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Multicultural - Key Resources
Countries and Their Cultures
"Focuses on cultures and countries around the world, specifically what is and is not
shared culturally by the people who live in a particular country. Entries contain descriptive
summaries of the country in question, including demographic, historical, cultural, economic,
religious, and political information."
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural
America
"essays on specific culture groups in the United States, emphasizing religions, holidays,
customs, and languages in addition to providing information on historical background
and settlement patterns. Also covers ethnoreligious groups such as Jews, Chaldeans,
and Amish."
Multicultural - Other Resources
American Immigrant Cultures: Builders of a Nation
- "Name of the group, alternative names, and names of major subgroups
- Defining features of the group that cause group members and/or outsiders to
define the group as unique in American society
- Patterns of cultural variation within the group, both over time and place
- Immigration & settlement history, including some basic information about the
nations of origin
- Demographic facts, including population & composition, changes in population,
and current distribution in the U.S.
- Languages spoken on arrival in the U.S. and subsequent changes in language use
- Cultural characteristics of the group, including but not limited to economic
patterns, housing, religion, worldview, marriage & family, kinship, interpersonal
relationships, the arts, health & illness, social organization, and political organization
- Extent of assimilation or cultural persistence, including degree & types of
discrimination, relations with other groups, changes over time & place, pan-ethnic
ties, and transnational ties
- Bibliographic citations with an emphasis on articles & books available to the
reader"
American Journey Primary Sources
provides archival collection finding aids and digitized content
from those collections, including photographs, letters, manuscripts,
maps, and other documents.
The UCF Libraries is collaborating with the UCF teaching faculty to compile bibliographies
of multicultural resources to be used in courses highlighting diversity. The guides
listed here attempt to help faculty identify and locate relevant diversity resources
within their specific disciplines. UCF librarians will be glad to collaborate with teaching
faculty to identify resources that can be used in courses that celebrate diversity in
the classroom. To date, resources have been developed for the following programs:
The International Encyclopedia of Education
Reference LB 15 .I569 1994
includes entries for individual countries regarding the system of
education
- General Background
- Politics & Goals of the Education System
- The Formal System of Education
- Administrative & Supervisory Structure & Operation
- Educational Finance
- Supplying Personnel for the Education System
- Curriculum Development & Teaching Methodology
- The System of Examinations, Promotions, & Certifications
- Educational Assessment, Evaluation, & Research
- Major Reforms in the 1980s and 1990s
- Major Problems for the Year 2000
- Bibliography
World Education Encyclopedia: A Survey of Educational Systems Worldwide
Reference LB 15 .W87 2002
provides comparative, in-depth essays on the
educational systems of 233 countries and/or territories
- History & Background
- Constitutional & Legal Foundations
- Educational System--Overview
- Preprimary & Primary Education
- Secondary Education
- Higher Education
- Administration, Finance, & Educational Research
- Nonformal Education
- Teaching Profession
- Summary
- Bibliography
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American & Caribbean Cultures
Ref F 1406 .E515 2000
"The entries are listed alphabetically but also, at the start of the book, listed by
field and by country--from Literature and the Visual Arts to Music and Cinema. There
are also a number of entries which explore cultural concepts and categories--like 'Time'
or 'Meat' or 'Exile'--and others that provide brief biographies of significant figures
with date and place of birth and death."
Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: Ethnic & National Groups Around the World
Ref D 860 .M56 2002
"follows the development of over 300 national groups from the earliest periods of their
histories to the present.... Each national survey is divided into several parts or headings:
the name & alternative names of the group; population statistics, incorporating the
total national population & its geographical distribution; the homeland, including location,
size, population, capital cities, & major cultural centers; the people & culture; the
language & religion; a brief sketch of the national group's history & present situation;
the national flag or other pertinent flags, and a map that places the national homeland
in a local geographic setting."
Encyclopedia of World Cultures
Ref GN 307 .E53
"about 1,500 summaries along with maps, glossaries, & indexes of alternate names for
the cultural groups." Culture Name; Ethnonyms; Orientation (Identification, Location,
Demography, Linguistic Affiliation); History & Cultural Relations; Settlements; Economy
(Subsistence & Commercial Activities, Industrial Arts, Trade, Division of Labor, Land
Tenure); Kinship (Kin Groups & Descent, Kinship Terminology); Marriage & Family (Marriage,
Domestic Unit, Inheritance, Socialization); Sociopolitical Organization (Social Organization,
Political Organization, Social Control, Conflict); Religion & Expressive Culture (Religious
Beliefs, Religious Practitioners, Ceremonies, Arts, Medicine, Death & Afterlife); Bibliography.
