Area Studies
Africa
Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent "Contains more than 3000 slides, 500 photographs, 50 hours of sounds from
forty-five different countries, as well as a large number of difficult to find
texts" -- quote from website
Africa-PBS Interactive games, video clips, photo journals, games, web resources and more.
Africa South of the Sahara: selected Internet Resources News and online resource directory browsable by region, country and topic.
African Studies Internet Resources "An on-going compilation of electronic bibliographic resources and research
materials on Africa available on the global Internet, created under the purview
of the African Studies Department of Columbia University Libraries" -- quote from website
AfricaResource: Educational, Arts, Research Materials Offers "academic research materials and products on Africa and African Diaspora. We publish peer-reviewed journals, bibliographies, hip-hop, scholarly essays, art exhibitions, poetry, profiles, autobiographies, syllabi, multimedia, a who's who directory and much more." -- quote from website
Index on Africa Annotated directory of online resources searchable by country, subject and news.
University of Pennsylvania African Studies Center "Brings together researchers and students, along with cultural, business and media entities, to gain knowledge of contemporary and historical Africa." -- quote from website
Asia and Oceania
Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library "A global collaborative project which provides access in bibliographic and in hypertext terms to networked scholarly documents, resources and information systems concerned with or relevant to Asian Studies." -- quote from website
Australian History on the Internet "Selected sites for researching Australian history on the Internet and provide a starting place for researchers in this field." -- quote from website
Digital South Asia Library "Provides digital materials for reference and research on South Asia to scholars, public officials, business leaders, and other users." -- quote from website
East and Southeast Asia: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources "This annotated directory serves as a window on the rich Internet resources for the political units of East Asia and Southeast Asia." -- quote from website
Edwin Moise Bibliography of the Vietnam War "This is primarily a bibliography of books, but a moderate number of articles are listed;" includes links to primary documents and full-text government resources. -- quote from website
Japanese Kimono "Info on japanese kimono, japanese clothing, kimono fabrics, patterns and japanese yukata robes." -- quote from website
PAIR: Portal to Asian Internet Resources "Committed to directing users to Asian area content in the humanities and social sciences." -- quote from website
Te Puna Web Directory: A Directory to New Zealand & Pacific Island Web Sites "A directory to New Zealand & Pacific Island web sites." -- quote from website
The Tibetan & Himalayan digital library "An international community using Web-based technologies to integrate diverse knowledge about Tibet and the Himalayas for free access from around the world." -- quote from website
Central and Eastern Europe
The Bucknell Russian Program Resources Page A directory of online resources supporting Russian studies.
Russian and East European Network Information Center (REENIC) Directory of online resources organized by region and country.
Russian and East European Studies Virtual Library (REES WEB) "The World Wide Web Virtual Library for Russian & East European Studies." -- quote from website
Latin America & the Caribbean
HAPI Online
"Source for over 265,000 journal article citations about Central America, South America, the Caribbean, Mexico, Brazil, and Hispanics/Latinos in the United States." -- quote from website
Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) "Provide[s] Latin American users with access to academic databases and information services throughout the Internet, and ... Latin Americanists around the world with access to information on and from Latin America." -- quote from website
Latin American Studies Association "Brings together experts on Latin America from all disciplines and diverse occupational endeavors, across the globe." -- quote from website
Library of Congress HLAS online: Handbook of Latin American Studies "Bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars." -- quote from website
The Pew Hispanic Center "Nonpartisan research organization supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Its mission is to improve understanding of the U.S. Hispanic population and to chronicle Latinos' growing impact on the entire nation." -- quote from website
Middle East & North Africa
Arab.net "A collection of articles written by leading journalists and editors in the Middle East." -- quote from website
History in the News: Middle East History, Society, and Culture Resources "Provides links to resources for the study of the Middle East." -- quote from website
Iraq: The Cradle of Civilization at Risk: Cultural Heritage and Historical Monuments "The current focus looks from a cultural and historical perspective at present developments concerning the military conflict in Iraq." -- quote from website
The Middle East North Africa Internet Resource Guide "Created to serve the needs of scholars, students, and interested individuals in finding and using internet resources dealing with the Middle East." -- quote from website
North America
Aboriginal Canada Portal “The Aboriginal Canada Portal is your single window to First Nations, Métis and Inuit online resources and government programs and services.” -- quote from website
African American Odyssey A collection of resources from The Library of Congress’s “American Memory” National Digital Library project. "... a five-year effort to add rare and unique items from the Library's vast African-American collections to the National Digital Library.” -- quote from website
American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library “... a gateway to the Library of Congress’s vast resources of digitized American historical materials. Comprising more than 9 million items that document U.S. history and culture, American Memory is organized into more than 100 thematic collections based on their original format, their subject matter, or who first created, assembled, or donated them to the Library.” -- quote from website
American Slave Narratives “From 1936 to 1938, over 2,300 former slaves from across the American South were interviewed by writers and journalists under the aegis of the Works Progress Administration. ... their narratives remain a peerless resource for understanding the lives of America's four million slaves.” -- quote from website
American Women: A Gateway to Library of Congress Resources for the Study of Women's History and Cultures in the United States From The Library of Congress’s “American Memory” National Digital Library project. “The site contains a slightly expanded and fully searchable version of the print publication American Women: A Library of Congress Guide for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States.” -- quote from website
American Women's History: A Research Guide “... provides citations to print and Internet reference sources, as well as to selected large primary source collections. The guide also provides information about the tools researchers can use to find additional books, articles, dissertations, and primary sources.” -- quote from website
Appalachian Studies Bibliography A bibliography of journals and other print and online resources concerning Appalachia.
