Lake Region Union High School

Cultures

Websites
Print Sources

Free Trials

NEW TRIAL RESOURCES: from the Gale Group
http://trials.gale.com/k12

Refer to your handout for directions to some GREAT RESOURCES!!!!

  • Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender: Men and Women in the World's Cultures, 2003
  • International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family

Subscription Services

Daily Life On-Line & World Cultures Today
http://dailylife.greenwood.com/login.asp

CultureGrams
http://online.culturegrams.com/?a_username=85-65858&a_password=BIGCHALK

eLibrary (Use Countries of the World)
http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/libweb/elib/do/search?edition=&ts=CCCA02B0C6747A4E0F684C697CF3B64A_1196255180670


Recommended Print Sources

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Popular Culture. (6 volumes) REF 306 HOP

Marriage Customs of the World. REF 392.5 MON


Free Web

Dating customs in the world
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0767654.html

Library of Congress Country Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/

Library of Congress: Portals to the World
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html

*United Nations List of Least Developed Countries
http://www.un.org/special-rep/ohrlls/ldc/list.htm

U.S. Department of State's Background Notes
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/

CIA's World Fact Book
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Atlapedia Online
http://www.atlapedia.com/

World's Statesmen
http://www.worldstatesmen.org/

InFonation (United Nations comparison)
http://www.cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation3/menu/advanced.asp

Nationmaster
http://www.nationmaster.com/

Country Reports.org
http://www.countryreports.org/ (ask Ms. Hamblett for user-name & password)

Economist Country Briefings
http://www.economist.com/countries/

Worldwide Gazetteer
http://www.gazeteer.com/gazeteer/v2/index.aspx

Ethnologue: Languages of the world
http://www.ethnologue.com/web.asp

Internet Public Libary's Culturequest
http://www.ipl.org/youth/cquest/

Recommended Videos

United Streaming http://www.unitedstreaming.com (see Ms. Hamblett for password)