Your Dream Vacation

Databases:

World Geography Database
http://www.worldgeography.abc-clio.com
Don't forget to check your Directions Sheet for username and password.

Grolier Online
http://www.nmrls.org/answers/dbnoble.html
Under "Select a Database," choose Grolier Online and click on "Go." See Directions Sheet for MA Library Card ID, which you will need if you access this online encyclopedia at home. After keying in the correct number, click on Grolier Online again. Key in the name of your country in the space provided.

Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Nations Electronic Book
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/danv55816?db=GVRl
Don't forget to check your Directions Sheet for password information.

Free Web:

CIA World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Click on your country in the menu under Select a Country or Location. Click on Flags of the World on the home page to see your country's flag and read a description of it.

TradePort
http://www.tradeport.org/countries/
Country profiles from World Trade Press. Click on your country for facts on the people, education, geography, imports, exports, other economic facts.

The UC Atlas of Global Inequality
http://ucatlas.ucsc.edu
Explore this site using the menu on the left or check the Site Map in the upper right.

Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography
A great source for maps and flags and other information. Click on the country or continent that you are studying.

Country Profiles from the BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm
Use the drop-down menu under the correct continent or area of the world. You'll find information on the history, politics, and economic background of individual countries.

InfoPlease Countries of the World
http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html
Click on the name of your country. Explore the links from your country page for maps, Almanac information on population and culture, and encyclopedia articles on the land and people.

World Atlas
http://worldatlas.com/
Click on enter, then the correct continent. Then click on the name of your country to find facts and figures, and maps.

Yahoo Finance
http://finance.yahoo.com/currency
View exchange rates for top currencies and convert currencies from over 100 countries.

FXConverter
http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic
Currency converter for more than 164 currencies.

Lonely Planet World Guide
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/
Click on the map in the center of the homepage: either Africa or the Pacific. If you click in "the Pacific" you will see a drop-down menu on the next page under "Explore" and you will see Australia and many other areas you can choose. This is a great site for locating your country on a map. It shows your country's location in color in the context of the rest of the continent or land area. Click on your country's name next and you will find travel information.

CNN Travel
http://www.cnn.com/TRAVEL/
Beside "SEARCH" click on "CNN.COM" and key in the name of your country. Check out the links it brings you to for travel information.

 

 

This site was last updated on September 7, 2010 10:21 PM by Mrs. Woo, Librarian

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