Safari Catalog
Use a keyword search in the library catalog. 

Type in the name of the country you are looking for. 

The books published by Marshall Cavendish or Childrens Press are excellent resources.

Reference books

REF 031 WOR  The World Book

REF 305.8 WOR Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life

REF 320.3 PIO  Governments of the World

REF 320.4 COU  Countries of the World

REF 903 WOR Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations

Information Databases 

Encyclopedia Britannica

SIRS: CIA World Fact Book is found in Country Profiles

Student Resource Center: Type in the name of the country you are looking for.  Check the Overview Essays and look for the “country overview” or the “culture overview”. World Mark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life available online here.

Specific Web Sites For Travel Information, Maps, and other information

                you might want to see if your country has a web page

National Geographic

Travel Warnings  Bureau of Consular Affairs   Find out if it's safe to travel.

Currency Converter

Excite Travel Search  Travel guides for over 14,000 destinations.

Expedia   An online travel service from the Microsoft Network

Frommer's Guides to Travel    Many African nations not listed.

The Library of Congress Country Studies

World Fact Book

Maps:
Geography@About.com   An excellent site for maps.

Google.com (then select) Images - also good for maps.