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Researching Cultural Geography |
Databases for Finding Articles
Catalog for Finding Books
Links to Selected Websites
Click here
to find Research Topics from the Table of Contents of Human Geography
Databases for Newspaper, Magazine, Journal & Reference Articles:
Gale-InfoTrac PowerSearch databases Start Here on
campus or off-campus w/ library card
articles from academic
journals, popular magazines and newspapers (including the S.F. Chronicle,
N.Y. Times & L.A. Times) excellent general periodical
database.
o To narrow searches, use the Advanced search mode
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PLEASE NOTE: When
search results are first displayed, only magazine & journal articles are
shown, if available for your search.
Click on the "News" tab
to display all news articles on your topic; click on the "Reference" tab
to display reference articles on your topic.
Gale
Student Resource Center on campus or off-campus w/ library card
Full-text
articles on biography, geography, culture, history, literature, science, etc.
Lands & Peoples - on-campus OR off campus w/ library card
Encyclopedia of countries, cultures & current events
Ethnic Newswatch on campus or
off-campus w/ library card
Full-text articles from
about 200 newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native
press, in English and Spanish.
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe on campus or
off-campus w/ library card
Full-text articles
from a wide range of news, business & other publications.
- Click on News at left of home page
- In the box for: "Step One: Select a news category", select: General News
- In the box for: "Step Two: Select a news source", select: Major Papers
- In the first entry box under: "Step Three: Enter
search terms", enter word(s) for your desired topic, e.g. civil
liberties AND terrorism
- Click the Search button
Books:
The PLS Online Catalog is the online catalog to find books in Skyline Library and in all libraries in the Peninsula Library System.
After clicking on the link above to access the catalog, follow the steps below:
- Type search words (title, author and/or subject) in the first search box & click Submit.
- The search results will show books and other materials in all libraries in the PLS system.
- To Limit your results to books at Skyline College Library, scroll down to “Limit to: Location:” pull-down menu below the search boxes, scroll down in the Location: pull-down menu, select Skyline College & then click the Submit button.
Selected Books in
Culturegrams. 4 vols.
Available in Library Reference and Circulating Collections: GT 150 C85
Includes information about cultural norms.
Worldmark
encyclopedia of cultures and daily life
REF/ GN333.W67
REF/ GN11.O94
Gale encyclopedia of
multicultural America. Primary documents
REF/ E184.A1 G5
American immigrant
cultures : builders of a nation
REF/ E184.A1
Handbook of Hispanic
cultures in the
Arte Publico
Press ; Instituto de Cooperacion Iberoamericana, c1993-
REF/ E184.S75
Encyclopedia of African-American
culture and history
REF/ E185.E54
Links
to Recommended Websites:
Cultural Profiles Project
Overview of life and
customs in the profiled country from Canadian Citizenship and Immigration
agency. While the profiles provide insight into some customs, they do not cover
all facets of life, and the customs described may not apply in equal measure to
all newcomers from the profiled country.
Portals to the World
Selective links
from the Library of Congress providing authoritative, in-depth information
about the nations and other areas of the world, arranged by country or area
with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories.
Country
Studies
Description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic,
political, and national security systems and institutions of countries
throughout the world, from the Library of Congress.
Country Watch - on-campus OR off-campus with library card
Political,
economic, and business information on any country.
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last revised: 8-30-06 |
