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Websites |
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Regular Internet Sites
(These sites can be used from home
without a special password.)
The World Factbook (CIA)
U. S. Dept. of
State - Background Notes
Library of Congress
- Country Studies
Visit Europe.com
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Subscription Databases
(To use any of these databases from
home, obtain a login and password from your library media specialist)
CultureGrams
- World Edition
World
Book Online
Student Resource Center Junior
SIRS
Discoverer
World
Geography
(get login and password from the library)
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Baltimore County Public Library Databases
(BCPL library card barcode number needed to access
these.
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Online Interactive Information Service
(Available as a cooperative service
of Maryland libraries)
AskUsNow
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Print Sources
In addition, check for these specific print
reference sources in your library:
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- Background Notes (State Department)
- Culture Grams (Brigham Young)
- Statesman's Yearbook
- Almanacs (Note: The index to an almanac is
in the front of the book.)
- Worldmark Encyclopedia
of Culture and Daily Life
(Gale)
- Worldmark Encyclopedia
of the Nations (Gale)
- People and Places (World Book
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- Peoples of the World (Gale)
- Lands and Peoples (Grolier)
- Cultures of the World (Marshall Cavendish)
- Encyclopedia of the First
World (Facts on File)
- Encyclopedia of the Second
World (Facts on File)
- Encyclopedia of the Third
World (Facts on File)
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