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African American Experience: The American Mosaic This link opens in a new window
Covers history, biographies, literature, arts, music, popular culture, folklore, business, slavery, the struggle for civil rights, politics, sports, education, science, medicine, and more; Content includes biographies, overview essays, primary and secondary sources, and transcripts.
American Indian Experience: The American Mosaic This link opens in a new window
Historical accounts and cultural information about the indigenous peoples of North America; Includes reference content, primary source documents, images, videos, maps, chronologies, and more.
Global Road Warrior This link opens in a new window
Global Road WarriorTM is the worlds most extensive country-by-country resource for learning about culture, customs, history, and language worldwide. Global Road WarriorTM consists of 175 Country Guides of 119 topics each. No other single resource covers so many topics, so well, for so many countries.
Indigenous Peoples: North America This link opens in a new window
Collection of primary sources covering the historical experiences, cultural traditions and innovations, and political status of Indigenous Peoples in the United States and Canada, manuscripts, monographs, newspapers, photographs, motion pictures, images of artwork, and more.
Latino American Experience: The American Mosaic This link opens in a new window
Resource dedicated to the history and culture of Latinos; Includes primary source documents like maps, images, audio clips, interviews, music files, speeches, documents, links to relevant websites and other material.
World Folklore and Folklife This link opens in a new window
Subjects include: Celebrations and Rituals, Food and Drink, Holidays and Festivals, Music and Dance, Religion and Belief, Tales, Myths, Urban Legends, Traditional Arts and Crafts; Content includes: reference works, classic folk tales, multimedia resources, images, maps, and vetted Weblinks.
World Geography: Understanding a Changing World This link opens in a new window
Resource focuses on the geographic, political, social, economic, and cultural forces that influence our world; Content includes maps, biographies, country overviews, and primary and secondary sources.
World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy This link opens in a new window
Reference resource covering faith, matters of belief, practice, celebrations, holidays, significant and sacred places; Content includes reference items, scholarly essays; religion overviews, primary sources, images, videos, and documents.

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Culture Clues
Tip sheets for clinicians designed to increase awareness about concepts and preferences of patients from diverse cultures.
EthnoMed
"EthnoMed contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and related topics pertinent to the health care of immigrants to Seattle or the US, many of whom are refugees fleeing war-torn parts of the world."
World's People in Central Massachusetts
Subject guide created by the University of Massachusetts Medical School in collaboration with the Children's Medical Center Pediatric Palliative Care Team, the Lamar Soutter Library, and Interpreter Services. Provides overviews of cultures and countries with additional suggested references.
CDC Minority Health
The CDC's portal for minority health information. Includes basic information, data, statistics, reports, and more.
Culture, Language and Health Literacy
Information from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration on providing culturally competent care, categorized by race/ethnicity, gender, age, and more.
A Physician's Practical Guide to Culturally Competent Care
Self-directed training course designed for physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners to provide them with competencies that will enable them to better treat the increasingly diverse U.S. population. Provided by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Minority Health.
The Provider's Guide to Quality and Culture
Website designed to assist health care organizations throughout the US in providing high quality, culturally competent services to multi-ethnic populations. Note: last updated in 2008.

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