Online Reference Sources - Travel
- CIA World FactbookInformation on the history, people, geography, communications, transportation, and more for 267 world entities
- Library of Congress Country StudiesCountry profiles include geography, society, transportation, and more
Travel Web Links
- Lonely Planet Travel Guides and Travel InformationIndependent travel advice from a global community of travelers
- Fodor's Travel GuidesInformation on travel destinations from locals. Provides tips on shopping, dining, hotel, and culture topics
- National Geographic TravelFacts, photos, maps and more of popular travel destinations.
- Finding Dulcinea Web Guides - TravelCollection of credible, high-quality and trustworthy Web sites on travel
- Finding Dulcinea Web Guides - Green TravelFinding Dulcinea's guide to travel in a way that benefits you, the community you’ll be visiting and the environment.
- Tourism Offices Worldwide DirectoryContains links and contact information for nearly every governmental tourism office, chamber of commerce, and visitor bureau in the world. Since the sites operated by these organizations are also propaganda tools, you can't expect to find unbiased perspectives on the destinations; regardless, they do provide solid information, ideas, and links.
Online Reference Sources - Climate
- Encyclopædia BritannicaThe online version of your favorite all-encompassing general-knowledge encyclopedia.
- Encyclopedia of Climate and WeatherEach entry features numerous cross references and definitions of weather and climate-related terms as well as additional sources for further study
- Environmental EncyclopediaExamines current environmental issues. Includes a bibliography at the end of each entry
- Encyclopedia of Global ChangeExamines issues of climate change, includes a list of abbreviations, acronyms and symbols
- Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate ChangeExplores major topics related to global warming and climate change-ranging geographically from the North Pole to the South Pole, and thematically from social effects to scientific causes. Note: VERY SCHOLARLY
- Encyclopedia of EarthAn electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society. The EoE is a free, expert-reviewed collection of content contributed by scholars, professionals, educators, practitioners and other experts who collaborate and review each other's work
- Gale Virtual Reference LibrarySearch for entries on your climate in dozens of encyclopedias across all subject areas
- Credo ReferenceSearch for entries on climate across 422 reference books including dictionaries, encyclopedias, and subject-specific resources
Article Databases
- MAS UltraContains articles from hundreds of magazines and reference books including biographies, primary source documents, and images
- Environmental Studies and Pollution ManagementA database dedicated to environmental issues; contains articles from a variety of journals which examine issues of air pollution, environmental policy and energy issues.
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Climate Change Web Links
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)Site devoted to climate change, includes sub-sections on greenhouse gas emissions, the science regarding climate change, and the U.S. climate policy.
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)Contains information about NOAA’s research on climate change and links to U.S. Climate Change Science Program.
- Finding Dulcinea Web Guide - Global Warming and Climate ChangeCollection of credible, high-quality and trustworthy Web sites on global warming and climate change
- New York Times Topics: Global Warming and Climate ChangeThe latest NY Times articles and other resources on the topic