Pathfinders
AMAZON
Use the keywords below for searching on the internet or use the quick links under the 'website' heading to take you directly to a website containing information on the Amazon. Books within our library are found in the Dewey Numbers noted below.
Subject headings, KEYWORDS
Amazon, Amazonia, Amazon River, Rainforest, Nomadic peoples, Brazil, Deforestation
Dewey Numbers
551.4, 577.34, 591.9, 910, 912,(Atlases in Reference section), 918.2, 981, 982
Reference:
World Book encyclopedias, Geographica, Encyclopedia of world geography, People and Places (Brazil). Information File: Amazon
On-line databases and websites
(also available from 'Library Online' page)
EPIC database search http://www.tki.org.nz/r/epic/
In the orange highlighted area 'login to databases'
TKI login - darfieldhs, password: 22darfieldhs.
Scroll down to 'Britannica online K-12' or the 'Discovering Collection'
"access database" in blue box
Type in Search terms and choose either Primary, Secondary or High School optionsWebsites:
National Geographic (great for all topics)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
http://www.pbs.org/journeyintoamazonia/
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/rainforest/animals/Rfbiomeanimals.shtml
http://www.eduweb.com/amazon.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Rainforest
http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/resources.cfm?id=facts
http://www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm
http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/rforest/index.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/21395/graphics/deforestation/index2.html