Help with schoolwork on animals

Databases

You can access great databases full of information on the library's website. These databases can be accessed at the library or at home and offer the same information found in reference books, newspapers, journals, and magazines. You can read the information and print it right from your computer! You'll need a Worthington Libraries library card to access these databases from home.

Search for a specific animal or species using one of the following databases to get information:

• Beacham's Endangered Species of North America
• Birds of the World
• Britannica Library for Children
• eLibrary
• Explora Primary Schools
• Gale in Context: Elementary
• Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia
• National Geographic Magazine Archive
• WorldBook Kids

Websites

Make sure your information is coming from a reliable source. Here are some websites with animal information that our librarians recommend:

• Earth's Endangered Creatures
• National Geographic Kids: Animals
• Ranger Rick: Animals
• U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service (Search by animal or location)
• World Wildlife Federation

Books

For books about a specific animal, check out some of the nonfiction book series that focus on different endangered, rare, or special animals around the world:

• Animals in Danger
• Endangered Animals of the World
• Living Wild
• Living in the Wild
• Nature Watch
• Save Earth's Animals!
• Top 50 Reasons to Care about Endangered Animals

Reference books

The books on the following list cannot be checked out, but you can look through them while you are at the library and make copies of the pages you need. Library staff can help you locate these books and use the copier.

• Amazing Animals of the World by Grolier. 2007. [RJ 591.03 AMA (Northwest Library ONLY)]
• International Wildlife Encyclopedia, third edition. 2002. [RJ 591 INT (Northwest Library and Old Worthington Library ONLY)]