Pathfinders
The Pacific
These research suggestions and websites might help you with your research the Pacific.
Subject headings, keywords
Niue, Cook Islands, Tokelau, Kiribati, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu.
Pacific Islands, History, Trade, Natural Resources. (use a combination of these words)
Dewey Numbers
990,919.3,995 and 996.
Information File
Pacific Islands
Reference:
Britannica Encyclopedias, World Book Encyclopedias, Oxford Junior encyclopedias, Encarta,
Information file, People and Places. Atlas's.
On-line databases and websites
On the Homepage, select EPIC database search. After you have put in your own login, login to Epic: darfieldhs, password: 22darfieldhs. Scroll down to Databases for yr 7-10 Students, then click "access database" when you reach Encyclopedia Britannica Online type in the name of the country you wish to research. You have the option of primary or secondary level.These websites have information on The Pacific islands
http://www.gov.nu/ Niue
http://www.ck/ Cook Islands
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokelau Tokelau
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107682.html Kiribati
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107509.html Fiji
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108149.html Samoa
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/16092.htm Tonga
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1249549.stm Tuvalu
http://www.sprep.org/topic/NatRes.htm (natural resources of the pacific)
http://www.unctad.org/infocomm/diversification/nadi/brief.pdf (pdf file on commodity dependency and trade)