JDA CROSS-CULTURAL PROJECT 2019-2020

DATABASES

1.  Culture Grams
2. GALE Databases
3. 
CountryReports.org

4. Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures, 2012

5. World Book Online
6. Britannica
7. Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Food and Recipes of the World
8. CIA World Factbook — Leader of the Country

Direct Links to GALE Database articles

1.   Armenians
2.  Cambodian (Khmer)
3.  Chinese
4.  Cuban
5.  Filipinos
6.  Hawaiian – Polynesians
7.  Hmong
8.  Japanese
9 .  Laotian
9a. Laos
9b. Laotion Americans 
9c. Laotion Americans – 2
10. Mexicans

11. Puerto Ricans
12. Punjabi
12a. Pakistanis
13. Russians
14. Thai
15. South Korean

16. Italians

 

17. Culture Page Research in Context (GALE)

18. Countries and their Cultures

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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

  1. The World Book Encyclopedia (22 vols.) REF 030 WOR
  2. People and Places (6 vols.) REF 300.03 PEO
  3. The Newest Americans (5 vols.) REF 304.8 NEW
  4. 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

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JDA Cross-cultural pathfinder 2011