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Theologie Geschichte : Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kulturgeschichte

http://aps.sulb.uni-saarland.de/theologie.geschichte/

Theologie Geschichte (Theology History) is a freely available online peer-reviewed journal of theology and cultural studies. The primary language of the journal is German, though a small number of articles in English and in French are also available. The journal was founded in 2006, and focuses on modern and contemporary history, and in particular the cultural influence of totalitarian movements in the 20th century. In addition to articles, discussion papers and reviews are also published. Works are provided in both PDF and HTML versions. Information for potential contributors is also offered.
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Rivista di studi sudasiatici

http://digital.casalini.it/19709501

Rivista di Studi Sudasiatici (Journal of South Asian Studies) is an online periodical published by Firenze University Press. Only one edition, from 2006, is available via this website (although others can be found elsewhere online). The articles, which are offered as PDFs files, cover a range of topics dealing with aspects of south Asian religion. Titles include: 'The Role of the So-called Asoka Inscriptions in the Attempt to Date the Buddha'; 'Definitions of Kalavu in the Old Tamil Poetological Tradition'; and 'The Sanskrit-Old Javanese Tutur Literature from Bali: The Textual Basis of Saivism in Ancient Indonesia'. Although this is an Italian publication, the majority of the articles are in English.
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Dictionary of African Christian biography

http://www.dacb.org/

The Dictionary of African Christian Biography (DACB) is a free online reference resource aiming to record the untold stories of African Christians who have impacted the history of the African church, and of Christianity more widely. Presented as an electronic database browsable by name of subject or region, it covers all denominations and branches of African Christianity, including the missionary movement, from earliest times to the present. The DACB aims to foster an understanding of African Christianity in its own right, as something more than simply a footnote to the story of the faith in Europe. Versions of the site are available in English, French, Portuguese, and Swahili. The Dictionary is a work in progress, but it already offers a considerable quantity of interesting material.
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Catholic Church in Lithuania

http://www.lcn.lt/en/

The Catholic Church in Lithuania website provides information about the history, structure, and practice of Catholicism in the Baltic state. Separate versions of the website are available in English and Lithuanian. The English version includes: details of the relationship between Lithuania and the Holy See; details of the dioceses, other hierarchical structures, and religious congregations in Lithuania; sections on Catholic education, social ministry, Catholic media, and lay Catholics; and historical material, including information about saints, shrines, and sacred places. Links are also provided to other sites which may be of interest.
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Europa Languages Portal

http://europa.eu/languages/

The Europa languages portal was launched in 2010 and is an entry point for information on languages spoken in the European Union member countries. This covers not only official languages used within the EU, but ones spoken in everyday situations. This is in the context of the EU's charter of fundamental rights, requiring the EU to respect linguistic variety. The portal is divided into sections on linguistic diversity, language learning, language teaching, translation, interpretation and language technology. Also provided here is information on many language initiatives (such as the European Day of Languages), funding opportunities and language policies.
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Backdoor broadcasting company : Tommaso Bobbio : Urban change, inequality and collective violence in the construction of an Indian metropolis : Ahmedabad, 1950-2000

http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/2009/12/tommaso-bobbio-economic-and-social-chang

This page on the Backdoor Broadcasting Company site presents a podcast of a lecture from the Royal Holloway History Department Research Seminar Series. The lecture, presented in December 2009, by Tommaso Bobbio is "Urban change, inequality and collective violence in the construction of an Indian metropolis: Ahmedabad, 1950-2000." The talk focuses on Ahmedabad in north-western India as a case study and investigates the long-term effects of violent clashes between Hindu and Muslim religious groups on urban development. Bobbio further traces these clashes to socio-economic conditions and divisions. The question period after the lecture and some maps are also provided.
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Backdoor broadcasting company

http://backdoorbroadcasting.net

Backdoor Broadcasting Company is an online broadcast provider to the internet worldwide and locally to its homebase of Oxford, United Kingdom. Upon invitation to an event, the Company records the proceedings and makes them available. It offers two services: the Academic Service, which broadcasts academic conferences, symposia, public lectures and workshops in order to provide widespread access to academic research. The Sound Experiment records novel experimental music, sound art and sonic events and similarly offers them for public consumption. The Academic Service archive presents many recorded lectures that will be of interest to researchers in religion, history, philosophy and comparative literature, among other diverse fields. Several align with current debates around religious issues in international affairs and cultural studies connected to marginalized groups and perspectives.
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Indica et Buddhica : materials for Indology and Buddhology

