
Cultural Geography, People in Culture
October 2005: Project
(Word document)
General reference books:
- General encyclopedias -- R 031
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The World Almanac and Book of Facts -- R 317.3 WOR
statistics, flags, brief country information
Specialized reference books:
- Lands and Peoples -- R 910 LAN
arranged by continents
- Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations -- R 910 JUN
arranged alphabetically by country
- The Marshall Cavendish New Illustrated Encyclopedia of the World and Its People
-- R 910.3 MAR
- Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures -- R 306 JUN
arranged alphabetically by culture or ethnicity
Online
Encyclopedia:
Power Library
Databases:
- From School Power
Library
- From Home Carnegie Library Electronic Databases
- Go to SIRS Discoverer
- Select "Cultures" or
"Countries" from Browse Subject Tree
- See Topic/Subtopics at right. Select
"Cultures Facts" or "Country Facts"
- Browse results. Great maps and flag.
- Go to Facts for Learning
- At very top click "Grades 5 &
Above"
- Search your country
- Check box "Title Field Search
Only"
- For pictures go to AP Multimedia
Archive
- In "what" box type search terms such as
"dress" or "clothing"
- In "where" box type name of country
- Click on Search. Look at left in
red letters.
- For magazine articles about topics
such as dress, food, religion, etc. in a country
- Go to Middle Search Plus
- Type country and topic in search box.
Type AND between terms
- Click "Full Text"
Country Web
Sites:
Search library catalog for books:
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Look in the library catalog under the name of the country. Falk School Library Catalog is available online.
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Type country name. Click on Subject.
Return to Falk School Library Home Page click
here
Prepared by Linda Herward 9/30/05
Contact Ms. Herward at herward@pitt.edu