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Area and Country Studies |
| Afghanistan: A Country Study (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/aftoc.html) |
| From the Library of Congress' Area Study/Country Studies series. |
| Afghanpedia (http://sabawoon.com/afghanpedia/default.shtm) |
| Basic information about Afghanistan. From Sabawoon Online, an Islamic news service. |
| Africa (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/) |
| Companion site to PBS series. Includes photo essays, the history game Africa Challenge, Africa for Kids, and Teacher Tools. |
| Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent (http://africafocus.library.wisc.edu/) |
| Hundreds of slides, photographs and sound files. Requires the RealPlayer plugin to utilize. |
| AfricaOnline.com (http://www.africaonline.com/site/) |
| Gateway to information about the continent. Major sections include news, business finance, computing, music, and women. |
| African Lives--Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/africanlives/) |
| Based on a series of occasional articles in the newspaper concerning everyday life in Africa. |
| African Studies Center: Univ. of Pennsylvania (http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/AS.html) |
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| African Studies Internet Resources (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/) |
| "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." |
| allAfrica.com (http://allafrica.com/) |
| Abundance of links for contemporary news in politics, entertainment, sports, business, science and health. |
| Aneki.com: Country Information, Regional and World Rankings (http://www.aneki.com/index.html) |
| Statistics and rankings for over 190 countries, including economic, social, technical, environmental, academic and miscellaneous categories. |
| Art and Life in Africa (http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/) |
| An introduction to the Stanley Collection at the Univ. of Iowa Museum of Art, with a wide assortment of teaching aids. |
| Asia Source (http://www.asiasource.org/) |
| Comprehensive online resource from the Asia Society. |
| Asiaco, the Asia Search Engine (http://search.asiaco.com/) |
| Browsable and searchable collection of thousands of Web sites for thirty Asian countries. |
| Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library (http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html) |
| Sponsored by the Univ. of Pennsylvania. |
| BBC News World Edition: Country Profiles (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm) |
| "Instant guide" to news, history, politics, event timelines, and economic backgrounds for countries of the world. |
| Central Eurasia Project (http://www.eurasianet.org/) |
| Educational, social and legal reform in the countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia,Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. |
| China Vista (http://chinavista.com/home.html) |
| Articles on Chinese culture, China yellow pages and recipes for Chinese dishes. |
| Country Reports, for Countries Around the World! (http://www.countryreports.org/) |
| Wealth of information on all of the countries of the world. Resource for students, teachers, and tourists. |
| Country Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html) |
| A continuing series of books prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army. |
| CountryWatch.com (http://www.countrywatch.com/) |
| Up-to-date source of information on 192 countries. |
| Cultures of the Andes (http://www.andes.org/) |
| Poems, photos, music and stories direct from the Andes Mountains in South America are available in Spanish, English and the Quechua Indian language. |
| East and Southeast Asia: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources (http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/) |
| Browsable by region and country. Includes Current Hot Topics. From the Univ. of Redlands (Calif.). |
| Educational Resources on Asia Especially East Asia (http://www.isop.ucla.edu/eas/Resource.htm) |
| Resources and links to educational material relating to Asia. Includes K-12 curriculum materials and full texts of significant historical documents. |
| Eldis Country Profiles (http://www.eldis.org/country/) |
| Briefing service offering access to a large amount of material on individual countries. |
| Ethnologue: Languages of the World (http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| Catalog of more than 6,800 languages. |
| Global Connections: The Middle East (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/mideast/index.html) |
| Background information for events in the Middle East, including a timeline from 1900. From PBS station WGBH in Boston. |
| Iraq Crisis (http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/irqindx.htm) |
| Collection of articles providing "information on the crisis situation in Iraq as well as more specific articles on sanctions issues." From the Global Policy Forum, an organization with a mission to "monitor global policy making at the United Nations. |