http://indica-et-buddhica.org/

Indica et Buddhica is a collaborative website offering a set of bibliographic and textual resources relating to Indology and Buddhology. Users need to register to access most of the material on the site, though this is free of charge. The resources offered include: tables of contents for online journals containing Indological and Buddhological material; a union library catalogue providing information about the holdings of over 130 libraries with significant collections in this area; dictionaries and word lists; a collection of machine readable Sanskrit texts for philological research; and a digital archive for the storage and distribution of scholarly material. The site is most likely to be of use to advanced scholars within these disciplines.
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African-American religion : a documentary history project (AARDOC)

http://www.amherst.edu/~aardoc/

African-American Religion: A Documentary History Project (AARDOC) is the website of a research project based at Amherst College. The project aims to produce a comprehensive history of African-American religion, from the earliest African-European encounters in the mid 15th century up to the present day. A range of relevant materials are offered on the site, including brief overviews of three periods: African-American religion in the Atlantic world, 1441-1808; the continental phase, 1808-1906; and the global phase, 1906-the present. There are also sample primary documents (for example, the journal of a young black female 19th-century missionary); bibliographic essays; teaching resources including syllabi; and a small collection of articles. A useful resource for those interested in this area.
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Taller Hispano

http://www.cortland.edu/flteach/usafa/taller.html

'Taller Hispano' is a bank of Spanish exercises originally created by the United States Air Force Academy, and maintained by Dr. Jean W. LeLoup from the State University of New York at Cortland. The site is an excellent complement of Spanish language courses, both for students wanting further practice and tutors looking for extra activities. As there are no explanations and solutions to the exercises are not provided 'Taller Hispano' is not, however, suitable for self-study. Contents are organised thematically in several categories, such as: family; leisure time; eating and drinking; and travelling. Although activities are varied, listening materials of Latin-American Spanish are very recommendable. Additionally, reading exercises have been designed by directing students to authentic materials (mainly other websites). The authors of the site do not mention the level of the activities, but they might complement beginners and post-beginners courses.
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Spanish-books.net

http://www.spanish-books.net/

'Spanish-Books.net' is an online history of Spanish literature written, both in English and Spanish, by Dr. Miguel Pérez Rosado. The site covers three main periods: medieval age; Golden Age; and contemporary literature. Each of this periods is in turn divided into: poetry; theatre; and prose. However, at the time of cataloguing, some of the subsections were still under construction. Explanations are rather short, but clear and concise. Accompanied by a high number of images, this website will be useful for those just starting to study Spanish literature. Also extremely useful for students will be the full text of the masterpiece, Don Quijote de la Mancha, available both in Spanish and English. The text is indexed by chapters and volume. A biography section conveniently brings together the life and work of some of the most important Spanish authors between the medieval period and 19th century, such as: Gonzalo de Berceo; Fernando de Rojas; Calderón; Quevedo; Cervantes; Lope de Vega; and Bécquer.
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AELFE (Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos)

http://www.aelfe.org/?l=en&s=

AELFE (Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos) is an organisation promoting research into all aspects regarding the teaching of foreign languages for specific purposes, mainly science and technology. Although the headquarters of the association are in Spain, it has an European scope covering most of the languages, although preference seems to be given to: Spanish; English; French; and German. The website brings together all the activities carried out by AELFE. Of special interest is the journal, 'Ibérica', which publishes articles and reviews in the methodology of second language acquisition for: specific purposes; technical translation; and pedagogy. All past and current issues of the journal can be accessed online for free, and contributions are accepted in Spanish; English; French; German; Italian; and Portuguese. Since 2002 the association organises an annual conference; call for papers and full details for each of the past conferences can also be accessed through the site. A resources section will be useful for those looking for publications and internet links related with the teaching of foreign languages for specific purposes. AELFE also has an email distribution list, although it is restricted to members of the association only.
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Amaltea : Contemporary Mythic Anthropology

http://www.ucm.es/info/amaltea/

'Amaltea' is an academic research team at the Universidad Complutense (Madrid) dedicated to the study of the impact of myths in contemporary European literatures. By this the directors of the team mean any mythical narrative, image and symbol which has been reformulated; translated; and re-developed in different manners since the end of the 19th century across the continent. Myths may include: themes of Greek and Roman mythologies; medieval and modern characters and symbols (such as Don Juan; Fausto; and the Holy Grail); as well as recurrent topics and images in European intellectual history and representations of social configurations. The main activity organised by Amaltea is a monthly meeting during which a particular myth is discussed. Details of the current and past programmes can be accessed on the site. Those not residing in Madrid can, nonetheless, download the full text of all interventions (in Spanish only). A very good links section will further interest those researching the significance of myths in European literatures.
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ALFAL (Asociación de Lingüística y Filología de América Latina)

