Websites - COM 101 - Kane - Culture and Communication - 2023 - LibGuides at St. Louis Community College

About Websites

Remember that anyone can post anything at all on the Web, from outright lies to informed opinion to accurate, thoroughly researched information. Therefore you must always evaluate a website before you rely on it for your research or personal use.

The sites listed here have been collected and reviewed for quality by an STLCC faculty librarian. For help with evaluating websites and other information sources which you find on your own, visit ...

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STLCC Libraries

Overviews - Countries and Cultures

BBC Country Profiles
Includes audio/video clips
Culture Crossing Guide
A community-built resource for cross-cultural etiquette and understanding.
Live Science articles on customs and culture, different countries - LiveScience
Scroll down the list to read a general article, “What Is Culture?” By Kim Ann Zimmermann, LiveScience.
Global Voices
International bloggers; uncensored news and commentary.
CIA World Factbook
"Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities."

CultureGrams Online This link opens in a new window
Cultural information for countries, states, and provinces.
Cultural information for over 200 countries is included in the World Edition. U.S. States and Canadian provinces are also covered. In addition to the country/state/province reports, the database includes a photo gallery with thousands of images, downloadable slideshows, downloadable and streaming videos, interviews with native children and adults from countries around the world, five recipes for each country, short biographies of five to ten famous people for each country, maps and flags, sound files providing national anthems and country name pronunciation, state bird sound files, and more. The database is keyword searchable.

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