Explorers

A guide to information at the Elmhurst Public Library

Reference Book

• Explorers and Exploration, edited by Marshall Cavendish Corporation [J Ref 910.9 Exp]

Books

Books on explorers, available for checkout, can be found under the Dewey Decimal call number J 910.9. Books on individual explorers can be found under the call number [J 921], followed by the explorer’s name. For example, the series Spotlight on Explorers and Colonization.

• James Cook [J 921 Cook]
• Henry Hudson [J 921 Hudson]
• Ferdinand Magellan [J 921 Magellan]
• Marco Polo [J 921 Polo]

Encyclopedias

• World Book Encyclopedia More than 25,000 encyclopedia articles for students from grades 4 through 12.
• Student Research Center Includes magazine, journal and newspaper articles, primary source documents, encyclopedias, maps and images.  Tutorial

Web Sites

• Zoom Explorers Brief biographies of men and women who have explored the earth and skies.