The following resources include both printed reference sources, check-out books and many interesting Internet sites on other countries and cultures of interest to sociology students. Do not forget to use the LPC Library Homepage with links to especially useful electronic print resources. Useful databases are Ethnic NewsWatch, GenderWatch, and CountryWatch. In addition, America's Newspapers (NewsBank), Academic Search Premier (EBSCO), and Health Source (EBSCO) described below will be helpful.
Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience. Ref DT14.A37435 2005 v. 1-5
Countries and Their Cultures. Ref GN307.C68 2001 v.1-4
CultureGrams: The Nations Around Us. Ref GT150.C85 2006 v. 1-4
Dictionary of the Social Sciences. Ref H41.D53 2002. Books like this are sometimes useful for finding information about your social indicators.
Encyclopedia of Britain. Ref DA1.E52 1999
Encyclopedia of Contempoary German Culture. Ref DD290.26.E53 1999
Encyclopedia of Irish History and Culture. Ref DA912.E53 2004 v.1-2
Encyclopedia of Modern Asia. Ref DS4.L48 2002 v.1-6
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Japanese Culture. Ref DS822.5.E516 2001
Encyclopedia of Russian History. Ref DK14.E53 2004 v.1-4
Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa. Ref DS43.E53 2004 v.1-4
Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities. Ref GN495.4.E63 2005 v.1-3
Encyclopedia of the World's Nations. Ref G63.K874 2002
v. 1-3
Encyclopedia of World Cultures. Ref GN307.E53 1996
v.1-10
Europa World Year Book. Ref JN1.E85 2000 v. 1 & 2
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World. Ref
DS35.53.O95 1995
South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2000.
8th ed. Ref F1401.S68 2000
World Factbook, 2005 . Ref G59.W67 2005
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations. Ref G63.W67
1998 v.1-5
African Development Indicators 2002. Ref HC800.A475 2002
Asian Pacific American Heritage: A Companion to Literature
and Arts. Ref PS153.A84.A87 1999
Child Labor: A World History Companion. Ref HD6231.H63
1999. "Presents overviews of child labor in specific
countries and world regions [and] ...such subjects as the
effects of work on children's education, the economic forces
driving the exploitation of minors, campaigns and legislation
against child employment..."
The Continuum Complete International Encyclopedia of Sexuality. HQ21.I68 2003
Cross-cultural Perspectives on Human Sexuality.
Ref HQ16.C27 1998
Encyclopedia of Food and Culture. Ref GT2850.E53
2003 v. 1-3. "...Offers information on all aspects
of food in human culture, from Stone Age nutrition to the
future of food, ... encompassing the history, science and
health, anthropology, psychology, sociology, etc."
Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity. Ref HV6322.7.E532 2005 v. 1-2
Encyclopedia of Marriage and the Family. Ref HQ9.E52 1995
Encyclopedia of Social Issues. Ref HN57.E59 1997
v.1-6
Encyclopedia of Urban Cultures: Cities and Cultures around the World. Ref HT108.5.E53 2002 v.1-4
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. Africa. South
America. Mexico. Central America. Caribbean. Southeast
Asia. South Asia (Indian Subcontinent; Australia and
the Pacific Islands). Europe. United States & Canada.
General Perspectives & Reference Tools. Ref ML100.G16
1998 v.1- 5, 8-10. CDs accompany each volume.
Governments of the World: A Global Guide to Citizens' Rights and Responsibilities. Ref JA61.G645 2006 v. 1-3
Health and Illness: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia. Ref
R733.L477 1997
Health in the Americas: 2002 Edition. Ref RA407.5.L3.P18 2002. Volume I examines "...issues dealing with
leading health indicators, ranging from mortality and changes
in life expectancy to the relationship between health and
income disbribution. [It] ...also analyzes current health
conditions and overall health trends, including those pertaining
to disease prevention and control, health promotion, environmnetal
protection ... Volume II presents an updated analysis of
the health conditions in each of the countries and territories
in the Americas."
History of World Trade since 1450. Ref HF1379.H574 2006 v.1-2
International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family. Ref
HQ9.E52 2003 v.1-4. "A compendium surveying the shared
patterns and amazing variation in marriage and family life
in a rapidly changing multicultural world. Presents 'knowldege
about marriages, families, and human relationships and about
the psychological, cultural, and societal forces that influence
them.'"
Man, Myth & Magic: the Illustrated Encyclopedia of
Mythology, Religion and the Unknown. Ref BF1407.M34
1995 v.1-21
Nutrition and Health in Developing Countries. Ref RA645.N87.N847 2001
The State of Women in the World Atlas. Ref G1046.E1.S4 2000
Statistical Handbook on the World's Children. Ref
HQ767.9.K38 2002. International statistical material on
children, organized into 8 sections: demography, education,
health and nutrition, disease, AIDS, economics, family and
social life, and crime
Women in the Third World: A Reference Handbook. Ref
HQ1870.9.K58 1997
Women in the Third World: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary
Issues. Ref HQ1870.9.W6548 1998.
