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Links and examples are categorized By Discipline and By Region.

Links in each discipline are subdivided into Gateway sites which lead to discipline specific resources and Examples educational Web sites in that field.

By Discipline

ALL ARTS & HUMANITIES

PENN STATE LIBRARIES

• Arts and Humantities Libraries - Includes Subjects Guides
• Penn State Libraries Reference Resources - Links to online dictionaries, writing style guides, almanacs, newspapers, time zone information and other basic references.

OTHER GATEWAYS

• Voice of the Shuttle (vos.ucsb.edu) - Organized by discipline.
• WWW Virtual LIbrary (vlib.org) - Index to guides created and maintained by discipline experts.
• Humbul Humanities Web (www.humbul.ac.uk) - Also organized by disciline. Out of the U.K.
• Merlot (www.merlot.org) - Organized by discipline. All links approved by a faculty committee.
• Infomine (infomine.ucr.edu) - Scroll down for searches on "Social Sciences & Humanities" and "Visual and Performing Arts").
• E-Server (eserver.org) - Collection of texts and articles for selected disciplines.
• Arts & Letters Daily (www.aldaily.com) - Links to major newspapers and news organizations. Discreet advertising.
• Internet Scout Project (scout.cs.wisc.edu) - Sends an e-mail report of new Web sites available. Covers all disciplines. An online archive is also available.

LESSON IDEAS

• Edsitement Lesson Plans (edsitement.neh.gov) - Best of the Web as selected by the NEH.

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ART & ARCHITECTURE

GATEWAY LINKS

• Art History Resources on the Web - Organized by region and era.
• Artcyclopedia - Search in multiple fields. Includes links to images and museum exhibitions.
• Art on the Web - Multiple topics. From Boston College.
• Virtual Libraries Museums Page - Listing of museum Web pages around the world. Organized by country.

EXAMPLES

• Adoration of the Magi Slideshow [Slideshow, Video]
• Amiens Cathedral [Reference]
• Aon Celtic Knotwork Tutorials [Tutorial, Animation]
• Art Tales: Telling Stories with Wildlife Art [Exercise]
• Arts in the America Timeline [Reference, Total Multimedia]
• Best Dressed, 250 Years of Style [Slideshow]
• An Edward Hooper Scrapbook [Slideshow]
• George Washington Interactive Portrait [Annotation]
• Hay in Art [Blog]
• Multiple Images in Celtic Art [Animations, Rollover]
• Metropolitan Museum of Art Timeline of Art History [Reference]
• Monticello Explorer [Total Multimedia,Video,3D]
• National Gallery of Art Monet "Japanese Footbridge" [Annotation] | Search Gallery Images
• National Sculpture Garden Virtual Tour [3D Images]
• The Quilt Index [Archive,Interactive,Images]
• San Francisco Museum of Art Artcast [Blog, Audio]
• Sister Wendy's American Collection (Selected Works) [Rollover]
• Teach Pottery Amulet Webquest [Webquest, Tutorial]
• Virtual Ljubljana (Capital of Slovenia) [3D Image]
• What is a Print? [Animation, Tutorial]
• Your Daily Art [Blog]

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ARCHAEOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY & CLASSICS

GATEWAY LINKS

• American Anthropological Association Resources on the Internet
• Ancient World Web - Links about the ancient world, mostly Old World, but some New World. Sorted by topic, not by region.
• Penn State Libraries Ancient Greece
• Penn State Libraries Ancient Rome

EXAMPLES

• Archaeology Channel [Video]
• Avebury Henge [3D Images] | More Megalthic 3D Images
• Bronze Age Horns of Ireland [Tutorial,Audio]
• Cities & Buildings Database (University of Washington) [Archive,Images]
• Human Evolution Fossil Evidence [3D Images]
• Institute of Nautical Archaeology Virtual Museum [Tutorial]
• Law in Mexico Before the Conquest [Reference]
• Life in the U.S.A. [Reference]
• Ogam Inscriptions [Archives]
• METIS Ancient Greek Sites [3D Images]
• Sipapu Anasazi [Tutorial]
• Stages of Stonehenge Construction [Tutorial]
• Stone Page Archaeo News [Blog]
• Viking Farm (BBC) [3D Image]

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ENGLISH & LITERATURE

GATEWAY LINKS

• Literature and Composition Resources - Includes literature and information on writing in different genres.
• Book Lovers - Includes literature and theory links, including world literature.
• Literary Resources on the Net - Lists course syllabi and other projects.
• Online Writing Center Consortium - A consortium of OWL’s (Online Writing Centers). Includes bibliography, links and mailing list.
• Penn State ULC University Writing Across the Curriculum Program - Information about and ideas for Penn State "W" writing intensive courses. From the University Learning  Center.
• Writing Across the Curriculum Web Pages - From Ted Panitz.
• University of Illinois Online Grammar Handbook - Complete grammar guide from their Writers' Workshop Web page.

