Electronic Databases (Currently featured on the library website at: <https://terronezlibrary.edublogs.org/>).
1. 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.
2. CULTURE GRAMS via Proquest
Click “My Products page” –> click CultureGrams –> click World Edition
3. CountryReports.org
4. World Book Online
After logging in, click on World Book Student and begin your search
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.
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