Multicultural and Global Studies


Mango Languages

This online language learning service offers two options per language: Mango Complete, a 100 lesson course designed to provide an understanding of a language and its culture and Mango Basic, which teaches everyday phrases and greetings. More than 40 foreign language courses are available and 16 English as a Second Language courses. You will be required to set up a personal profile and log in to Mango.
 

Oxford bibliographies online

Provides expert commentary. Subject coverage includes: African Studies, Anthropology, Art History, Chinese Studies, Classics, Latino Studies, International Law, Latin American Studies, and Music.

Due to budget constraints, Cinema and media studies and Sociology have been cancelled and are no longer available as of July 1, 2024.

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PAIS index

Contains references to journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material, and more about public policy and work affairs. The archive provides a historical perspective on many of the 20th century's public and social policies. 

ProQuest One Black Studies

ProQuest One Black Studies’ core databases are Black Studies Center, The Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, Black Literature Index, and 13 Historical Black Newspapers including the Chicago Defender, New York Amsterdam News, and Baltimore Afro-American. The platform also features archival collections, videos, and scholarly journals covering the Black experience from the 18th century to the present.

ProQuest One Global Studies & International Relations

ProQuest One Global Studies & International Relations provides access to primary and secondary sources on global issues from the 18th century to today. Among the materials included are the Digital National Security Archive (DNSA), and 95 thematic collections such as Border and Migration Studies Online, Environmental Issues Online, Human Rights Studies Online, and Revolution and Protest Online.

World news connection

Material covering 1995-2013 from non-U.S. media sources provided to the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) by analysts from the Open Source Center's (OSC) domestic and overseas bureaus. Successor to the daily reports from the Foreign Broadcasting Information Service (FBIS) and reports from the Joint Publications Research Service (JPRS) . Content focuses primarily on military, political, environmental, scientific, technical, and socioeconomic issues and is compiled from non-U.S. media sources. 

WorldCat

Includes millions of records describing items owned by OCLC member libraries, including the KU Libraries.