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Subject Guide - International Students & Cultural Program

Compiled by Ellen Willis, International Students Librarian Liaison. Updated 2006.

Selected Reference Books

REF PN 44.5 .S46 Dictionary of Literary Terms

ARCH G4314 .G8 G73 2003 Greeley, Colorado: History and Architecture of Its Downtown Buildings

REF E184 .A1 G14 2000 Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America

REF F784 .G7 G77 1997 Greeley, Colorado: The Historical Picture Album

REF HT108.5 .E53 2002 Encyclopedia of Urban Cultures: Cities and Cultures Around the World

REF PE1628 .A6235 1998 The American Heritage English as a Second Language Dictionary

REF PS663 .M55 V64 1996 Voices of Multicultural America: Notable Speeches Delivered by African, Asian, Hispanic, and Native Americans, 1790-1995

 

Selected Circulating Books

F 784 .G7 S6 1870-1970: The First Hundred Years: Greeley, Colorado

E158 .A46 2002 American Ways: A Guide to Foreigners in the United States

QH 105 .C6 R45 1990 Colorado Wildlife

E158 .T78 1985 Coping with America

E 169 .O4 W37 2005 Culture Shock!: USA

F 776 .A22 1994 Colorado, a History of the Centennial State

F 777 .K53 1998 Colorado: A History in Photographs

GN 345.65 .H63 2002 Exploring Culture: Exercises, Stories, and Synthetic Cultures

F 784 .D43 F76 2005 Frommer's Denver, Boulder & Colorado Springs

PE 1128 .L6434 2003 How to Prepare for the TOEFL Essay

E 158 .L39 2005 Let's go. USA 2005

PE 2813 .U83 2001 Lonely Planet USA Phrasebook: Understanding Americans and Their Culture

E 161 .C9 2000 101 American Customs: Understanding Language and Culture Through Common Practices

PE 1128 .R 64 2005 Peterson's TOEFL Success 2005

GN 517 .W37 2001 Psychology of Culture Shock

PE 1137 .W63 2001 Well Said: Pronunciation for Clear Communication

 

Full-Text Books Online

NetLibrary
This database contains such titles as American Idioms and Some Phrases Just for Fun, Breaking Through Culture Shock, Camping Colorado, CliffsStudySolver English Grammar, Colorado Byways, High Points of the United States, Writing American Style: An ESL/EFL Handbook.

 

Print Magazines in Kiefer Library

Glamour
Newsweek
People
Sunset
Time
U.S, News and World Report

The Library’s subscriptions to magazines that are of interest to our international students may also be in electronic format. Full text articles are available in electronic formats through online databases. (see below)

 

Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Article Databases or Online Periodicals

Academic Search Premier  |  Off-Campus Access
Facts on File  | Off-Campus Access
Proquest Research Library  |  Off-Campus Access
Colorado Magazine Online
Front Range Living
Internet Public Library, International Newspapers

 

Other Library Materials

Video/DVD Check with Media Services
VHS F2211 .A42 2002 Amazing Destinations: Peru & Brazil
VHS F2171.3 .A42 2002 Amazing Destinations: Caribbean & Mexico
VHS F2171.3 .A42 2002 Amazing Destinations: Treasures of South America
VHS KFX1454 .G73 I4 2002-03 v.1. I am American
VHS DU 234.5 .F 85 1997 Full Circle with Michael Palin
DVD PE 1128 .E 54 2003 Learn English as a Second Language
On ORDER Easy English: ESL instructional series for non-English speakers

Pamphlet File
PN 10009 .A1 P52 1987 VHS Picture Books: Elements of Illustration and Story
Pamphlet File –Colorado, Birds Top 10 Birding Spots: Pawnee Grasslands, Colorado
Pamphlet File –Colorado, History An Overworked City Boy Hits the High Plains
Pamphlet File – Colorado, Description & Travel Into the Great Wide Open: Walk in the Pawnee Buttes

 

Searching the Library Catalog

The above titles are just a few of the resources available for you. The Kiefer Library Catalog, http://tlc.aims.edu/ provides access to resources available at Aims Community College. Use the following subjects (Library of Congress) and keywords to search in the library catalog:

Culture shock, English language, Intercultural communication, TESOL, United States—guidebooks, United States—handbooks, manuals, United States—practical information,

 

Selected Web Resources for Greeley Information

Aims Community College History
Greeley Bus Routes
Greeley Community Profile
Greeley Convention & Visitor’s Bureau
Greeley History
Greeley Stampede
Greeley Tribune Newspaper
Weld County, Colorado Information

 

Selected Web Resources for Colorado Information

Around Colorado: maps, mileage, photos & more
Biking in Colorado
Colorado Climbing Resource
Colorado.gov
Colorado History Virtual Tours
Colorado Guide
Colorado Ski Country
Colorado State Archives
Colorado Tourism Office
Colorado’s Home Page
Fishing in Colorado
Horseback Riding
John Fielder’s Colorado: Images
Mountain Biking in Colorado
National Parks of the Southwest
Rafting Colorado
Pawnee National Grasslands
Rocky Mountain Park
Woodall’s: Camping & RVing in the Great Outdoors

 

Selected Web Resources for International Students

Activities for ESL/EFL Students
English Club
English Language Listening Lab Online
Interesting Things for ESL Students
International Education Site
Library of Congress, Country Studies
National Geographic News
Rutgers University Library, Terminology for International Students
United Nations
UNBISnet:United Nations Bibliographic Information System
United States Census Bureau
Window on the World
World Factbook

Other Library Catalogs

Colorado State University
Loveland Public Library
Prospector: Colorado Unified Catalog
University of Northern College Library Catalog
Weld Library District
Windsor-Severance Library Distric

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