iTravel



Created: 13 March 2013 | Updated: 14 March 2013

Planning Your Travels Travel Guides in the library's HS collection include a variety of guides and formats for cities, regions, and countries. They are located in these sections of library: 914 (Europe), 915 (Asia), 916 (Africa), and 917 (Americas). This collection includes //Culture Smart// series and //Wallpaper City// series. "//Culture Smart!//provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. 'What's cool about //Wallpaper City Guides// is that they're small enough to fit in a purse or backpack, and colorful enough to find amidst all the other stuff crammed in there. What's even cooler is that they cut through all the regular travel-brochurese and focus on the edgiest nightclubs, restaurants, hotels, gyms, spas and stores.' //Sky-Delta Airlines Magazine// To view the books the library has in these series enter // Wallpaper City Guide // or // Culture Smart // in catalog search box and tick the series button.

Guides - Off Line

Pocket Guide is an audio tour guide for various destinations. Costs vary. Mtrip is a for attractions, museums, restaurants, bars, hotels, theaters and shops with interactive maps to guide you there ($5.99 each).
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"Money Honey... if you want to get along with me"
We recommend these two free apps.
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Translation apps //iTranslate// is good for words and //Google Translate// is good for phrases. With //Word Lens// you use the camera on iPhone, etc., to photograph a sign and then translate the words. All three apps are free.
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Recording and Reporting Diaries Post text, photos, video form phone. Share to Facebook and Twitter. Work offline and publish when back to wireless connection.
 * **Off Exploring** (Free iPhone app or via their site)

Record your travels with text and photos (no video). You can also follow other Travelog users or browse by location. Share to Facebook and Twitter.
 * Travelog (Free iPhone app)

Create and postcards using your photos. Apps are free. Sending postcards costs as follows:
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 * Postagram: $1.49 in US; $1.69 internationally.
 * Postcard on the Run: $.99 in US; $1.p9 internationally.
 * SnapShot: $1.99 in US; $3.98 internationally.



You can easily enhance your photos / images in Skitch is from the folks at Evernote It is useful for adding text, etc., to your images. Here is an example with the text and arrows added in Skitch:



Library Databases useful for Travel Information

Passwords not needed at school. If you search from home stop by library to get passwords.


 * **Advanced Placement Source**
 * For general travel and destination articles.
 * **CultureGrams**
 * Cultural background on Countries
 * **Global Issues in Context**
 * For general travel and destination articles

Books

We have travel books (narrative nonfiction) by a variety of authors, inlcuding: Ryszard Kapuściński, Paul Theroux, Andrzej Stasiuk, Bill Bryson, Rebecca West, Rory Stewart, Sarah Vowell, Cheryl Strayed, and Ed Stafford.