Unit 5 - Agriculture - AP Human Geography - ASD Libraries at American School of Dubai

Recommended Databases

A to Z Databases
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CultureGrams This link opens in a new window
Reference resource for reliable cultural information on the countries of the world.
Britannica School This link opens in a new window
Britannica School is a general encyclopedia that's useful for all subjects. Choose your level: elementary, middle, or high.
Global Issues This link opens in a new window
Provides a global perspective, integrating news, global viewpoints, reference materials, country information, primary source documents, videos, statistics, and more. Citations export directly into Noodletools.
Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new window
Find overviews, news, and opinions on hundreds of today's important social issues. Citations export directly into Noodletools.
Proquest This link opens in a new window
A large, multi-subject database. Citations export directly into Noodletools.
New York Times - School Pass This link opens in a new window
Use this link to set up your access to ASD's New York Times subscription.

Major Agricultural Regions of the Earth
By Derwent Whittlesey. The descriptions of the classifications begin on page 213.

This article was published in 1936, so the statistics will no longer be relevant.

Destiny Library Catalog
Look for library books related to your topic. When you get to the catalog, don't forget to sign in!
Sora
Follow this link or download the SoraApp to access the library's ebook collection. Sign in with Google.

The library has a large collection of country books that will help you find information about the agricultural regions.

Betting on Famine by Jean Ziegler
Call Number: 363.8 ZIE
ISBN: 1595588493
Publication Date: 2013
Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food from 2000 to 2008, Jean Ziegler analyzes the scope of the globe's food crisis.
Hot, Hungry Planet by Lisa Palmer
ISBN: 9781250084200
Publication Date: 2017
Focuses on ways to support food security and resilience in a changing world, and the social, educational, and agricultural advances that have made the greatest environmental impact while providing more food.

FAOSTAT
FAOSTAT provides free access to food and agriculture data for over 245 countries and territories and covers all FAO regional groupings
from 1961 to the most recent year available.
World Agricultural Production
Monthly report on crop acreage, yield and production in major countries worldwide. Sources include reporting from FAS’s worldwide offices, official statistics of foreign governments, and analysis of economic data and satellite imagery. The report reflects official USDA estimates released in the monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE).
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.
The World Factbook - from the Central Intelligence Agency
ArcGIS Living Atlas

Find websites that originate from different countries by including their country domain in your Google search.

For example, to find sites that originated in the UAE, add this to your search:

site:.ae

To find sites from the UAE government, add this to your search:

site:gov.ae

To find publications from the UAE government, add this to your search:

site:gov.ae .pdf

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Linda Hoiseth

High School Librarian

lhoiseth@asdubai.org

Twitter: @lhoiseth