http://www.mundoalfal.org/

ALFAL (Asociación de Lingüística y Filología de América Latina) is an academic association for the study of the literatures of Latin America and linguistics, covering the theory and practice of all the languages in the area: Spanish; Portuguese; and indigenous languages. In addition to up-to-date news, and information about memberships and the association, the website provides bibliographical details about its publications: the journal 'Lingüística'; bulletins; and 'Cuadernos de Lingüística'. Users should note, however, that full-text contents are not available, and only lists of contents are provided. Since 1964, the association has been organising conferences in Latin America; USA; and Spain; but only details for the most recent one can be accessed online. There is also a bibliographical section giving details of recent publications within the field, but at the time of cataloguing this section was being redeveloped.
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Onomázein : Journal of Linguistics, Philology and Translation

http://onomazein.net/news.html

'Onomázein' is a biannual, peer-reviewed journal of linguistics, philology and translation by the Faculty of Humanities at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. It publishes articles, reviews, and interviews in Spanish, English, and French within the field, although contributions in Spanish feature more often. In any case, an English version of the title and the abstract are provided. Likewise, although the study of the Spanish language has been widely covered by the journal, editors also welcome contributions within the fields of: general linguistics; translation studies; and Classical; Indo-European; Romanic; and Hispanic Philology. The website offers the full contents of all current and past issues since the journal was first published in 1996 for free, and they are available for download too.
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Literatura electrónica hispánica

http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/portal/literaturaelectronica/

'Literatura Electrónica Hispánica' [Hispanic Electronic Literature] is a portal by the Virtual Library Miguel de Cervantes which brings together literary texts in Spanish written with the aim in mind of making the most of: the internet; multimedia resources; and interactive formats. The site offers: articles discussing the impact of new technologies in literature in Spanish; a list of useful websites; and a blog open to participation and public discussions. Even though 'virtual books' in Spanish are a recent phenomenon, the portal already hosts a fair number of works. These have been grouped by 'genres', such as for example: hypernovels (texts which can be read in a non-linear manner); blognovels (in the format of a blog); hypermedia (with multimedia content); and wikinovels (written by a collective of writers rather than a single author).
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FL Teach: Foreign Language Teaching Forum

http://www.cortland.edu/flteach/

'FL Teach' is an online forum by the State University of New York (SUNY) for teachers of foreign languages. Although it is available in English only, the aim of the forum is to allow communication among teachers of all languages and all levels who wish to discuss any issue regarding: teaching methodology; classroom activities; and curriculum development. Communication between members is mainly done through an email distribution list, which anyone interested on the subject can easily join for free. Those who have not yet joined the list and/or do not wish to do so, may alternatively search the archive of past discussions. As it is possible to perform free text searches, this is a very powerful resource which may yield very fruitful results. The archive may also be browsed by date of posting; subject; and/or author of the post. A healthy resources section will also be of interest to language tutors. Links are organised by categories corresponding to 'General FL Teaching' and each of the languages covered.
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Red de Bibliotecas de Museos (BIMUS)

http://en.bimus.mcu.es/index.html

BIMUS is the Spanish network of museum libraries created by the Ministry of Culture in order to centralise the services offered by the libraries of eighteen museums and arts institutes, such as: Museo Arqueológico Nacional; Museo del Greco; Museo Sefardí; Museo de América; Museo Sorolla; and Museo Nacional de Teatro. The website grants access to the collective catalogue of resources. Although materials have not been digitised, the catalogue will be useful for researchers of Spanish art history; theatre studies; and Latin American Studies. Search options include the possibility of browsing: periodic publications; historical documents (prior 1956); and new acquisitions. There is also the possibility of accessing other museum libraries' catalogues around the world.
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Virtual Spain

http://www.virtual-spain.com/

'Virtual Spain' is a collection of useful links for anyone interested in Spain. The site is divided in several categories featuring a wide variety of topics, such as for example: Spanish television; news; learning Spanish; literature; music; and so on. Contents may appear disparate, but undergraduate students of Spanish Studies may find useful the sections on Spanish language, culture and literature, as they may direct them to interesting sites and online resources. The literature section, for example, is organised by period/century and features plenty of external webpages about key topics and authors, such as: El Amadís de Gaula; Santa Teresa de Jesús; and Unamuno.
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Revistas Colegio de México

