LibGuides: Subject Guides for Websites: CULTURE

CULTURE (Cultural Studies)

Artcyclopedia.com
• https://www.educationworld.com/awards/past/2000/r0500-12.shtml
• Education World
• .com
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This site is a comprehensive database of museum-quality fine art that can be viewed on the Internet.
BBC News - Country Profiles
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm
• British Broadcasting Company
• .co.uk (United Kingdom)
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Provides profiles of countries around the world. These profiles include an overview, map, facts, current leader, timeline of key events, information about the media and how it is used in that country, and links to key stories and clips from the BBC archives.
Country Profiles: Global Guide to Culture, Customs, and Etiquette
• http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/country-profiles.html
• Kwintessential Ltd.
• .co.uk (United Kingdom)
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Provides information about culture, customs, and etiquette on a selected number of countries. Topics include language, useful phrases, the society, culture, business and social etiquette's.
Country Studies, Library of Congress
• http://www.loc.gov/collections/country-studies/about-this-collection/
• Library of Congress: Collection – Country Studies
• .gov
Culture: Geert Hofstede & Gert Jan Hofstede
• https://geerthofstede.com/
• Geert Hofstede & Gert Jan Hofstede
• .com
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Provides links to information (articles, speeches, interviews, videos) about culture.
DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals
Provides a comprehensive, subject-organized list of open access journals that are peer reviewed. Defines “open access journal” as any which does not charge readers or institutions for access.
EDSITEment!
• https://edsitement.neh.gov/
• National Endowment for the Humanities
• .gov
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Offers Web-based material for teachers and students in the areas of literature, languages, art, culture, history, and social studies. Provides lesson plans by subject: Art & Culture, Foreign Language, History & Social Studies, Literature & Language Arts. All links are reviewed.
Europeana
• http://www.europeana.eu/portal/
• Europeana Foundation, co-funded by the European Union
• .ed (Europe)
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An authoritative source of information coming from European cultural and scientific institutions, this site provides a single access point to millions of books, paintings, films, museum objects and archival records that have been digitized throughout Europe.

Last update: 8/11/2021

Google Scholar

Google Scholar

Google Scholar is a variation of Google. It is designed specifically for scholarly literature searches.

Advantages

It’s free to use.
It has a simple, familiar interface that works much like regular Google.
It finds scholarly books, articles, and conference papers from a wide range of disciplines.

Disadvantages

Coverage is not comprehensive. It is a good first place to start researching a paper, but not comprehensive enough to be the only place you look.
Criteria used for selecting “scholarly” materials is not given. Search results can be a mixture of articles and books as well as unpublished manuscripts, course syllabi, and high school term papers, so you must critically evaluate what you find.
Results are not always full-text or free like regular Google. Often the link for an article will take you to the publishers website where the full article is available only if you buy it.