Countries and Cultures: Countries and Cultures
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Country Profiles
- Countries, Peoples & Cultures Collection This link opens in a new windowCountries, Peoples & Cultures is a 9-volume series offering the social, cultural, economic, historical and religious practices and beliefs of nearly every country around the globe.
- CultureGrams This link opens in a new windowIf prompted for credentials (off campus), please contact the Library for access.
Research the climate, population, religion, attitudes, customs, and lifestyle of countries around the world. Includes primary source cultural & statistical country reports, states and Canadian provinces, native recipes, interviews, photos and video. - Global Road Warrior This link opens in a new windowFeatures 174 country guides with 126 content modules each. Topics include culture & society, travel, education, history, holidays and festivals, language, media outlets, music, maps, money, national symbols, and religion. Contains downloadable illustrations with more than 30,000 photos, maps, and flag images.
- World Factbook This link opens in a new windowProvides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for over 275 entities (countries). The Reference tab includes: a variety of world, regional, country, ocean, and time zone maps; Flags of the World; and a Country Comparison function that ranks the country information and data in more than 75 Factbook fields.
- Ebooks from Infobase This link opens in a new windowThis collection features thousands of reference works from imprints such as Facts On File, Ferguson's, and Bloom's on a wide range of subjects areas, from history, science, literature, etc.
- Country Profiles from the UK's Foreign & Commonwealth OfficeMaintained by knowledgeable experts from the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office. For each country, this website gives headline facts and figures about the population, capital city, currency and so on. Then briefly outline the geography and recent history, current politics and economic trends, and the country's commercial and political relations with the UK.
- Foreign Information by Country from the University of Colorado at Boulder University LibrariesForeign Information by Country from the University of Colorado at Boulder University Libraries Compiles information on countries from a wide variety of governmental and nongovernmental resources.
Governments of the World: A Global Guide to Citizens' Rights and Responsibilities by This set provides authoritative and up-to-date background information on nearly 200 countries' institutions and governments. It describes and analyzes how they affect citizens in the daily exercise of their rights and responsibilities.
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations 13th EditionPresents easy-to-understand information on 194 countries and dependencies from around the world.
Cultures Around the World
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life by Covers cultural groups in Asia, Europe, the Americas and Africa. Each volume is organized by continent, covering history, politics, customs, religion, education, human rights issues, teen life, and more.
- Countries, Peoples & Cultures Collection This link opens in a new windowCountries, Peoples & Cultures is a 9-volume series offering the social, cultural, economic, historical and religious practices and beliefs of nearly every country around the globe.
- AtoZ World Travel This link opens in a new windowContains 202 world city travel guides. These illustrated guides cover travel essentials, attractions, insiders’ information, excursions, nightlife, shopping, culture, cuisine, health, security, language, maps,
- Global Issues: Gale in Context This link opens in a new window
Offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Explore issues within government, law, health, science and technology, society and culture, etc. This database integrates news, global viewpoints, reference materials, country information, primary source documents, videos, statistics, etc, Offers over 250 country pages and more than 400 issue pages. Commentaries provide background and guidance on significant topics like Food Security, Genocide, Human Rights, Extreme Weather, etc.
History of World Cultures
- Daily Life Through History This link opens in a new windowInformation on historical topics such as food, celebrations, religion, language, social customs and more from countries around the world.
- World History: Gale in Context This link opens in a new window
Provides information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in world history. This database reaches back to the ancient world—and forward to today's headlines—to deliver a chronicle of the people, cultures, events, and societies that have formed the history of the human race. A range of topics such as Aztecs, Industrial Revolution, Silk Road, the Buddha, Space Race, and more provide a wide perspective across the globe.
Food Culture
The Cambridge World History of Food by Covers the full spectrum of foods that have been hunted, gathered, cultivated, and domesticated; their nutritional makeup and uses; and their impact on cultures and demography. It offers a geographical perspective on the history and culture of food and drink and takes up subjects from food fads, prejudices, and taboos to questions of food toxins, additives, labeling, and entitlements.
Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia by Introduces food culture from numerous countries and cultures around the world, including some from remote and unexpected peoples and places.
Religion
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices by Provides information on current religious practices around the world with an emphasis on how religions impact the daily lives of their followers.
Religions of the World by Provides comprehensive, global coverage of religion, emphasizing larger religious communities without neglecting the world's smaller religious outposts.
- Religion and Philosophy Collection This link opens in a new windowA full-text database for theology and philosophy research. It includes hundreds of full-text journals and magazines covering many religious and philosophical topics, including world religions, religious history, political philosophy and philosophy of language.