http://revistas.colmex.mx/

The 'Colegio de México' has made available a portal which brings together all its academic periodic publications. Although subscriptions to hard copy versions are still an option, full-text electronic contents for all journals can be accessed and downloaded for free here. Contributions have occasionally been published in English, but users should bear in mind most of the contents are in Spanish only. Free text searches are available (within the whole collection or just one journal at a time). Publications include: 'Historia Mexicana'; 'Nueva Revista de Filología Hispánica'; 'Foro Internacional'; 'Estudios Económicos'; 'Estudios de Asia y África'; and 'Estudios Sociológicos'. The scope of the collection is as a result of this variety vast. However, it will mainly be of interest for those within the humanities researching: Mexican history; Spanish linguistics and literature; and Oriental and African studies. Additionally, those within the fields of: Economics; Sociology; and International Politics will also find useful materials.
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Todos los rostros

http://todoslosrostros.blogspot.com/

'Todos los Rostros' ['All Faces'] is a blog of images about the Francoist repression during and after the Spanish Civil War. The site seeks to contribute to current concerns about the historical memory of this period of Spanish history, and links to the latest news about the subject are offered. However, the blog mainly brings together historical images often accompanied by a brief contextual explanation. In other cases, full stories are given. Users may follow the usual blog layout, but there is the option of browsing all images at once. Entries have also been indexed by topic, or 'etiquetas', normally referring to geographic places and historical figures. This is an unique resource facilitating an invaluable perspective to the Spanish Civil War.
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Altavoz del frente : canciones

http://www.altavozdelfrente.org

'Altavoz del Frente' is a website offering songs from the Republican and Anarchist sides of the Spanish Civil War. There are more than 75 music files available for free downloads in .mp3 format. In addition to details about composer; singer(s); and date; in the 'canciones' section users may access the history of each song and the lyrics. Although most songs are in Spanish, there is a fair number in: English; German; French; and Catalan. Whenever there has been an adaptation of a song from one language into another, this is also specified and the translation of the lyrics is available too. Users may search the database of the site but, at the time of cataloguing, some parts, including a bibliography and links section, were under construction.
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Journal of Spanish language media

http://www.spanishmedia.unt.edu/english/pages/journalofslm.html

The Journal of Spanish Language Media is a full-text academic ejournal, published annually from the University of North Texas. At December 2009 there are two issues, each freely available in the PDF format. Articles are published entirely in English. Example articles titles include: 'Trends in U.S. Spanish Language Television, 1986-2005: Networks, Advertising, and Growth'; 'Buying, Licensing and Launching: Strategies to Defend Market Share in the Spanish Magazine Industry'; 'Speaking of Maya & Miguel: The production and representation of Spanish language in an animated series for children'; and 'Digital Storytelling as a Culturally Relevant Pedagogy for Latin Students', among others. The journal Web page invites submissions, and the journal is... "open to all theoretical and methodological approaches" but articles must be written in English. The front material in each issue has details of the editors and editorial board, and contact details.
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Deutsche kultur international

http://www.deutsche-kultur-international.de/en.html

Deutsche Kultur International is the official portal and directory for German arts and culture, published online under the imprimatur of the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations and supported by the culture section of the Federal Foreign Office. The website covers areas such as... "the German language and literature at home and abroad; exhibitions of German art worldwide and art from abroad in Germany; support of artists in the fields of fine arts, music, dance and theatre" and "the relevant libraries, multimedia services and documentation centres for German culture". Not all texts and directory entries are in English, although a great many are. This large website can be navigated using a useful A-Z subject/keywords index, a sitemap, a keywords search-box, or a directory of the feature articles. For many users the most useful part of the website will be the comprehensive list of forthcoming conferences, exhibitions, and events relating to German culture - as well as an A-Z directory of official German arts and cultural organisations. This website will be a useful starting point for those seeking to initiate contacts with contemporary German cultural producers, curators, critics, and administrators.
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Stellenbibliographie zum

http://ota.oucs.ox.ac.uk/headers/2459.xml

This database provides the complete text of the Middle High German Arthurian Romance "Parzival" by Wolfram von Eschenbach (ca. 1200-1210), together with a complete bibliography of literature referring to individual lines of his work for the period 1984-1996. Future editions will increase the period covered. The text of Parzival is accompanied by line-by-line bibliographical references. These are groups thematically and thereafter chronologically. From this display, hyperlinks lead to full bibliographical details of works and to a complete listing of individual topics. From the main index, there are links to the following additional indices: topics (enabling hierarchical and alphabetic thematic searching), authors (where all line references are grouped thematically for a given author's work), words in secondary literature titles (enabling specific searches for individual concepts), work types (enabling the user to search e.g.for books, articles, translations, commentaries), work languages (enabling the user to search e.g. just for works in English), and work dates (enabling the user to refine the search for a specific year or years). In every index, extensive hyperlinks lead the user to further related information. Extensive online help is available at every point. It is necessary to apply for approval from the OTA before download, and a link is provided to the terms and conditions of use, and a form to apply for permission.
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Mahabharata-tatparya-nirnaya

http://www.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/collection.htm?uri=lll-2451-1