provides streaming videos through the UCF Libraries' subscription, including:
- Borderless: The Lives of Undocumented Workers
- Come Celebrate with Me
- Expressing the Inexpressible: Shirin Neshat
- Feminist Literary Voices
- Illegal Immigration: A Dangerous Journey
- The Muslim Town: Urban Life under the Caliphate
- Once Upon a Time: Baghdad During the Abbasid Dynasty
- Race and Sex: What We Think (But Can't Say)
- Selling Australia: Branding a Country
- Victim of Two Cultures: Richard Rodriguez
- Welcome to the Mainland
Handbook of Latin American Studies
"a selective annotated bibliography of scholarly works on Latin America.... Works reviewed
include books, journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers in the disciplines
of Anthropology (including Archaeology, Ethnohistory and Ethnology), Art, Economics,
Geography, Government and Politics, History, International Relations, Literature, Music,
Philosophy, and Sociology. Starting with Volume 54, the Handbook also includes a section
on Electronic Resources for Latin American studies. In addition, some of the earlier
volumes included other disciplines such as Cartography, Film, Folklore, Law, and so
forth."
Immigration & Multiculturalism: Essential Primary Sources
"contains approximately 175 full and excerpted documents---speeches, legislation, magazine
and newspaper articles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works
of art---as well as overview information that places each document in context."
Ethnologue: Languages of the World
"an encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world's 6,912 known living
languages"
directory of bilingual and multilingual dictionaries
"intended for use by students, teachers, and anyone interested in learning about
the linguistic and cultural composition of the United States. The MLA Language Map
uses data from the 2000 United States census to display the locations and numbers
of speakers of thirty languages and three groups of less commonly spoken languages
in the United States."
Browse by region (Africa, East Asia, Latin America, Middle East, Slavic & Eastern Europe)
or by global topic (global perspectives, global systems, global issues, global & international
education, resources for teachers of world languages)
describes a forthcoming exhibit "on Puerto Rican life in Central
Florida from the 1940s into the 1980s. We will bring together
the photographs and stories of everyday people to sketch a
history of the Puerto Rican community in Central Florida."
"These pages pull together work on the concept of place from a wide range of disciplines.
The term 'place' does not necessarily have the same implications or meanings in the
different disciplines. Furthermore, other terms are sometimes used in place of place,
such as home, dwelling, milieu, territory, and of course, space. None of these, though,
are necessarily equivalent to the notion of place."
"Time series maps of the world enable the user to see changes in global patterns of
inequality every 10 years from 1960 to 2000. With these map sequences you can examine
changes in life expectancy, GDP (Gross Domestic Product) per person, and many other
measures. An interactive database enables you to produce tables and graphs showing change
in selected indicators for chosen countries and periods."
We the People: An Atlas of America's Ethnic Diversity
Atlas E 184 .A1 .A479 1988
provides maps showing ancestry data from the 1980 U.S. Census for more than 3,100 counties
in America. Includes descriptions of emigration and settlement patterns of various ethnic
groups.
"an ongoing register of scientific research on the
subjective enjoyment of life. It brings together findings that
are scattered throughout many studies and provides a basis for
synthetic work."
"offers documents to support the study of world history from a working-class and non-Eurocentric
perspective."
"a global network of social scientists who have surveyed the basic
values and beliefs of the publics of more than 80 societies, on
all six inhabited continents."
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures & Daily Life
Ref GN 333 .W67 1998
"contains articles exploring the ways of life of over 500 culture groups worldwide...focuses
on the traditions, living conditions, & personalities...emphasize how people live today,
rather than how they lived in the past." Headings within articles: Introduction, Location
& Homeland, Language, Folklore, Religion, Major Holidays, Rites of Passage, Interpersonal
Relations, Living Conditions, Family Life, Clothing, Food, Education, Cultural Heritage,
Work, Sports, Entertainment & Recreation, Folk Arts, Crafts & Hobbies, Social Problems,
Bibliography.
provides an introduction to the topic of globalization and links to related sites
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International Students, International Studies, and Study
Abroad
Florida Linkage Institutes
"The mission of the Linkage Institutes is to develop and enhance strong economic, educational,
research, cultural and social relations with strategic foreign countries. Governed by
an agreement each institute serves to promote international ties through:
- public-private cooperative research & technical assistance
- bilateral commerce and trade partnerships
- student and faculty exchange
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- cultural exchange
- language training
- equal opportunities to minority students
- out-of-state tuition exemption
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These institutes also operate an Out-of-State Tuition Fee Exemption Program that provides
international students attending any of Florida universities or community colleges the
opportunity to pay in-state tuition rates."
