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Citing images

You must provide citations for images, just as you do for words, quotes, and ideas. Even if you find the image through Google, you must click on the image and go to the original source for the image (which won't be Google -- it will be another website).

To get to the original source, click on the image and then click "website for this image," usually on the upper right side of the screen. Here's an example of what happens when I want to cite this picture that I found by doing a google image search for "elephant":

Elephant next to a car. Digital image. The London Telegraph. 13 May 2008. Web. 9 June 2011. <telegraph.co.uk>.

Like most digital images, this photo has no official "title," so instead I described the image in a few words.

The elements are:

Title of image or your own description of the image. Digital Image. Title of the website where it was published (not google!). Date it was published (if you know it). Web (medium). Date that YOU saw it (today's date). Abbreviated URL.

Important documents

Ecosystem Research Report Rubric

Print Selections

Here are just some of the print titles we have available here in the library.

24 Hours on the Tundra by Virginia Schomp
Call Number: 577.5 SCH
ISBN: 9781608708963
Publication Date: 2013-07-15
24 hours on the tundra takes you on a journey through one of the coldest places on earth. Watch the sun rise over the frozen tundra of Alaska. Find out how plants and animals survive the long months of darkness, howling winds, and bitter cold. Learn about threats to the tundra and what is being done to save this amazing ecosystem.
Food Chains and Webs by Andrew Solway
Call Number: 577 SOL
ISBN: 9781600446016
Publication Date: 2007-08-01
Describes the importance of maintaining the food chain and what happens when a species disappears from an area.
Wetlands by Peter D. Moore; Richard Garratt (Illustrator)
Call Number: 577.68 MOO
ISBN: 0816039305
Publication Date: 2000-11-01
Wetlands are comprised of a wide range of habitats - from saline, coastal marshes and mangrove swamps to the rain-fed mires of the world's wet mountains. This volume is a comprehensive account of their biological and physical richness and how their complex ecological systems function.
Biomes of the World by Michael Allaby
Call Number: 577 BIO
ISBN: 0717293416
Publication Date: 1999-04-01
In nine volumes, explores each of the earth's major ecological regions, defining important features, animals, and environmental issues.

Digital Selections

Ecology by Sherman Hollar
Call Number: 577 ECO
ISBN: 9781615305568
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
An introduction to ecology, discussing the nature of ecology, describing how scientists study the natural environment, and examining different ecosystems, ecological communities and how communities interact, and related topics.

Here are some titles from our e-book collection. Please click the image below to access these digital titles through our FollettShelf.

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Investigating Earth's Desert, Grassland, and Rainforest Biomes by Sherman Hollar
Call Number: 577 INV
ISBN: 9781615305513
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
An introduction to ecology, discussing the nature of ecology, describing how scientists study the natural environment, and examining different ecosystems, ecological communities and how communities interact, and related topics.
The Facts on File Dictionary of Ecology and the Environment by Jill Bailey
Call Number: 577 FAC
ISBN: 1438109415
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Environmental science is coming into its own as a popular and important field of research while it maintains close links to fields such as biology, Earth science, weather science, and others. The Facts On File Dictionary of Ecology and the Environment

Databases

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Ms. Waechter: Ecosystems