This resource is available via the the Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS) website, and can be downloaded as a zipped file in plain text and PDF format. It is necessary to complete an order from from the AHDS before accessing this resource. The complete Mahabharata-Tatparya-Nirnaya (5003 verses) and the smaller Yamaka-Bharata (80 verses) by the same author on the same topic are included. Using ITRANS, a freeware program running with LaTeX, the raw text files (mbtn.itx) are converted to PostScript, which is then converted to PDF.
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Osudy dobreho vojaka svejka za svetove valky

http://ota.oucs.ox.ac.uk/headers/2452.xml

A machine-readable version of the novel 'The Good Soldier Schweik' (or 'Svejk') by Jaroslav Hasek (1883-1923). This is a downloadable resource from the Oxford Text Archive (OTA) website, available as a zipped file, in plain text format.
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Lexicometrie

http://ota.oucs.ox.ac.uk/headers/2466.xml

This resource, available through the Oxford Text Archive, contains a number of political discourses in French as well as French dramatic texts and extracts from French authors like Balzac. TV-broadcast speeches and press conferences between June 1958 and March 1959 featuring Charles de Gaulle, TV-broadcast speeches and press conferences between July 1981 and March 1987 featuring Francois Mitterrand. Also included are Canadian political discourse, (including all the speeches by the Canadian Prime Ministers and by the Quebecker Prime Ministers 1945-2000). Other French Political Discourse (all the "declarations d'investiture" by French Prime Ministers 1945-1997. French Theatre of the seventeenth century - all the 34 plays by Pierre Corneille, and all the 32 plays by Jean-Baptiste Poquelin-Moliere [Moliere], and all the 12 plays by Jean Racine; Corpus Brunet (50 excerpts of 11 French authors - Balzac, Chateaubriand, Flaubert, Marivaux, Maupassant, Proust, Rousseau, Sand, Vernes, Voltaire, Zola) chosen by Prof. Etienne Brunet for a "double blind" experiment with authorship attribution. The documentation about these articles and various papers is included.
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Macau : a selection of cartographic images

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/macau/macau.html

Part of the American Memory collections from the US Library of Congress, the online exhibit of maps of the former Portuguese colony of Macau contains historical maps and views of the island from 1665 to 1991. Maps are grouped by historical period, and the bibliographic information for each image can be displayed by clicking on its thumbnail view. Users can also zoom in on map detail and can download images in MrSID format. The website also features a textual introduction to the collection, including an outline of Macau's history, and the mapping tradition in East Asia. Featured maps include: a Dutch map of China from 1655; late eighteenth century views of Macau; a tourist map from 1936; and modern maps from the 1990s. The resource would be of value to any Macau scholar, particularly in terms of the colonial status of the island. The website is available in English, traditional and simplified Chinese, and in Portuguese.
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Beyond the book

http://www.beyondthebookproject.org/

Beyond the Book is the project website for the AHRC-funded research project, Beyond the Book: Mass Reading Events and Contemporary Cultures of Reading in the UK, USA and Canada, which was a three-year interdisciplinary project, from 2005-2008. A collaboration between scholars at the University of Birmingham and Mount Saint Vincent University in Canada, the study researched a selection of 21st-century reading events which employ mass media, TV and radio, and city-wide reading projects that employ the 'One Book, One Community' model. The website contains news about the project, publications, information about the conference held in 2007, links to reading-related sites, contact details, a blog and a Team Reads section. It also hosted the online questionnaire used to collect quantitative data during the main phase of the project. The site will be maintained and updated until at least August 2011.
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Rossiiskie elektronnye biblioteki

www.elbib.ru

Rossiiskie elektronnye biblioteki is a portal for Russian digital libraries, which publishes the Russian Digital Libraries Journal and promotes collaboration on issues of standards and technology. A bilingual inventory of Russian digital libraries is especially useful, and can be browsed by: subject area (e.g. education or arts and culture); type of resource (e.g. video, geodata, full-text); creator organisation; status (completed or in progress) amongst others. Some areas of the site do not seem to have been updated for several years, and there are a number of broken links in the inventory, but it still provides a wealth of interesting information on humanities computing and online resources for Russian area studies, with contact details for those involved in these projects. The journal provides English-language abstracts of Russian full-text papers, as well as full-text versions in both languages of papers submitted in English. Potentially a useful springboard for those researching, planning or implementing digitisation projects involving Cyrillic.
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China media project

http://cmp.hku.hk/

The Chinese Media Project analyses the process and characteristics of media reform in Mainland China. The project is based at the University of Hong Kong Journalism and Media Studies Centre, and takes the form of a news blog, highlighting stories that reveal the limits, progress and tests of press freedom on the mainland. The news section is updated frequently, displaying capsule reviews that link to longer articles. Topics covered include: experiences of journalism; Internet use and Internet censorship; the presentation of propaganda; and media law. Current affairs are also covered, with the emphasis on their official presentation in the face of independent journalism.