EXAMPLES

• Arts in the America Timeline [Reference, Total Multimedia]
• Heart of Darkness Comparative Criticism Webquest [Webquest]
• M is for Nottingham Online Mystery [Message Board]
• Poetry Archive [Audio, Archive]
• Paleography 1500-1800 [Tutorial]
• Sonetos del Siglo del Oro / Spanish Golden Age Sonnets [Reference]
• Reading Guide for The Secret Lives of Bees [Blog/Reference]
• Romantic Audience Project [Wiki]
• Writing to the Moment (English 1101) [Blog]

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HISTORY

GATEWAY LINKS

• Best of History Websites - Includes tips for locating multimedia
• Useful Web sites for World History Instructors - Includes a Maps section. See Sara Tucker's Home Page for additional history resources.
• BBC History Zone - All the modules and tutorials developed by the BBC organized into eras.
• American Studies Links - Contains links from all cultural areas of American studies.
• Netserf Medieval Links - Covers the Middle Ages from Ireland to the Middle East.
• H-Net - H-Net maintains Listervs in many areas of history. Some Listservs also have Web pages listing different resources.

EXAMPLES

• 12 Byzantine Rulers [Audio]
• 1901 Cinema [Video]
• Animated Bayeux Tapestry [Animation]
• Appalachian Studies Bibliogaphy (1994-1990) [Reference]
• Arts in the America Timeline [Reference, Total Multimedia]
• Battle of Hastings (Essential Norman Conquest) [Animation]
• Curating the City: Wilshire Boulevard [Total Multimedia, Images, Animation, Discussion]
• Ethnic Voices [Archive]
• History and Politics Out Loud [Audio, Archive]
• Kansas Characters Web Project [Project]
• Medieval Narrative Video Archive (NYU) [Arvcive,Video]
• Medieval Realms: Women's Lives [Survey]
• New Madrid Earthquakes [Archive]
• "Red Line Map" of the U.S. [Rollover,Tutorial]
• Reflections on 9/11 [Blog]
• San Franscisco Earthquake Panorama [3D Visualization]
• Social Explorer Interactive Maps [Interactive,Images,Reference]
• Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust [Tutorial, Archive, Video, 3D]
• Today in U.S. History [Dynamic Page]
• U.S.S. Arizona Webquest [Webquest]
• War Letters (PBS American Heritage) [Archive]
• Three Mile Island: The Inside Story [Tutorial Slideshow]
• Virtual Edo [Tutorial]
• World War One Trench [3D Image]

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LANGUAGES & LINGUISTICS

GATEWAY LINKS

• Your Dictionary Language List - Comprehensive list of free online foreign language dictionaries and tutorials.
• Five Colleges Language Learning and Teaching on the Web - Includes, East Asia, Middle East and Eastern Europe.
• E.L. Easton - Includes major languages, E.S.L. and some Eastern European languages.
• FLTEACH WWW Resources for Language Teachers - Both General and by Language. FLTEACH Listserv is a form for language instructors at all levels.
• Gartner's Linguistics Links
• Center for Language Acquisition Resources - Includes software tutorials, teaching tips and links. From Penn State.

EXAMPLES

• American English Dialect Survey [Survey]
• CARLA Virtual Audio and Video Archives (VAVA) [Audio, Video]
• Civilisation française [Audio, Video, Quiz]
• Devanagari Vowels [Rollover]
• Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans [Tutorial]
• Indo-European Migration [Rollover]
• Japanese Writing Tutorial [Tutorial, Animation]
• Korean Family Tree [Rollover]
• Language Log [Blog]
• Latin Weather Map [Dynamic Page]
• Wunderground Multilingual Weather Maps [Dynamic Page] - To switch languages, click on language name in upper right or type name of language (e.g. latin.weatherground.com) to see map
• Langmedia Everyday Language Series [Video, Audio, Tutorial]
• Lexicon of Linguistics [Reference]
• Numbers in 4,500 Languages [Reference, Image Map]
• Olga's Russian Text Blog [Blog, Annotation]
• Pater Noster in Germanic Languages [Reference, Annotation]
• Russian Chronicles 1995 [Blog]
• A Quick Guide to Old Spanish Pronunciation [Audio]
• Slavic Language Reference Grammars [Reference]
• SEASITE Tagalog Language Page [Tutorial, Audio] | SEASITE Southeast Asian Languages
• Spanish and Portuguese Business Interviews [Video, Tutorial]
• UCLA Phonetics Files [Audio]

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MUSIC & PERFORMANCE ARTS

GATEWAY LINKS - MUSIC

• Penn State Libraries Music Internet Resources
• Music Resources - Collected by the Sibelius Academy in Finland.
• Indiana University Music School Links
• University of Washington Music Library - Scroll down for "Online Resources."

