From June 22, 2005 through July 28, 2005, Pakistani secondary school teachers and administrators will arrive at Plymouth State for a five-week institute for classroom teacher training, with particular attention in the areas of science, mathematics, English, heritage studies, and educational leadership. Leadership training will prepare candidates to return to Pakistan to train other educators. The project is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
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Web Sites
Pakistan – Background Notes
This is report on Pakistan from the U.S. State Department’s Background Notes On Countries.
Pakistan profile
This is the profile from the World Factbook, produced by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
Pakistan – from Portals to the World
Presents annotated links to Web sites on Pakistan selected by Library of Congress subject experts. Provides access to information on such topics as the economy, government, politics, news, and current events of Pakistan.
Pakistan – A Country Study
This is the online book length profile on Pakistan which is part of the Country Studies / Area Handbook Series produced by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress.
Governments on the WWW – Pakistan
Pakistan
Entry on Pakistan from the Columbia Encyclopedia (6th ed., 2001)
Pakistan
Information on Pakistan from the Lonely Planet travel guide.
The Nation
Take a look at this English language Pakistani newspaper to see what’s happening now in Pakistan. The Nation is said to be “internationally the most quoted Pakistani newspaper”. According to its Website, “The Nation has a special position in Pakistan’s media, as the most respected publication in English, with firm and constructive views, and excellent news coverage. With five editions published daily from three stations, it is the market leader in the Punjab and Islamabad areas, and has established a strong presence in Karachi since its inception there in 2000.”
Materials in Lamson Library
Please search the library’s online catalog by subject for ” Pakistan.” You will find many items listed, broken down into a variety of subject divisions and sub-divisions
Note: Items in Lamson Library may be limited to specific types of material, such as “children’s literatureâ€. Ask at the Reference Desk for assistance.
JSTOR Arts and Sciences I Collection of online full-text material includes many of the core research and society published journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences. This collection also includes a selection of titles in the more science-oriented fields of ecology, mathematics, and statistics. As many as 119 titles are available in searchable full-text, including some going back to the mid-1800s.