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Full length journal, magazine and newspaper articles can be found in our online article collections.


If a book or article cannot be found in PVAMU's resources, it can usually be borrowed from another library. Fill out the Interlibrary Loan form, and please note that it may take several weeks to receive the item.

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Material on different countries can be found in numerous areas in the library. Search the PVAMU Libraries Online Catalog for individual country names or the word "geography" . You'll find useful statistics and background information in the following books, which are located in the Reference area on the first floor of the Library:

• The World Book Encyclopedia. REF AE5 .W55 1996
• Africa South of the Sahara 2001. REF DT 351 A4 2001
• Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life REF GN333 .W67 1998

Encyclopedia of the Third World REF HC59.7K87 1992


Websites

• State of the World's Children (UNICEF) - http://www.unicef.org/sowc02/
• Poverty Net (World Bank) Choose "Data on Poverty" - http://www.worldbank.org/
• Social Indicators of Development (UN) - http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/socind/
• Country Reports on Health, Nutrition, Population, and Poverty (World Bank) - http://web.worldbank.org/
• The World Almanac Online - http://www.2facts.com/stories/digest-home-feature.asp

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• Encyclopedia Americana (atlas) - http://auth.grolier.com/login/go_login.html

 
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