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Pre-K - Kindergarten Adults

• Animales llamados Mamiferos by Bobbie • Big Cats by Alice Tomsett How To Write Kalman • of Prey by Paul Frost • Kumon My Book of Mazes: Animals by Ku- • Songs by Les Beletsky A Research mon • Oceans (Eyewitness Book Series) by • Mis amigos, los animales by David le Jars Miranda Macquitty Report • Un habitat de desierto by Bobbi Kalman • Rainforest by Thomas Marent • Reading the Wild by Bev Doolittle Juveniles • Tall Blondes by Lynn Sherr

• A Giraffe and a Half by Shel Silverstein • The by Francesco Cesoni • Bug IQ by Roger Priddy • Wildlife of North America by Thomas • Discoveries Bugs Sticker Book by B&N Lewis • DK Readers: Tales (Level 3:Reading • World Wildlife Encyclopedia by Paragon Alone) • Eric Carle’s Animals Animals by Eric Carle Websites

• (Watch Me Grow) by Lisa Magloff Where do I start? • www.hoglezoo.org • Hunting with the Moon: The of Savuti by Dereck Joubert • www.sandiegozoo.org • Little Sibu: An Orangutan Tale by Sally

Grindly • www.seaworld.org • Slowly, Slowly, Slowly, Said the Sloth by Eric Carle • The Orangutan by Christie Sourd • animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/ index.html • The Story of the Giraffe by Guido Pigni • at Twilight (Magic Tree house Se- ries#19) • Verdi by Jannell Cannon • Eric Carle’s Animals by Eric Carle • Elephant (Watch Me Grow) by Lisa Magloff • Hunting with the Moon: The Lions of Savuti by Dereck Joubert • Little Sibu: An Orangutan Tale by Sally Grindly • Slowly, Slowly, Slowly, Said the Sloth by 2600 East Sunnyside Ave, Eric Carle , UT 84108

Phone: 801-584-1769 How to find resources for 2. Make a list of key words. 5. Find the answers. your report or project: • These are words that describe your topic, for • Start by looking at the most general re- you to use later when you’re looking in the sources. They will answer many of the library catalogue and in indexes. Some key questions you wrote down at the begin- ’s Hogle receives many requests words related to African elephant, for in- ning. for information about animal life. As much stance, would be: African elephant and ele- as we'd like to answer everyone's questions, • Look at other resources that you think will phant. As you find information, you might we just don't have the time. We suggest you have new and specific information. Use think of new key words to add to your list. start your research in the library. Find out as your questions as guidelines so you don't Researching African , you would much as you can on your own, then write to get off the track. soon learn that their scientific name is Loxo- us with any questions you still have. This is donta africana and that elephants belong to what we do best—we can try to help you • Take lots of notes and keep track of a group of called pachyderms. with detailed or hard-to-find information on which information comes from which re- the habitats and the animals and plants that 3. Start with reference books. sources. live here at the Zoo. This brochure will give 6. Put it all together. you some ideas on how to get started find- • Encyclopedias and other reference books ing information in your school or public li- will help you find out how much information • Organize your information, using the brary. there is on your topic and whether you might questions you started with. It's often help- need to make the topic narrower or broader. ful to start by making an outline of the in- How to go about it . . . For now, just skim the material to see what’s formation you have gathered. 1. Choose your topic and write there. down some questions. • Identify any gaps. If you find you're miss- 4. Look for other resources. ing some answers, try some of the re- • Pick a subject you're really interested in • Make a big list of resources that will answer sources you found in your search but and write it down. your questions. Use your key words as you might not have looked at yet. • Make sure your topic is the right size for look. The library catalogue will lead you to your assignment. For example, if you're other books, and the Reader’s Guide to Peri- 7. Still have questions? Ask the interested in tufted puffins, you might odical Literature or the Magazine Index will Zoo! find as you go along that there's too help you find magazine articles. Look at the • After you've gone as far as you can in much information out there. You might end of a book, chapter, or article for its bibli- your research at local libraries, you may then narrow the topic down to tufted puf- ography—a list of other resources on the wish to write the Zoo with any questions fin nesting and care of chicks. same topic. Expect to look for information in you still have on your subject. Remem- a variety of sources: books, articles, pam- • Write down some questions your re- ber, the Zoo is a good place to finish with phlets, the Internet, CD-ROMs, newspapers, specific questions, after you have found search needs to answer. If you think of videos and TV programs. Show your librar- your research as finding the answers to what you can at your school or public li- ian your questions and key words and ask brary. these questions, it will take less time where else you might go for information. and be more fun than if you try to find out everything there is to know about a • Don't forget to write down the call numbers, subject. authors, titles and Internet addresses of the resources you think will help.