Santa Clara County Library - Paleontology Resources


Paleontology
Fossils, Dinosaurs, and More! Paleontology: The branch of science that deals with extinct and fossil humans, animals, and plants, or more generally with evidence of organic life during the geological past. (Source: Oxford English Dictionary)

Dig for Information About Paleontology

		The Tales Fossils Tell by Jonathan R. Gallant	Graveyards of the Dinosaurs: What It's Like to Discover Prehistoric Creatures by Shelley Tanaka
		Stories in Stone: The World of Animal Fossils by Jo S. Kitting	Dinosaur Parents, Dinosaur Young: Uncovering the Mystery of Dinosaur Families by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
		Bones Rock! Everything You Need to Know to be a Paleontologist by Peter Larson and Kristin Donnan	A Nest of Dinosaurs: The Story of Oviraptor by Mark A. Norell and Lowell Dingus
		Fossil by Paul D. Taylor	A Dinosaur Named Sue: The Story of the Colossal Fossil: The World's Most Complete T. Rex by Pat Relf
		Collecting Fossils: Hold Prehistory in the Palm of Your Hand by Steve Parker	Tracking Dinosaurs in the Gobi by Margery Facklam
		Dinosaur Mummies: Beyond Bare-Bones Fossils by Kelly Milner Halls	Woolly Mammoth: Life, Death, and Rediscovery by Windsor Chorlton
		Paleo Sharks: Survival of the Strangest by Timothy J. Bradley	How Dinosaurs Took Flight by Christopher Sloan
		Paleo Bugs: Survival of the Creepiest by Timothy J. Bradley	Dinomummy: The Life, Death, and Discovery of Dakota, a Dinosaur From Hell Creek by Phillip Lars Manning
*Did you know?* The oldest fossil that scientists have found is from a small, two-legged animal that lived 228 million years ago! (Source: AMNH)

Fossil Hunters: Paleontologists

		Reading Between the Bones: The Pioneers of Dinosaur Paleontology by Susan Clinton	Dragon Bones and Dinosaur Eggs: A Photobiography of Explorer Roy Chapman Andrews by Ann Bausum
		Secrets from the Rocks: Dinosaur Hunting with Roy Chapman Andrews by Albert Marrin	Jack Horner: Living with Dinosaurs by Don Lessem
		Curious Bones: Mary Anning and the Birth of Paleontology by Thomas W. Goodhue	The Mystery of the Mammoth Bones: And How It Was Solved by James Cross Giblin
		American Dinosaur Hunters by Nathan Aaseng	Barnum Brown: Dinosaur Hunter by David Sheldon
		Dinosaur Bone War: Cope and Marsh's Fossil Feud by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel	The Albertosaurus Mystery: Philip Currie's Hunt in the Badlands by T. V. Padma
*Did you know?* Sharks and cockroaches are older than dinosaurs. They were on the Earth before dinosaurs existed! (Source: AMNH)

Online Databases

Access online journal, magazine, encyclopedia, and newspaper articles free within the library or from home by using online databases. From home, use your Santa Clara County library card number and PIN number as passwords. Click here to view a list of online resources. You may also access a database by clicking on its graphic below.


Student Resource Center: Click on the "Student Resource Center" graphic to enter the database. Learn about paleontology by entering terms such as "Mary Anning," "Jack Horner," "fossils," "paleontology," or "paleontologists" into the search box labeled, "Enter Search Terms." Click on the search button once you have entered a term into the search box. You will be presented with a list of articles. Click on the title of an article to receive the article.


eLibrary Elementary: Click on the "eLibrary Elementary" graphic to enter the database. Type "paleontology" into the search box labeled, "Type in a word or question." Then, click on the word, "Start." You will be presented with a list of articles. Click on the title of an article to view the article.

Grolier Online Multimedia Encyclopedia: Click on the "Grolier Online Passport" graphic to enter the database. On the left side of the page, there is a list of resources. Scroll down and click on "The New Book of Popular Science." You will be taken to the science resource area of the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. Type "paleontology" into the search box labeled, "Find It Fast." Then, click the "Go" button. You will be presented with a list of articles. Click on the title of an article to receive the article.

*Did you know?* Some dinosaurs survived extinction by evolving into birds. (Source: AMNH)

Stories about Paleontology and Dinosaurs

		The Enormous Egg by Oliver Butterworth	The Dragon in the Cliff: A Novel Based on the Life of Mary Anning by Sheila Cole
		Scrambled Eggs by B. B. Calhoun	Dinosaur Habitat by Helen V. Griffith
		Stolen Bones: A Novel by Joan Davenport Carris	Dinoverse by Scott Ciencin

*Did you know?* When the dinosaurs lived, the Earth had just one large continent. Over time, this huge land mass broke apart into the seven continents that we live on today. (Source: AMNH)

Web Sites with Dinosaur Fossils and More!

1. University of California, Berkeley
	a. The Museum of Paleontology b. Dinosauria c . Paleontology: K-12 Resources c . Big Dinos (Lawrence Hall of Science)
2. The American Museum of Natural History
	a. Paleontology: The Big Dig for Kids b. The Division of Paleontology c. Fossil Halls
3. National Science Foundation: The Paleontology Portal
4. Paleontological Research Institution
	a. I Want to be a Paleontologist: Advice for Students and Parents b. The Collections: Photos of Fossils
5. The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology: Paleo Profiles: Who Are the People of the SVP?
6. Page Museum: La Brea Tar Pits
7. Britannica Presents: Discovering Dinosaurs
8. Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Dinosphere
9. World's First Dinosaur Skeleton: Hadrosaurus Foulkii
10. The BBC: Walking with Dinosaurs
11. The Dino Dictionary: http://dinodictionary.com/
*Did you know?* In the 1920s, paleontologists working in Mongolia's Gobi Desert discovered the fossil remains of a Protoceratops, which was a dinosaur that weighed about 500 pounds. It had been buried alive in an avalanche of sand 80 million years ago! (Source: AMNH)

Bay Area Natural History Museums

. Lawrence Hall of Science
	Centennial Drive, Berkeley, CA 94720 510-642-5132, http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/
. California Academy of Sciences
	875 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-3009 415-321-8000, http://www.calacademy.org/naturalhistory/
. University of California, Berkeley: Cal Day
	Museum of Paleontology, 510-642-1821 1101 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720-4780 http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/museum/publicexhibits.html
. Oakland Museum of CA
	1000 Oak Street, Oakland, CA 94607 510-238-2200, http://www.museumca.org/index.html

*Did you know?* Fossils can be many things. Bones, teeth, shells, leaf impressions, nests, footprints, and other objects can all be fossils. Fossils are the remains or traces of ancient life. Fossils are usually buried in rocks, and they help us learn how animals changed over time. (Source: AMNH)

For Younger Dinophiles, see Dinosaurs!
Children's Services Santa Clara County Library 2007