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World Geography (ABC-CLIO) online database of information
for access from home Username: joseph Password: sj2005
Encyclopedias - for first time users (from home) to register
Best sites - all around
- Country Profiles - BBC
- Country Reports.org Country information "Eradicate Conflict by Increasing Cultural Awareness" like CultureGram info
- Country Studies (Library of Congress - not all countries)
- Culturegrams Online- from Seattle Public Library (need SPL library card numger)
- Global Incident Map - updates every 300 seconds to identify critical incidents everywhere in the world
- Information Please Almanac country information, maps, flags
- MyWonderfulWorld.org - National Geographic
  - Geowalk - click on city for pcitues, videos, info and more
  - Virtual tourism - videos, info of specific sites in world countries
- NationMaster.com - current details, issues on every country, comparisons
- Portals to the World selective- list of links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world, arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories. (Library of Congress)
- World Factbook 2007 (CIA)

by continent/region or area - good country sites

Country profiles and information -
more @ country megasite list, all, plus some on each country (Multnomah PL)

Altapedia brief country information
Country Briefings (forecasts, economic and political profiles, core statistics, essential recent articles and in-depth surveys from The Economist)
Country Profile - brief overview with interesting audio/video clips from BBC News, focus on media, TV,and political leaders
Cultural Profiles Project Canadian based, "what life is like", an overview with sections on work, food, holidays, family life, spirituality, communication, education, sports and recreation, landscape and climate, history, health care, and arts and literature
History of the World by country, links from About.com
INCORE internet resources on conflict and ethnicity in each country/region
NationalGeographic online index only, but we have magazines for pictures
Statistical Resources on the Net A directory of statistical resources in many areas and subjects
World Bank Countries and Regions regional overviews, economics and statistics for "borrowing countries" - with links to country sites

Governments and politics

Foreign Government Resources on the Net
Law and Government Resources
Governments on the WWW governmental institutions
Political Resources on the Net political sites sorted by country, with links to Parties, Organizations, Governments, Media

Current Events/News

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch
Newspapers online
- Christian Science Monitor
- Ecola Newsstand -English language newspapers and magazines by country
- Internet Public Library list/links of newspapers by country
- Kidon Media Link (with international and foreign language)

Online News services/links to online news
- CNN.com - search CNN by country
- GoogleNews.com
- OneWorld.net global perspective with news
- The World - international Public Radio information
- WorldNews.com links to internet news - global news, current events
Opinions/Editorials - Hotspot - searches international editorials, opinions, commentaries and columnists

Flags

Food - see also Grolier's Lands and Peoples and under country click RECIPES

African Cookbook - menus, recipes, culture by country
Cultural Profiles Project Canadian based, "what life is like", an overview with sections on work, food, holidays, family life, spirituality, communication, education, sports and recreation, landscape and climate, history, health care, and arts and literature
Global GourmetBrowse international recipes and cooking traditions by country or region. The recipes database is also searchable.
- by country
- recipe search
International Food links links to food sites for most of the world
World Cuisine Click on the flag for a list of recipes - most countries

Holidays

Landmarks

Languages

Maps

All the World Maps a compilation of each nation's maps plus cities
Climate maps
- European climate map- World book
- About Climates - World Book
Global Incident Map
Maps.com - physical, political, and basic outline map
United Nations Environment Programme - environment and sustainable development.maps
World Atlas maps, flags and country information - from About.com
WorldAtlas.com maps and country information

Money

Pictures

Cities around the world - from National Geographic Society Library at U Wisconsin

Travel Information

Excite Travel Guide - scroll down to Destination Guides by continent, with history and culture, attractions,etc.
Lonely Planet - see left hand column: World Guide Destinations - good information on events, culture
TravelNotes.org
Virtual Tourist

Interesting Information

Homelands Listings of countries or groups of people worldwide who are trying to recover their homelands. The site includes information about the countries as well as publications, media and links having to do with their struggle
Multicultural Calendar Holidays around the world. Search by month, holiday, country, or keywords. Many include recipes, crafts, history of holiday
US Dept. of State Background notes Organized by region and country or international organization, there's a lot more information here than the basic statistical and geographic information located in almanacs. History, government and political conditions
World Health Organization health issues around world
YourNation.com "the site that lets you discover just how different the world is"- compares and ranks countries

St. Joseph School Home Page.

Comments, or complaints? Please email Barb Cutler, Librarian.. Last updated 9/2005