Author: Timothy L. GallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Provides information on the cultures of the world, covering different areas of daily life including clothing, food, language and religion.
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life: Americas
Author: Timothy L. GallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Provides information on the cultures of the world, covering different areas of daily life including clothing, food, language and religion.
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life
Author: Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life
Author: Timothy L. GallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Provides information on the cultures of the world, covering different areas of daily life including clothing, food, language and religion.
WORLDMARK ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CULTURES & DAILY LIFE
Author: ANONIMOWorldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life: Americas, A-Z
Author: Publisher: Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cult
ISBN: 9781410355393
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Covers history, politics, customs, religion, education, human rights issues, rites of passage, and much more for 533 diverse cultural groups in Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania, and Europe"--
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States
Author: Reference and Information Sources and Services for Children and Young Adults
Author: Lesley S.J. FarmerPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538163209
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Reference and information services are more important than ever for today’s young people. By analyzing key features of reference and information services to young people in school and public library environments, including the research behind the trends and issues, librarians can make sure that those services are appropriately responsive to children and teens. Based on standards and evidence-based practice, this book helps you to optimize those resources and services by: providing guidance in assessing youth communities, determining youth’s information needs and information behaviors, developing and maintaining age-appropriate reference collections (starting with the book’s core list of print and online resources), optimizing physical and virtual access to reference and information sources, interacting with youth and facilitating their reference and information literacy skills, curating and producing reference and information products, dealing with relevant legal and ethical issues, and planning effective library reference and information services for youth. Chapter sidebar examples provide food for thought.
Serving Library Users from Asia
Author: John HickokPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0810887312
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
Asian populations are among some of the fastest growing cultural groups in the US. While books on serving other target groups in libraries have been published (e.g., disabled, Latino, seniors, etc.), few books on serving library users of Asian heritage have been written. Thus the timely need for this book. Rather than a generalized overview of Asians as a whole, this book has 24 separate chapters—each on 24 specific Asian countries/cultures of East, Southeast, and South Asia—with a wealth of resources for understanding, interacting with, outreaching to, and serving library users of each culture. Resources include cultural guides (both print and online), language helps (with sample library vocabulary), Asian booksellers, nationwide cultural groups, professional literature, and more. Resources and suggestions are given for all three types of libraries—public, school, and academic—making this book valuable for all librarians. The demographics of each Asian culture (numbers and distribution)—plus history of immigration and international student enrollment—is also featured. As a bonus, each chapter spotlights a US public, school, and academic library providing model outreach to Asian library users. Additionally, this book provides a detailed description and analysis of libraries in each of the 24 Asian countries. The history, development, facilities, conditions, technology, classification systems, and more—of public, school, and academic libraries—are all discussed, with detailed documentation. Country conditions influencing libraries and library use are also described: literacy levels, reading cultures, languages and writing systems, educational systems, and more. Based on the author’s 15 years of research and travels to Asia, this work is a must-have for all librarians.
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life
Author: Gale Research IncPublisher:
ISBN: 9781410391926
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 3346
Book Description
"Covers cultural groups in Asia, Europe, the Americas and Africa. Each volume is organized by continent, covering history, politics, customs, religion, education, human rights issues, teen life, and more"--Publisher.
Cultural Anthropology
Author: JoAnn JacobyPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313094853
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
The latest edition of a major literature guide provides citations and informative annotations on a wide range of reference sources, including manuals, bibliographies, indexes, databases, literature surveys and reviews, dissertations, book reviews, conference proceedings, awards, and employment and grant sources. The organization closely follows that of the 1st edition, with some much-needed additions relating to online resources and new areas of interest within the field (such as forensic anthropology, environmental anthropology, and Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transgendered Anthropology). Separate sections focus on individual subfields, as well as emerging concerns such as ethical issues in cultural heritage preservation. For academic and research library collections, as well as faculty members in anthropology, area studies, and intercultural studies.