Cultural Geography, People in Culture

October  2005:   Project (Word document)

  General reference books:

• General encyclopedias -- R 031
• 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:

• Britannica 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:

• Countries of the World : From the USA CIA World Factbooks, the United Nations Statistical Office, The Library of Congress Country Studies and other sources
• Lonely Planet world Guide: Destinations
• National Geographic
• Geographic.org
• Asia Source: Asia Food
• China Today: An China Information Base
• PBS Homepage
• The Korean Society
• PBS Homepage
• The Smithsonian Institute
• The Library of Congress -- See The Global Gateway
• China's Homepage
• Government Information Office, Republic of China (Taiwan)

Search library catalog for books:

• Look in the library catalog under the name of the country.  Falk School Library Catalog is available online.
• Type country name. Click on Subject.

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