SPANISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES AND CULTURES

Cultures:  Culturegrams – At the circulation desk

Winnebago Online Catalog:  Keyword or Subject Search – Type in the name of the country

Reference Materials:  

Encyclopedias – a good place to start

Atlases – for maps (see Atlas case)

Almanacs – World Almanac – R 317.3 WOR

Information Please Almanac –R 031.02 INF

Lands and Peoples – R 910 LAN

Statesman’s Yearbook – R 310.5 STA

Worldmark Encyclopedia of Nations –R 910.003 WOR

Periodical Databases:  Locate magazine and newspaper articles

Internet URL:

Spanish Speaking Countries:  Lists the more than 30 countries that are Spanish speaking.

Spanish Speaking Countries Resource List: Lists Spanish speaking countries with all types of information, including foods.

CIA Factbook:  Comprehensive resource of facts and statistics on more than 250 countries.

Recetas de Espana: Excellent introduction to the cuisine of Spain. Has links to other Spanish cooking sites.

Espanol Cuisine: Introduction to the richly diverse cuisine of Spain

A companion site to the one listed above.

Atlapedia Online: Enter the name of a country to find information on location, climate, people, religion, languages, etc,

Search Engines: At any of these search engines, type in the specific country that you have chosen and check out the hits.

Metacrawler

Dogpile

Northernlight

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Mrs. Morante's Spanish Class List Prepared by Mrs. Gwaltney