Electronic Databases (Currently featured on the library website at: <https://terronezlibrary.edublogs.org/>).
Student Resource Center Junior — SEE THE WHITEBOARD FOR LOGIN INFO
Found within this resource is the e-book version of The Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures.
CountryReports.org
Fresno County Public Library Databases
Students who have a Fresno County Library Card may access the Culture Grams online database. It too has excellent information regarding the specific cultures.
http://www.fresnolibrary.org
1. Click on Databases and Articles
2. Scroll down to Culture Grams – click on “outside the library”
3. Enter you library barcode number without spaces & click “login”
4. Click on “World Edition”
5. Click on your country through the drop down menu – or –
click on the continent of your people.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Wikipedia also offers students another broad online reference work.
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Books — Reference
- The World Book Encyclopedia (22 vols.) REF 030 WOR
- People and Places (6 vols.) REF 300.03 PEO
- The Newest Americans (5 vols.) REF 304.8 NEW
- The Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures (9 vols.) REF 306.03 JUN
Books — General
Social Science
- 305.XXX — This call number contains several books on the social life of many of the cultures listed.
- 641.XXX – Cookbooks, Cookbooks, Cookbooks.
- 900 section covers the history and people of many of the cultures. Some helpful Dewey numbers include: 915.XXX, 959.XXX, 973.XXX, 974.XXX, 996.XXX