- Select World Edition, then select your assigned country from the pull-down menu.
- Use the navigation bar on the left to select a section
related to your assigned cultural element.
SIRS Discoverer
- Click on Countries or Cultures from the Browse Subject Tree section.
- Select Country Facts or Culture Facts from the navigation bar on the right.
- Scroll through the Country list to select your assigned country.
- Skim the article for information related to your assigned cultural element.
Internet Resources
Information Literacy Skills
Country Studies (Library of Congress) - Pull down the menu under Choose a Country Study.
The World Factbook (CIA) - Pull down the menu under Select a Country or Location.
School Library holdings
- Consult the article for your assigned country in one of these reference sets, if available:
- Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures (Gale)
- Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations (Gale)
- People and Places (World Book)
- Lands and Peoples (Grolier)
- Cultures of the World (Marshall Cavendish)
- Fiesta!: India (Grolier)
- Peoples of the World (Gale)
- Do a keyword search in the Automated Library Catalog to find other nonfiction and reference books about your assigned country or cultural element.
- Check the indexes of print and CD ROM encyclopedias for articles about assigned country.
- Use indexes, tables of contents, and headings/subheadings in nonfiction and reference books to locate information related to your specific cultural element.
- Do a keyword search in the BCPL Catalog to locate additional resources, including both print and non-print resources such as audio CDs or videos.
- Going to the Public Library? Use a Graphic Organizer before you go (print out a Graphic Organizer in Word or PDF format, complete the form, and present it to the public librarian).
- Chat online with a real live librarian at Ask Us Now! Be sure to have your research questions handy!
