The Bullis School, Main Number: 301-299-8500

CultureGrams

Appears to be an excellent resource for country information. On the opening page, click on the green (not orange) button:
     
and then select the "Kids Version":
     
and, when you get to the report that you want, go ahead and click on the link in the upper right to see the full report:
     

Encyclopedia Britannica Online

Don't worry if your article is not in the "middle school" section.

Encyclopedia Americana

Only for those researching landforms in the USA.

Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia

Especially good for images.

SIRS Discoverer

Look for the link to "County Facts" in the lower right.

• Use the catalog to locate books about the country where you landform is located (South America) or about the landform you've selected in general (atoll, island, volcano, reef), and not the landform itself.
• Go to Destiny, the library's online catalog, and enter your search word in lower case. If your country name is two words, put it in quotation marks:
        france       "west indies"
        volcano       ocean
        "mt. everest"
• Make sure you click on the button for "Keyword" -- don't use the Enter button on your keyboard!
        
• Call numbers beginning with J are in the Lower School Library.

The library has several examples on the Bullis website:
Bullis  >  Academics  >  Library  >  Citing Sources

1. Set up a personal account for yourself in NoodleTools.
2. Select NoodleBib for the Works Cited template.
3. You are going to use the MLA Starter option, so when you get to this page:
        
   select this option:
        
   
4. The title of the next screen is Works Cited. If you are using a library resource, either a book that you can hold in your hands or an article that you found in a subscription database, then you MUST select an option from the highlighted part of the drop-down menu:
        
   Then, on the screen that follows, you can select "Print" if it is a book or periodical that you are holding in your hands, or "Online" if it is digitized content from a book or periodical that you accessed with a web browser:
        
   The remaining screens are intuitive and straightforward.

Country Studies

This site contains "the on-line versions of books previously published...by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. [and] focus primarily on lesser known areas of the world." (Library of Congress)

The World Factbook

"The World Factbook is prepared...for the use of US Government officials, and the style, format, coverage, and content are designed to meet their specific requirements." (Central Intelligence Agency)

BBC News: Country Profiles

Search by country for articles, timelines, and essays. (British Broadcasting Corporation)

International Data Base

"Statistical tables of demographic, and socio-economic data for 227 countries and areas of the world." (U.S. Census Bureau)

Flickr is a website where many people can upload photos for others to use. If you use the ones with the Creative Commons license, that means that the photographer has given you permission to download the picture and use it.

Go to the advanced search in Flickr:
     
Scroll all the way down until you see the section about Creative Commons:
     
and put a check in the box: