World Cultures

World Cultures:

• 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)
• 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.)
• 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)

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)
• 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)

Foreign Country Information Sites:

• 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)

Foreign Language Site:

• TravLang:  Foreign Languages for Travelers (covers 80 languages)