Elsewhere on the website, users will find short biographies of fellows of the Journalism and Media Studies Centre; longer research articles on Chinese media law issues; a 'glossary' of vocabulary used in analysis of the Chinese media; and weekly news reviews (although these only run up to August 2008). The resource as a whole would be of value to anyone with an interest in Chinese media studies, and the government's attempts to monitor and control journalistic output.
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Musei-zapovednik 'Abramtsevo'

http://abramtsevo.net/

Musei-zapovednik 'Abramtsevo' is the website of the Abramtsevo museum, which once hosted a colony of influential artists seeking to revive Russian traditional culture. The site offers a guided tour of the estate's buildings, including: the famous 'hut on chicken legs'; the beautiful church created by Vasnetsov and Polenov; the exhibition hall which displays twentieth century Russian art, and the arts and crafts department which exhibits traditional decorative and applied arts. There are also: illustrated biographies of the artists in the Abramtsevo circle; a history of Abramtsevo estate; contact details and information for visitors (including details of current exhibitions, some of which promote contemporary art). This easy-to-navigate resource has a full English language version, and will be of most interest to students and teachers of Russian nineteenth and early twentieth century art and culture.
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Gosudarstvennyi istoriko-arkhitekturnyi i etnograficheskii musei-zapovednik Kizhi

http://kizhi.karelia.ru/main_menu.htm

Gosudarstvennyi istoriko-arkhitekturnyi i etnograficheskii musei-zapovednik Kizhi is the stunning website of a museum complex on the northern Russian island of Kizhi. Packed with images and information about Kizhi's architecture, culture, history and ecology, the site also hosts several extensive virtual tours: of the island; of a Karelian peasant's home; of nature on Kizhi; of the island's wooden churches and their extraordinary painted ceilings ('heavens'). The museum's collections (including: embroidery and textiles; early printed books; icons; old photographs and postcards; crosses and other religious items; tools; household items; distaffs) are described in detailed, illustrated online catalogues, and can be browsed via an alphabetical list of items and topics (with recommended reading). 'Traditional culture' provides detailed descriptions of Kizhi region: settlements; crafts; agriculture; the local folklore theatre. 'Architecture' offers a comprehensive guide to local wooden buildings, plus an excellent virtual iconostasis, and 'archaeology' contains extensive information on digs and discoveries. 'For specialists' includes: information on restoration work; training courses; academic publications, many available online. The beautiful photo and video gallery includes a clip about icon restoration. Visitor information, webcams, a forum and a virtual shop are also available. In short, there is a wealth of useful material for researchers and teachers of Russian culture and history. Some information is available in English.
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Russkii pisatel' I.S. Turgenev

http://www.turgenev.org.ru/

Russkii pisatel' I.S. Turgenev is a website dedicated to the famous ninteenth century Russian author of the realist novel 'Ottsy i deti' ('Fathers and children'). Created by the Turgenev museum-estate, the resource contains: an illustrated biography plus related articles and encyclopedia entries; an extensive section of primary works and secondary literature; numerous images: information about various Turgenev-connected museums and theatre; current news; a good links page and a guest book. The English language version has: a biography; a photos page; a library which includes full length text of several works in translation. Slow to load, the site is nevertheless easy to navigate. It will be of most use to students and teachers of Russian literature.
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Russkii fol'klor v sovremennoi zapisiakh

http://www.folk.ru/

Russkii fol'klor v sovremennikh zapisiakh is the website of a research project on the folklore and folk culture of Russia, created by academics at St Petersburg State University. In addition to a wonderful digitised archive of primary source material, project fieldwork reports, monographs and articles on symbolic practices are made available online. The media archive gives access to video recordings on a wide variety of topics: peasant magic; festivals; childhood, marriage and funerals; fairytales; prose; ballads and love songs; dancing songs; chastushki (rhyming ditties). Most recordings include transcripts. A section on 'the semiotics of the Russian home' offers excerpts of home-related folklore (traditions and beliefs connected with windows, for example) and the 'open museum of biographies' describes an exhibition of memorabilia, photographs and egodocuments. The site also contains pages about the research project, courses, centre and staff, and biographies of the significant folklorist Vladimir Propp and philologist Natalia Gerasimova. In Russian language only, this is an invaluable resource for researchers and teachers of Russian culture.
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Internet resources for Russian studies from the archive of Michael B. Petrovich (1922-1989)

