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Grolier Online includes the following databases: Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Mulitmedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, The New Book of Popular Science, Lands and Peoples, and America the Beautiful. A username and password must be entered if accessing this resource from home. |
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| Sirs Discoverer Deluxe | This database includes full-text articles from magazines, newspapers & government documents, as well as The World Almanac for Kids, Webster's Dictionary and Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. | |||
These
are background notes the U.S. State Department puts together
on countries. |
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| Fact Monster | Click on the World link and then select a topic from the almanac. | |||
The Library of Congress, our nation's
library, is a great source for information. |
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This link
is a website about travel. It provides wonderful maps as well
as information on currency, places to visit, how to get around
the country and travel warnings. Either choose your country from
the map or the pull down menu. |
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Provides information on each country as well as maps,
flags, and lots more. |
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Provides national-level information
on countries, territories, and dependencies, but not subnational
administrative units within a country. |
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| Ethnic Foods | Recipes and informational articles about ethnic foods and regional dishes from many countries and areas. | |||
| Ethnic Foods | Contains many unique ethnic foods and recipes. | |||
The web sites listed below have translation tools to help you learn a few phrases in your selected country. |
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| Babel Fish | Foreignword.com | Google Language Tools | Jennifer's Language Page | |