A Biography of America “The companion web site to the video series and telecourse… that presents American history as a living narrative. This series web site lets you delve further into the topics of the 26 video programs.” -- quote from website
Canadiana A listing of links to a wide array of resources concerning Canada.
A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional documents and debates 1774-1875 From The Library of Congress’s “American Memory” National Digital Library project. “…consists of a linked set of published congressional records of the United States of America from the Continental Congress through the 43rd Congress, 1774-1875.” -- quote from website
CultureCanada.gc.ca “…the Government of Canada's one-stop web access to government Culture, Heritage and Recreation programs and services.” -- quote from website
Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online “Explore the history of Canada's inhabitants and their culture" -- quote from website
Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention 1764-1789 From The Library of Congress’s “American Memory” National Digital Library project. “The Continental Congress Broadside Collection (256 titles) and the Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (21 titles) contain 277 documents relating to the work of Congress and the drafting and ratification of the Constitution.” -- quote from website
The Dred Scott Case Case documentation, chronology of events, and additional resources concerning the Dred Scott Case. “In 1846, Dred Scott and his wife Harriet filed suit for their freedom in the St. Louis Circuit Court. This suit began an eleven-year legal fight that ended in the U.S. Supreme Court…” -- quote from website
Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture “… strives to offer a definitive, comprehensive, and accurate record of the twenty-fifth state.” -- quote from website
Eugenics Archive: Image Archive on the American Eugenics Movement “Mouse over the images to open essays that introduce the key events, persons, and social conditions that contributed to the development of eugenics.” -- quote from website
The First American West: The Ohio River Valley 1750-1820 From The Library of Congress’s “American Memory” National Digital Library project. “… consists of 15,000 pages of original historical material documenting the land, peoples, exploration, and transformation of the trans-Appalachian West from the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth century.” -- quote from website
The Founders Constitution “Hailed as “"the Oxford English Dictionary of American constitutional history,"” the print edition of The Founders' Constitution has proved since its publication in 1986 to be an invaluable aid to all those seeking a deeper understanding of one of our nation's most important legal documents.” -- quote from website
The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition “… is dedicated to the investigation and dissemination of knowledge concerning all aspects of chattel slavery and its destruction.” -- quote from website
Historical United States Census Data Browser “Examine state and county topics for individual census years, examine state and county topics over time, [and] generate maps of selected data. The data and terminology presented… are drawn directly from historical volumes of the U.S. Census of Population and Housing.” -- quote from website
History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web “… serves as a gateway to web resources and offers other useful materials for teaching U.S. history.” -- quote from web
Lincoln/net “… presents historical materials from Abraham Lincoln's Illinois years (1830-1861), including Lincoln's writings and speeches, as well as other materials illuminating antebellum Illinois.” -- quote from website
National Archives and Records Administration “Of all documents and materials created in the course of business conducted by the United States Federal government, only 1%-3% are so important for legal or historical reasons that they are kept by us forever. Those valuable records are preserved and are available to you, whether you want to see if they contain clues about your family’s history, need to prove a veteran’s military service, or are researching an historical topic that interests you.” -- quote from website
New France, new horizons “To mark the 400th anniversary of the French presence in North America in 2004, France and Canada are re-creating their singular adventure and sparking new interest in their shared history, by putting documents online, reproduced in their entirety using the latest digitization technologies, and making them accessible to a broad public.” -- quote from website
North American immigrant letters, diaries, and oral histories “…provides a unique and personal view of what it meant to immigrate to America and Canada. Our goal is to include more than 100,000 pages of personal narratives including letters, diaries, pamphlets, autobiographies, and oral histories, providing a rich source for scholars in a wide range of disciplines.” -- quote from website
The Sixties Project “…a collective of humanities scholars working together on the Internet to use electronic resources to provide routes of collaboration and make available primary and secondary sources for researchers, students, teachers, writers and librarians interested in the Sixties.” -- quote from website
Statistical Abstract of the United States "Authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States" -- quote from website
Votes for Women: Selections from the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921From The Library of Congress’s “American Memory” National Digital Library project. “…consists of 167 books, pamphlets and other artifacts documenting the suffrage campaign.” -- quote from website
WWW Virtual Library - American Indians “Index of Native American Organizations on the Internet.” -- quote from website
United Kingdom
Encyclopedia of British History, 1500-1950 A comprehensive resource for information concerning British history.
UK at a Glance: National Statistics “The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the government department responsible for collecting and publishing official statistics about the UK's society and economy.” -- quote from website
Victorian Studies on the Web “An indispensable source of information on every important publication from 1945 to 2007 on every field of Victorian Studies.” -- quote from website
Western Europe
Archaeological Resource Guide for Europe: WWW Virtual Library for European Archaeology “…contains links to evaluated Internet resources (mainly web pages, but also other resources such as discussion lists) concerning European archaeology.” -- quote from website
Archives of European integration “…an electronic repository and archive for research materials on the topic of European integration and unification.” -- quote from website
EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe “These links connect to European primary historical documents that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated. They shed light on key historical happenings within the respective countries and within the broadest sense of political, economic, social and cultural history.” -- quote from website
Europa Public Opinion Analysis “Our surveys and studies address major topics concerning European citizenship: enlargement, social situation, health, culture, information technology, environment, the Euro, defence, etc.” -- quote from website
German Studies Web "Designed to provide access to scholarly resources in German Studies, including all German-speaking countries" -- quote from website
Nazi and East German propaganda guide page “…includes both propaganda itself and material produced for the guidance of propagandists. The goal is to help people understand the two great totalitarian systems of the twentieth century by giving them access to the primary material. -- quote from website
Tennessee Bob's Famous French Links Links to a wide variety of information concerning France and the French language.
WESSWEB: Western European Studies Section Links to a wide variety of information concerning Western Europe.
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