Subject Guides

Databases

Academic Search Premier
The world's largest scholarly, multidiscipline, full-text database designed specifically for academic institutions. Contains full text for more than 4,600 peer-reviewed publications, in nearly all academic areas of study.

Fuente Academica
Nearly 200 full-text periodicals from the Spanish-speaking world. Thirteen are peer-reviewed. Includes Revista de Arquitectura, Estudios Sobre Educacion, Revista de Estudios Hispanicos, Comunicacion y Sociedad, Revista de Ciencia Politica, and Revista Historia.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
More than 25,000 entries covering a variety of subject areas.

Global Reference Center

Britannica's Global Reference Center is the home of comprehensive online content in a variety of global languages, including Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Resources include Gran Enciclopedia Planeta, Enciclopedia Juvenil, Encyclopædia Universalis,Britannica Online Japan, Britannica Online Korea, and the Britannica Pocket Encyclopedia (Chinese).

Global Road Warrior 

Provides business and travel information for countries around the world. Sections include Country Facts, Society & Culture, Health & Medical, Technical/Electrical and more. Also included is a Resource Guide that provides useful and practical information on how to do basic things such as making a phone call into or out of a foreign country.

Hospitality, Tourism & Leisure
This collection of more than 800 journals and 29 subject specific reference titles provide well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism fields.

Informe 

Full-text articles from the most popular Spanish-language and bilingual periodicals.

Political Science Complete
Contains full text for over 400 journals, and cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 800 journals, (including top-ranked scholarly journals), many of which are unique to the product, such as British Politics, Ethnopolitics and the Journal of Women, Politics & Policy. PSC has a worldwide focus, reflecting the globalization of contemporary political discourse. 

TopicSearch
Explores social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms.

Program Resources

Juniors Abroad 2010 (pdf)

Juniors Abroad 2011 (pdf)

Juniors Abroad 2012 (pdf)

Web resources

BBC News Country Profiles

CIA Factbook

Fodor’s Guides

Frommer’s Guides

Library of Congress Country Profiles

Lonely Planet

Rick Steves

Rough Guides

Electronic dictionaries

Historical dictionary of Australia

Historical dictionary of Costa Rica

Historical dictionary of Egypt

Historical dictionary of Ethiopia and Eritrea

Historical dictionary of Honduras

Historical dictionary of Laos

Historical dictionary of New Zealand

Historical dictionary of Taiwan (Republic of China)

Encyclopedias

Atlas of the World Religions

Countries and their Cultures

Culture Grams

Encyclopedia of Food and Culture

Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion

Encyclopedia of World Geography

Encyclopedia of World History

National Geographic Concise History of the World

United Nations Statistical Yearbook

Timelines of World History

Worldmark encyclopedia of national economies

Regional resources

Africa

Cambridge History of Africa: Vols. 1-8*

Cambridge History of Egypt*

Cambridge History of South Africa: Vols. 1-2*

Encyclopedia of African history

Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa

Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt

Asia

Cambridge History of China*

Britannica guide to modern China: a comprehensive introduction to the world's new economic giant*

Encyclopedia of Modern Asia

Australia and New Zealand

Australia: The Complete Encyclopedia

Central and South America

The Cambridge History of Latin America: Vols. 1-11*

Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture

Europe

Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture*

Encyclopedia of Contemporary German Culture*

Encyclopedia of Ireland

The Hutchinson Illustrated Encyclopedia of British History*

Greece and Italy

Guide to biblical sites in Greece and Turkey

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture

Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece

Israel

Historical atlas of the Holy Lands

Southeast Asia

Cambridge History of South East Asia*

India : a global studies handbook

New Cambridge Histories of India: Volumes 1-21*

Turkey

Cambridge History of Turkey*

Business & etiquette guides

Business travel in China*

Business travel in France*

Business travel in Great Britain*

Business travel in Germany*

Business travel in Italy*

Business travel in the Netherlands*

China global studies handbook

Costa Rica : an ecotraveller's guide

Culture wise France: The essential guide to culture, customs, & business etiquette

Global etiquette guide to Africa and the Middle East: Everything you need to know for business and travel success

Global etiquette guide to Asia: Everything you need to know for business and travel success

Global etiquette guide to Europe: Everything you need to know for business and travel success

Global etiquette guide to Mexico and Latin America: Everything you need to know for business and travel success

Web Travel aids

CDC – Center for Disease Control and Travel

Money Converter

Passport

Time Converter

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