| Iraq: A Country Study (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/iqtoc.html) |
| From the Library of Congress' "Area Study/Country Studies" series. |
| Iraq: A Reading List (http://www.nytimes.com/ref/books/iraq-books.html) |
| From the "New York Times." |
| Islamic Arts and Architecture Organization (IAAO) (http://islamicart.com/) |
| Searchable site providing historical and cultural information on Arabic calligraphy, architecture, coins, Oriental rugs, and highlights of early Islamic history. |
| Japan Reference Page (http://www.jref.com/) |
| 4000+ links concerning Japanese arts, business, food, society, religion, science, and travel. |
| Latin American Network Information Center (http://lanic.utexas.edu/) |
| Provided by the Inst. of Latin American Studies at the Univ. of Texas at Austin. A general directory that points to information on Latin American countries from Argentina to Venezuela. |
| Latin American Studies: WWW Virtual Library (http://lanic.utexas.edu/las.html) |
| Sponsored by the Univ. of Texas at Austin. Part of the Latin American Network Information Center above. |
| Latin World (http://www.latinworld.com/) |
| Directory of Internet sources on Latin America and the Caribbean. In both Spanish and English. Information on countries, culture, business, government and news. |
| Manas: India and Its Neighbors (http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/) |
| Learn all about India. |
| Mexico Online (http://www.mexonline.com/) |
| "Complete and independent resource center dedicated to Mexico, including Baja California, business, culture, history, NAFTA, real estate and travel." |
| Middle East Information Network (http://www.mideastinfo.com/) |
| Maintained by a nonprofit, nonpartisan group with interests and interested in education and dedicated to offering the "best" of the Middle East Web sites. |
| Middle East Network Information Center (http://link.lanic.utexas.edu/menic/) |
| This list covers the area from Morocco in the West to Iran in the East and includes Turkey and Israel. Access is by county or by subject. Includes a search engine. Sponsored by the Univ. of Texas at Austin. |
| Middle Eastern, Armenian, and Central Asian Studies: UCLA Library (http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/url/colls/mideast/) |
| Directory of Internet resources. |
| Muslims (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/muslims/) |
| Examines Islam's worldwide resurgence through the stories of diverse Muslims struggling to define the role of Islam in their lives and societies. Companion to an episode on the PBS series Frontline. |
| Portals to the World (http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html) |
| Selective links that provide information on the various nations and other areas of the world. From the Library of Congress. |
| Portal to Asian Internet Resources (PAIR) (http://pair.library.wisc.edu/) |
| Catalog of Internet resources related to Asian studies from the libraries of the University of Wisconsin, the University of Minnesota and the Ohio State University. |
| REES Web (http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/reesweb/) |
| Russian and Eastern European Studies. This academic site has resources listed by discipline, type, national home pages, and major sites. From the University of Pittsburgh Center for Russian and Eastern European Studies. |
| World Fact Book (http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/) |
| Annual publication from the CIA, with a wide range of information on every recognized country in the world. |
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Ethnic Groups |
| The African-American World (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/) |
| Compilation of PBS sites that focus on the African-American experience. |
| The African-American Mosaic: a Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture (http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam001.html) |
| "Covering the nearly 500 years of the black experience in the Western hemisphere, the Mosaic surveys the full range, size and variety of the Library's collections, including periodicals, prints, photographs, music, film, and recorded sound." |
| Afro-American Almanac (http://www.toptags.com/aama/) |
| Explores African-American history for the beginning of the slave trade, through the Civil Rights movement, to the present. |
| Affirmative Action and Diversity (http://aad.english.ucsb.edu/) |
| Presents a range of opinions about affirmative action topics such as quotas, recognizing merit and changing definitions of discrimination. Policy documents are also available. |
| Arab Culture and Civilization (http://www.nitle.org/arabworld/) |
| "This site focuses on the culture and civilization of the Arab world, as it most commonly defined." From the National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education. |
| ArabNet (http://www.arab.net/) |
