To locate books in the Lone Star College System Library Catalog, electronic books in NetLibrary, or materials in any other library catalog, use keywords such as: the country name, Business Etiquette, or Intercultural Communication. You can also search for Culture Shock and or Doing Business in and your country name. Those are series that should prove useful.

We also recommend the following reference books.

REF G63 .W67 - Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations

REF GN307 .C68 - Countries and Their Cultures

REF GN307 .E53 1991- Encyclopedia of World Cultures

REF HF 1359 .G5854 - Globalization: Encyclopedia of Trade, Labor and Politics - National tax rules and government policies, emerging markets, corruption, European Union, NAFTA, culture. Arranged by topics, not country..

REF HF 1416 .M78 - Dun & Bradstreets Guide to Doing Business around the World. Visa requirments, holidays, cultural tips, trade and investment policies. Arranged by country.

DATABASES

Librarian Talk About Finding Journal and Newspaper Articles! Electronic databases are purchased by the libraries for your research use. Use your updated or current  library card to login to the following databases to find articles in newspapers and journals, letters, reference books, illustrations, photographs and more. If you find an interesting article that is not full-text, please give the correct bibliographic information to our Reference Librarians, and they will see that you get the article. They will need full bibliographic information - and your name and address. Send your phone number as well, so they can contact you if they need to. There is some overlap of articles in the following databases. However, we encourage you to use more than one. All are excellent sources for this topic.   HINT: For a full list of article databases, go to Lone Star College - Kingwood Library Subject Guide to Databases and use your library card to access these full-text databases from home. More about databases(25 sec.)

• Academic Search Complete   - Articles from journals, magazines and newspapers on many subjects including doing business in other countries. Try searching for business and the country name and culture or etiquette.
• Business & Company Resource Center   - Industry rankings, industry statistics, company profiles, performance ratings and more. Contains broad coverage of global business information.
• Business Source Complete - Provides full text for over 2,710 scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more. Updated daily.
• CountryWatch  - A large database providing country specific geopolitical intelligence on each of the 192 countries of the world. Look for your country, then read about foreign relations, economic conditions, social overview and people including the  cultural etiquette of that country.
• ProQuest Research Library   - Articles from journals, including many scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers. Includes Wall Street Journal, Houston Chronicle, and New York Times.

INTERNET

Librarian Talk About the Internet!   The Internet can be a wonderful source of original documents. Browse the sites we have suggested below. Remember, you do want to find reputable sites. Consider: Accuracy - The information should be researched and show proof that it has been  Source - Look at the domain:  .edu   .gov   .org  .net  are valid research sources.  Authority - What are the author's credentials? (Don't quote from another college freshman's paper.)  Coverage - Does the page have the information you need for your research?  Objectivity - If a work is biased, use it - just make sure your professor knows YOU know. Offer both sides of issues, where applicable.  More about finding internet sources (25 sec.)

Suggested Web Sites:.

Background Notes from the U.S. Department of State. See also Background Notes archives.

CIA World Factbook - Guide to country profiles

Consulates in Houston - Links to Houston consulate web pages.

Country Studies Area Handbooks from the Library of Congress

The Economist/Countries - lists countries including economic and background information. Up to date.

Getting through Customs - Cultural taboos and customs advice in brief.

MALKAM Cross Cultural Training - A company specializing in training professionals in cross-cultural communications, MALKAM Cross-Cultural Training offers this paper on exploring cross-cultural diversity. This site points out some keys to success when doing business in other countries. Each issue has a short quiz. See Cultural Training issue #3 on women and international assignments.

The Open Directory Project compilation of sites for expatriates from all over the world.  Information on various social and cultural attributes of countries.

Portals to the World - From the Library of Congress, list of links to country information.

Travel information from the United States government This site offers consular information sheets for countries worldwide based on information from the U.S. State Department.  Choose your country from the alphabetic index provided.  

SUPPORT: Getting Help with your Assignment

Citing Sources Using the MLA Style Guide | Lone Star College - Kingwood Library guide. Examples of both paper and electronic citations.

Avoiding Plagiarism   |   Excellent information and guide on how to avoid plagiarism from the Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University.

The Learning Center | Check our hours for in-house tutoring.

Attach your paper to and email to Dr. Janis Terry, Assistant Dean. Dr. Terry or one of the writing tutors will read through your paper and make brief comments on your paper and return it to you.

REMEMBER, the expert on this paper is your instructor. Contact her through your LSC-Online (ECollege) email.