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LIBRARY
Africa/Apartheid Resources |
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| NON-FICTION | |
| 179 LEV | Bigotry |
| 303.3 HAN | Prejudice in the modern world |
| 305.8 DIS | Discrimination : Opposing Viewpoints |
| 921 MAN BEN | Nelson Mandela : the man and the movement |
| 960 AFR | Africa, opposing viewpoints. |
| 960 CUL | Cultural atlas of Africa |
| 960 MUR | Africa |
| 967 VLA | African beginnings |
| 968 FIS | South Africa:1880 to the present |
| 968.004 MAT | Kaffir boy : the true story of a Black youth's coming of age in |
| 968.06 MAN | Long walk to freedom:the autopbiography of Nelson Mandela |
| REFERENCE | |
| REF 305.8 WOR | Worldmark encyclopedia of cultures and daily life |
| REF 323 HUM | Human and civil rights |
| REF 390 CUL | Culturegrams : The Nations Around Us |
| REF 390 GRE | The Greenwood encyclopedia of daily life |
| REF 910.321 WOR | Worldmark encyclopedia of the nations |
| SEARCH TERMS |
| "South Africa" AND history |
| "South Africa" AND culture |
| "South Africa" AND apartheid |
| apartheid OR racism |
| apartheid OR discrimination OR segregation |
| DATABASES |
| CQ Researcher Online |
| CQ Researcher offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy. |
| http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/index.php |
| EBSCO Ultra Online |
| Perhaps the best research tool for literary, fine arts, history, social studies information. If you have an English project, use this site. Be sure to click on Full Text when looking for direct sources and quotes. |
| http://search.epnet.com |
| eLibrary |
| eLibrary Curriculum Edition--the ultimate easy-to-use curriculum and reference resource--delivers one of the largest collections of periodical and digital media content designed specifically for K-12 schools and libraries. |
| http://www.proquestk12.com |
| Encyclopedia Britannica Online |
| Britannica Online School Edition: The most comprehensive K-12 reference resource, with separate units for elementary, middle school, and high school. To access the following additional databases, click on the Additional Britannica Databases button. World Data Analyst : Extensive database of statistics on the nations of the world. Users can create tables, charts, and even export the information to a spreadsheet. |
| www.school.eb.com |
| First Search |
| The most comprehensive database for all subject areas. Take some time to look at this one; it will be well worth the effort. Make sure to choose Wilson SelectPlus before beinning your search. |
| http://firstsearch.oclc.org |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library |
| GVRL is a collection of ebooks that cover the following topics; arts, biography, business, education, environment, history, information and publishing, law, literature, medicine, multcaultural studies, nation and world, religion, science and social science. |
| http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/whea91493 |
| The History Study Center |
| History Study Center is a collection of primary and secondary sources on global history from ancient times to the present day. |
| www.proquestk12.com |
| Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center: Critical Thinking |
| Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is a one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. Drawing on acclaimed series published by Greenhaven Press and other Thomson Gale imprints, OVRC features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites. New |
| http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/whea91493 |
| SEARCH ENGINES |
| Ask.com |
| Ask.com is a search engine that is a result of the merging of Teoma and Ask Jeeves, resulting in one of the world's most powerful and unique search engines. Ask is still the only, major search technology based upon the clustering concept of subject-specific popularity: ExpertRank. In fact, Teoma means "expert" in Gaelic. |
| www.ask.com |
| WEB SITES |
| Bartleby.com: Great Books Online |
| Access to full text of books on the Web, including reference of all sorts. Great general research Website. |
| www.bartleby.com |
| Countries andRegions |
| Provided by the U.S. Department of State, factual information about countries, though some entries are several years old. |
| http://www.state.gov/countries/ |
| Country Studies |
| From the Federal Research division of the Library of Congress, an overview of countries around the world |
| http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html#toc%20 |
| The History of Apartheid in South Africa |
| A short explanation of the history of apartheid in South Africa |
| http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~cale/cs201/apartheid.hist.html |
| National Geographic |
| An online version of the well-respected geographic publication. |
| http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ |
| United Nations |
| The United Nations website covers all aspects of the mission of this international organizatio which is dedicated maintain international peace and security; to develop friendly relations among nations; to cooperate in solving international economic, social, cultural and humanitarian problems and in promoting respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms; and to be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations in attaining these ends. |
| http://www.un.org/ |
| World Factbook |
| Similiar to an almanac, this site gives short factual information about every country of the world |
| https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html |
| MLA SITES |
| http://www.easybib.com |
| The free automatic bibliography composer. Create MLA-style bibliographies, then save them to Word. |
| http://www.northern.wvnet.edu/~tcraig/wc.html |
| Probably the best site for learning how to document sources, both in print and electronic format. Very clear. |
| http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/ |
| Link for documenting sources in research papers. |
| http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html |
| Excellent resource for MLA formatting with many good examples of papers, works cited pages, etc. |