official information & services from the U.S. government
SUS Factbook (State University System)
Online version (1994/95+)
Florida Documents REG 2. F12/ (1968/69-1997/98)
Provides information about UCF and the other state universities in Florida, including:
- Table 17: Total Headcount Enrollment by Nation of Citizenship
at Time of Admission or Readmission, Final
blog for people who have or are interest in establishing projects or partnerships
"provides high quality English language programs for international students and professionals,
offers services that enhance research and instruction in language learning, and coordinates
cultural programs that contribute to multicultural awareness and global education."
- African-American Studies
- American Studies
- Asian Studies
- Judaic Studies
- Latin American, Caribbean
& Latino Studies
-
Middle Eastern Studies
- Modern Languages
and Literatures
- Languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese,
Russian,
Spanish)
- Foreign Language Media Center
- Study Abroad
- Women's Studies
has engaged in various projects regarding Central Florida
folklife.
"the online community where UCF students meet to discuss matters of international and
global concern. International Knights is also a place for students to share their experiences
abroad, as well as stories and pictures of their studies and trips around the globe."
"provides assistance and information to the international community of students and
scholars. Its main functions are to serve as a source of information, advocacy and support,
to provide assistance in adjusting to a new academic environment and culture, and to
provide immigration and other advising to prospective, new and currently enrolled international
students and scholars at the University of Central Florida. "
"Our main mission is to unite all the various cultures present on campus as well as
to promote understanding and acceptance of different cultures. We serve as a support
system to international students and strive to make them understand and blend into the
American culture, while at the same time educate others about the richness of their
own cultures. Our goal is to promote togetherness, unity, friendship and diversity."
"The mission of Multicultural Academic and Support Services is to promote and enhance
student persistence and success throughout the University by providing academic advising,
as well as academic support services and programs to increase the retention of Multicultural
and First-Generation College Students."
"creates an environment at UCF that acknowledges, respects, and enhances multiculturalism.
Through programming and outreach, the MSC encourages Golden Knights to educate, unite,
socialize, and share information affecting our cultures and lives."
"The mission of the Office of Diversity Initiatives is to assist the University of Central
Florida in reaching its strategic goal to "Become more Inclusive and Diverse," by facilitating
diversity processes, programs, and policies that promote social justice, enhance cultural
competencies, and develop capacious leaders. Our students, colleagues, and constituents
represent diverse peoples and perspectives across multiple generations."
"helps advance UCF's goal of providing international
emphasis to curricula and research. In addition, it works to
expand the university's efforts to enlarge Central Florida's
awareness and understanding of the interconnectedness of the
global community."
"accomplishes its mission by facilitating the development of study abroad programs,
assisting with the internationalization of courses and programs, facilitating international
exchanges, promoting international partnerships, and assisting with the identification
and procurement of external funding for internationalization."
includes information and links for cultural/ethnic/international student organizations
at UCF.
provides information about short-term and exchange programs available at UCF.
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Living & Working Abroad: Doing Business in Various
Countries
Some of the following resources about doing business in other countries include guidance
on international business etiquette.
provide information for specific countries about employment trends & opportunities,
financial considerations, interviewing advice, job application guidelines, job search
resources, and work permits & visas. Countries available include: Australia, Austria,
Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy,
Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
United Kingdom, and United States.
Some
Going Global Career Guides are also
available in
Business Source Premier, including
older guides from 2002 for Argentina, Baltic States, Chile, Czech Republic, Hungary,
India (2006), Indonesia, Latin America, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Poland, Portugal,
Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Thailand.
portal to federal government information including adoptions from other countries, health
issues, customs, passports, education, crime, etc.
BNA Tax Management
- select the tab for "International Tax"
(Subscription cancelled due to budget cuts.
Paper copies of older editions are available in the Reference
Collection - Reference HJ 2381 .T392)
- Foreign Income Portfolios: Business Operations Abroad
for individual countries "contain information enabling foreign businesses and
their professional advisors to determine the best methods of conducting business
operations in [a specific country] from both the tax and general legal points
of view. It analyzes in detail the statutory and procedural framework of [the
country's] taxation as applied to corporations and individuals. In addition
to a detailed explanation of the [country's] system of income taxation, the
Portfolio discusses the legal forms of business enterprises, licensing and franchising
in [the country], immigration regulations, labor relations, business financing,
currency and exchange control, the value added tax, the tax on presumptive minimum
income, the tax on real and personal property, as well as the different tax
treatment derived from the tax treaties entered into by [the country]."
