Encyclopedias can be used to give a general overview on a subject or to help focus on a particular aspect of that topic. This guide contains several tabs with links to online encyclopedias of all kinds. Some are available only to ISU students.
1999. Covers diverse areas of British culture, including films, authors, music, architecture, education, fashion and design, intellectual life, media, politics, sports, television, and youth, since the 1960s.
1998. Includes French "art, cinema, economic issues, education, food and wine, intellectual life, linguistic issues, literature, media, . . . . and politics."
1999. Covers the entire range of Spanish (meaning all cultures within the Spanish state) culture since beginning in 1939, with main emphasis on 1975 to present.
2002. Survey of modern Asia, defined as extending from Japan in the east to Turkey in the west, and from Kazakhstan in the north to Indonesia in the south.
2004. Covers the modern history of the Middle East and North Africa, with major sections on Colonialism and Imperialism, the World Wars, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the United Nations involvement in the region.
