Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
Categorized Internet Links

Please see the collection of internet links below. The bookmarked sites will grow over the course of the season.

Categorized Internet Links

ACADEMIC RESEARCH

• Google Scholar
• U.S. Department of the Interior Library Subscription Databases

ARCHAEOLOGY

Ethnographic Information

• Native Plant Use

General Site Archaeology

• The Digital Archaeological Record

Interpreting Archaeology

• Archaeology for Educators
• Archaeology for Interpreters

Point Typologies

• California Projectile Points

AUDIO DATABASE

General Audio Resources

• Acoustic Ecology - Soundscapes
• Animal Sound Archive
• Animal Sounds
• Avisoft Bioacoustics
• Bird Songs
• Bird Songs from Around the World - Xeno-Canto
• British Library - Sounds
• Cambridge Street Records - Sound Excerpts
• Cornell Lab of Ornithology - Macaulay Library
• Dane County Conservation League - Wonderful Sound of Nature
• Dan-O Songs - Instrumental Music
• FonoZoo
• Free Sound Effects
• Nature Recordings and Photography
• Nature Songs - Other Animals Sounds
• PacDV - Free Sound Effects
• SoundGator
• Sound Jay - Free Sound Effects
• Western Soundscape Archive
• Wild Sanctuary

CLIMATOLOGY

• Climate Change Causes Graph
• EPA Atmospheric Sciences Modeling Division
• EPA Climate Change Homepage
• EPA Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• EPA "What You Can Do?"
• Gateway to the United Nations' Work on Climate Change
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• National Climatic Data Center
• National Park Service Climate Change
• Pew Center on Global Climate Change
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: Climate Change
• USGCRP Ecosystems
• WHO Climate Change and Health Site

CULTURAL HISTORY

Historic Preservation

• Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
• American Institute of Architects, Historic Resources Committee
• National Council for Preservation Education
• National Council for Public History
• National Park Service: Cultural Resource Publications
• National Park Service: Heritage Documentation Program
• National Park Service: National Register Bulletin
• National Preservation Institute Useful Resources
• National Trust for Historic Preservation
• National Trust for Historic Preservation Blog
• National Trust for Historic Preservation Special Series, "Why Do Old Places Matter?"
• Society of Architectural Historians: Archipedia

Local History

• American Association for State & Local History
• California State Library: California History Section
• California State Parks: Cultural Resources Division
• Library of Congress, American Memory Project
• Library of Congress: Chronicling America/Historic American Newspapers
• National Park Service: Teaching with Historic Places
• National Register of Historic Places
• Online Archive of California
• Yore Sequoia: Area History

Native American Tribes

• California Indian History
• Digital Atlas of California Indian Tribes

Other Native American Sites

• California Native American Heritage Commission

DESIGN

Accessibility

• Guide to ABA Accessibility Standards

IMAGES

Guidance

• Guide to Image Usage Rights

Government Image Library

• Government Resources for Science Images and Videos
• NASA Image Database
• NOAA Photo Library
• NPS Historic Photo Collection - Harpers Ferry Center
• NPS Media Quality Photo Gallery
• NPS Night Sky Gallery
• NPS NPGallery Digital Asset Management System
• USDOI Photo Gallery
• USFWS National Digital Library

Microscopic or Magnified Images

• Microscopy - UK Homepage
• Micscape Magazine
• Scharf Images - Electron Microscope

Nature Images

• CalPhotos
• Forestry Images
• Image Libraries
• Macro Image Library
• NYPL Picture Collection Online
• Treknature Database

University Image Galleries

• Hampshire College Guide to Public Domain Media
• Iowa State Entomology Image Gallery
• MTU TechAlive Support: Image Resources
• University of Texas System: Educational Fair Use Guidelines for Digital Images

Other Image Galleries

• ARTstor
• Flickr - Photo Sharing
• New York Public Library - Digital Collection
• PBase - Photo Database
• Photobucket - Image Sharing
• Smithsonian Institute - Open Access
• Wikipedia: Public Domain Image Resources

NATURAL RESOURCES

Ecosystems - General

• California Ecosystems: Threats and Responses
• Freshwater Animal & Plant Adaptations
• SEKI Natural Features and Ecosystems
• SEKI Park Vegetation
• Wild Tracks World Systems
• Wildlife Conservation Association, Crown of the Continent

Ecosystems - Alpine

• Blue Planet Biomes: Alpine
• Wild Tracks: Alpine Ecosystems

Ecosystems and Ecology - Southern Sierra Nevada

• California Biologist's Handbook
• Ecology of the Rocky Mountains
• Sierra Nevada Bioregion
• Sierra Nevada Ecosystems
• Sierra Nevada Inventory and Monitoring Network
• USFS Research Data Archive

Geology

• Geological Society of America
• Geology.com
• Geology in the National Parks
• Smithsonian Department of Mineral Sciences
• United States Geological Survey
• University of California Museum of Paleontology's Geologic Timescale
• National Geographic Map Database

Invertebrates

• The Arthropod Tree
• Bumblebees
• Butterflies and Moths
• California Fish and Wildlife
• Insects - Reasons for Success
• Smithsonian Bug Info
• Spider Identification
• World List of Marine, Freshwater, and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans

Mammals

• Bats Conservation International
• Big Cats Wild Cats
• Encyclopedia of Life: Mammals
• International Society for Endangered Cats
• Mammals of California Handbook
• Marmots of the World
• National Wildlife Federation
• Small Mammal Specialist Group
• Smithsonian North American Mammals

Plants - General

• California Native Plant Society
• USDA Plant Database

Plants - Fungi

• Forest Fungi
• Fungi Images on the Net
• Mushroom Expert
• Mycologica Resources on the Internet
• MykoWeb
• North American Mycological Association
• The Amazing Kingdom of Fungi
• The Virtual Library
• UW Fungi

Plants - Lichens

• Intro to Lichens
• Lichen Photo Gallery
• Lichens of North America Checklist
• Lichens of Wisconsin
• Live Science
• USFS Lichens

Plants - Other

• Bryophytes - Basic Biology
• Ferns - American Fern Society
• Grasses - Native Grasses of North America
• Slime Molds - Intro to Slime Molds

Plants - Trees

• Arbor Day Foundation Tree Guide
• Trees of the Sierra Nevada
• U.S. Forest Service

Plants - Wildflowers

• Calflora
• Discover Life: Wildflower ID Guide
• Wildflowers of the United States

Reptiles and Amphibians

• AmphibiaWeb
• Amphibian Chytrid Fungus
• BioKids

RECREATION

Hiking

• AllTrails
• Hike734
• Summit Post

SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS

Core

• Camping
• Current Conditions
• History and Culture
• Home Page
• Maps
• Nature
• Plan Your Visit
• Wilderness Permitting

TOOLS (GRAMMAR, POWERPOINT, IT, ETC.)

Conversion Tools

• Unit Converter

General

• Calendars
• NPS Library Information Center
• Sunrise & Sunset Times
• Time & Date
• Wikipedia
• Word Counter

Grammar Tools

• Capitalization Tool
• Grammarly
• Great Books Online
• Merriam-Webster Online
• Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
• The Chicago Manual of Style Online
• Thesaurus

PowerPoint Tools

• Basic Tasks in PowerPoint
• Guides, Tips, & Help
• PowerPoint FAQ List