GATEWAY LINKS - OTHER

• Penn State Arts Humanities Libraries
• Cyberdance Org (Ballet)

EXAMPLES

• American Ballet Theater Online Dictionary [Reference, Video]
• Arts in the America Timeline [Reference, Total Multimedia]
• Bronze Age Horns of Ireland [Tutorial, Audio]
• BBC Echoes of Africa Music [Reference, Audio]
• Lift Every Voice [Tutorial]
• Library of Congress Omaha Indian Music [Tutorial, Audio]
• Jordy Kandisnky Learns Martha Graham [Blog]
• Metropolitan Museum of Art Timeline of Art History [Tutorial Slideshow]
• Mozart Project [Reference]
• Music Theory Net [Tutorial]
• Sound Junction Music Tutorials [Audio]
• Sights and Sounds of the Metropolitan Opera [Audio]
• Virtual Piano (PBS Jazz) [Interactive Demo]
• WPSU Live [Audio]

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POLITICAL & SOCIAL SCIENCES

GATEWAY LINKS

• Penn State Social Sciences Libraries Resources
• www.politicalresources.net - Organized by country.
• Political Science Links (Trinity) - Focus on US.
• Political Science: A Net Station - Covers international and local government plus political geography, law, sociology and public policy. Out of Canada.

EXAMPLES

• US National Atlas [Reference]
• CongressLink Zip Code Search [Form]
• Flags of the Word by Country [Reference]
• History and Politics Out Loud [Audio, Archive]
• ICONS International Relations Scenarios [Case Studies]
• Jurist World Law Page [References]
• Legacy Tobacco Documents Library [Archives]
• WPSU Live [Audio]

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PHILOSPHY

• Penn State Libraries Philosophy Links
• Philosophy Pages - Includes links, timelines and a dictionary.
• E-Server Philosophy Collection - Online editions of canonical philosophy tracts.

EXAMPLES

• Reasoning Well [Wiki]

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PSYCHOLOGY

GATEWAY LINKS

• Penn State Psych Dept. CLIP - Links to online demonstrations, videos and activities.
• Psychology Encyclopedia - Collected by www.psychology.org. Marks "popular" sites with a pop.
  
  

EXAMPLES

• Bourbocam [Webcam]
• Kodak Birdcam [Webcam]
• NYU Depression Preliminary Screening Test [Form]
• Penn State Web Cams [Webcam]

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RELIGIOUS STUDIES

• BBC Religions Page - Covers many non-Western and non Judeo-Christian religions
• Internet Sacred Texts Archive [Archives]
• Penn State Libraries Resources for Jewish Studies

EXAMPLES

• UCLA Manas - India and its Neighbors [Reference]

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By Region

ALL THE WORLD

• Library of Congress Country Studies
• Jurist World Law Page
• www.politicalresources.net - Organized by country.
• Your Dictionary Language List - Comprehensive list of free online foreign language dictionaries and tutorials.

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AFRICA

• Stanford Africa South of the Sahara - Sorted by Region and Topic
• Penn African Studies Country Specific Pages
• Penn K-12 African Internet Resources - Some may be suitable for older students.
• Cornell Africana Library Internet Resources - A gateway to other resources.

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AMERICAS

• Caribbean Studies Servers - Links from the Cornell African Library.
• Penn State Libraries Latin American Studies Links
• LANIC - Latin America Network Information Center from University of Texas.
• Latin American Political Database - Covers Spanish speaking, French speaking and Portuguese speaking regions.
• Sources and Resources on Latin America - Scroll down to see table of contents.
• Native American WWW Virtual Library
• Native Culture American Indian Sites - Scroll down for links. Includes topical coverage such as the sports mascot issue.
• Aboriginal Canada Portal - Covers both policy and culture of native peoples of Canada.

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ASIA & PACIFIC

• H-Net Asia Pacific Network - Organized by Region. Sponsored by H-Asia Listserv.
• East and Southeast Asia Annotated Directory of Resources - Listed by Country. From the University of Redlands.
• UCLA Center for East Asian Studies Resources - Includes teaching materials.
• ICARP - Interactive Central Asia Resource Project.
• Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center - Indiana University
• SEASite for South East Asia - A suite of sites covering various South East Asian languages. Out of Northern Illinois University.
• SARAI - South Asia Resource Access on the Internet. Out of Columbia.
• Digital South Asia Library - Includes links, photo bank and other resources.
• WWW VL Aboriginal Studies - Information on different aspects of Australian aboriginal culture.
• WWW VL Aboriginal Languages of Australia - Updated in 2007. Links for a wide variety of native Australian languages.

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EUROPE

• SMO European Minority Languages - Languages listed in native name, not English name.
• REENIC - Russian and East European Network Information Center from University of Texas.

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MIDDLE EAST

• MENIC - Middle East Network Information Center out of University of Texas (includes Israel).
• History in the News, Middle East - Out of SUNY Albany.
• Yale Near East Library Internet Resources - Includes Islam, medieval and ancient history.

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Last Update: Tuesday, 12-Jun-2007 15:33:36 EDT