Camas High School Library Information Center

Central or Latin America Pathfinder

Recommended Web Sites
Recommended Print Resources
Available in the CHS Library Information Center

Subscription Web Sites
Country Watch (login = camashs ; makers)
CIA World Factbook
Lands & Peoples (Grolier Online)

Culturegrams Online
World Conflicts Today

 Recommended Free Web Sites
U.N. CyberSchoolBus Infonation
Earthtrends Poverty Resource
World Bank (Click on Countries)
Library of Congress Country Studies
Background Notes online

InfoPlease
Portals to the World
U. S. Census Bureau - International Database

Current Articles
See pathfinder handout for how to smart search:
ProQuest
eLibrary
World Newspapers

Flags
Graphic Maps-Flags
World Flag Database

Desk Resources
Background Notes
Almanacs
Culturegrams
Statistical Abstract of the World

References
Print Encyclopedias
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Nations - REF 910.3 WOR
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life-REF 305.8 WOR
World Book Encyclopedia of People and Places-REF 031 WOR
Countries and Their Cultures-REF 306.03 COU
World Reference Atlas - REF 912 DOR
Flag Books-REF 929.9

Books on Countries for Check Out
Use Alexandria (Library catalog) to look up your individual country
World Today: Latin America - 980 DOS