LibGuides: eResources for Rome Campus Students: CLPR 351

CLPR 351: Intercultural Awareness: Home Away from Home

Reference Works for Background Information

Countries and Their Cultures

EBook. Click the title to read it
Encyclopedia of World Cultures

EBook. Click the title to read it
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life, 3rd edition

EBook. Click the title to read it

Understanding Global Cultures: Metaphorical Journeys through 29 Nations, Clusters of Nations, Continents, and Diversity

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You will be taken to the catalog record for the book.
Scroll down, find, and click on the "Online Access" link to use the book.
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Once in the ebook, go to Chapter 21: "The Italian Opera"

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Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,800+ serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Records published by Sociological Abstracts in print during the database's first 11 years, 1952-1962, have been added to the database as of November 2005, extending the depth of the backfile of this authoritative resource.
Sociology Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Access to the full-text of more than 310 journals in sociology and social work. This collection provides full-text coverage of many core titles included in Sociological Abstracts and Social Services Abstracts.
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Reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, covered in the EBSCOhost database "America: History and Life"). Over 2,000 journals published throughout the world are covered; includes a targeted selection of hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanities.
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Cultural Studies: Reference Works

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