Cultural Characteristics of your Country
You can find books in our collection about different national cultures in LionSearch. Try searching: [country name] culture. Then narrow to just books.
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the NationsPublication Date: 2017, e-book- Detailed overviews of 194 countries and dependencies worldwide, including: banking, climate, government data, demographics, social sciences, and more
- Political Handbook of the World 2018-2019- Thorough and accurate information on the major aspects of each country's government and political party system - 200 entries on countries and territories worldwide, browsable by region or political system
Each edition features country profiles that include:
- key facts
- government and political history
- current issues
- political parties and organizations
- legislatures and cabinets
- communications
- key facts
To read a country's news sources:
- PressReader [full page reproduction] This link opens in a new window- Access to newspapers within the library, from home and around the world the day they are published
- Search via traditional 2-page newspaper view, table of contents, article jumps (linking article sections), easy to read text views
- Translations into ten major foreign languages
Philosophies for Media Systems in your Country
- Political Risk Yearbook This link opens in a new window- Country reports on 100 countries
- Covers political and economic risk analysis and business information
- Browse by Country: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)- Detailed statistical information on 226 countries worldwide
- Choose "Culture" for detailed media information - Corruption Perceptions Index (1995-current)- Organized by country/territory and year
- Measures perception of public sector corruption and transparency - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices- Annual report by U.S. State Department
- Country summaries include Section 2: Status of Freedom of Press and Speech and Internet Freedom - Freedom of the Press Data (Freedom House)- Annual index of media independence, 199 countries and territories
- Map of Press Freedom
- Legal, political, and economic environment analyzed by country; numerical scores assigned, with high scores indicating limited or no press freedom - Human Rights Watch World Report- Country and regional annual reports on free speech, human rights
- Descriptions of Free Speech, Internet Freedom, Press Freedom - International Press Institute- Global organization with members in 120 countries
- Media law watchdog, promotes and defends press freedom
- Articles on issues concerning journalism from around the world - Who Makes the News- Selected country reviews of coverage of women in media
- The World Bank DataBank- Statistics and data from 214 countries, from databases maintained by the World Bank
- Create queries, tables, charts, and maps which can be saved and embedded