Spanish Speaking Countries

REFERENCE BOOKS / DATABASES: Use the following databases to get reference articles (background, facts, statistics, etc.)

ABC/CLIO Use World Geography and/or Reference ebook Collection

CultureGrams

             Encyclopedia Britannica – Multiple encyclopedias, web sites and periodicals

             Facts.com: World News Digest, especially Country Profiles and World Press Links

             GaleVirtual Reference Library and/or Biography Resource Center

            Grolier Online: Use  Grolier Multimedia, Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre and/or Lands and Peoples

            SIRS Government Reporter for Country Profiles

BOOKS: Look at the reserve of books pulled for this assignment, located on a labeled cart.

Other books, find through the Online Book Catalog

PERIODICAL DATABASES: Use the following databases for magazine and/or newspaper articles:

EBSCOhost - Use MasUltra, Masterfile Premier, and Newspaper Source

Newsbank - Use Access World News, StatBank, Acceda Noticias, Noticias en Espanol

Proquest - Use Platinum Periodicals and Proquest Newspapers

INTERNET SITES:

            South America Outline Map

            South America Color Map

            South America Color Political Map

            South American Travel and Toursim Destinations

            South American Travel Guides

            Country Studies Full-text version of the books published by the U.S. Army and the U.S. Superintendent of Documents. Covers       most countries of the world.

            Background Notes on Countries Provided by the U. S. Department of State, this site includes information on geographic entities and international organizations.

            Atlapedia Profiles of every country in the world. Includes facts and data on geography, climate, people, religion, language and history.

            Library of Congress Global Gateway: World Culture and Resources Portals to world resources, research guides and international collections.

            International Database Provides statistical tables of demographic and socioeconomic facts for 227 countries.

            Fodor's Provides resources for travelers and information on different cities and countries, especially lodging, restaurants and sites for designing and planning vacations.

            CIA World Fact Book Profiles and current statistics on countries.

            CountryReports.org Profiles every nation and province of the world. Provides text, maps, flags, weather, news and the national anthems. Browsable and searchable.

            Nationmaster Contains an overwhelming amoung of useful information, providing country profiles on over 6000 countries, over 3500 maps and many statistics, and includes an interactive feature to generate maps and charts.

           Geographia Homepage In-depth destination guides to over 75 countries, online tourist offices, travel stories, and more.

           National Geographic Expeditions Site dedicated to geographic literacy of history and countries around the world. Includes lesson plans, maps and much more.

           All About Mexico Excellent site providing facts, history, culture, and more from History.com.

           World City Pages offers a wide variety of websites from all over the world, with lots information and services that include entertainment, automotive, travel, real estate, sports, shopping, education, weather and more.

           City Population Site containing the principal cities, nations and agglomerations of the world, with tables and maps.

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