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Books | Electronic databases | Web sites | Plagiarism policy

Books

Check the Media Center's online catalog for books about your subject.

For information about particular countries, search the catalog using the country name. Also search the following series names for books about countries and cultures:

Insight Guides
Visual Geography

Look also for Web Path Express results — high-quality, evaluated web sites, which may be listed within your search results and are designated with this symbol:

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Electronic databases & e-books

BEST BET CultureGrams: Experience the cultures of 190 countries and territories in reports that include maps, statistics, a glossary, and in-depth information. For citation instructions, select the link for "Citation Information" at the bottom of each page.

Facts on File-World Atlas: Get facts at a glance plus maps, flags, images, and information on geography, climate, history, culture, government, and society. For citation information, scroll to the bottom of each article.

Gale Virtual Reference Library-Multicultural Studies-Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures: Examines cultures within countries, including location, language, folklore, religion, and social problems. To access this e-book, click View Publications under Multicultural Studies. For citation information, click "How to Cite" at the top of the article.

Gale Virtual Reference Library-Nation & World-Countries and Their Cultures: Describes each country's demographic, historical, cultural, economic, religious, and political information. To access this e-book, click View Publications under Nation and World. For citation information, click "How to Cite" at the top of the article.

Grolier Online Encyclopedias: Enter a city or country into the Find It Fast search box for articles from Encyclopedia Americana (detailed information), Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia (brief information), or Lands and Peoples (detailed information about the country, with brief paragraphs about major cities).

BEST BET Grolier Online-Lands & Peoples: Information about the land, people, heritage, education, cities, economy, history, and government of various countries, plus Mexican state articles in Spanish. See citation instructions at the end of each article.

¡Informe!: Search for articles written in Spanish using this service provided by the New Jersey State Library. From the Jersey Clicks homepage, click Custom Search. In the second column of databases, scroll down to All Databases A-Z and click ¡Informe!.

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Web sites

AfroCubaWeb

http://afrocubaweb.com/

A wealth of information about AfroCuban culture.

BEST BET Hispanic Heritage in the Americas

http://www.britannica.com/hispanic_heritage

Encyclopaedia Britannica's collection of cultural resources.

Hispanic Reading Room

http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/

Online collections, presentations, and exhibitions from the Library of Congress.

Intute

http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/

Searchable collection of 18,000 web resources for researching the arts and humanities.

BEST BET LANIC: Latin American Information Center

http://info.lanic.utexas.edu/subject/humanities/

Compiled by the University of Texas, LANIC provides links to all aspects of Latin American culture, including architecture, literature, music, and performing arts.

Latino History and Culture

http://www.si.edu/history_and_culture/latino/

Links to exhibits from the Smithsonian Institution. Also see an A-Z list of Latino exhibitions.

Latin American Music Center

http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/lamc/links/

Links to music resources from the Indiana University School of Music.

Portals to the World

http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html

In-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. Prepared by subject specialists at the Library of Congress.

The Prado

http://museoprado.mcu.es/home.html

Spain's internationally acclaimed art museum.

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Plagiarism policy

Plagiarism demonstrates lack of integrity and character. It is inconsistent with the goals and values of NHHS. Review the plagiarism policy to learn about strategies that will help you succeed with honor.

NHHS policy on cheating and plagiarism
http://www.nhvweb.net/NHHS/English/cheatingplagiarismpolicy.htm

Properly cite your sources by using NoodleBib, an online citation maker from Noodle Tools:

NoodleBib6 (stop by the Media Center for password and log-in information)

http://www.noodletools.com/login.php

Tips for citing databases in NoodleTools
(MLA advanced mode)

If you used a database to find:	Select citation type:	On the screen that asks, "What is the publication medium ..." or "In what medium did you view ..." select:	On the screen that asks, "Free or subscription content?" select:
An article originally published in a magazine	Magazine	Online	Subscription database
An article originally published in a newspaper	Newspaper or newswire
A viewpoint essay originally published in an Opposing Viewpoints book	Anthology/Book Collection
An article originally published in the database (e.g., an article in Worldbook Online)	Reference source

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