Country Information
Works Cited format
Coming of Age Novels by Country

	BOOKS St. Joseph online catalog Seattle Public Library online catalog King County online catalog
	World Geography (ABC-CLIO) online database of information Username: joseph Password: sj2005 World Geography and Culture (Facts on File) TRIAL USERNAME sjschool PASSWORD jaguars
	Culturegrams -- map, statistics, culture, recipes, famous people Username: ar121sjsea Password: culture @ home Remote Username: 00723DVXXF Remote Password: culture see also Cultural Profiles Project - from Canada
	Grolier Online: Encyclopedia Americana and Grolier Multimedia online USERNAME: sjoseph AND PASSWORD: jaguars To use from HOME register HERE
	World Conflicts Today- explores protracted, unresolved world conflicts, occurring in: * Afghanistan * Basque country (Spain and France) * Chechnya * Colombia * Darfur (Sudan) * Iraq * Jammu and Kashmir * Korean Peninsula * Northern Ireland * Palestinian Territories
	World Factbook (CIA)
	Other Best sites - all around Background Notes - US Department of State Country Profiles - BBC - with timelines link on the right side next to flag and current events lower right Country Studies (Library of Congress - not all countries) dated info, but good historical background Information Please Almanac country information, maps, flags NationMaster.com - current details, issues on every country, comparisons Visual Geography Series books - with links to country information more @ country megasite list, all, plus some on each country (Multnomah PL) Of interest BreathingEarth.net - click on country to see CO2 emissions, births, deaths - interesting MyWonderfulWorld.org - National Geographic Geowalk - click on city for pictures, videos, info and more Virtual tourism - videos, info of specific sites in world countries

by continent/region or area - good country sites

• Arab Gateway - news of the Arab world
• Asia Foundation - see countries link and mulitmedia page
• European Weekly - latest news, issues

Current Events/News -- see also full list at Magazines

• Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch
• FrontPages of 300 world papers - daily- but in language of country but good for pictures
  • interactive world map - Newseum
  • TimeSpace: World interactive world map - Washington Post
• Newspapers online
  • Christian Science Monitor
  • Internet Public Library list/links of newspapers by country
  • New York Times
• OnlineNewspapers.com (US and world)
• World Newspapers.com
• World Press Review - translations of newspapers around world
• Online News services/links to online news
  • CNN.com - search CNN by country
  • GoogleNews.com
  • 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

• Flag Patterns for coloring
• Flags of the World
• World Flag database

Food

• 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

Languages

• Ethnologue.com languages of the world, by country
• Jennifer's Language page - several words and phrases
• Lexicool directory of bilingual and multilingual dictionaries
• Say Hello to the World - with many more
• Thank you in 465 languages

Maps

• All the World Maps a compilation of each nation's maps plus cities
• Climate maps
  • world
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • Latin America
• Globalis - ineractive world perspective - you choose category: climate literacy, education, environment, etc.
  • several other options from United Nations Environment Programme
• World Atlas maps, flags and country information - from About.com
• WorldAtlas.com maps and country information

Money

• Ron Wise's Geographical Directory of World Money - banknotes

Pictures

• Cities around the world - from National Geographic Society Library at U Wisconsin
• MyWonderfulWorld.org - National Geographic
  • Geowalk - click on city for pictures, videos, info and more
  • Virtual tourism - videos, info of specific sites in world countries

Travel Information

• TravelNotes.org 
• Virtual Tourist