French I Country Report

A Guide to Library Resources

Encyclopedias:

Fabulous for all the basic information plus maps.

World Book and Encyclopedia Britannica   REF 031

Check the index for your country--it may be that information about a small country or a territory will be in a larger article.

Britannica is also available online.   Go to the library's home page:

http://www.cdschool.org/library/LibraryHome.htm .

Atlases:

We have several world atlases.   Find them in the Reference section at REF 912.

Online Resources:

CIA World Factbook :

Your tax dollar at work!   Key facts, statistics, history, maps, demographics, etc. on every country in the world, brought to you by the Central Intelligence Agency.  

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Official Government Web Pages by Country :

Maintained by a British political science teacher, this list links to the official websites of many of the world's countries.

http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/official.htm

Flags of the World

Database of world flags.  Click on the "Pages ordered by country" link to find your country in an alphabetical list.

http://flagspot.net/flags/

Country Studies :

The Library of Congress "presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of selected countries throughout the world."

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

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