- Foreign Income Portfolios: Taxation of Foreign Persons' U.S. Income
include separate portfolios dealing with nonresident alien individuals, foreign
corporations, partners & partnerships, foreign investment in U.S. real estate,
foreign students & teachers & researchers, etc.
- Foreign Income Portfolios: Taxation of U.S. Persons' Foreign Income
include separate portfolios dealing with U.S. income taxation of citizens &
residents abroad, tax aspects of foreign currency, foreign personal holding
companies, controlled foreign corporations, foreign sales corporations, etc.
Craighead's International Business, Travel, and Relocation Guide to
90 Countries
REF HF5549.5.E45.D56
provides useful information about the business and cultural environment as well as everyday
living conditions including: a general country orientation; an overview of the country's
history and current economic and political framework; business customs and protocol
for meetings and entertainment; social circumstances for the expatriate business person
and families; health matters; banking and money; language; international schools; typical
housing and where to live; "settling-in" issues; how to prepare for a transfer; family
issues; transportation; etc.
Culture Shock book series
search the
UCF library catalog for titles in this series, such as
Culture shock! Japan
: a Guide to Customs & Etiquette;
Succeed in Business : India : the Essential
Guide for Business and Investment;
Success : Secrets to Maximize Business in
Australia; etc. See also books in the UCF library on "
cross
cultural business".
Do's and Don'ts Around the World: A Country Guide to Cultural and Social Taboos and
Etiquette
REF BJ2137.N83...
books series with separate volumes for Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania & Japan, Russia
& the Independent States, South America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and USA, Canada
& Australia.
Do's and Taboos Around the World
REF HF5387.D66 1993
provides information about business etiquette and intercultural communication.
provides links to various online resources about doing business in countries around
the world. See also print copies of some
Doing Business in... Guides in the UCF Library's Reference Collection.
provides scores for individual countries analyzing how values in the workplace are influenced
by culture.
- Power Distance Index (PDI) "that is the extent to which the
less powerful members of organizations and institutions (like the family) accept
and expect that power is distributed unequally."
- Individualism (IDV) "on the one side versus its opposite, collectivism,
that is the degree to which individuals are inte-grated into groups."
- Masculinity (MAS) "versus its opposite, femininity, refers
to the distribution of roles between the genders"
- Uncertainty Avoidance Index (UAI) "deals with a society's tolerance
for uncertainty and ambiguity"
- Long-Term Orientation (LTO) versus short-term orientation
The Global Etiquette Guide to Europe : Everything You Need to Know for Business & Travel
Success
REF BJ1838.F673 2000
provides data by region and country, including:
- Prices, Rents, & Rental Yields
- Long Term Investment Ratings
- House Price Time Series
- Transaction Costs
- Capital Gains Taxes, Income Taxes
- Landlord & Tenant Law and Practice
- Inheritance Law
Ref HB 95 .I48
"measures and ranks 161 countries across 10 specific freedoms":
- Business Freedom
- Trade
Freedom
- Fiscal Freedom
- Freedom from Government
- Monetary Freedom
- Investment Freedom
- Financial Freedom
- Property Rights
- Freedom from Corruption
- Labor Freedom
Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands : How to Do Business in Sixty Countries
REF HF5389.M67 1994
provides information about business etiquette and intercultural communication.
US DOCS SSA 1.24/...
"highlights the principal features of social security programs in more than 170 countries:
- old-age, survivors, and disability;
- sickness and maternity;
- work injury;
- unemployment; and
- family allowances.
A set of tables in each volume provides information for each country
on the types of social security programs, types of mandatory systems
for retirement income, contribution rates, and demographic and other
statistics related to social security."
"Portal for Work Abroad, Study Abroad, Cultural Travel and Living Overseas." - see also
a similar Web resource -
ExpatExchange
World Bank Group
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Doing Business "provides objective measures of business
regulations and their enforcement across 181 economies and
selected cities at the subnational and regional level." The topics
include:
- starting a business
- dealing with licenses
- hiring & firing workers
- registering property
- getting credit
- protecting investors
- paying taxes
- trading across
borders
- enforcing contracts
- closing a business
- Doing
Business Law Library "is the largest free online collection
of business laws and regulations"
- Banking & Credit Laws
- Bankruptcy & Collateral Laws
- Civil Codes
- Civil Procedure Codes
- Commercial & Company Laws
- Constitutions
- Labor Laws
- Land & Building Laws
- Privacy Laws
- Securities Laws
- Tax Laws
- Trade Laws
- Doing
Business Gender Project "to identify legal and regulatory
barriers facing businesswomen in 181 countries, and to advocate
change."
