California Condor

The following resources will help you find information on the California condor.

 Online Encyclopedias & Databases

World Book Encyclopedia
Offers a combined search feature of encyclopedias, research tools, biography center, magazines, websites and much more.
     

  Student Resource Center Gold - Offers more than 1,100 full-text periodicals and newspapers, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips and pod casts


 Internet Sites

 

National Parks Conservation Association- California Condor: http://www.npca.org/wildlife_protection/wildlife_facts/condor.html

San Diego Zoo- California Condor http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-condor.html

All About Birds- California Condor: www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/California_Condor.html

Audubon - America's Top Ten Endangered Birds: http://www.audubon.org/news/top10/Top10_Endangered_Species.pdf

California Cliff Nest (video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR49mqmPo9A

California Condor: http://www.vulture-territory.com/california.html

California Condor Conservation: http://cacondorconservation.org/

California Condor Reintroduction: http://www.ventanaws.org/species_condors/

California Condor Restoration - Conservation Programs: www.peregrinefund.org/conserve_category.asp?category=California%20Condor%20Restoration

Conserving Native Wildlife and Their Habitats http://www.mycondor.org/

If you do not find what you're looking for in the above resources, try the search tips listed below.
 

 Internet Search Tips

  1. Type the URL (web site address) of a search directory/engine in the address box: ex: www.google.com or http://scholar.google.com/, etc.
     
  2. (Be sure to type the address exactly the way you see it, including any uppercase letters and punctuation).
     
  3. Type in keyword(s). (If your keyword has two or more parts such as: "California condor", be sure to put quotes around it so that the search engine only finds the Internet sites on the California condor as opposed to all of the sites containing the word California plus all of the sites containing the word condor.
     

  4. If you would like to search for something specific about the California condor, try a combined keyword search by adding a comma followed by a space and you other search term. For instance; if I wanted to find out about the population of the California condor,  I would enter the following:

    "California condor", population

    Hit Enter on your keyboard, or click on Search, then scan the description of the "hits" (entries) and click on the links that sound best.
     

  5. Be sure to evaluate each Internet site for the following:

     

  6. Remember: if you choose to use any information (text or graphics) found on an Internet source, 
    you must include it in your bibliography.

Remember:  YOU MUST CITE EVERY RESOURCE YOU USED to gather information on your 
Works Cited (Bibliography) page.  Use the Works Cited Guide to access MLA format.
 


 

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