Culture

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	America's Newspapers The electronic editions of record for 600 valuable local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers--all in one easy-to-search database. Each paper provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community.
	Ancient Europe, 8000 B.C. to A.D. 1000: Encyclopedia of the Barbarian World. Peter Bogucki and Pam J. Crabtree, Eds. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004. 1,144 pp. This encyclopedia explores the many peoples of early European civilizations responsible for such accomplishments as the rise of farming in the Neolithic era and the building of Stonehenge. Coverage expands from prehistoric origins through the early Middle Ages (8000 BC to AD 1000) when tribal movements helped define the end of ancient culture and the rise of the modern European world.
	CountryReports.org Established in 1997 out of a love for international relations and culture. Today millions of visitors a year take advantage of the great content found within CountryReports.org. We provide statistical information as well as cultural information which students, parents, teachers and researchers find valuable. CountryReports.org has over 26,000 pages of content.
	Encyclopedia of American Religions - J. Gordon Melton, Ed. 7th ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003. 1,408 pp. Contains general essays that historically trace the major religious families and traditions, as well as directory listings that include contact and descriptive information on individual churches, religious bodies, and spiritual groups.
	Ethnic NewsWatch Is an interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full-text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Designed to provide the "other side of the story," ENW titles offer additional viewpoints from those proffered by the mainstream press. Coverage begins in 1990. Full-text articles in English or Spanish from 271 ethnic news publications (Hispanic, Navajo, Jewish, Arabic, e.g.) which give unique cultural and ethnic perspectives on current news topics.
	Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America - Jeffrey Lehman, Ed. 2nd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2000. 1,974 pp. 3 vols. Contains 8,000 to 12,000 word essays on specific culture groups in the United States, emphasizing religions, holidays, customs, and languages in addition to providing information on historical background and settlement patterns. Also covers ethnoreligious groups such as Jews, Chaldeans, and Amish. Each essay lists organizations and research centers; name, address, and contact information for periodicals, radio, and television stations; and a further readings section.
	Global Road Warrior - Is the most comprehensive business travel, telecommunications and business culture online reference available in the world. The Global Road Warrior covers 175 countries. Business travelers, travel planners, international communicators and business people who need extensive coverage of these topics will find the most up-to-date information available in a highly organized and consistent format.
	Daily Life Online Exploring everyday life, past and present, every day people through history. Combining three rich databases to provide a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary resource that supports history, social studies, English, and language students, Daily Life Online moves seamlessly from past to present, providing context for contemporary life and culture. This site details the daily realities of historical people, ranging from ancient to modern times searchable by subject, region of the world or time period. It explores topics such as sexuality, slavery and clothing in mature and candid detail.
	MagillOnHistory Produced by Salem Press, combines content from their critically acclaimed history reference sets in a fully integrated single database. This database is comprised of approximately 10,000 records, more than 1,800 historical images, charts, graphs and maps, and an index of more than 13,000 names. In addition, this database includes more than 4,000 biographical essays which examine the lives of more than 3,800 historical figures.
	Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center Draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources to provide a complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles
	Worldmark Encyclopedia of Nations - 11th ed. Detroit: Gale, 2004. 3613 pp. 6 vols. Presents easy-to-understand information on 200 countries and dependencies from around the world. Entries discuss a variety of topics in detail, from banking and securities to climate, from government data to demographic statistics. Also includes biographical essays on national leaders.
	World Folklore & Folklife - A source of thousands of international folk and fairy tales and includes information on Celebrations and Rituals, Food and Drink, Holidays and Festivals, Music and Dance, Religion and Belief, Tales, Myths, and Urban Legends and Traditional Arts and Crafts. (See complete titles listing)

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