FREE INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES
For your convenience you have available the following resources at your library:
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Books
o Global Business Etiquette
o How to be a perfect Stranger
o Kiss, Bow or Shake Hands
o Multicultural Manners
Book Series
o Culture and Customs
o Culture Shock!
o Culture Smart!
o Traveler’s History
Streaming Media
o Alexander Street Press VAST: Academic Video Online - Containing 21 individual
discipline collections with 20,000 titles of high-quality conteng by 2013. VAST is a one-stop
multidisciplinary solutions that brings video to many departments.
o Infobase Publishing: Films on Demand – Streaming video from large and small
production companies covering a wide range of subjects to enhance college courses –
PBS, BBC, History Channel.
o Films on Demand
Foreign Language
o Mango Languages – Multiple languages, teaching through film, iOS, and Android app.
o Transparent Language – Multiple languages, iOS and Android app
Databases with a Global Emphasis
o Global Road Warrior (World Trade Press): http://globalroadwarrior.com
o Global Issues in Context (Gale): http://solutions.cengage.com/InContext/Global-Issues/
International News
o Access World News (Newsbank): A comprehensive resource that includes a variety of
news publications from nearly 200 countries worldwide. These sources include major
national and international newspapers, as well as local and regional titles as well as
newswires, blogs, web-only content, videos, journals, magazines, transcripts and more.
o Newsstand (ProQuest): The Times (London), Jerusalem Post, Vancouver Sun
o The Times (London)
o Jerusalem Post
o Vancouver Sun
International Education
o Education Full Text
o Education Research Complete
o ERIC
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Florida Electronic Library
o Free to all Florida residents: http://www.flelibrary.org/
o Educator’s Reference Complete
o World History Collection
Free Websites: Culture
o Country Insights: http://www.intercultures.ca/cil-cai/countryinsights-apercuspayseng.asp
o Culture Crossing: http://www.culturecrossing.net/
o Hofstede Countries: http://geert-hofstede.com/countries.html
Free Websites: Media
o Beeline: free television from around the world http://beelinetv.com/
o Channel Africa http://www.channelafrica.co.za/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/
o European Radio Stations Streaming http://www.listenlive.eu/
o Global Voices Online http://globalvoicesonline.org/
o Radiotower includes world radio stations http://www.radiotower.com/
o Streema: online radio and TV http://streema.com/
o WWI TV: more television around the world http://wwitv.com/
Free Websites: Polls and Statistics
o European Commission Public Opinion
http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/index_en.htm
o Pew Research Global Attitudes Project http://www.pewglobal.org/database/
o UNESCO Statistics http://www.uis.unesco.org/Pages/default.aspx
o World Public Opinion http://worldpublicopinion.org/index.php
International Food Club: located at 4300 LB McLeod Rd., Orlando, 32811 –
http://www.internationalfoodclub.com - The international Food Club is an online store and
Orlando grocery warehouse built for customers in need of worldly cuisine and ingredients.
We have a broad selection of quality food from over 20 countries, as well as specialty hookahs,
tobaccos, wine and beer from all over the world. International Food Club offers you the
opportunity to buy these hard-to-find foods in person and at your fingertips online.