This site will provide a listing of Internet sites that you can reach via clicking on to it with your mouse. The sites will all deal with global support databases to help with the quest for global information to help achieve a better understanding of our world and its people. Here are a few of them:

Ask Dr. Global Change is a service that assists researchers, students, educators, resource managers, decision makers and the general public in finding information and data relevant to global environmental change. GCRIO staff along with staff from U.S. Government agencies prepares answers. Global Leap aims to: Provide an initial videoconferencing experience To facilitate, coordinate and link videoconference users To increase the understanding of the exciting possibilities of videoconferencing To enable schools to bring a variety of different cultures and experiences into their classroom from other classrooms located around the world. And Much More�. Global School Network a leader in international online education since 1984, partners with schools, communities and businesses to provide collaborative learning activities that prepare students for the workforce and help them to become literate and responsible global citizens. GSN is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, member supported, education organization. PAC Bell The SBC Pacific Bell Education First Videoconferencing Directory is a free, searchable database of videoconferencing sites of interest to K-12 school, community college, and public library communities. Our directory includes contacts, program descriptions, and equipment information for over 900 sites. Total News Information is the oxygen of the modern age. TotalNEWS is a search engine and directory of news sites designed to increase your access to information. United Nations The home page of the United Nations with links to the UN community.

United Nations Development Program UN Development Program providing a sustainable human development database. UNICEF's Voices of Youth Read and discuss issues important to young adults all over the world. World Bank World Links An excellent site for project-oriented school links. Countries of Your World The following links will quickly get you to background information and maps on countries that are part of your world. If you are preparing for a communication exchange with a school from another country, be sure to get some basic background information to help support your understanding of the culture and the people. This is one way you can do that. World Countries This link will take you to the World Countries Factbook. It is a well known database with background information prepared by the US Central Intelligence Agency. Country Studies A continuing series of books prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the US Army. There are currently 85 countries included.