Women's Health and Development: A Global Challenge.
Ref RA408.W65.W65 1993
World Education Encyclopedia: A Survey of Educational
Systems Worldwide. 2nd ed. Ref LB15.W87 2001 v.1-3
World of Health. Ref R130.5.W67 2000
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life. Ref
GN333.W67 1998 v.1-4
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices. Ref BL80.3.W67 2006 v. 1-3
World's Women 2000: Trends and Statistics. Ref
HQ1154.W95 2000
You Eat What You Are: People, Culture and Food Traditions.
2nd ed. Ref GT2850.B37 1999
Search the library catalog for "area handbook and Albania" or "country
study and Albania", for example, to find an area study
on a Albania.
Searching for a country by subject, such as Albania, would also result in the
above title.
To find a list of all the country studies that LPC owns, search "by series" for "area
handbook series."
China: A Global Studies Handbook. DS706.C4893 2003
India: A Global Studies Handbook. DS407.B63 2004
Indonesia: A Global Studies Handbook. DS615.L36 2003
Japan: A Global Studies Handbook. DS806.E45 2002
The Koreas: A Global Studies Handbook. DS902.C65 2002
Nepal and Bangladesh: A Global Studies Handbook. DS393.4.S55 2002
The Philippines: A Global Studies Handbook. DS655.W66 2006
Thailand: A Global Studies Handbook. DS563.5.H63 2004
Vietnam: A Global Studies Handbook. DS556.3.W66 2002
Global Studies: India and South Asia. 3rd ed. DS341.3.N67 1997.
Global Studies: Middle East. 6th ed. DS62.4.S63
1996
Global Studies: Western Europe. 5th ed. G D424.W37 1997
The History Atlas of Africa. G2446.S1.K3 1998
The History Atlas of Asia. G2201.S1.B25 1998
The History Atlas of Europe. G1797.21.S1.B3 1998
The History Atlas of North America. G1106.S1.D3
1998
The History Atlas of South America. G1701.S1.E4
1998
Middle East: An Anthropological Approach. GN635.N42.E38
Dress and Identity. GT524.D74 1995 "...A
fascinating collection of readings to illustrate the importance
of dress both as a means of communication and in the development
and maintenance of identity [in a variety of cultures]."
Love and Sex in Twelve Cultures. GN484.3.E5 1989
Material World: A Global Family Portrait. GN406.M45 1994
Same Sex, Different Cultures: Exploring Gay & Lesbian
Lives.. GN484.35.H47 1997
Women in Developing Economies: Making Visible the Invisible.
HQ1240.5.D44.W662 1993. Includes Caribbean region, Tunisia,
Ghana, Colombia, and India
Women in Society: Australia, Brazil, Britain, China,
Egypt, Germany, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Russia,
South Africa. HQ1154.W880 1992-1994.
Women in the Material World. HQ1381 D35 1996
Use the following electronic print resources to find magazine
and newspaper articles on countries and their cultures. Use
the name of your country and the issue you are researching
for keyword searches, such as "Latvia and health."
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) – Provides full text for more than
4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed
journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers
information dating as far back as 1975. Contains maps in the Image Database.
America's Newspapers (NewsBank) – This database contains the full-text of articles published
in national, regional, and local papers, such as The Valley Times, Sacramento
Bee, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, New York Times, Washington
Post, and many more. The large regional or national papers will provide the
most international information on countries.
CountryWatch – This databases contains political, economic, and business information, as well as maps for countries.
CQ Researcher – Explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week.
Topics from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science
and technology in an archive dataing back to 1991.
Ethnic NewsWatch and GenderWatch (ProQuest) – These databases contain
articles with a broad diversity of perspectives and viewpoints from newspapers,
magazines, and journals (ethnic, minority, and native press and those focusing
on the impact of gender in culture and society). All the articles indexed are
available in full-text.
Health Source (EBSCO) – Contains health information with information
on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition,
childcare, sports medicine and general health.
The following resources are useful links to sociological and cultural information. The citations are adapted from the annotated links of the Librarians' Internet Index, lii.org. You may find other useful links by searching lii.org by subject. Try People, Regions of the World, Society and Social Science, or Geography under Science for other good links.
The LPC Library's electronic print resources, Academic Search Premier Image Database, CountryWatch and Americana Online contain good maps. In addition, the following sites also have country maps:
Xpeditions(GOOD
MAPS) - nearly 600 printable page-size maps designed for printing
and copying from National Geographic. Click on Atlas Maps,
click on the area of the world in which you are interested,
then choose a country from the drop-down list "select
one". You may customize your maps with more detail or
country borders on or off.
