Costa Rica Project Center Resources
General Country Information
- CIA World Factbook - Costa Rica
- Rachowiecki, Rob. Costa Rica. Hawthorn, Vic.; Oakland, CA: Lonely Planet, 2002. [REFERENCE F 1543.5 R33 2002]
- The Europa World Year Book. London: Europa Publications Ltd. Annual. [REFERENCE JN 1 E85]
- Handbook of Latin American Studies. Searchable database
- LANIC: Costa Rica Academic Research Sources.
- Costa Rica Online. - lists hotels, national parks, and general information
- Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - Costa Rica
Costa Rica Government Sources
Sometimes, information you need may be buried within a department, such as the Ministerio de Salud (MS) [Ministry of Health] . See Governments on the WWW: Costa Rica for a listing of many government agencies.
For additional items, search the library catalog for Costa Rica and culture.
Environment
- Evans, Sterling. Green Republic : a Conservation History of Costa Rica. Austin : University of Texas Press, 1999. [QH77 C8 E935 1999]
- Janzen, Daniel. Costa Ricanm Natural History. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983. [QH108 C6 C67 1983]
- Kricher, John. A Neotropical Companion: An Introduction to the Animals, Plants, and Ecosystems of the New World Tropics. Princeton University Press, 1999.[QH106.5 K75 1999]
- Natural Connections: Perspectives in Community-Based Conservation. Washington D.C.: Islane Press, 1994. [QH 75 .A1 N337 1994]
- Tropical Rainforests: Latin American Nature and Society in Transition. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1993. [SD 153 .T76 1993]
- Vandermeer, John H. Breakfast of Biodiversity: the Truth About Rain Forest Destruction. Oakland, CA: Institute for Food and Development Policy, 1995. [SD 414 T76 V36 1995]
- World Resources Report - see data tables for comparative environmental statistics
History
- Costa Rica Reader: History, Culture, Politics. Durham, NC: Duke, 2004. [F1546 C765 2004]
- Handbook of Latin American Studies. Searchable database
- Costa Rica - history links.
Politics & Legal System
- Law Library of Congress: Costa Rica Political Handbook of the World. New York: McGraw-Hill. [REFERENCE JF 37 P6]
- The Statesman's Year-Book. New York: St. Martin's Press. Annual. [REFERENCE JA 51 S7]
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