World Cultures

  • A to Z The World 
    Provides economic, political and cultural information for 175 countries around the globe. Includes news articles, maps, travel and business information.
  • Daily Life Online  
    Provides full-text articles, maps and statistics related to cultural life in many nations worldwide, covering arts, food, clothing, lifestyle, religion, holidays, language and worldview.
  • Pop Culture Universe 
    An authoritative source of information on American and world popular culture, past and present, with full text from hundreds of reference publications. Includes images, “Decades Pages”, Web links and more.
  • Religion and Philosophy Collection 
    Provides full-text articles on world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history and philosophy.
  • Oxford Islamic Studies Online  
    Provides reference content and commentary by renowned scholars in areas such as global Islamic history, concepts, people, practices, politics, and culture. Provided through the Muslim Journeys Bookshelf Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

  • JSTOR 
    Provides full-text, scholarly articles in several disciplines including history, anthropology, political science, and sociology. Includes the complete run of issues, providing articles over 100 years old. For many titles, the content of the most recent 3-5 years is not included.