Geography+Resources


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Geography Resources ||


 * ===Mrs. Snyder's Resouces for Developing and Developed Countries===

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 * [[image:FactMonster.jpg link="@http://www.factmonster.com/"]] ||
 * [[image:Culturegrams.jpg link="@http://online.culturegrams.com/index.php??"]] ||
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 * ==CIA - The World Factbook== ||
 * ==Human Development Reports== ||
 * ==The World Bank - CO2 Emissions== ||
 * ==CompFight - A Flickr Search Tool== ||
 * ==Pics4Learning== ||

|| Look for some of the BOOKS listed below in the middle school library.
 * ==What PRINT RESOURCES are available?==
 * //Global Organizations: The Arab League, The African Union, The World Health Organization, Greenp////eace, The International Red Cross//
 * //The New Global Society//: //Globalization and Human Rights, Globalization and Labor, Globalization, Language and Culture, Globalization an////d P////overty, Globalization and Development, Globalization and the Physical Environment//
 * //What do we Mean by Human Rights?// series: //Equal Rights, Freedom of Movement, Freedom of Belief, Freedom of Speech, Worker's Rights, Rights in the Home//
 * //Understanding Global Issues// series: //Healthy Cities: Improving Urban Life, Migrants and Refugees, Renewable Energy Sources, World Fishing, What's Next for the U.N.?, Earth's Changing Climate, Globalization of Trade, Avoiding Gridlock, Conquest of Disease// ||


 * ==What HMS Library DATABASES are available?== || media type="custom" key="15425828" ||  || [[image:Culturegrams.jpg width="180" height="75" align="right" caption="Chose Graphs & Charts(at the top) to compare country data." link="@http://online.culturegrams.com/index.php?"]] || [[image:WorldHist.png link="@http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/hers81022?db=WHIC"]] ||
 * [[image:BibCite.jpg]] || media type="custom" key="15425852" ||  || [[image:EBSCO.gif width="180" height="90" align="left" caption="Database of current magazines." link="@http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=uid"]] || [[image:ebooks.jpg width="160" height="160"]] ||


 * ==What is available from the free WEB?== || * CIA - The World Factbook - infant mortality rate, AIDS rate, export diversification, internet users, cell phones, phone lines, and much more.
 * World Food Programme - this website has information regarding hunger in many countries of the world, as well as aid information, such as costs, and even how you can help. At the top of the page, click on the country tab to locate your country of interest.
 * World Health Organization - a variety of health statistics, but this site can be a little difficult to navigate.
 * Earth Trends - Country Profiles - large database with information on many topic.
 * Global Health Facts - find a wide variety of statistics such as doctors, hospital beds, population density, literacy rate, and more.
 * NationMaster - under Facts & Statistics look for the drop down box with "Select Category". Choose a category and refine your search even further by selecting a category in the drop down box below.


 * BrainTrack - universities found in each country.
 * Major Cities Population - find city populations by country.
 * UNICEF - search by country for statistics.
 * Library of Congress - Country Studies- search by country for a large amount of information - written more like an encyclopedia than an almanac.
 * AlertNet - Alerting Humanitarians to Emergencies - search this large database by country - can create comparison charts here too.
 * BBC Country Profiles - search for news and basic statistics
 * Ranking Web of World Universities - shows universities by country, region, and ranking in the world. ||

ONLINE NEWS SOURCES

 * [[image:abcnews.gif link="@http://abcnews.go.com/"]] || [[image:bbc.gif link="@http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/"]] || [[image:cnn.gif link="@http://www.cnn.com/"]] || [[image:foxnews.gif link="@http://www.foxnews.com/"]] || [[image:googlenews.gif]] || [[image:latimes.gif link="@http://www.latimes.com/"]] ||
 * [[image:msnbc.gif link="@http://www.msnbc.msn.com/"]] || [[image:nytimes.gif link="@http://www.nytimes.com/"]] || [[image:refdesk.png width="123" height="57" align="center" link="@http://www.refdesk.com/paper.html"]] || [[image:reuters.gif link="@http://www.reuters.com/"]] || [[image:usatoday.gif link="@http://www.usatoday.com/"]] || [[image:washingtonpost.gif link="@http://www.washingtonpost.com/"]] ||
 * [[image:msnbc.gif link="@http://www.msnbc.msn.com/"]] || [[image:nytimes.gif link="@http://www.nytimes.com/"]] || [[image:refdesk.png width="123" height="57" align="center" link="@http://www.refdesk.com/paper.html"]] || [[image:reuters.gif link="@http://www.reuters.com/"]] || [[image:usatoday.gif link="@http://www.usatoday.com/"]] || [[image:washingtonpost.gif link="@http://www.washingtonpost.com/"]] ||


 * ==ONLINE TOOLS==

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