You must not judge people by their country. In South America, it is always wise to judge people by their altitude.

Paul Theroux (b. 1941), U.S. novelist, travel writer. Quoting an old lady’s advice, in The Old Patagonian Express (1979).

“What makes this place unique in the world?”

“Why should anyone spend the time and money to travel to this place?”

We have books on your topics in the library, both in the stacks and in the reference room; do a keyword and subject search for your country, and put it in quotation marks (e.g. "Brazil").  We have some on reserve for you.  As well, you should look at our online resources, including SIRS Researcher, Britannica 2000, and Worldbook 2000.

Many of your specific topics are not listed, yet you will find plenty of information on the other pages about all your topics.  Remember that you need to use at least 2 books, 2 magazine articles and 2 original online articles.   The Five themes of geography are listed here.

Also, you may want to take advantage of our trial subscription to EBSCO online.  However, you will have to do some digging here to find the kind of information you need.  Try the web pages first.

Finally, if you do your own search, you should use Yahoo! first, as it lists topics much more completely and accurately than if you use an open search engine like Google.

As always, if you need any help, please see me.  The list below is just to get you started; it is not complete.

GENERAL INFORMATION

CARIBBEAN

SOUTH AMERICA (including some info on Central America)

MEXICO

UNITED STATES

CANADA