World Cultures Pathfinder

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Library resources about cultural geography.

KEY SUBJECT HEADINGS

  • Culture
  • Folklore
  • Civilization
  • Human geography
  • Italy - social life and customs (substitute any country)
  • India - intellectual life (substitute any country)
  • Russians (substitute any cultural group)



KEY REFERENCE SOURCES


R 305.8 C759   Contact: a directory of ethnic organizations in Washington state. Seattle, WA: Ethnic Heritage Council, 1990.
R 910.2 C968   Culturegrams: the nations around us. Garret Park, MD: Garret Park Press, 1993.
R 914.4 T246c   Culture Shock! France. Portland, OR: Graphic Arts Center, 1990. (Other titles in this series are available. Search the catalog under the title: Culture shock.)
R 304.2 D554   The dictionary of human geography. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Reference, 1994.
R 394.26 F666   The folklore of world holidays. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1992.
R 305.8 G151   Gale encyclopedia of multicultural America. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1995.
R 304.2 L665h   Human environments: a cross-cultural encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1995.
R 305.8 I29   The illustrated encyclopedia of mankind. New York, NY: M. Cavendish, 1990.
R 910.202 I61   International profiles/Weissman Travel Reports. Austin, TX: Weissman Travel Reports, 1991.
R 910.3 M367   The Marshall Cavendish new illustrated encyclopedia of the world and its people. New York, NY: M. Cavendish, 1986.
R 658.848 M611   Mexico business: the portable encyclopedia for doing business with Mexico. San Rafael, CA: World Trade Press, 1994. (Other titles in this series are available. Search the catalog under the title: World trade press country business guides.)
R 031 M626 1995   Microsoft Encarta '95 [interactive multimedia]. Redmond, WA: Microsoft, 1994. (Please see any library staff member to get started with this.)
R 912 G348o 1996   Oxford concise atlas of the world. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1996.
R 910.3 M367   The world and its people, vol. 1-19. New York, NY: M. Cavendish, 1986.
R 305.56016
W 927  
World directory of minorities. Chicago, IL: St James Press, 1990.
R 910.3 W927   Worldmark encyclopedia of the nations. New York, NY: Worldmark Press, 1984.


SELECTED TITLES

 

MEDIA
916 A258  
Africa [videorecording]: continent of contrasts. Huntsville, TX: Educational Video Network, 1994.
MEDIA
960 A258  
The Africans, a triple heritage [videorecording], vol. 1-9. Chicago, IL: Films, Inc., 1986.
MEDIA
959 T829c  
Cambodia [videorecording]: children of the river. San Diego, CA: The Media Guild, 1995.
MEDIA
914.3 D611  
Discovering Germany [videorecording]. San Ramon, CA: The Network, 1991.
916.204 W359   Egypt & the Sudan: a travel survival kit. Berkeley, CA: Lonely Planet Publications, 1994. (Other titles in this series are available. Search the catalog under the title: Lonely planet travel survival kit.)
MEDIA
919.4046 D252f  
From Alice to Ocean: alone across the Outback. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley in association with against All Odds Productions, 1992.
MEDIA
914 G751  
The grand tour [videorecording]. El Cerrito, Ca: Flower Films, 1992.
MEDIA
781.620078 J98  
JVC video anthology of world music and dance. Cambridge, MA: Distributed by Rounder Records, 1990.
MEDIA
915 M998  
Mysterious Orient [videorecording]. San Ramon, CA: Chiswick, London: International Video Network, 1989.
305.8 M913pL   Peoples of the world. Latin Americans. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1989.
305.8 M913pm   Peoples of the world. The Middle East and North Africa. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1992.
959.57 S617   Singapore: a country study. Washington, DC: U.S. G.P.O., 1991. (Other country studies are available. Search the catalog under the title: Area handbook series.)
MEDIA
658.3 V215  
Valuing diversity [videorecording]. Lake Zurich, IL: Learning Seed, 1995.
MEDIA
959 T829v  
Vietnam [videorecording]: way of the heart. San Diego, CA: The Media Guild, 1994.

 

PERIODICALS PERIODICAL INDEXES
  • Beijing Review
  • British Heritage
  • China Today
  • Ethnic Newswatch (on CD-ROM)
  • Focus
  • Free China Review
  • Jewish Transcript
  • Journal of Asian Studies
  • Koreana
  • National Geographic
  • Native Peoples
  • Northwest Asian Weekly
  • Palestine Perspectives
  • Russian Life
  • ProQuest
  • Humanities Index
  • Social Sciences Index



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