BOOKS

To locate books at PJC and other Florida Community College libraries, click on Find Books at the top of the library homepage. For books about food and culinary arts, use Subject and enter Cookery, name of cuisine (for example, Cookery, French). A Subject search by name of country could also yield books of interest. Alternately, click on Browse Lists and enter Cookery (as a subject) to browse through subjects of interest. Both print and ebooks are noted in the catalog.

Books available at the Warrington and Milton campuses, and those available at other Florida community colleges, can be sent to the Pensacola campus by clicking on the location of the book and using the Request option. Login is required to request books. Graphic instructions for using the catalog and requesting books, see http://library.pjc.edu/pdf/find_books.pdf. Login instructions available below.

Electronic encyclopedias of interest are listed under EBooks on the left of the library’s homepage. Click on Virtual Reference Library eBooks. Login is required. After login, a window opens with a list of subjects. Click on Nation & World to see the two titles that might be of interest. Ebooks contain tables of contents and indexes.

LIBRARY ONLINE ARTICLE SOURCES

To access the library’s online article sources, click on the Most Used Article Databases on the left of the homepage. Select the appropriate database. Login is automatic from the library computers. From remote computers, it is necessary to log in. Select Pensacola Junior College from the drop-down menu; type the 14-digit PJC photo ID number in the Borrower ID box; type the last four digits of your Social Security number into the PIN box.

General OneFile

An excellent source of articles from a variety of print magazines, journals and newswires. To find information on a particular country, use the Browse Subjects link in the upper left. Enter the name of the country in the search box, then click on the + sign below the country name. This will open up a list of subheadings. The Food and Nutrition subheading will present articles that might be of interest.

It is also possible to search this index by keywords. From the initial search box, enter search terms, (for example, peru music). To limit to full-text articles only, check the box under Limit Results.

Academic Search Complete

Another source of articles from print magazines and scholarly (peer reviewed) journals. Includes abstracts (summaries) of most articles. To locate articles about food and culinary arts, use the Advanced Search link. Enter Cookery, name of cuisine (for example, Cookery, Peruvian) in the first box and drop down the menu so that SU Subject Terms appears. Click Search. Limit results using the check boxes to the right and left of hits screen.

It is also possible to search this index by keywords. From the initial search box, enter search terms. To limit to full-text articles only, check the box under Limit Your Results.

WEB SITES

CIA World Factbook

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/xx.html

Produced by the CIA. Use the drop down menu on the right to select a country. Maps of countries are printable. Good source of history and politics.

Cultural Profiles Project

http://www.cp-pc.ca/english/

Produced by Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Select country from right of main page. Once at the desired country, left hand menu provides links of interest, including Food, Arts & Literature and more.

WikiTravel

http://wikitravel.org

A wiki with information about places and travel.

World Country Guides

http://www.worldtravelguide.net/country

Search for country from the search box. Left hand menu provides links.

Portals to the World

http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html

Sites selected and organized by the Library of Congress. Select the country from the main page.

Country Studies

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

Online versions of books produced by the Library of Congress. Some information is dated. Choose the country on the right of the main page.