Resources for Nicaragua Research
Mrs. Holmberg’s Spanish II SP
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Library & Reference Books
R 031 ENC v.20 Encyclopedia Americana: Navajo to Opium, 2001.
R 031 NEW v.12 The New Book of Knowledge, 1999.
R 980 CAM The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Latin America and The Caribbean, 1985.
R 980 GOO The Grolier Global Studies Library: Latin America, 7th ed., 1996.
972.85 GRI Major World Nations: Nicaragua by John Griffiths, 1999.
972.85 KOT Cultures of the World: Nicaragua by Jennifer Knott, 1997.
Online Resources
*ProQuest CultureGrams MHS has access to this site on a trial basis. Concise, reliable, up-to-date country reports on 182 cultures of the world. Password: welcome. http://trials.proquest.com/proquest/servlet/TrialsController?userid=1508198
*ProQuest eLibrary Curriculum Edition MHS has access to this site on a trial basis. Find the answers you need from more than 2,500 full-text and multimedia sources. Password: welcome http://trials.proquest.com/proquest/servlet/TrialsController?userid=1508198
*Wikipeida, the free encyclopedia: Search Nicaruaga, Sandinista, Hurricane Mitch, Nicaraguan authors, Mosquito Coast, etc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
The World Factbook . Produced by CIA's Directorate of Intelligence. The Factbook is a comprehensive resource of facts and statistics on more than 250 countries and other entities http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/nu.html
Library of Congress’ Federal Research Division Area Studies Handbook-Nicaragua Scholarly handbook, part of the Area Handbook/Country Studies series of the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. Provides information (as of 1993) about the history, culture, economy, and sociopolitical structure of Nicaragua. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/nitoc.html
Volcano World - Momotombo, Nicaragua - Discusses the physical characteristics and eruption history of the Momotombo volcano. Includes a photo and a bibliography. http://www.volcanoworld.org/vwdocs/current_volcs/momotombo/momotombo.html
BBC Coverage of Nicaraguan Earthquake http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/23/newsid_2540000/2540045.stm
The Nobel Peace Prize Official Site Nobelprize.org contains information on all 776 Prize Winners to date. Here you get to know the Prize Winners through Nobel Lectures, interviews, speeches, articles, and much more. http://www.nobelprize.org
Citing your Sources
When citing book any type of source, make sure you follow MLA format
Redwood High School’s Research handbook http://rhslibrary.org/citing_sources.htm
Citing Wikipedia in MLA Format http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_Wikipedia
Compiled by Sarah Bosler, Library Media Teacher, Montclair High School 10/18/05