This research guide is a partial list of materials available to assist you as you begin a research
project. The books listed below are shelved in numerical order in the Youth Services
Reference collection.

Ask a Librarian if you have any questions or need assistance.

General Encyclopedias J REFERENCE

at the Homework Center

• New Book of Knowledge
• World Book Encyclopedia
• The Grolier Student Encyclopedia

Country Resources J REFERENCE

J 032.02 WOR World Almanac
J 304.873 AME American Immigration
J 305.8 AME American Immigrant Cultures
J 306.03 JUN Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
J 306.7603 JUN Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cities
J 307.7603 NES Encyclopedia of World Cities
J 310 KUR Illustrated Book of World Rankings
J 320.3 PIO Governments of the World: A Student Companion
J 394.2 WOR World Book’s Celebrations and Rituals Around the World
J 394.26 CAR Festivals, Family and Food
J 394.26 FOL Folklore of World Holidays
J 394.2603 JUN Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Holidays
J 641.3 JUN Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods and Recipes of the World
J 641.5 ALB The Multicultural Cookbook for Students
J 903 WOR Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations
J 910 LAN Lands and Peoples
J 910 WOR World Book Encyclopedia of People and Places
J 910.0203 JUN Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography
J 910.3 ENC Encyclopedia of World Geography
J 910.3 JUN Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations
J 912 GEO* Encyclopedic World Atlas
J 912 MAP* Maps of the World
J 912 MAP Maps on File
J 912 WOR* World Book Atlas
J 929.92 FLA Flags of the World
J 940.03 PEO Peoples of Europe

* Located on the Atlas Stand

Magazines

Additional information may be found in this magazines:

• Faces

Computer Catalog Subject Headings

Continue your research by searching these headings:

• France
• Switzerland
• Each country name

Ask a Librarian for additional subject headings.

Browsing the Shelves

Information can be found in different shelf locations based on the subject area. Below is just a small sampling of subject areas. Ask a Librarian for additional locations.

J 94…— Europe
J 95…— Asia
J 96…— Africa
J 97…— United States
J 98…— South America

Electronic Resources & Internet Searches

• Expand your research by searching the online encyclopedias and databases.
• Find Internet sites using Internet Links: Resources for Homework.
• Internet access at the Library is available to students who are registered with a signed Internet Use Permission Form on file.
• Each resource has a different search strategy, so be sure to ask a Librarian to assist you.

Printing articles at the Library:

Black & white at 10¢ a page
Color at $1.00 a page
Email to your home address at no cost

revised 10/04

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