Finding information about the World

Selected Resources in the Albertsons Library to help you find books about countries of the world

Atlases in the cases at the north end of the reference area; maps (street maps of   selected cities) in the map area.
Cities of the world, 5th ed. (ref G153.4 .C57 1999) 4 vols.
Commonwealth Yearbook (ref JN248 .C5912 2004)
Do’s and taboos around the world (ref HF5387 .D66 1993)
Encyclopedia of world cultures (ref GN550 .E53 1991) 10 vols.
Encyclopedia of world geography (ref G133 .E48 2002) 24 vols.
International year book and statesmen’s who’s who (ref JA51 .I57)
Keesings record of world events (ref D410 .K4) [stack 001] news service
Political handbook of the world (ref JF37 .P6 2000/2002)
Statesman’s yearbook (ref JA51 .S7 year) an annual publication
Unique games and sports around the world (ref GV1201.38 .U55 2001)
World geographical encyclopedia (ref G63 .E5213 1995) 5 vols.
World Guide (ref HC59.69 .G843 2005/2006)
Worldmark chronology of the nations (ref G133 .W93 1999) 4 vols.
Worldmark encyclopedia of cultures and daily life (ref GN333 .W67 1998) 4vols.
Worldmark encyclopedia of the nations (ref G63 .W67 2001) 6 vols.
Yearbook United Nations (ref JX1977 .A37Y4 vol. year)

The World Factbook – government document (PREX 3.15: year)

  Examples of reference books for specific areas of the world

French culture and society (ref DC33.7 .F7265 2001)
Modern Germany, (ref DD14 .M64 1998), 2 vols.
Twentieth-century Britain: an encyclopedia, rev. ed. (ref DA566 .T835 2002)
Encyclopedia of modern Asia, (ref DS4 .E53 2002), 6 vols.
Encyclopedia of the modern Middle East & North Africa, 2nd ed (ref DS43 .E53 2004), 4 vols.
Encyclopedia of Africa south of the Sahara, (ref DT351 .E53 1997), 4 vols.
Encyclopedia of contemporary Latin American and Caribbean cultures, (ref F1406.F515 2000), 3 vols.
Encyclopedia of British Columbia (ref F1057 .E53 2000)

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