Brigidine College

Library

Assignment Pathfinder

Year 12 BCT

International Business

Search Terms:

Search under these particular headings in the Alice catalogue, in the indexes/contents pages of books, on databases and on the Web.

Etiquette	Business etiquette	Society and culture
International business etiquette	Travel	Individual country’s name – Social life and customs, -- Business etiquette eg China – Social life and customs; China – Business etiquette
Cultural gestures Wedding customs	Social life and customs

* While you are searching the Alice database, note that there are web sites catalogued in there, and you can go directly to them by clicking on the green globe icon which will appear on the right of the screen.

Shelf Locations:

Dewey Number Topic

174 Business ethics

305.8 Social life and customs

395.5 Business etiquette

650 Business (general)

900’s Travel in specific countries

910 Travel (general)

Online Databases:

Encyclopaedia Britannica

No password is necessary while using the database

within the college network

Electric Library

The password can be obtained from the library staff
or from the database brochure at the circulation desk in the library

Internet Sites:

Travel Guides and Countries of the World

Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Country Information

http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/index.html

People Going Global

http://www.peoplegoingglobal.com/countries.htm

Each country has a useful ‘Culture’ link.

Lonely Planet Guide to Countries

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/

Countries A to Z - Atlapedia Online

http://www.atlapedia.com

C.I.A. World Factbook

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Yahoo Regional Guide: Countries

http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/

Fodor's Travel Guide

http://www.fodors.com/

World Travel Guide.Net

http://www.worldtravelguide.net/index.ehtml
If you can’t click on this address, cut and paste it into the address box, then hit ‘enter’.

Australia – Queensland

Visitors – visas and immigration
http://www.immi.gov.au/visitors/index.htm

Australia visa and immigation
http://www.hoteltravel.com/australia/guides/visas_and_immigration.htm

Australia Travel Directory
http://www.australiatravelsearch.com.au

Tourism Queensland
http://www.tq.com.au

Hotel Travel: Travel Tips, Australia

http://www.hoteltravel.com/australia/guides/tips.htm

Our Brisbane
http://www.ourbrisbane.com
Directory
http://directory.ourbrisbane.com/directory/index.jsp

eg Transport, travel and accommodation

http://directory.ourbrisbane.com/directory/categories/transport_travel_and_accommodation.html

eg Maps

http://www.ourbrisbane.com/maps

Wedding Planning

Sensis.com.au. A search engine for Australians includes yellow pages and white pages
http://www.sensis.com.au

Queensland Wedding Directory
http://www.theweddingscene.com

Queensland Wedding Directory
http://www.qld.australianweddingcompany.com.au

Queensland Brides.com.au
http://www.queenslandbrides.com.au/planning/directory/?sl=14&ssl=21

Marriage celebrants

http://www.brisbanecitylife.com.au/bcl/weddings/services.htm

World Business Etiquette and Social Customs

Guidelines for Business Etiquette. Executive Planet

http://www.executiveplanet.com/index.php?title=Main_Page

Etiquette

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etiquette

International Business Etiquette

http://162.127.86.3/business/international.htm

International Business Etiquette
http://www.worldroom.com/pages/shelves/offshlvjul24.phtml

very useful International Business Etiquette and Manners Resource Page

http://www.cyborlink.com/besite/resource.htm

very useful International Business Etiquette and Manners Country Page

http://www.cyborlink.com/besite/Default.asp

International Business Ethics Forum

http://www.pitt.edu/~ethics/

International Business Etiquette

http://www.worldroom.com/pages/shelves/offshlvjul24.phtml

India Cultural Tips

http://www.stylusinc.com/business/india/cultural_tips.htm

Cultural and etiquette in China, Japan and Korea
http://www.apmforum.com/columns/boye53.htm

Japanese Manners and Etiquette
http://www.geocities.com/japanfaq/FAQ-Manners.html

Japanese Etiquette

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e622.html

Japanese Etiquette
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e622.html

Chinese Dining: Beliefs and Etiquette

http://www.globalgourmet.com/destinations/hongkong/hkdine.html

Weddings

Wedding traditions and customs
http://www.worldweddingtraditions.com

Wedding Traditions around the world
http://travour.com/weddings/world-wedding-traditions

Plan the perfect religious ceremonies – Jewish, Buddhists, Muslim, Hindu etc.
http://www.confetti.co.uk/article/view/5042-7598-0-Plan_the_perfect__religious_wedding_ceremony_Religious_weddings.do

Japanese Weddings
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2061.html

Traditional Japanese Weddings
http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/culture/marriage_modern.html

Buddhists Weddings Ceremonies
http://www.buddhanet.net/funeral.htm

Muslim Wedding Celebrations
http://www.brides.com/weddingstyle/traditions/feature/article/105565

Wedding customs of the Muslim world
http://islam.about.com/od/marriage/a/worldweddings.htm

Wedding customs around the Muslim world
http://www.zawaj.com/weddingways_main.html

Indian Wedding (Hindu)

http://weddings.iloveindia.com/indian-weddings/hindu-marriage/index.html

A Sikh Wedding
http://www.sikhs.org/wedding

Wedding Guide. A Sikh wedding
http://www.weddingguide.co.uk/articles/ceremonies/sikh.asp

Miscellaneous

Travlang's Translating Dictionaries

http://dictionaries.travlang.com/

Free Translation.com

http://www.freetranslation.com

Fodor’s French, German, Italian and Spanish Travel Phrases

http://www.fodors.com/language/

Virtual Tourist Time Zones/Currency/Metric/Language Converter and Travel Warnings

http://www.virtualtourist.com/cgi-bin/currency.vtc?s=@968197828-15834

Oanda Currency Converter

http://www.oanda.com/converter/classic

XE.com: The Universal Currency Converter

http://www.xe.com/ucc/

World Weather

http://www.intellicast.com/LocalWeather/World/