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Solomon islands

1. CIA World Factbook: Solomon Islands
2. Ethnologue Language Database: Solomon Islands
3. Maps of Australia and the Pacific
4. Social Indicators: Less Populous Countries
5. Solomon Islands Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2006
6. VolcanoWorld Volcano Index
7. World Travel Guide: Solomon Islands

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CIA World Factbook: Solomon Islands

Basic reference information about the Solomon Islands, including details of geography, people, economy, government, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. Geographical information includes area, population, flag, maps, high and low points, co-ordinates, boundary length, border countries, climate, land use and natural resources.
     Author: CIA
     Subjects: solomon islands
     DeweyClass: 919.593
     Resource type: document

Ethnologue Language Database: Solomon Islands

A catalogue of all the languages and dialects spoken in the Solomon Islands, with details of the numbers of speakers of each language. Also some demographic data such as rates of literacy, blindness and deafness.
     Author: Summer Institute of Linguistics
     Subjects: solomon islands
     DeweyClass: 409.9593
     Resource type: document

Maps of Australia and the Pacific

Set of maps produced by the CIA covering Australia, New Zealand, and all the independent countries and dependencies in the Pacific Ocean.
     Author: Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
     Subjects: australia, australian geography, fiji, kiribati, micronesia, nauru, new zealand, palau, papua new guinea, samoa, solomon islands, tonga, tuvalu, vanuatu, world maps
     DeweyClass: 912.9
     Resource type: map collection

Social Indicators: Less Populous Countries

Part of the UNICEF Progress of Nations report, giving a summary of the social indicators and relative standing of countries with populations of less than one million. The indicators used to construct the league table include access to sanitation; per cent reduction in under-5 mortality, and women at top levels of government.
     Author: UNICEF
     Subjects: antigua and barbuda, bahamas, bahrain, barbados, belize, brunei, cape verde, comoros, cyprus, djibouti, dominica, equatorial guinea, fiji, grenada, guyana, iceland, kiribati, luxembourg, maldives, malta, marshall islands, micronesia, palau, qatar, saint kitts nevis, saint lucia, saint vincent, samoa, sao tome and principe, seychelles, solomon islands, suriname, swaziland, tonga, tuvalu, vanuatu
     DeweyClass: 338.9
     Resource type: reference document

Solomon Islands Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2006

Detailed assessment of human rights practices in Solomon Islands. Topics assessed include torture, arbitrary detention or exile, fair public trial, freedom of speech and press, freedom of assembly, movement and religion; democratic rights, worker rights, and discrimination based on race, sex, religion, disability, language, or social status.
     Author: US Department of State
     Subjects: solomon islands
     DeweyClass: 323.9593
     Resource type: document

VolcanoWorld Volcano Index

Photographs, latitude and longitude, height, date of last eruption and descriptive information about numerous active volcanoes in over 40 countries in the world.
     Author: North Dakota University
     Subjects: antarctic, australian geography, bolivia, cameroon, cape verde, chad, chile, china, colombia, comoros, congo democratic republic, costa rica, dominica, ecuador, el salvador, ethiopia, greece, guatemala, iceland, india, indonesia, iran, italy, japan, kenya, libya, mexico, micronesia, mountaineering, new zealand, nicaragua, niger, papua new guinea, peru, philippines, rwanda, saint vincent, saudi arabia, solomon islands, spain, sudan, tanzania, turkey, uganda, volcanoes, zaire
     DeweyClass: 551.21
     Resource type: images, reference data

World Travel Guide: Solomon Islands

Basic reference information about the Solomon Islands, such as area, capital, population, population density, geography, language, religion, time zone, history and government, plus business and social information, including details of accommodation, addresses, climate, regions, travel, visas, passports, money, health and public holidays.
     Author: Columbus Press
     Subjects: solomon islands
     DeweyClass: 919.593
     Resource type: documents