http://www.creeca.wisc.edu/petrovich/

Internet Resources for Russian Studies from the Archive of Michael B. Petrovich (1922-1989) presents Petrovich's teaching of Russian and Soviet history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, incorporating digitized images and lectures. A fascinating and lengthy introduction by David McDonald, the current Professor of Russia History at Wisconsin-Madison, contextualises Petrovich's McCarthy-era teaching on Communism. Illustrated audio extracts of Petrovich's lectures on Russian History from 800-1800 and 1800-1917 (such as 'the Mongol Impact' and 'Industrialisation') are accompanied by online quizzes. The sound quality is reasonably good, but the site is not easy to navigate and Petrovich's teaching is dated. However, this resource offers interesting material for those researching the historiography of Russia and the Soviet Union, as well as potentially useful material for history teachers.
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Moskovskoe metro

www.metro.ru

Moskovskoe metro is an extraordinary site exploring the history and material fabric of Moscow's underground train system. Brief details and photos of each station are provided, and the site is structured so that the user can browse the stations along each line. Site sections include: metro maps from 1931 to 2008; photographs and plans of carriages and trains; 'infrastructure' (information on bridges and ventilation shafts); an illustrated history of ticket costs and types; a library (with extracts from primary sources, plus full text versions of classics such as the 1935 edition of 'How we built the metro' and a downloadable album celebrating 70 years of the metro); 'facts and figures' (e.g. comparative data for 1935 and 1995); 'art' (commemorative posters, stamps, cigarette packets, matchboxes); 'directory' (including regulations from 1958 and 1994, contact details). A history section contains undated tales and anecdotes from metro passengers and workers, including the writer Victor Pelevin. 'Metro-2' discusses the secret second system apparently built by Stalin, and 'analysis' contains articles on escalators, metrotrams and other feats of engineering. An extensive links pages recommends external resources. This beautifully produced, easy to use resource will delight both trainspotters and researchers of Soviet culture and history.
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FGUK 'Kirillo-Belozerskii istoriko-arkhitekturnyi i khudozhestvennyi muzei-zapovednik'

http://www.kirmuseum.ru/

FGUK 'Kirillo-Belozerskii istoriko-arkhitekturnyi i khudozhestvennyi muzei-zapovednik' is the website of a Northern Russian museum associated with St Kirill Belozerskii (Cyril of the White Lake). The site offers a beautifully-illustrated overview of this significant medieval monastery complex, with sections on the museum (including descriptions of its collections, with selected digitised images of: icons; archaeological finds; engravings and illustrations; books and documents) and the monastery (entitled 'to the visitor'). The latter includes: a historical overview; a map; a section on monastery architecture; exhibition details, including a virtual exhibition of the fortifications. There is an extensive English language version, but the Russian site is more substantial. Images are good quality, if too small for teaching and research purposes. There are also sections on: news; museum publications; information (including contact details and directions). This site will be of most use to students, researchers and teachers of pre-Petrine Russian culture and history.
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Before the Holocaust

http://www.camps.bbk.ac.uk/

Arising from a major AHRC-funded research project at the University of London, the site offers information for anyone interested in the history of the pre-war concentration camps in the Third Reich. The website includes: a detailed history of the development of the pre-war Nazi camps; over 30 documents on the Nazi camps in English translation; facsimiles of original documents in their original languages; podcast lectures on the Nazi camps; and guides to further reading and other online resources. The website is simply and attractively designed and will prove to be of benefit to those starting research in the Holocaust or Nazi Germany.
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Abraham Lincoln online

http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln.html

This website, Abraham Lincoln Online, presents free online access to a wealth of resources on Abraham Lincoln studies. The website's main intention is to outline the various activities - seminars, lectures, conferences, and so on - happening around the world (although mainly in the United States) which focus on Lincoln and his era. More than that, however, there is also an extensive list of books published on Lincoln, access to a number of Lincoln's speeches and writings, and information about places connected with the man. This website will prove to be of benefit to those beginning their work on Lincoln or the American Civil War, but may not be quite as suited to more advanced work.
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Historical atlas of the Mediterranean

http://www.explorethemed.com

This excellent website, the Historical Atlas of the Mediterranean, provides access to a number of historical maps of the Mediterranean and the surrounding areas. Making use of the abilities available in newer geographical mapping systems, the website is able to present a number of interesting and important pieces of information on the sea and the various civilisations that developed and grew around its shores. The website is attractively designed and simple to navigate.
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Freedom archives

