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Country Guide: useful materials for researching countries

Online Resources

Find out about the lives of political leaders or search for famous people by nationality. Remote link to Biography Resource Center
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Logo and link to Daily Life OnlineDaily Life through History includes overviews of different time periods and year by year chronologies.

Remote link to Greenwood Daily Life
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Find current articles about your selected country here. Remote link to General Reference Center Gold
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Basic encyclopedia articles on geography and cultures.

Remote link to Lands and Peoples
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Link to our newspaper page.Chicago Sun Times, Chicago Tribune, Daily Herald, New York Times, Wall Street Journal for current information about the country, and the historical versions of the Tribune and Times for older information.

Remote link to Lands and Peoples
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Virtual Reference Library Online version of a collection of
               Gale                       
history reference books.
Remote link to Vietnam War Reference Library
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Logo and link to World Book EncyclopediaUp-to-date facts from the online version of the print encyclopedia.

Remote link to World Book Encyclopedia
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Reference Books

Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History

Chronology of World History

Countries and Their Cultures

Encyclopedia of Religion

Europa World Year Book

Encyclopedia of Holidays and Celebrations: A Country-by Country Guide the World

Nations of the World

The Statesman’s Year-book

Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life

World Book Encyclopedia

 
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Materials for Checkout

Consult the catalog or a librarian for assistance in finding items about countries or regions not listed below. These call numbers may be used in the youth and adult departments, as well as for videos and DVDs (if available).

Europe 940s

Austria

943.6
England 941
France 944
Germany 943
Greece 949.5
Ireland 941.5
Italy 945
Netherlands 949.2
Poland 943.8
Portugal 946.9
Romania 949.8
Russia 947
Spain 946
Scotland 941.1
Sweden 948.5
Wales 942.9
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Asia

950s

China 951
Hong Kong 951.25
India 954
Indonesia 959.86
Iran 955
Iraq 956.7
Israel 956.9405
Japan 952
Jordan 956.95
Laos 959.4
Nepal 954.96
Philippines 959.6
Singapore 959.97
Thailand 959.3
Turkey 956.1
Vietnam 959.7
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Africa 960s
Congo 967.51
Egypt 962
Ethiopia 963.06
Ghana 966.7
Morocco 964
Namibia 968.81
Nigeria 966.9
Somalia 967.73
South Africa 968
Zimbabwe 968.91

 

North and Central America

970s
Bahamas 972.96
Canada 971
Costa Rica 972.86
Cuba 972.91
Dominican Republic 972.93
Guatemala 972.81
El Salvador 972.84
Haiti 972.94
Jamaica 972.92
Mexico 972
United States 973
 
South America 980s
Argentina 982
Brazil 981
Bolivia 984
Chile 983
Columbia 986
Ecuador 986.6
Paraguay 989.2
Peru 985
Venezuela 987

 

Other Areas 990s
Australia 994
New Zealand 983
Antarctica 998.9
 
 

Free Internet Sources

BBC Country Profiles - Guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions.

CIA World Fact Book - Annual publication of the Central Intelligence Agency of the U.S. with two to three page summaries of countries and location of the world.

Information Please Almanac – Basic country information including national flags.

Library of Congress Country Studies - Description and analysis of history and social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.

Lonely Planet Destinations Guide – Profiles of special interest to the traveler.

National Geographic Country Profiles - Brief profiles with photos and maps.

U.S. State Department Country Information – Profile regularly updated by the department’s regional bureaus.

World Atlas – Profiles with printable maps.

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