- Enterprise
Surveys "provide the world's most comprehensive data for
productivity analysis in emerging markets. Enterprise Surveys
Data... are available on almost 85,000 firms in 106 countries.
Data cover business perceptions and dozens of indicators on the
quality of the business environment." The topics include:
- Regulations & Tax
- Permits & Licenses
- Corruption
- Crime
- Informality
- Gender
- Finance
- Infrastructure
- Innovation & Technology
- Trade
- Workforce
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Private Participation in Infrastructure Database "has data
on more than 4,100 projects in 141 low- and middle-income
countries. The database is the leading source of PPI trends in
the developing world, covering projects in the energy,
telecommunications, transport, and water and sewerage sectors."
- Business
Planet "maps flagship online databases of the World Bank
Group that support private sector-led growth and financial
market development in developing countries."
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Periodical Articles
Use the following electronic and print indexes to find articles about specific topics. Once
you have found the articles you want, in some instances you will need to check the
UCF Library Catalog to determine if we own the periodicals
you need.
See also the resources for periodicals on the research guides for
and the lists of databases for
Alternative Press Index
"Indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political & social
change."
"includes the full-text of 19 journals published by SAGE and participating societies....
It covers such subjects as Journalism, Public Opinion, Political Communication, Mass
Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Cultural Studies / Intercultural Communication,
Television / Film Studies, Media Studies, Business Communication, Organizational / Management
Communication, Written Communication, Rhetoric, and Literacy Studies."
"an interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database
of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press."
- African American/Caribbean/African
- Arab/Middle Eastern
- Asian/Pacific Islander
- European/Eastern European
- Hispanic
- Jewish
- Multi-ethnic
- Native People
"source for authoritative, worldwide information about Central and South America, Mexico,
Brazil, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics/Latinos
in the United States. From analyses of current political, economic, and social issues
to unique coverage of Latin American arts and letters, HAPI Online contains complete
bibliographic citations to articles, book reviews (through 2001), documents, original
literary works, and other materials appearing in more than 500 key social science and
humanities journals published throughout the world."
provides browsing and searching access to many UCF Libraries' subscriptions, including:
- Cultural Studies (1987+)
- Ethnic & Racial Studies (1998+)
- Ethnopolitics (2001+)
- Europe-Asia Studies (1949+)
- Global Society: Journal of Interdisciplinary International Relations
(2000+)
- Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power (2002+)
- Immigrants & Minorities (2003+)
- Inter-Asia Cultural Studies (2000+)
- International Interactions: Empirical and Theoretical Research in
International Relations (2002+)
- International Journal of Cultural Policy (2002+)
- International Journal of Human Rights (1997+)
- International Spectator (2007+)
- Iranian Studies (1967+)
- Israel Affairs (1994+)
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- Journal for Cultural Research (2002+)
- Journal of Baltic Studies (1970+)
- Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies (2000+)
- Journal of European Integration (1977+)
- Journal of Intercultural Communication Research (2006+)
- Journal of Intercultural Studies (2000+)
- Latin American & Caribbean Ethnic Studies (2007+)
- Middle Eastern Studies (1964+)
- Mobilities (2006+)
- National Identities (2000+)
- Nationalism & Ethnic Politics (2003+)
- Nationalities Papers (1972+)
- Regional Studies (1997+)
- Social & Cultural Geography (2000+)
- Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture
(1996+)
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Some of the other journals available through the UCF Library regarding
cross-cultural,
intercultural,
multicultural, and
transcultural issues include:
Cross-Cultural Management
Cross-Cultural Research
Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology
Ethnicity & Health
Globalization, Societies, & Education
International Journal of Intercultural Relations
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology
Online version (1997+)
General Collection RC 952. A1 J6 (1987-2003; missing 1993 & 1995)
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Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
Online version (1970+; missing first issues in 1974 & 1975)
General Collection BF 728 .J65 (1995-2005)
Microfilm BF 728 .J65 (1970-1995)
Journal of Transcultural Nursing
Multicultural Perspectives
Review of Education, Pedagogy, & Cultural Studies
World Englishes
Online version (1997+)
General Collection PE 1128 .A2 W67 (1998-2004)
Microfilm PE 1128 .A2 W67 (1992-1997)
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Prepared by:
Rich Gause, Government Documents Librarian
URL of this page: http://library.ucf.edu/govdocs/multicultural.asp
Last updated October 13, 2011 9:26:10 AM
