
599.03
GRZ		 Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals. (5 vols.)  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1990.

ONLINE RESOURCES

We have a number of databases available at school in the RESEARCH 
FOLDER on the media center desktop.   

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/dbindex.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.

SELECTED WEB SITES

MassWildlife
http://www.state.ma.us/dfwele/dfw/dfw_toc.htm
Web site of the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife.

Nature of New England
 http://www.nenature.com/
Photos and links to information about birds, butterflies and mammals.

Massachusetts  Audubon Society
http://www.massaudubon.org/index.php
Information and links to animals of Massachusetts.

National Resources & Environmental http://www.umass.edu/nrec/snake_pit/index.html
 Includes information and Illustrations of snakes of Massachusetts.

Massachusetts Law About Animals
http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/subject/about/animals.html
Laws, regulations,  rules  and court cases that pertain to animals.

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation System
 http://www.ma.nrcs.usda.gov/animals.html
Conservation of natural resources

Mammals of Massachusetts
 http://massnature.com/Animals/animals.htm
Includes information and links to the amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals of Massachusetts.

Massachusetts Animal Rights Coalition
 http://www.massanimalrights.org/
MARC is a volunteer group working for the rights of animals.

State Animals
 http://www.stateanimals.com/states.html
"Official state animals" site.

Tufts University  Center for Animals and Public Policy
 http://www.tufts.edu/vet/cfa/index.html

Massachusetts Animal Coalition
 http://www.massanimalcoalition.org/License%20Plate%20Info.html
Dedicated to helping "decrease the number of  homeless, neglected, displaced and abused animals in Massachusetts."

Mass Wildlife
 http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/dfwpets.htm
Information on keeping captive/exotic wildlife

Injured Wildlife in Massachusetts
 http://www.batguys.com/resources/injured-orphaned.html

National Wildlife Federation
 http://statewildlife.nwf.org/ma/
Link to the Massachusetts page.

Back Fort Wild Life Service
 http://www.backfortywildlifeservices.com/
Dedicated to Central and Eastern Massachusetts wildlife removal.

CITING SOURCES

                                                         
                                                                

Edited by Media Staff
10/06/09
Date last edited
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