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World Cultures: Reference Resources

This guide will introduce you to resources which support assignments that require research on world cultures.

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Reference Books are great places to go for: overviews of your topic; keyword ideas to use in our catalog and databases; suggested additional sources.

Reference Books (E-Books)

General Works

Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life (Gale E-Books)
Also available in print at Lancaster

Countries and Their Cultures (Gale E-Books)

Holidays and Rites

Miscellaneous:

Online Reference Collections

Gale Ebooks
Collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries and handbooks covering a variety of subject areas.
Credo Reference
Articles from encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference sources from all subject areas. Includes images, audio pronunciation files, maps, and data tables.