Altapedia Online -
Full color physical and political maps and key facts and
statistics on countries of the world
GeographyIQ - online world atlas with maps
World
of Maps - Die Welt der Karten - "Maps, spacial data
and GIS on the Internet - and how to find them. Links to
catalogues of map holdings, map collections and map archives,
map curatorship and map history, map institutions, map events
and many others ...."
Use the LPC Library Homepage to find links to the reference databases that the library purchases
which give good information on countries, including CountryWatch.com,
EBSCO databases, Ethnic NewsWatch, and Gender Watch
AdmiNet -
non-profit organisation delivering general information about
governmental authorities and public services
Background
Notes - latest information, country information released
after Jan. 20, 2001
Background
Notes - older information: country information released
prior to Jan. 20, 2001. Once you click on this link, you
must scroll down to find the older country links
BUBL
LINK / Catalogue of Internet Resources: Countries - "a
quick, user-friendly lead into key resources by country.
BUBL
LINK / Catalogue of Internet Resources: Sociology - "a
quick, user-friendly lead into key resources by country.
Other major subject areas covered
CalPhotos:
People and Culture - nearly 500 photographs of people
and their culture from around the globe
Childstats.gov -
statistical reports on the status of U.S. children, including
population and family characteristics, economic security,
health, behavior and social environment, and education
Country
Studies/Area Handbooks - "presents a description
and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic,
political, and national security systems and institutions
of countries throughout the world and examines the interrelationships
of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural
factors"
Economist.com
Country Briefings - news stories, fact sheets, and links
to official government sites for countries from Algeria to
Vietnam; useful with Background Notes and the World Factbook
Education
for All - assessment reports on the basic education in
180 countries, which contain some of this information: funding,
issues and goals, statistics on enrollment, literacy, educational
levels of teachers, academic and vocational education, evaluation
of early childhood, primary, and secondary instruction
GeographyIQ - "an
online world atlas packed with geographic, economic, political,
historical and cultural information"
Global
Educational Database (GED) - United States Agency for
International Development reports on primary, secondary,
and tertiary education from statistics by UNESCO and USAID's
Demographic and Health Surveys; includes numbers of teachers,
numbers of female teachers, percentage of female teachers,
and teacher-student ratios
MSU
Global Access - briefly annotated collection of 4,000+
sites "to help people learn about the world - its regions
and peoples and important international issues."
PovertyNet -
contains a collection of reports and data on world poverty
and quotes from a study in which the poor of sixty countries
describe their lives - World Bank
Social
Science Data Archives - a searchable collection of databases,
with some annotations, arranged by country. There is also
a category for worldwide databases, and users can browse
in over 150 subject areas.
SOSIG: Social
Science Information Gateway - categories of business, economics,
education, environmental sciences and issues, ethnology,
ethnography and anthropology, European studies, geography,
government and public administration, law, philosophy, politics,
psychology, social science general, social welfare, sociology,
statistics, and women studies lead to thousands of resources
on the Internet
Statistical
Resources on the Web - A directory of the best resources
for world-wide statistics on the Web and the place to start
when you want to find a good source for statistics on most
topics
UNEP.Net Environment Network -
country and regional profiles, an atlas of environmentally
protected areas, nuclear power sites worldwide, global coastal
statistics, greenhouse gas emissions and projections, a digital
map plotting coral reefs worldwide, nationally designated
protected areas, global forest and wildfire status reports...
UNESCO - United Nations
Educational, Scientific, Cultural Organization
UNICEF - United Nation's
Children Fund, the "leading advocate for children’s
rights, active in 158 countries and territories around the
world." Click on Information by Country
USAID -
(United States Agency for International Development) "has
been the principal U.S. agency to extend assistance to countries
recovering from disaster, trying to escape poverty, and engaging
in democratic reforms".
Women's Human
Rights Resources - Women's issues covered at this site
are education, equality, feminist theory, health, labor and
employment, marriage and family, political rights, property
law, housing, prostitution, race and gender, religion, and
violence. Consists of citations of articles with abstracts
and annotations or full text from UN publications, reports
from non-governmental organizations, international conventions/treaties,
and more; and annotated links
World
Fact Book - the "Factbook was created as an annual
summary and update to the encyclopedic National Intelligence
Survey" compiled by the CIA
LPC Library Guide to APA - Includes examples of most used resources on the webpage, links to the fill-in printed templates for the most common resources, and a link to NoodleBib, an online reference list composer.
Many of these links were found through Librarians' Internet Index and the annotations were adapted from the LII list (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index, lii.org.)
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