RESOURCE CHECKLIST FOR SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES
Books on Your Country:
Use the reserve books that have been selected for this assignment OR
Use the online catalog to look for books in our collection.
Reference Books and Specialized Encyclopedic Sets:
Britannica Enciclopedia Universal Ilustrada (R 031 BRI)
World Book Encyclopedia (R 031 WOR)
Encyclopedia of World Cultures (R 305 ENC)
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life (R 305.8)
Countries and Their Cultures (R 306.03 COU) (also in GaleNet's VRL)
Encyclopedia
of World Cities (R 307.76 RES)
Facts About the World's Nations (R 310.58
FAC)
The
Statesman's Yearbook (R 310.58 STA)
World
Almanac and Book of Facts (R 317.3 WOR)
Encyclopedia
of Latin American Politics (R 320.98 ENC)
Culturegrams (R 390 CUL)
Encyclopedia
of Holidays and Celebrations (R 394.26 ENC)
Encyclopedia
of Food and Culture (R 641.3 ENC)
Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Food and Recipes of the World
(R 641.3 JUN)
Artists
from Latin American Countries (R 709.2 ART)
Latin
American and Caribbean Artists of the Modern Era (R 709.2 SHI)
St.
James Guide to Hispanic Artists (R 709.2
ST)
Encyclopedia
of Radio (R 791.44 MUS)
Encyclopedia
of Television, 2nd Ed. (R 791.45
ENC)
Berkshire
Encyclopedia of World Sport (R 796 BER)
Encyclopedia
of Latin American Literature (R 860.09 ENC)
Discovery
and Exploration (R 910 MAR)
World
Travel Guide (R 910.2 WOR)
Lands
and Peoples (R 910.3 LAN)
Peoples
of the World (R 910.3 MOS)
Encyclopedia
of the World's Nations and Cultures (R
910.3 ENC)
Worldmark
Encyclopedia of the Nations (R 910.3 WOR) (also
online in GVRL)
Encyclopedia
of World Geography (R 910.3 ENC)
CIA World Fact Book (R 910.5 WOR)
An Atlas and Survey of Latin American History
(R 911.8 LAR)
Latin
American Writers (R 928 LAT)
Encyclopedia
Latina (R 973.0468 ENC)
A
Reference Guide to Latin American History
(R 980 HEN)
Latin
American History and Culture (R 980.003
ENC)
Latin
American Lives (R 980.003 LAT)
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures (R 980.03 ENC
Subscription
Databases (see library homepage):
Use
the following databases to get reference articles (background information,
facts, statistics and profiles):
ABC/CLIO Use World Geography and/or World History: Modern
Era
Galenet Use the Virtual Reference Library and/or Biography
Resource Center
Facts.com Use
World News Digest, especially Country Profiles and World Press Links
Grolier
Use Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier
Multimedia, Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre and/or Lands and Peoples
SIRS Use Government Reporter for Country Profiles
Use
the following databases for magazine and/or newspaper articles:
EbscoHost Use MasUltra, Newspaper Collection and/or
Masterfile Premier
Newsbank Use Access World News, StatBank, Acceda Noticias,
Noticias en Espanol
Internet
Sites:
South America Color Political Map
South American Travel and Toursim Destinations
For the Library's Web Directory sites that cover all countries click "Geography and Culture"