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School Library holdings
Use the Destiny Card Catalog
Background Notes (State Department)
Culture Grams (Brigham Young)
Statesman's Yearbook
Almanacs (Note: The index to an almanac is in the front of the book.)
Public Library holdings
BCPL Online Catalog
Specific Print Encyclopedias
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture and Daily Life (Gale)
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations (Gale)
People and Places (World Book
Peoples of the World (Gale)
Lands and Peoples (Grolier)
Cultures of the World (Marshall Cavendish)
Encyclopedia of the First World (Facts on File)
Encyclopedia of the Second World (Facts on File)
Encyclopedia of the Third World (Facts on File)
CD-ROM Encyclopedias
Online Encyclopedias
Britannica.com (free access to limited encyclopedia)
Search Strategies (Boolean, Natural Language, etc)
Using the BCPL Online Catalog
Unpacking the "Big" Question (Extracting Key Words
Using Print and CD-ROM Encyclopedias... Advantages of different encyclopedia formats
Using Online Encyclopedias ...See help section on each encyclopedia website
  Internet Resources for Country Research

  Skills

 

databases

Click above to use databases

Evaluating Web sites for Authenticity...This skill lesson would be extremely helpful for evaluating web sites pertaining to the Holocaust.
Using Electric Library...Learn how to search for magazine, newspaper and transcripts.
Comparing Search Tools on the Web...Learn the various search engines and why each produces a different set of results.
Choosing the Best Search Tools for Your Task ...Learn when to use which search engine.
Using the Internet