Four ways to participate in the Project:

• group - an instructor and a group of students participate in a Mini-project

 We encourage instructors with groups of students to participate in the Project, we will
 eagerly consider applications for enrollment into international distance mini-projects
 (virtual classrooms) held every term.
 
• ongoing research - an individual participates as an associate of the Project Research Group

We encourage postgraduate students, researchers to participate in project research
 groups (virtual research communities) as a form of academic collaboration.
 
• individual one-time - an individual completes and posts the questionnaire.

 Depending on the technical equipment of the participants, two options are offered for
 completing the questionnaire: the on-line CVS questionnaire (the Russian and the
 English language versions) and the printed copy of the text (the Russian and the
 English language versions), which is to be posted to Rostov State Pedagogical
 University to the following address: Dr. I.N. Rozina, the supervisor of the "Cultural Values"  project Linguistic Institute,
Rostov State Pedagogical University, 33, Bolshaya Sadovaya str., Rostov-on-Don, 344082, Russia.
• independent researcher - an individual uses the Site materials to conduct private

      research and publish an article in the electronic journal of the Linguistic Institute
      or ask us to create a link or reference to the publication in other sources for
      the Site's references list).

Using the Site Materials (electronic resources)

For instance, the following references to the Site materials and the electronic publication were created in accordance with the APA (or MLA) rules of a reference on the electronic resources:

• Cultural Values. Brief background of the Project. Linguistic Institute, Rostov State Pedagogical University, Russia. <http://rspu.edu.ru/projects/cultural_values/index_e.htm> E-mail: rozina@rspu.edu.ru (the date of update or checking the URL, e.g. September 20, 2000)

• Garrott, J.R. Local Aspects of Regional and Global Cross-cultural Communication. Electronic Journal. Linguistic Institute, Rostov State Pedagogical University, Russia <http://rspu.edu.ru/projects/cultural_values/articles/garrott_1.htm>, E-mail: june_rose_garrott@baylor.edu (the date of the lastest placing or checking the URL, e.g. September 20, 2000)