Research Guides: Fellowships & Prizes Application Research (SC): Language & Geography

Researching Languages & Countries

Ethnologue
Use Ethnologue to research languages spoken in different countries. Includes alternate names, dialects, number of speakers, multilingualism, maps, and more.

Political Handbook of the World
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Use the Political Handbook of the World to get background information on different countries

Mango Languages
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Learn practical conversation skills for dozens of languages. Swarthmore alumni continue having free access, so you can keep using Mango wherever you go after graduation.

Radical Cartography
Radical Cartography features unique mapping projects that might help you think differently about geography and where you might travel.

• Measure of All: Foreign Exchange
• World's population by longitude and latitude
• Scale comparison (US & Europe)
Atlases by topic (everything from inequality to architecture) -- Tripod seach results
Swarthmore Libraries have a range of atlases that help you explore different geographic locations through different topical lenses.
The atlas of food: who eats what, where, and why (example of a topical atlas)
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The Atlas of Food maps a range of issues related to food, agriculture, and nutrition, ranging from contamination of food and water, overnutrition, micronutrient deficiency, processing, farming, and trade.

Available as a print book (at Swarthmore) and online.