http://freedomarchives.org/

The Freedom Archives aim to provide a narrative of the groundbreaking steps towards freedom and equality taken since the 1950s and 1960s. '8000 hours of audio and video recordings documenting social justice movements locally, nationally, and internationally from the 1960s to the present. The Archives features speeches of movement leaders and community activists, protests and demonstrations, cultural currents of rebellion and resistance.' The website is at times a little awkward to navigate around, but the volume of information available means that this website will prove to be very valuable to those interested in the Civil Rights Movement and the struggle for equality in general. Users can download various audio clips and recordings and a short blurb of information is available on each source. Users should note that the site is somewhat 'commercialised' with the option to buy numerous works/publications available.
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University of Mississippi libraries archives and special collections

http://130.74.92.141/

This website, from the Digital Archives and Online Collections at the University of Mississippi Libraries, provides online access to a number of collections held by the libraries. The website presents four different collections, each of which can be browsed and searched through separately. All of the collections relate specifically to the history of Mississippi. The website, furthermore, provides a collection finding aid which will be of value to those who are perhaps less familiar with the process of searching through an online catalogue of this nature.
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Digital collections @ MSU libraries

http://library.msstate.edu/digitalcollections

This website, from the Mississippi State University Libraries, presents online access to six different collections on American and Mississippian history. 'The MSU Libraries have initiated a number of digital projects to preserve unique collections and make them more readily accessible. Researchers, students and faculty exploring the digital collections will find sheet music from the Charles H. Templeton, Sr. Sheet Music Collection, digitized items from the Congressional and Political Research Center, and a variety of images and materials found in the CHARM Project.' The website is excellently designed and provides both a vast amount of primary source collections and an interesting and essential narrative and description on a number of the items.
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Understanding the South, understanding modern America: the American south in regional, national, and global perspectives

http://www.manchester.ac.uk/southconference/

This website, from the School of Arts, Histories and Cultures, at the University of Manchester, presents free online access to details of a conference held at Manchester in May 2008 on 'Understanding the South, Understanding Modern America: The American South in Regional, National, and Global Perspectives'. The website presents information about the conference's programme and some background details. Of more significance, however, is the information presented on each speaker and paper presented - these provide a coherent and interesting narrative on the conference's events and about the ideas and information transmitted.
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Celtic studies bibliography

http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/celtic/csanabib.html

The website 'Celtic Studies Bibliography', is a subsite to homepage of the Celtic Studies Association of North America's Online Bibliography. It provides free online access to a large bibliography on the Celtic area(s). The CSANA Bibliography indexes a broad range of publications, including books, periodicals, Festschriften, proceedings and other works relevant to the study of Celtic languages and literatures. The bibliography can be searched by keyword. There are useful and helpful guides provided on how to maximise the search results achieved, and the best types of terms and so on to use. A highly useful site for anyone interested in Celtic studies or the history of the Celtic nations. The editors of the site do not offer any information regarding updates to the bibliography; at the time of review the latest update was from 2008.
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Ulster-Scots

http://www.arts.ulster.ac.uk/ulsterscots/

This website, from the Institute of Ulster-Scots at the University of Ulster, provides information on the Institute's main aims and objectives, its staff members, and details on the current projects being undertaken. Looking at the connections made between the people(s) of Ireland and Scotland, and the impact these connections had on a shared sense of identity, culture and language, the Institute aims to break down some of the national boundaries which can be detrimental to our understanding of history. A list of staff bibliographies, details of news and events, and short descriptions of ongoing research are all available.
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History Ireland

http://www.historyireland.com

The website 'History Ireland' is an online magazine dealing with Ireland and Irish history. While the newer and most current editions of the magazine are available only to subscription users, the 'archive' section allows users to browse and read the older articles and editions at no cost and with no subscription necessary. The articles cover a wealth of topics in Irish history and are generally well written and informative. Some users may find that certain aspects of the site don't display properly or have parts of the site overlapping others, which detracts from the user experience.
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Biblioteca virtual del Principado de Asturias

http://www.bibliotecavirtual.asturias.es/

The Virtual Library of the Principado de Asturias is a digital repository providing free access to a large number of bibliographical resources. After the completion of the second phase in the digitalisation of documents, the virtual library grants access to more than 1,000 historical monographs, and 1,400 issues of a number of journals. Although some documents are dated before, most of the resources are from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Historical journals currently available are dated between 1853 and 1959. Researchers may browse the catalogue by: title; author; subject; publishing house; and place of publication. Advanced searches are also available.
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