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Spanish Speaking Countries

Check the books on display for a book about your country.

Use the World Book Encyclopedia and:

• World Book Online

• Time Magazine Archive

Portals to Country Information

• US Census Bureau: International Data Base http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/
  Population pyramids
• BBC Country Profiles http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/default.stm Summary of information on countries with a strong emphasis on current news. Search by continent and country.
• UNICEF http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/index.html
  Human Development Indicators: information by country
• UN Development Program http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/
• The CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
  Summary of reference material on countries that can be searched by country or topic.
• U.S. Library of Congress Country Studies http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/ (Full books on countries!)
• State Department’s Background Notes http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
• One World - Nations Online http://www.nationsonline.org/
  Portal of gateways to countries includes links to sites on geography, politics, environment, books and cultural information. For some countries newsgroups and search engines are listed. Includes cities of the world.
• Constitutional Rights Foundation Area Studies Links http://www.crf-usa.org/research-links/area-studies.html
• Atlapedia Online http://www.atlapedia.com/
• World Statesmen.org http://www.worldstatesmen.org/
• InfoNation (United Nations comparisons) http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation3/menu/advanced.asp
• NationMaster http://www.nationmaster.com/
• Ethnologue (information about countries that speak Spanish) http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=spa
• Internet Public Library’s Culturequest http://www.ipl.org/youth/cquest/
• World News.com http://worldnews.com/
• Global Gateway: World Culture and Resources http://international.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.html
• United Nations http://www.un.org/english/
• Globalization101.org http://www.globalization101.org/
• U.S. Global Health Policy http://globalhealth.kff.org/
• What the world thinks about the U.S. (translated foreign news): http://watchingamerica.com/News/

Best Travel Sites

• Lonely Planet’s Destinations http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations
• CNN Travel http://www.cnn.com/TRAVEL
• Expedia http://www.expedia.com/
• Fodors http://www.fodors.com/
• Frommers http://www.frommers.com/destinations/
• Geographia http://www.geographia.com/
• Insight Guides http://www.insightguides.com/
• Planet Rider http://www.planetrider.com/
• PlanetWare.com (travel photos) http://www.planetware.com/slidesho.htm
• World City Guide http://cityguide.lycos.com/
• Yahoo! Travel Countries http://dir.yahoo.com/recreation/travel/by_region/countries/
• Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Travel Updates http://www.voyage.gc.ca/countries_pays/updates_mise-a-jour-eng.asp
• U.S. Department of State Travel Warnings http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis_pa_tw_1168.html
• Google Sightseeing http://www.googlesightseeing.com/