Cerritos College

Your search for information on Countries and Cultures of the World can include books, periodical articles, online databases, and authoritative Internet resources.

Journals and magazines usually provide the most current information on a topic. To find articles on your country, use one of the online indexes listed below. They are available through the Library at http://www.cerritos.edu/library/http://www.cerritos.edu/library/e-resources.html.

When searching online databases, use subject headings similar to those used to locate books. The Library also has print indexes that must be used to find older articles, generally anything published before 1985.

CountryWatch

EbscoHost

Facts.com

NewsBank

 

Ethnic NewsWatch

GaleNet

http://www.unesco.org/culture/links/

More than 400 "culture faculties and universities, foundations, international organizations, ministries of culture, national agencies and organizations of national scope, networks and culturenets, non-governmental organizations, and regional organizations research institutes" from the United Nations.

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Foreign Newspapers Online

WorldNet Daily – Online Newspapers by Title

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/resources/foreign_newspapers.asp

Internet Public Library - Online Newspapers by Country

http://www.ipl.org/div/news/

MIT Libraries – Online Newspapers by Language

http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/types/flnews/

LG 2/2002

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