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Miscellaneous Reference Collections
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- CIA factbook main site. World Factbook, maps are linked to country name, flags shown. Gives in addition to general country information, geographic coordinates, land area, border countries and length of border, length of coast, land use, natural hazards, environmental agreements and issues, birth, death, migration rates, age breakdown, many specifics, Easy to use, advanced information. (www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-
world-factbook/index.html )
- Nation-by-Nation. Brief outlines of world countries including basic information , government, geography, human rights, history, people, and news. (http://www.multieducator.com/nationbynation/Index.html)
- Encyclopedia. Research-It!. Universal translator. Look up various dictionaries -- law, rhyming, pronouncing, Miriam-Webster, computing, thesaurus, biographical search, quotation search; maps, currency converter, CIA factbook. (http://www.itools.com/research-it/research-it.html)
- Geographica Africa. (http://www.geographia.com/indx06.htm)
- Geographica Asia. (http://www.geographia.com/indx04.htm)
- Geographica Caribbean. (http://www.geographia.com/indx02.htm)
- Geographica Europe. (http://www.geographia.com/indx03.htm)
- Geographica Latin America. (http://www.geographia.com/indx05.htm)
- World Atlas. Map and general information and
of highest, lowest, biggest, smallest, tallest, deepest places on planet earth and more!
(http://www.graphicmaps.com/aatlas/world.htm)
- Infoplease world almanac. Countries, world statistics, headline history, geography, disasters, international relations, current events, flags, architecture.
Government: Monarchs of the World, International Relations, Countries with Nuclear Weapons.
Economics: Worldwide Unemployment Figures, Gross Domestic Product Per Capita, Exchange Rates and Currencies.
Travel and Climate: World Cities' Average Daily Temperatures, Current Travel Warnings, Top 40 Tourist Destinations, Air Distances Between World Cities. (http://www.infoplease.com/almanacs.html)
- Flags of All Countries. Most information same as CIA World FactBook site. (http://www.wave.net/upg/immigration/flags.html)
- Country at a glance. Interactive map connects with list of countries in the area. Gives flag, basic information and U.S. embassy address. Available in English, French and Spanish. (http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_glance.htm)
- Internet Public Library. Kidspace. Reference for all areas. Excellent USA reference site, world religion, culture, languages. (http://www.ipl.org/youth)
- Alexandria Digital Library. Map links - universe, earth, and all countries. (http://www.alexandria.ucsb.edu/other-sites/Earth.html)
- Information about all the islands in the world. (http://www.graphicmaps.com/webimage/countrys/io.htm)
- My Virtual Reference desk. (http://www.refdesk.com/index.html)
- Library of Congress in-depth Country Studies. Listed by country. (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html)
last modified July 16, 2007