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Publications to Aid in Research

Each of these reference publications should be available through a library or a missions organization. The Christian books may not be available from a secular library but may be obtained through an interlibrary loan program. This listing was compiled by Bob Williams.

Reference Books & Journals:

At a Christian college or university, look for the following:

� Peoplesfile Index

� Unreached Peoples Annuals

� The Ethnologue

� Lands and Peoples encyclopedias

� The World and its Peoples encyclopedias

� The World Christian Encyclopedia

� History of the Expansion of Christianity, by Kenneth Scott Lattourette

� Restricted World Ministry Handbook, by Issachar

� World Directory of Missions Research and Information Centers

� International Bulletin of Missionary Research

� US Mission Handbook

� UK Mission Handbook

� Encyclopedia of Missions

� Strongholds of the 10/40 Window, by George Otis, Jr.

� International Journal of Frontier Missions

� Evangelical Missions Quarterly

At any college or university, or large public library, look for:

� National Geographic Magazine Index

� Encyclopedia Britanica, Index Volume

� Muslim Peoples, Richard V. Weekes, Editor. This contains maps showing the general location of Muslim groups and documents 190 ethnic and or linguistic groups that are Muslim.

� Peoples of the Earth, 20 volumes published by Danbury Press (out of print).

� Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mankind, Marshall Cavendish Litd., publisher

� Catholic Encyclopedia

� Subject Guide to Books in Print

� Linguistic Bibliography, J. Beylsmit, editor

� Library of Congress Subject Headings. These large bound volumes show the subject headings used in the card catalogue systems.

� Machine Readable Catalogue Fiche (MARC)

� Background Notes, US Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs

� Minority Rights

� Human Relations Area Files (HRAF)

� Asia Week

� Encyclopedia of the Third World, especially year books

Thanks to Bethany World Prayer Center for the above references.

Missions Web Sites

AD2000 & Beyond Movement: Information about the Global Congress on World Evangelization (GCOWE), Joshua Project 2000 (list of unreached peoples), 10/40 Window, Adoption Guidance Program, plans for the AD2000 movement in every country and in strategic cities: http://www.ad2000.org.

AIMS / FINAL FOCUS: http://www.aims.org .

Arab World Ministries: http://www.gospelcom.net/awm /

Bethany World Prayer Center http://www.ksafe.com/profiles/home.html. A KEY resource for unreached peoples prayer profiles.

Brigada: http://www.brigada.org. Free Missions & General Christian interest e-mail conferences . To subscribe to the conference and to obtain general information, as well as information on specific conferences within the brigada network, send e-mail to hub@xc.org with only the following words in the text of the message body:

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CALEB Project: http://www.calebproject.org Information on unreached peoples and mobilization helps.

CB International: http://WWW.CBI.ORG/

CMD Centre for Mission: http://www.cmd.org.nz/

Christian Information Network: http://www.Christian-info.com . Resources on PRAYER for unreached peoples.

DAWN Ministries: http://www.jesus.org.uk/dawn/

Denominational Missions Organizations: http://www.christianmissions.net/

Ethnologue: http://www.sil.org/ethnologue/ethnologue.html . A catalog of the world�s languages, including information on alternate names, number of speakers, location, dialects, linguistic affiliation, and other sociolinguistic and demographic information.

Frontiers: http://www.frontiers.org

Global Mapping International: http://www.gmi.org.

Global Missions Fellowship: http://www.gmf.org/

Gospel for Asia: http://www.gfa.org

Gospel Recordings Network: http://members.aol.com/GloReNet/index.html

Heart of God Ministries: http://www.heartofgod.com/

International Bible Society http://www.gospelcom.net/ibs/

Jesus Film: http://www.jesusfilm.org

Jesus Film Languages Status:- http://www.jesusfilm.org/progress/translations.html

Latin American Mission: http://www.gospelcom.net/lam/

Lausanne Movement Home Page: http://www.lausanne.org/

MARC: http://www.wvi.org/home.shtml

Mennonite Brethren Missions/Services: http://www.mbmsinternational.org/

Mission Aviation Fellowship: http://www.maf.org/

Mission Aviation Fellowship XC: http://www.grcomputing.net/

Mission to Unreached Peoples: http://www.mup.org/

Mission Training International (formerly Missionary Internship):
http://www.mti.org/

Mission 21 India: http://www.missionindia.org

Missions at your Fingertip: http://www.globalmission.org/fingertip.htm

OC International: http://www.oci.org/

International (formerly Overseas Missionary Fellowship): http://www.omf.org/

Pioneers: http://www.pioneers.org/

Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship: http://www.pff.net

SIM: http://www.sim.org /

Slavic Gospel Association: http://www.sga.org/

Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL): http://www.sil.org/

Team Expansion: http://www.teamexpansion.org

Traditional Missions Organizations: http://www.christianmissions.net/

Urbana Missions Conference: http://www.urbana.org/_today.cfm /

Center for World Mission: http://www.USCWM.org

World Team: http://www.worldteam.org

World by 2000 (radio): http://www.wb2000.org

World Christian Internet Resources:
http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/christian-resources.html

Wycliffe Bible Translators: http://www.wycliffe.org/

World View Research Toolkit: http://www.createinternational.com/CIWebsite/index.html

Youth With A Mission (YWAM): http://www.ywam.org/

Specific country and people group websites:

Wolof People: http://www.townbeacon.com/wolof/expanded%20profile.html

Eurasian Research Center: http://eurasianews.com/erc/homepage.htm

Other E-mail resources

Advance: A free monthly missions newsletter with prayer requests and praises. Request a subscription from Mark Kelly. E-mail: 70420.1057@Compuserve.com

Global Glimpse: A free weekly e-mail news paragraph. Request a subscription from: jhanna@cproject.com

Global Prayer Digest: Receive GPD free each day by e-mail. Send the following message to e-mail: <hub@xc.org> with the following message in the body: subscribe brigada-pubs-globalprayerdigest.

Secular / General Web Sites

The Internet is a loose amalgam of thousands of computer networks reaching millions of people all over the world. For this reason, it is a useful tool for people group research. However, like any tool, it requires some level of expertise. This guide presupposes you know the basics of accessing the Internet, and the costs involved. The purpose of this guide is simply to give you some help in finding your way around, along with some starting places to look for information on people groups.

Libraries

Eureka (an easy to use search service http://www.rlg.org/eureka.html

University of Maryland Information Database: http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/Diversity/

Government and Political Sites

Country Studies/Area Handbooks: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

Library of Congress: http://lcweb.loc.gov/

US Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov/

CIA World Factbook: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

United Nations: http://www.un.org/

General Web Site Tools

Altavista: http://www.altavista.com

BigFoot: http://www.bigfoot.com/