Pathfinder
for Central and South America
Countries
and Cultures
Print
Resources in the Library
•
A cart
of books on Central and South American Countries will be available.
Ask Mrs. McClintock if you can not find it.
•
Find your
country in these two reference sets, Lands
and Peoples .
(REF
910 ENC) and CultureGrams
(REF
910 CUL). You can photocopy pages on your country.
•
U se
the encyclopedias. Look for your country alphabetically.
***Electronic
Resources:
From
the library website
·
click on GALE
eBooks
·
type in the password
·
Click on Nation
and the World
·
Go to Worldmark
Encyclopedia of the Nations . Type
in your country's name.
Internet
Sites:
Here
are a few great sites that you can use to find information
on your country.
•
:
The Visual
Geography website offers photos, maps and links
on the land, history and culture of many countries.
Altapedia
(http://www.atlapedia.com/)
: This online encyclopedia provides facts, figures
and statistical information about such topics as the history,
people, geography, language, and religion of countries around
the world. 
The
World Factbook (
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook
) : Developed by the C.I.A., this online version
of The World Factbook 1999 Almanac is a quick
reference guide for obtaining basic information about all
the countries of the world. You can find out about each
country's geography, population, government, economy, communications,
transportation, and more
Need
travel information? Try these commercial sites.
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http://www.lonelyplanet.com/
•
http://www.tripadvisor.com/
