ANTH 201 - Peoples and Cultures of the World: Cultural Overviews - Books and eBooks

The databases listed in this Research Guide are available only to Truckee Meadows Community College students, faculty and staff. You will need your TMCC credentials (Username and Password) to access them off-campus.

• The digital books below are in the Gale Virtual Reference Library in the Nation and World section.
  • Countries and their Cultures - Browse by country or type a culture into the search box on the right side of the screen.
  • Encyclopedia of World Cultures (1996) - There are several ways to search for a culture in this set. 
  1. If you know the name of a culture, you can type it in the search box on the right side of the screen. 
  2. If you have a country in mind and need to find cultures within, you can look in the eBook index and skim through the List of Cultures by Country.
     • Also try the EWC 2002 edition or supplement.  It has additional cultural groups.
• Digital Book Collections - search these for your culture
  • eBook Collection (EBSCO)
  • Ebook Central
• eHRAF - this is a collection of cultural data from many sources, including encyclopedias, books, journal articles, and conference papers.

Searching for Information about Cultures in Digital Reference Books

• Search the Library Catalog for books about your culture.  The best search is in the Library Catalog scope for the culture name (dinka, yanomamo, and also any ethnonyms your group may have). This will find physical and eBooks.
• The library also has dozens of ethnographies, which may cover your chosen culture.  They are located in the Reserves area at the Circulation Desk, under ANTH 201. You may find one of these in a book catalog search.

Reference Books of Interest