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World Geography and Culture Online
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  • ONLINE DATABASE
  • Authored by: Facts On File, Inc.
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  • ISBN-10: 0816043795
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-4379-8
  • Status: In Stock
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  • Imprint: Facts On File
  • Published: 03/01/2000
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Summary

The Definitive Resource for Studying the Geography and Cultures of the World

World Geography and Culture Online enhances the study of countries, places, peoples, and geography concepts and skills. This comprehensive reference site makes it easy to study all aspects of a country, with facts at a glance and in-depth coverage through country entries, maps, flags, images, statistics, news articles, a gazetteer, and more. In addition, comprehensive entries about the U.S. states are also available. Ideal for history and geography classrooms and projects as well as for general country and U.S. state research, this online resource features an easy-to-navigate interface, search and browse tools, and tabbed search results.

Highlights:

  • Country entries: descriptions of more than 200 countries, with information on geography, people and culture, weather and climate, history, government, and society; maps and flags; facts and figures; images; and news articles
  • U.S. state profiles: descriptions of all 50 states and Washington, D.C., with political, outline, elevation, and locator maps; city and geographical features maps; flags; facts and figures; government information; biographies; timeline; and images
  • Maps: more than 1,300 easy-to-read political, elevation, and outline maps; regional geographic and thematic maps; city, state, and physical features maps; and more
  • Compare and rank tools: tools that compare and rank countries or U.S. states by a variety of criteria
  • News articles, updated regularly.

Features:

  • Gazetteer
  • Geography concepts and principles
  • Maps, flags, and images
  • Geography glossary
  • Conversion calculator
  • "Did You Mean...?" search feature
  • Persistent record links
  • Dynamic citations in MLA and Chicago Manual of Style formats.

Reviews and Awards

"...not only provides an incredible amount of appropriate and accurate material but also the tools that allow students to work with all the data."


Booklist

"...[an] incredible amount of appropriate and accurate material...This user-friendly and curriculum-aligned resource is highly recommended as a teaching and learning tool for all libraries that serve students in middle and high school."


Booklist

"...very useful for students, teachers, and librarians. Young researchers can use it to find in-depth coverage or for quick facts."


American Reference Books Annual

"...attractive...both novice and expert researchers will be able to make good use of the tools it provides...will be enormously helpful to students seeking topics for research, and the imaginative presentation of data here might just entice the science-wary into the field of geography at an early age...A well-conceived and well-designed geographical reference, World Geography and Culture Online is strongly recommended for public, community college, and school libraries."


Library Journal

"...an excellent reference source...Highly Recommended."


Library Media Connection

"...enormously helpful to students seeking topics for research. Most compelling, the imaginative presentation of data here might just entice the science-wary into the field of geography at an early age."


Library Journal

"...[a] rich resource...suitable for an academic level audience, but can be used by others requiring this type of information...unique...a wonderful resource that would benefit any academic university. It is easy to use and well worth the price...highly recommend[ed]..."


Reference Reviews

"Editors' Choice Reference Source"


- Booklist/RBB

"Best Reference Source"


- Library Journal

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