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Global and Multicultural Resources on the Web

General Resources:

• BBC News: Country Guides (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles)
• Countrywatch.com – Only available to Mission College students and staff who are registered users. From the CountryWatch home page, scroll all the way to the bottom of the page until you see the “Quick Links” box on the left. Click on the down arrow and select your country.
• CIA World Factbook (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/)
• Country Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html)
• Global Statistics (http://www.geohive.com)
• United Nations Human Development Reports (http://hdr.undp.org/en/)
• World Resources Institute (http://www.wri.org) – Nonprofit group working to protect world resources.

 

Business:

• Business and Human Rights Resource Centre (http://www.business-humanrights.org/Home) – Associated with Amnesty International, the Centre's online library covers over 1600 companies, over 160 countries, and over 150 topics relating to business and human rights around the world.
• Business culture, customs and etiquette (http://www.executiveplanet.com) – Cross-cultural business information.

Conflict and Peace Studies:

• INCORE: Conflict Data Service (http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries)
• International Affairs Resources: Peace, Conflict, and International Security (http://www.etown.edu/vl/peace.html)

Culture and Ethnicity:

• African American Odyssey (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml)
• African Studies Center : Country pages (http://www.africa.upenn.edu//Home_Page/Country.html)
• Cultures (http://www.cultures.com/links/links.html) – Covers a variety of cultures and sub-cultures
• East & Southeast Asia: An annotated directory of Internet resources (http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/index.html)
• Ethnicity Links (http://dmoz.org/Society/Ethnicity)
• Gateway to African-American History (http://cuip.uchicago.edu/schools/nkocs/AAH/index.htm)
• Hispanic Online (http://www.hispaniconline.com) – Offers news, resources, and entertainment options relevant to Hispanics in the USA.
• Latin American Network Information (http://lanic.utexas.edu/index.html) – Site can be navigated in English, Spanish, or Portuguese
• UCLA Asian American Studies Center (http://www.aasc.ucla.edu/)

Diet and Nutrition:

• Ethnic/Cultural and Special Audience Food Guide Pyramids (http://riley.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=4&tax_level=3&tax_subject=256&topic_id=1348&level3_id=5732)
• Food and Nutrition Information Center (http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/) – From the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
• World Food Programme (http://www.wfp.org) – The United Nations' frontline agency in the fight against global hunger.

Global and Multicultural Health Issues:

• Asian American Health (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/asianamericanhealth.html)
• Refugee and Immigrant Health (http://bearspace.baylor.edu/Charles_Kemp/www/refugees.htm)
• Transcultural and Multicultural Health Links (http://web.nmsu.edu/~ebosman/trannurs/) – From Indiana University Northwest. Some resources listed are specific to Indiana University, but many general resources are available on this site.
• World Health Organization (WHO) Statistics (http://www3.who.int/whosis/menu.cfm)

Native Peoples:

• NativeWeb (http://www.nativeweb.org) – information on indigenous cultures worldwide
• WestWeb: Native Peoples of the American West (http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/westweb/pages/indian.html)

Religions and Belief Systems:

• Beliefnet (http://beliefnet.com) – site works best in Explorer.
• Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (http://cmcu.georgetown.edu)
• Islam and Islamic Studies Resources (http://www.uga.edu/islam/) – Alan Godlas, a specialist in Islamic studies (Univ. of Georgia), has provided an excellent, selective guide to Islamic resources on the Web.
• Open Directory: Society - Religions and Spirituality (http://dmoz.org/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality) – quality of sites listed is variable, but covers an enormous range of topics
• Religious Tolerance (http://www.religioustolerance.org)
• Virtual Religion Index (http://virtualreligion.net/vri/) – (Rutgers University)

 

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