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Academy of Notre Dame Research Pathfinder Global Issues - Grade 12 - Mrs. McCoy Issues Facing Africa Today



PRINT RESOURCES Non-fiction and reference books will be on reserve in the library

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

DATABASES [|Biography Resource Center] - use if researching a person [|CultureGrams] - use if researching a country in Africa [|Current History] - select "Africa" or "Global Trends" in left-hand column for recent headlines [|E-Library] - use for most topics [|Issues and Controversies] - use if researching a controversial issue (Genocide, Human Trafficking) [|Student Resources in Context] - use for most topics [|World Book Encyclopedia Online] - use for an overview of most topics [|World Geography] - use if researching a country in Africa

INTERNET [|African Wildlife Foundation] [|African Voices] [|CIA World Factbook] [|U.S. Department of State] [|United Nations CyberSchoolBus] [|BBC: The Story of Africa] [|CNN: Inside Africa] [|Human Rights Watch: Africa] [|Africa: South of the Sahara] [|University of Pennsylvania: African Studies Center] - contains links to topics such as women's issues, human rights, and environment [|Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation] [|Tutsi] [|Hutu/Tutsi] - scroll down to "Case in Point: Hutu/Tutsi [|USAID: Female Genital Mutilation] [|USAID: U.S. Assistance to Africa] [|Kenyan Runners: Nature or Nurture] [|United Nations: Global Issues: Africa] [|United Nations: Lessons from Rwanda]

BIBLIOGRAPHY/WORKS CITED [|NoodleTools] - use NoodleBib to create bibliography/works cited in MLA or APA format