JDA CROSS-CULTURAL PROJECT

DATABASES

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

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
10. Mexicans
11. Puerto Ricans
12. Punjabi
12a. Pakistanis
13. Russians
14. Thai

Culture Page in Student Resource Center Junior (GALE)

 

e-book version of The Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures and Nations (Click on the icons below)

 

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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

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