MULTICULTURAL COMMUNICATION (Com 315)

Encyclopedias and Article Databases

• Encarta Encyclopedia ~ A good source for bakcground information on a wide variety of topics.
• Academic Search Elite ~ A good place to start. Includes references to scholarly as well as popular periodicals. (To access this resource from off campus, go to Articles and Databases and choose Academic Search Elite. You may also want to look at Accessing Library Resources from Off Campus).
• Periodical Abstracts ~ Includes indexing, abstracting, and some full text for magazine and journal articles. (To access this resource from off campus, go to Articles and Databases and choose Periodical Abstracts. You may also want to look at Accessing Library Resources from Off Campus).

Books and Print Resources

Use Illinet Online to find books held in the Elmhurst College library as well as books owned by 44 other Illinois academic libraries.

• WorldMark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life  4 vols.  Reference, R 305.8003 W927
• Culturgrams: The Nations Around Us  R909.82C968
• The Europa World Year Book   R341.184E89
• Encyclopedia of World Art   R703 E56
• The World Almanac & Book of Facts  R317.3W927

• Ordering books from other libraries ~ Illinet Online allows you to request books held by 45 academic libraries in Illinois. 
• What if Illinet Online doesn't have the book I need? Request the book through interlibrary loan.

 

Examples of Circulating Books

• Doing Business in...  (Do a Browse Title search on this in Illinet Online)
• Doing Business in Argentina 346.82 D657ar
• Mexico: A Country Study 917.2m6111997
• How to do Business with the Japanese 395.52D376H1993
• Korean Heritage Series 709.519K84

Internet Resources

Interactive World Fact Book
Multicutural Pavilion
Nations of the World
Social Studies Sources
Yahooligans! Around the World Directory

Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages

Citing Your Sources

• College Writing and Citing Resources
  

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 Updated February 19, 1999
Donna Goodwyn
Updated 09/06/2001
Anne Jordan-Baker