Marriage, Family, and Gender
- Gender Studies: Gale OneFile This link opens in a new window
Provides balanced coverage of this significant aspect of culture and society with access to scholarly journals and magazines covering topics including gender studies, family and marital issues, etc.
- International Encyclopedia of Marriage and FamilyFor each country, discusses topics such as family values, socio-demographic trends, and cohabitation.
- Worldmark Encyclopedia of the NationsPresents easy-to-understand information on 194 countries and dependencies from around the world. Entries discuss a variety of topics in detail, from banking and securities to climate, from government data to demographic statistics. Also includes biographical essays on national leaders.
- Women's Studies International This link opens in a new windowA bibliographic database for women’s studies and feminist research. Provides indexing and abstracts and is a resource for many related disciplines, including sociology, history, international relations and humanities.
Battleground: Women, Gender, and Sexuality by Examines how science and culture intertwine to influence how we think about our identities, desires, relationships, and societal roles today.
International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family by The second edition of the International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family revises and expands Macmillan's 1995 Encyclopedia of Marriage and the Family, adopting an international, cross-cultural approach to such diverse topics as adolescent parenthood, family planning, cohabitation, widowhood, domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, codependency and commuter marriages. It includes articles specific to countries and to religious traditions, examining the history of family life within these cultures and discussing how families have been affected by political and social change.
Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender by Addresses issues of sex and gender at the personal and the social level; examines issues of identity, status, class, ethnicity, race, and nation; of sexuality and the body; of social institutions and the structures of representation.
Key Concepts in Feminist Theory and Research by Explores the core concepts in feminist theory.
Encyclopedia of Gender and Society by Publication Date: 2008Covers the major theories, research, people and issues in contemporary gender studies.
Geography and Climate
- Blackbirch Kids Visual Reference GuideA great resource for detailed geographical information related to the countries throughout the world.
- Geo-Data: The World Geographical EncyclopediaBasic information on climatic regions of each country, mountains, lakes, rivers, vegetation, and natural resources.
Education
- World Education Encyclopedia: A Survey of Educational Systems WorldwideExtended descriptions and analyses of the primary, secondary, and higher educational systems in each country of the world.
- Education Full Text This link opens in a new windowProvides full-text articles and includes in-depth coverage of special education, adult education, multicultural/ethnic education, methods, and more.
The Environment
Worldmark Encyclopedia of U. S. and Canadian Environmental IssuesPresents easy-to-understand information on 194 countries and dependencies from around the world. Entries discuss a variety of topics in detail, from banking and securities to climate, from government data to demographic statistics. Also includes biographical essays on national leaders.
- Environmental Studies and Policy: Gale OneFile This link opens in a new window
Resource that answers inquiries about environmental concerns from a variety of reliable sources as well as book reference content from Delmar, including Soil, Science, and Management; Introduction to Agronomy; Food, Crops, & Environment; Fundamental Soil Science, etc.
- Gale EnvironmentA collection of eReference sources that provides excellent background articles across the environmental fields, including energy, climate change, etc.
- GreenFILE This link opens in a new windowResearch database covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. This collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, etc.
- Environmental Studies: Gale in Context This link opens in a new window
Focuses on the physical, social, and economic aspects of environmental issues such as energy systems, health care, agriculture, climate change, population, and economic development. The resource offers nearly 400 topic, state, and province pages across the science, social studies, and humanities curriculum, including Water Privatization, Ecotourism, Air Pollution, Green Economy, etc.
- Nature (Coverage 1950-2011) This link opens in a new windowSearch Primo for coverage 2012-Present. A weekly international journal publishing peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance and surprising conclusions. Nature also provides rapid, authoritative, insightful and arresting news and interpretation of topical and coming trends affecting science, scientists and the wider public.
Travel
- AtoZ World Travel This link opens in a new windowContains 202 world city travel guides. These illustrated guides cover travel essentials, attractions, insiders’ information, excursions, nightlife, shopping, culture, cuisine, health, security, language, maps,
- Global Road Warrior This link opens in a new windowFeatures 174 country guides with 126 content modules each. Topics include culture & society, travel, education, history, holidays and festivals, language, media outlets, music, maps, money, national symbols, and religion. Contains downloadable illustrations with more than 30,000 photos, maps, and flag images.
- Hospitality and Tourism: Gale OneFile This link opens in a new window
Provides access to scholarly journals, magazines, and trade publications that cover topics including the cultural and economic aspects of travel and tourism. The database offers current and relevant content that provides well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism industries.
- Hospitality & Tourism Complete This link opens in a new windowFull-text database covering all areas of hospitality and tourism, including hospitality law, market trends, food and beverage management and hotel management. In addition to full-text journals, it provides magazines, company and country reports, books and newspapers.
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