World
Cultures
World Cultures:
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Digital Collections (from the
Library of Congress and elsewhere) (Click
on one of the collections and you will be able to see
actual ancient tablets, famous books, manuscripts, movies, photos,
images, and other items.)
- Hispanic Online (comprehensive site with
news; statistics about Hispanics in the U.S.; lists of top
Hispanic celebrities, restaurants, cities, and companies; a career center; arts; countries; culture, etc.)
- LANIC (Latin American Network
Information Center): Latin American Studies (click
in the top right of the screen to select English, Spanish or
Portuguese; there are links to
everything in Latin America: food and recipes, media, culture, countries,
governments, sciences, healthcare, languages, etc.)
- Index of Native American Resources on
the Internet (hundreds of links to tribes, culture,
medicine, etc.)
- Native
American History and Culture (links to Native American
sites and online exhibits of Native American art)
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Native American
Studies (from Colgate University Libraries) (links to large, comprehensive Native
American Internet sources, including sites on history, literature, language, culture,
etc.)
- Native Web:
Resources for Indigenous Cultures Around the World (enormous
site with links to people, tribes, organizations, schools,
corporations, international links, events, and etc.)
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New Mexico USA: America's Land of Enchantment
- New Mexico Magazine: Your Online Source for Everything New Mexico (links to New Mexico history, Native Americans, geology,
photos, attractions)
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World Art Sites:
- Art, Design, and Crafts
(from
the Smithsonian Encyclopedia) (links to museums that have African, American, Asian
art, architecture, crafts, photography, ceramics, etc.)
- Art
Links on the World Wide Web (select a topic in the left
menu and find links to many websites covering women artists, Native American art, computers and art, art by time period,
French art, art therapy, war art, architecture, etc.)
- Art
[and Artists] from the Latin American Network Information
Center (arranged by region, country, and international
resources) (art and artists of
more than 30 countries; can be viewed in English, Spanish,
or Portuguese; has a huge database of links)
- ArteLatina.com: The Premier Site for Latin Artists and Galleries (click on a country and find
links to museums in that country; browse by artist's name, country, or medium)
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Index of Native American
Artist Resources on the Internet. Scroll way down past the Google bar to see links
to and interviews with hundreds of artists, sculptors, jewelers, carvers, basket weavers, sand painters, beaders, photographers, furniture makers, fashion designers, and many others.
- Explore & Learn: Online Resources from the
Smithsonian Institution (select one of the many Smithsonian museums in the left menu;
or select Art & Design, History & Culture, or Science & Technology to see
images and descriptions, exhibits, and all kinds of information on the collections of the
Smithsonian)
- National Hispanic Cultural Center
(visual arts, history, culinary arts, media arts, etc.)
- Virtual Library Museums Pages (provides access
to web sites of U.S. and world art museums)
Country Information:
- The World Factbook
(published by the CIA and updated every year; has extensive country profiles that include
maps, flags, industries, employment, culture, TV and radio stations, statistics, crime,
currency, imports, exports, health system, legal system, and even national holidays)
- Portals to the World: Links to Electronic Resources from Around the World (click on a country,
then on a topic, and find many links to sites dealing with
that topic. There are also links to firsthand
information from the country itself. For example,
under Afghanistan, Society, is a link to an Afghan site with
Afghan biographies)
- The World Bank:
Countries and Regions
(scroll down to the alphabetical list
of countries; for each country or region, there is a brief
overview, hot topics and issues facing that country,
reports, events, and much more)
- Country Studies (from the Library
of Congress; consists of profiles of 101 countries; is not
updated often)
- Country
Studies (49+ countries, whose information is
being updated yearly by the Library of Congress)
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