Sue Shaffer Learning Commons and Library: Guides: Spanish: Country Research

Chileans toast with a call for salud (health) multiple times during a meal.

If you are researching a more specific topic related to your country and aren't finding the information that you need in the reference databases, you will probably want to check out a book/ebook and/or articles. You can do that by searching the UCC Library Search Box below or any of the other individual databases on this page.

I recommend first checking to see if there are books or ebooks on your topic and then looking for articles if you haven't found any books. The reason for this is that books will often provide you with in-depth coverage/discussion of a topic. Remember that you don't have to read the entire book -- you can read just a chapter or two that relates to your topic.

Use the UCC Library Search Box below to find articles in academic and trade journals, news and magazine articles, print books, eBooks, streaming video, patents, and more!

Culture
Overviews/General Information

These databases contain information about a wide variety of cultural topics from around the world.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Complete offers an enormous collection of full-text journals, providing users access to critical information from many sources unique to this database. In addition, it includes peer-reviewed full text for STEM research, as well as for the social sciences and humanities. Scholarly content covers a broad range of important areas of academic study, including anthropology, engineering, law, sciences and more.
Gale in Context: Global Issues This link opens in a new window
International academic perspectives on global issues.
Global Road Warrior This link opens in a new window
Learn about countries, their culture, and their customs. Find recipes, business etiquette, languages spoken, country demographics and statistics, ethnic groups, stereotypes, society and culture, and lots more.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Essential humanities and social science journals. Includes both full-text and content that we just have the citation for. Remember that you can request items through interlibrary loan. https://www.umpqua.edu/library-services/interlibrary-loan-request

These databases & websites contain the full text of reference books (e.g., encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, travel guides) that will give you the big picture of different topics related to the country that you are researching. Depending on your topic, these might be your first and final research stop.

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
The complete text and images of hundreds of reference books can be searched simultaneously for all kinds of topics. Browse individual books or subjects. Search results also link to our other database subscriptions and the UCC library catalog. A great place to start your research.
Global Road Warrior This link opens in a new window
Learn about countries, their culture, and their customs. Find recipes, business etiquette, languages spoken, country demographics and statistics, ethnic groups, stereotypes, society and culture, and lots more.

Library of Congress: Country Studies
This collection contains electronic versions of eighty books originally sponsored by the U.S. Army and written by researchers affiliated with the Library’s Federal Research Division. Intended for a general audience, the studies provide descriptions and analyses of lesser-known countries or regions where U.S. military forces might be deployed.
The World Factbok
The World Factbook provides basic intelligence on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, environment, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.
World Health Organization: Country Health Profiles
The SCORE for Health Data Technical Package was developed by WHO and partners to assist Member States in strengthening country data systems and capacity to monitor progress towards the health-related SDGs, Triple Billion targets, and other national and subnational health priorities.