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Researching Cultures & Countries |
Databases for Finding Articles
Catalog for Finding Books
Links to Selected Websites
Databases for
Newspaper, Magazine, Journal & Reference Articles:
Gale
Student Resource Center on campus or off-campus w/ library card
Full-text
articles on biography, geography, culture, history, literature, science,
etc. Click on Cultures button (below Basic Search area)
Country Watch - on-campus OR off-campus with
library card
Political,
economic, and business information on any country.
Lands & Peoples - on-campus OR off campus w/ library card
Encyclopedia of countries, cultures & current events
Gale PowerSearch databases on
campus or off-campus w/ library card
articles from academic
journals, popular magazines, newspapers and reference books.
o To narrow searches, use the Advanced search mode
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PLEASE NOTE: When search results are first
displayed, only magazine articles are shown, if available for your search.
Click on the “Academic journals”
tab to display journal articles on
your topic; click on the "Books" tab for general
articles from books; click on the "News" for news articles.
Ethnic Newswatch on campus or
off-campus w/ library card
Full-text articles from
about 200 newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native
press, in English and Spanish.
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe on campus or
off-campus w/ library card
Full-text articles
from a wide range of news, business & other publications.
- Click on News at left of home page
- In the box for: "Step One: Select a news category", select: General News
- In the box for: "Step Two: Select a news source", select: Major Papers
- In the first entry box under: "Step Three: Enter search terms", enter word(s) for your desired topic, e.g. civil liberties AND terrorism
- Click the Search button
Books:
The PLS Online Catalog is the online catalog to find books in Skyline Library and in all libraries in the Peninsula Library System.
After clicking on the link above to access the catalog, follow the steps below:
- Type search words (title, author and/or subject) in the first search box & click Submit.
- The search results will show books and other materials in all libraries in the PLS system.
- To Limit your results to books at Skyline
College Library, scroll down to “Limit to: Location:” pull-down menu below the search boxes, scroll down
in the Location: pull-down
menu, select
Selected Books in
Culturegrams. 4 vols.
Available in Library Reference and Circulating Collections: GT 150 C85
Includes information about cultural norms.
Worldmark
encyclopedia of cultures and daily life
REF/ GN333.W67
REF/ GN11.O94
Gale encyclopedia of
multicultural America. Primary documents
REF/ E184.A1 G5
American immigrant
cultures : builders of a nation
REF/ E184.A1
Handbook of Hispanic
cultures in the
Arte Publico
Press ; Instituto de Cooperacion Iberoamericana, c1993-
REF/ E184.S75
Encyclopedia of
African-American culture and history
REF/ E185.E54
Links
to Recommended Websites:
Portals to the World
Selective links
from the Library of Congress providing authoritative, in-depth information
about the nations and other areas of the world, arranged by country or area with
the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories.
Cultural Profiles Project
Overview of life
and customs in the profiled country from Canadian Citizenship and Immigration
agency. While the profiles provide insight into some customs, they do not cover
all facets of life, and the customs described may not apply in equal measure to
all newcomers from the profiled country.
Country
Studies
Description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic,
political, and national security systems and institutions of 101 countries
throughout the world, from the Library of Congress. Not all-inclusive, focus
is on “lesser-known areas of the world or regions in
which
BBC News World Edition:
Country Profiles
Profiles provide an
"instant guide" to news, history, politics, event timelines, and economic
background of world countries. Presents country overviews, basic facts, Web
links, and details on leaders and media. Includes news stories and audio and
video clips from the BBC archives.
World
Factbook
Basic statistical
data on countries of the world, published annually by the CIA.
NationMaster
Vast
compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. Allows
you to generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease.
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last revised: 9-16-08 |