| Clearinghouse of information about the Arab world. Country profiles, English-language news items. |
| Asian American Resources (http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/irie/aar/) |
| Divided into clubs/organizations, media, personal home pages, info/FAQs, events, and new activities. |
| Aztlan: International Journal of Chicano Studies (http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/csrc/library/aztoc.html) |
| Full-text articles from "Aztlan", a journal "dedicated to scholarly research relevant to or informed by the Chicano/a experience" from 1970-98. From the Chicano Studies Research Center Library at UCLA. |
| blackenterprise.com (http://www.blackenterprise.com/) |
| News and information on finance and politics of particular interest to African Americans. |
| Black Facts Online (http://www.blackfacts.com/) |
| "Online database of Black History information." Sponsored by Inner-City Software. |
| Black History Quest (http://blackquest.com/link.htm) |
| Gateway to African and African American history, society and culture. |
| Celebrating Black History (http://www.time.com/time/reports/blackhistory/) |
| From Time.com. Takes viewers on a journey into the lives of noteworthy African American news makers of the mid to late twentieth century. |
| Center for Multilingual Multicultural Research (http://www.usc.edu/dept/education/CMMR/) |
| Sponsored by USC. Annotated links to resources in eleven topical categories, including paraeducator resources, bilingual and multicultural resources, and technology in education resources.. |
| DuSable Museum of African American History (http://www.dusablemuseum.org/) |
| Chicago museum "established to preserve and interpret the historical experiences and achievements of African-Americans." |
| HispanicOnline.com (http://www.hispaniconline.com/) |
| Online version of the news, information and education found in the newsstand edition, including links to other Latino web sites. |
| HispanicVista (http://www.hispanicvista.com/) |
| Daily news and information service focusing on stories of interest to the online Hispanic community. Incorporates the former Latino Beat. |
| iLoveLanguages: Your Guide to Languages on the Web (http://www.ilovelanguages.com/) |
| Massive site has a handy subject/alphabet quick-jump feature. The listed resources come from all around the world, and range from dictionaries to language tutorials, to spoken samples. |
| Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Unity and Culture (http://officialkwanzaawebsite.org/) |
| Official Kwanzaa Web site, focusing on philosophy of Dr. Karenga, who created the holiday in 1966. |
| Minority Links (http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/hotlinks.html) |
| From the U.S. Census Bureau. Quick links to census "data on racial and ethnic populations in the United States." |
| The Myth of the Melting Pot (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/meltingpot/meltingpot.htm) |
| Sponsored by the Washington Post. Home for a series of occasional articles about racial and ethnic divisions in the U.S. |
| NAACP.org (http://www.naacp.org/) |
| America's oldest civil rights group, including links to its magazine "The Crisis," a timeline, news links, and information about its community assistance programs. |
| National Congress of American Indians (http://www.ncai.org/) |
| Organized in a effort "to inform the public and the federal government on tribal self-government, treaty rights, and a broad range of federal policy issues affecting tribal governments." |
| National Japanese American Historical Society (http://www.nikkeiheritage.org/) |
| A nonprofit organization "dedicated to the preservation, promotion, and dissemination of materials relating to the history and culture of Japanese Americans." |
| Native American Art (http://www.artnatam.com/) |
| Ongoing Oklahoma City exhibit, as well as links to other Native American and art sites. |
| Native American Sites (http://www.nativeculture.com/lisamitten/indians.html) |
| Sponsored by Univ. of Pittsburgh. Also home page of the American Indian Library Association.
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| NativeWeb (http://www.nativeweb.org/) |
| A cyberspace for Earth's indigenous peoples. |
| Our Shared History (http://www.cr.nps.gov/aahistory/) |
| United States National Park Service resources related to African American history. |
| The Pew Hispanic Center (http://www.pewhispanic.org/index.jsp) |
| Mission is "to improve understanding of the diverse Hispanic population in the United States and to chronicle Latinos' growing impact on the nation. The Center strives to inform debate on critical issues through dissemination of its research to policymakers, business leaders, academic institutions and the media." |
| VietGATE (http://www.vietgate.net/) |
| Public WWW information service, with a wealth of information on all things Vietnamese, whether they exist only on the Internet, or in real-life Vietnamese communities all over the world. |
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