Starting Points: Guide to Countries

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Reference – 1^st Floor  
 

The World Book Encyclopedia - R 031 Wor

An excellent source of country information.          

Culturegrams - R 306 Cul

Focus on the history, lifestyles, customs and morés of the world’s nations.   

Whitaker’s Almanack - R 310 Whi

UK centric resource that covers detailed aspects of the region’s political, geographical, and societal affairs.  The latter part of the book contains country profiles that highlight climate, politics, economy, education, media, etc.

                                                                              
The Statesman’s Yearbook - R 310.58 Sta

The politics, cultures and economies of all the nations of the world; information about international organizations and agencies; a week-by-week round-up of major events for the preceding year.                                                          

World Factbook - R 310.58 Wor

Prepared by the CIA, the World Factbook provides categorized facts and statistics on each nation.
                       
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations - R 903 Wor

Detailed information in 49 categories from “Location, Size and Extent” to “Famous” Natives of the profiled nation.                                  

Columbia Gazetteer - R 910.3 ColA comprehensive encyclopedia of the world’s cities, places, regions, provinces, oceans, rivers, parks, mountain ranges, nuclear plants, military bases, etc.  Forty-thousand entries for the U.S. alone.                             
                                                                                                 
The Europa World Year Book - R 910.3 Eur

Statistics and contact information for governmental, religious, financial, judicial, publishing, transportation and other institutions of a given country. 

Finding Additional Material

Dewey Decimal browsing numbers: 310.58, 910.3
You may want to search for other books and materials on your topic.  The best way to find good sources of information is to do a subject search in our Library catalog.  You can access the Library’s online catalog from the Library or home by going to our Web page (www.wppl.org), then to Search Our Catalog in the right hand column.  Good subject headings for this topic are the names of countries: Iraq; Sweden; France; etc.

eBooks
Visit EBSCOhost to search the collection of thousands of eBooks the Library has to offer. Library card required. Contact a reference librarian for additional details.

Articles
The following sources can be used to find magazine articles dealing with your topic:

·            The Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature - Adult Reference  R 050 R
       Search for articles on a subject within any given year.

       EBSCOhost, Infotrac Onefile, and America’s Newspapers - Access from the Library or at home using your library card
       number at www.wppl.org.  Search for full-text articles in these online databases using your choice of keywords. You can limit
       the search to a certain year or even a certain magazine.

Web Sites

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