Trailblazer Research Guide
World Cultures
World Cultures
Dewey Decimal Call Numbers
- 306 for general sources on culture, other call numbers vary depending on the aspect of culture and the culture being covered
General Information
- Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures & Daily Life R 306.03 W927
- Encyclopedia of World Cultures R 306.03 E56
- Cultures of the World series R 306.03 C967
- Countries of the World series R 909 C855
- Modern Nations of the World series R 909 M689
- World Geography Encyclopedia R 910.3 W927
- Heritage Library of African Peoples series R 960 H548
- Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe R 947.0003 E56
- Encyclopedia of Modern Asia R 950.03 L665
- Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East R 956.003 E56
- Cultures & Customs of the Philippines R 959 C968p
- Endangered Peoples of Oceania R 306.08 F559
- Historical Dictionary of Laos R 959.4003 s932
- Encyclopedia of Latin American History & Culture R 980.003 E56
- Weddings: Dating & Love Customs of Cultures Worldwide R 392.5 M834
- Holidays & Anniversaries of the World R 394.26 H732
- Death & the Afterlife R 393.03 T245
- Garland Encyclopedia of World Music R 780.9 G233
- New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians R 780.3 G884
- Encyclopedia of Religion R 200.3 E56
- Islamic Fundamentalism R 320.55 D252
- Encyclopedia of World Sport R 796.03 E56
Statistical Information
- World Population R 304.6 G464
- Europa World Year Book R 314 E89
- Stateman’s Yearbook R 305 S79
- World Almanac R 317 W92
Biographical Information
- Encyclopedia of World Biography R 920.02 E56
- Current Biography R 920 C97
Subject Headings
- Name of country
- Name of people group (e.g. Igbo, Pushtuns Note: some time archaic terms are also used for subject headings e.g. use "Eskimos" in addition to "Inuit.")
- Country name--Social life and customs (e.g. India--Social life and customs)
- Country name--Religion (e.g. Japan--Religion)
- Women--Country name (e.g. Women--Great Britain)
- Marriage--Country name (e.g. Marriage--China)
- Music--Country name (e.g. Music--Egypt)
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--Country name (Funeral rites and ceremonies-Mexico)
- Cookery, Name of people (e.g. Cookery, Indic; Cookery, Chinese)
Keywords
- name of country
- name of people group or segment of population (e.g. Dalits, Inuit, Maori, women)
- name of religious group or religion (e.g. Sunni muslims, Buddhism, Hinduism)
- culture, customs, social life, rites
- name of ceremony, event, or concept (e.g. marriage, death, music, cooking, dress, costume)
Databases to Use for Finding Articles
- ArticleFrist
- Academic Search Premier
- Academic Universe
- Art Abstracts
- Education Research Complete
- ERIC
- History Reference Center
- MAS Ultra: Student Ed.
- MagillOnLiterature Plus
- Saskia Digital Art Collection (Not available off-campus)
- SocINDEX with Full-text
Internet Resources
- World Civilizations: Internet Resources http://www.wsu.edu:8000/%7Edee/INRES.HTM
- Country Studies from the Federal Research Division http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html#toc
- World Fact Book https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
- History and Culture page from the Smithsonian http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/History_and_Culture/
- Native Planet-a site about indigenous peoples http://www.nativeplanet.org
- Infonation-a UN site for children but compares statistics between countries nicely http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation3/menu/advanced.asp
- Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent-good images http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/AfricaFocus/
- Latin American Network Information Center: Countries http://www1.lanic.utexas.edu/subject/countries/
- Encyclopedia of the Orient (North Africa and the Middle East) http://i-cias.com/e.o/index.htm
- Asia Source http://www.asiasource.org
