I201: International Perspectives on Culture and the Arts

Selected Reference Works

Countries and Their Cultures. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2001
Research Collection and Information Commons Reference: GN307 .C68 2001

Encyclopedia of Holidays and Celebrations: A Country-By-Country Guide. New York: Facts on File, 2006.
Information Commons Reference: GT3930 .E53 2006

Encyclopedia of Religious Rites, Rituals, and Festivals. New York : Routledge, 2004.
Information Commons Reference: BL31 .E47 2004

Encyclopedia of World Cultures. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1991-1996.
Research Collection and Information Commons Reference: GN307 .E53 1991

Grove Dictionary of Art
Online version of award-winning Grove Dictionary of Art contains the fulltext of all 41,000 articles of the 34-volume print edition, including scholarly bibliographies. Coverage: All aspects of visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present

Grove Music Online
Comprehensive encyclopedia covering all musical topics. Incorporates the New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Coverage: Ancient times to present

Traditional Festivals: A Multicultural Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2005.
Research Collection and Information Commons Reference: GT3925 .R69 2005

Finding Books

Search IUCAT to find out what books, government publications, journals, videos, etc. the library owns.
Hint: Limit your search to: "Blmgtn - All Bloomington Libraries" to only find items that are on this campus.
Hint: Use Boolean Operators (AND, OR, NOT), and Truncation Symbols ($) to construct your searches.
Hint: When you find a really good title, look at the Subject Headings for that book. Use these in a new search.

WorldCat
Thousands of libraries are represented and searchable in this one catalog. Interlibrary Loan requests can be made from within the catalog.

Finding Articles: Databases

More relevant databases can be found at the International Studies Collections page: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=3473
The online path to these databases is: Library Homepage -› Collections by Subject -› International Studies

General & Interdisciplinary Databases

*** Academic Search (EBSCO)
Provides fulltext coverage of magazine, newspaper, and scholarly journals for almost every academic discipline.

JSTOR
Provides searchable full-text of historical runs of important scholarly journals in the humanities, arts, sciences, ecology, and business. Coverage: from the first issue of each journal up to 3-5 years ago.

Anthropology Databases

Anthropology Plus
Anthropological Literature and Anthropology Index, covering all subfields of anthropology. Covers 19th century to present

HRAF: Human Relations Area Files
Searchable full-text ethnographies on hundreds of ethnic, cultural, religious, and national groups worldwide.

Arts & Humanities Databases

Art Full Text
Indexes articles on all aspects of art and architecture published in 370+ international periodicals since 1984 with fulltext coverage of selected journals starting in 1997. Coverage: September, 1984-

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature

Index with abstracts in English to all categories of literature about all genres of music. Books, theses and dissertations, articles in journals. Coverage: 1969-

MLA International Bibliography
Indexes material in modern languages, literature, linguistics and folklore. Coverage: 1963-

Additional Resources:

• Communication and Mass Media Complete: Focuses on all aspects of communication and media
• Film Index International: World cinema from 1930 to the present
• Historical Abstracts: Scholarly journals in history
• International Index to the Performing Arts: Variety of publications relating to theater, music, and film

Citing Your Sources

No matter where your information comes from, you always need to cite your sources. The most frequently used citations have been compiled by the reference librarians on a webpage and handout (APA, MLA and Chicago). These can be found by visiting: http://www.indiana.edu/~libinstr/cite/. 
 

APA: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed. Washington, DC: APA, 2010.
BF76.7 .P83 2010 Research Coll. - Reference Desk, and Undergraduate Services - Reference

MLA: Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2009
LB2369 .G53 2009 Research Coll. - Reference Desk, and Undergraduate Services - Reference

Chicago: The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010
Z253 .U69 2010 Research Coll. - Reference Desk, and Undergraduate Services - Reference
Chicago Manual of Style Online: The electronic version of the classic guide to documentary style.

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Last modified on 20 January 2011