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World Cultures: Find Books

This guide suggests resources and strategies for research on world cultures.

Browsing the Shelves

Browse the shelves by call number.  Use the Dewey Decimal chart to get you in the right subject areas or try the following:

Social groups   305
Culture and institutions   306

Reference Books

The African American Encyclopedia (R 973.0496073 Af824)
American Immigrant Cultures
(R 305.800973 Am249)

Countries and Their Cultures (R 306.03 C83265)
Encyclopedia of African Peoples (R 305.896003 En193)
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures (R 980.003 En183)
Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology
(R 306.03 En182)
Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities (R 305.8003 En197)
Encyclopedia of Women and Gender
(R 305.403 En198)
Encyclopedia of World Cultures
(R 306.03 En19)
The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes
(R 973.0497 G131)

The Statesman's Yearbook (R 305 St29)
Women in the Third World (R 305.4209172 W8425)
The World Almanac (R 310 W893)
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life (R 305.8003 W893)

Find Books

Use the Kent Library Catalog to find books.

Some appropriate subject headings include:

Cross-cultural studies
Cultural awareness
Culture
Intercultural communication
Language and culture
Politics and culture
Religion and culture
Subculture


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