LIBRARY RESOURCES ON RESERVE- Culturgrams in print and on CD
- Latin America: History and Culture, 4 vols.
- Countries and Their Cultures
- (Gale reference)
- Books on individual countries
- Use the OPAC (our online library catalog)
- World Almanac 2005
- DK World Reference Atlas
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Columbia Encyclopedia Online
http://www.bartleby.com/65
SOURCES FOR PICTURES
Wikimedia Commons
Google Image Search
GATEWAYS TO COUNTRIES
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- CIA --The World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
- Select your country from the pull-down menu.
- Lonely Planet World Guide
- Click on Central or South America, then your country.
- Infoplease.com
- National Geographic Magazine Search
- Remember, the library has the actual magazines 1960- , plus the CD collection 1898-.
SPECIAL TOPICS
- Weather
- World Climate http://www.worldclimate.com.
What is the climate normally like in your country? Type in a city to find out.
- Festivals and Events Around the World
- http://www.festivals.com/search/map.aspx
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Click on the map.
- Flags
- World Flag Database http://www.flags.net
- Currency
- Universal Currency Converter http://www.xe.net.
Scroll down to the Quick Currency Converter.
- Health Tips and Alerts
- National Center for Disease Control (CDC) Travelers' Health. Choose a region from the pull-down menu.
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Weighing Travel Websites
-- A Pop Quiz
Websites -- Yea or Nay
GREAT SITES
FOR SPECIFIC COUNTRIES
- Argentina
- Student suggestion, please.
- Belize
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- Chile
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- Columbia
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- Costa Rica
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- Cuba
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- Dominican Republic
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- Ecuador
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- El Salvador
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- Guatemala
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- Guyana
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- Nicaragua
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- Panama
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- Paraguay
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- Peru
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- Puerto Rico
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- Suriname
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- Uruguay
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- Venezuela
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