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Starting
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Guide to Country/Nation
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R E F E R E N C E B O O K S -
Available for your use in the library,
these books
cannot be checked out. |
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R 031 Wor |
The World
Book Encyclopedia |
An excellent
source of country information. |
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306 Cul |
Culturegrams |
Focus on history, lifestyles customs and morés of the world’s
nations.. |
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R 310.58 Sta |
The
Statesman's Yearbook |
Politics,
cultures & economies of each nation; international organizations
& agencies;
weekly round-up of major events for the preceding year. |
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R 310.58 Wor |
World Factbook
(At Reference Desk) |
The CIA's
facts & statistics on each nation. (See the online version below
under Web
Sites). |
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R 903 Wor
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Worldmark
Encyclopedia of the Nations
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Detailed
information in 49 categories from “Location, Size and Extent” to
“Famous” Natives of the profiled nation. |
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R 910.3 Col
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Columbia
Gazetteer |
The world’s cities, places, regions, provinces, oceans, rivers, parks, mountain
ranges,
nuclear plants, military bases, etc. 40,000 U.S. entries. |
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R 910.3 Eur |
Europa World Year Book |
Statistics and contact information for governmental, religious,
financial, judicial, publishing,
transportation and other institutions of a given
country. |
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| F I N D I N G B O O K S
& O T H E R L I B R A R Y M A T E R I A L S/
Dewey Decimal browsing numbers:
310.58,
910.3 |
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In addition to reference books, you may
want to search for other books and materials (videos, audiobooks, etc.) 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 Search Our Catalog.
Good
subject headings for this topic are the names of
countries: Iraq; Sweden; France; etc.
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e B
O O K S |
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You may also
want to check out the collection of thousands of online books (eBooks)
the Library has to offer located on the Web site
www.netlibrary.com. Initially, you must open an account from Library computer terminals,
but you will then be able to use the account from home as well. Search
for employment and career books by the following categories: subject,
title, author. See a reference librarian for more detail.
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| F I N D I N G A R T I C L E S
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The following sources can be used to find magazine articles dealing
with your topic:
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The Readers’ Guide to
Periodical Literature - Adult Reference
R 050 R
Search for articles on a subject within any given year.
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EBSCOhost
and
InfoTrac
OneFile
- Access from the Library or at home using
your library card number at
www.wppl.org.
Search for full text articles on these online databases using your
choice of keywords. You can limit your search to a certain year
or even a certain magazine. |
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For additional information, please see a reference librarian. sk 10/20/06
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