Use the following materials to locate information on your country or topic:
General encyclopedias such as World Book (REF 031)
Almanacs (REF 032.02)
The World Guide (REF 032.02)
Geographic encyclopedias such as Countries of the World and Their Leaders Yearbook
(REF 909)
You may also use the library catalogue (Start, EPS Applications, Library Catalogue) to search for materials on your country or topic.
Links to a variety of sites on countries.
The Online Reference Centre includes
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Electric Library (includes newspaper and magazine articles) |
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Grolier (includes Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, New Book of Knowledge, Encyclopedia Americana, Lands and Peoples). Start with Lands and Peoples. Use the Atlas to get a map for your country. |
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
A dynamic online library of current event topics drawing from the acclaimed
social issues print series published by Greenhaven Press. OVRC unique
features include Topic Overviews and exclusive online access to Gale's
Information Plus reference program.
| Go to http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/edmo21275 |
| Enter the password you get from library staff. |
| Go to Opposing Viewpoints Center. |
These are collections of sites collected and organized into topics by information professionals.
George C. Gordon Library Evaluating Web Resources Checklist
http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Help/PDF/evalchecklist.pdf
Evaluating Internet Research Sources
Robert Harris developed the CARS approach to determine quality of information (material applies not only to information found on the Internet)
| Credibility – authoritative |
| Accuracy – correct, current, gives the whole truth |
| Reasonableness – fair, balanced, objective |
| Support – supplies documentation |
Taken from Harris, Robert. "Evaluating Internet Research Sources." VirtualSalt. 17 Nov. 1997. 02 April 2002. Used with permission. http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm
Go to Countries of the World for a variety of useful sites, or use these:
CIA World Factbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
The United Nations
http://www.un.org/english/
United Nations Aids Panel on Africa
http://www.unaids.org/
CNN
http://cnn.com
BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice
UNICEF
http://www.unicef.org/
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/front.htm
World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/
International Monetary Fund
http://www.imf.org/
World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/en/
CIDA
http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/INDEX-E.HTM
Oxfam
http://www.oxfam.org/eng/
The Guardian Newspaper
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
The David Suzuki Foundation
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/
Greenpeace Canada
http://www.greenpeace.ca/e/index.php
Sierra Fund
http://www.sierralegal.org/
World Wildlife Fund
http://www.panda.org/
Food and Agriculture Organization
http://www.fao.org/
Amnesty International (Canada)
http://www.amnesty.ca
International Committee of the Red Cross
http://www.icrc.org
UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees)
http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home
International Court of Justice
http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/library/cijwww/
ICTY (International Criminal Tribunal for the Former
Yugoslavia)
http://www.un.org/icty/
London Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
World Newspapers
http://www.world-newspapers.com/
EasyBib
A painless way to do a bibliography (MLA style only. Just cut and paste (or
type) your information (title, author, URL, etc.) and EasyBib supplies the
appropriate formatting including punctuation, spacing, correct order of entries,
etc.
Use the Citing Sources page for other citation styles.
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