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Geography 200: Introduction to Human Geography

Human Geography is a huge field. Below you will find a few of the resources available to you at the NSCC. Hopefully these will be useful to you or will act as examples of resources to guide you to resources that are relevant to your information needs. As always, if you can't find what you need, please ask the reference librarians for help.

Reference Sources

World Eras 10 Volume set Ref D200.W87 2001
Includes volumes on: European Renaissance and Reformation 1350-1600 , West African Kingdoms, 500-1590, Rise and Spread of Islam, 622-1500, Medieval Europe, 814-1350, Ancient Egypt, 2615-332 BCE, World Eras: Ancient Mesopotamia, 3300-3331 BCE

Historical Dictionary of Indonesia Ref DS 633.C75 2004

Encyclopedia of the Korean War Ref DS 918.E53 2000

Cambridge History of World Food Ref TX 353.C255 2000

Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Ref ML 100.G16

Examples of Non-Fiction Sources


Survivors of Eldorado; four Indian cultures of South America. F2319.W5

South African tradition : a brief survey of the arts and cultures of the diverse peoples of South Africa. NX 589.8.S6S68

Cannibals and kings : the origins of cultures
GN 358.H37

S Guns, Germs, and Steel : the Fates of Human Societies
HM 206.D481997

Video Resources

The JVC Video Anthology Of World Music And Dance

Other Secondary Resources

Finding Journal Articles
An efficient way to find scholarly journal articles is to look in a paid subscription database. See the list below for the subscription databases that you can access through NSCC.

Ethnic News Watch
A Full text collection of newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.

Academic Search Premier
Accessible at the NSCC library and at home with your student net ID. Indexes over 8,000 journal titles, including more than 4,600 full-text journals.

Proquest Direct
Accessible at the NSCC library and at home with your student net ID. The ProQuest Direct database provides access to articles from over 2,000 magazines, journals and newspapers.

History Resource Center World

Searching the Internet

Web Sites for Local Ethnic Communities
Seattle Communities: http://www.seattle.com/community/ethnic.html
Seattle Community Network: http://www.scn.org/people/ethnic/

Web Sites for other cultures
Country Studies -- Library of Congress http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/
Portals to the World: Links to electronic resources from around the world
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html

Cultural Films and Videos Available at NSCC

The JVC Video Anthology Of World Music And Dance
Accompanying guide and captions translated from Japanese into English; language of performances untranslated.
[VHS 1536] v.1. East Asia 1 : Korea 1
[VHS 1537] v.2. East Asia 2 : Korea 2
[VHS 1538] v.3. East Asia 3 : China 1
[VHS 1539] v.4. East Asia 4 : China 2
[VHS 1540] v.5. East Asia 5 : China 3, Mongolia
[VHS 1541] v.6. Southeast Asia 1 : Vietnam, Cambodia
[VHS 1542] v.7. Southeast Asia 2 : Thailand, Burma
[VHS 1543] v.8. Southeast Asia 3 : Malaysia, Philippines
[VHS 1544] v.9. Southeast Asia 4 : Indonesia 1
[VHS 1545] v.10. Southeast Asia 5 : Indonesia 2
[VHS 1546] v.11. South Asia 1 : India 1
[VHS 1547] v.12. South Asia 2 : India 2
[VHS 1548] v.13. South Asia 3 : India 3
[VHS 1549] v.14. South Asia 4 : Pakistan, Bangladesh
[VHS 1550] v.15. South Asia 5 : Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan
[VHS 1551] v.16. Middle East & Africa 1 : Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Qatar
[VHS 1552] v.17. Middle East & Africa 2 : Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Mali, Cameroon, Zaire, Tanzania
[VHS 1553] v.18. Middle East & Africa 3 : Chad, Cameroon
[VHS 1554] v.19. Middle East & Africa 4 : Ivory Coast, Botswana, Republic of South Africa
[VHS 1555] v.20. Europe 1 : Ireland, England, France, Switzerland, West Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece
[VHS 1556] v.21. Europe 2 : Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary
[VHS 1557] v.22. Europe 3 : Romania, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Albania
[VHS 1558] v.23. Soviet Union 1 : Russia
[VHS 1559] v.24. Soviet Union 2 : Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Belorussia, Ukraine, Moldavia
[VHS 1560] v.25. Soviet Union 3 : Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Dagestan
[VHS 1561] v.26. Soviet Union 4 : Kazakh, Uzbek, Turkmen, Tajik, Kirgiz, Kalmyk, Mari, Bashkir, Siberia
[VHS 1562] v.27. The Americas 1 : North American Indians
[VHS 1563] v.28. The Americas 2: Mexico, Cuba, Bolivia, Argentina
[VHS 1564] v.29. Oceania 1 : Micronesia, Melanesia, Australia
[VHS 1565] v.30. Oceania 2 : Polynesia, New Zealand

The JVC/Smithsonian Folkways Video Anthology Of World Music And Dance Of Europe
[VHS 1981-1982]     1995-1996     Victor Company of Japan
1/2" Video               Color            2 cass., 59 min. each
Presents examples of music and dance from Europe documented in the booklet.
[VHS 1981] Volume 1: Iceland, Denmark, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England, Czech Republic, Hungary, Belgium.
[VHS 1982] Volume 2: France, Spain, Italy, Serbia, Romania.
Subjects --  Music ; Europ e ; Dance

The JVC/Smithsonian Folkways Video Anthology Of World Music And Dance Of Africa
[VHS 1983-1985]      1995-1996     Victor Company of Japan
1/2" Video                Color             3 cass., 59 min. each
Presents examples of music and dance from Africa documented in the booklet.
[VHS 1983] Volume 1: Egypt, Uganda, Senegal.
[VHS 1984] Volume 2: The Gambia, Liberia, Ghana, Nigeria.
[VHS 1985] Volume 3: Kenya, Malawi, Botwsana, South Africa.
Subjects --  Music ; Africa ; Dance

The JVC/Smithsonian Folkways Video Anthology Of World Music And Dance Of The Americas
[VHS 1986-1991]     1995-1996     Victor Company of Japan
1/2" Video               Color             6 cass., 59 min. each
Presents examples of music and dance from the Americas documented in the booklet.
[VHS 1986] Volume 1: Canada – Francophone Traditions, Native and Anglophone Traditions. The United States – African American Secular Traditions.
[VHS 1987] Volume 2: The United States – European Traditions in the New World.
[VHS 1988] Volume 3: The United States – African American Sacred Traditions, European & other Sacred Traditions.
[VHS 1989] Volume 4 The Caribbean – Barbados, Cuba, Curacao & Bonaire, Dominica, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Roco, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Carnival Montage.
[VHS 1990] Volume 5: Central and South America – Belize, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Guyana.
[VHS 1991] Volume 6 Central and South American – Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Venezuela.
Subjects -- Music ; United States ; Latin America ; Canada ; Dance

 

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