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Assembly on literature for adolescents (ALAN)

http://www.alan-ya.org/

The website of the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN) provides information on ALAN and its work, as well as a number of related resources. ALAN, an American organisation, has a membership which consists of: teachers; authors; librarians; publishers; students; and others with an interest in young adult literature. The site provides information on ALAN's annual convention and awards, as well as details of how to join. In addition, the site also gives access to: interviews with authors; book reviews; news; and information on the industry surrounding young adult fiction. Although this site is primarily aimed at an American audience, the author and book information is relevant to anyone with an interest in young adult fiction, including students of: English literature; creative writing; and media.
Added: 2009-11-19More details

Grand débat sur l’identité nationale

http://www.debatidentitenationale.fr/

A site launched by the French government, Ministère de l’Immigration, de l’intégration, de l’identité nationale et du développement solidaire in November 2009 to engage the French people and French decision makers in discussion about French national identity and what it means to be French in 21st Century multi-cultural France. It includes access to French government documents on citizenship, immigration. Also available are video films of interviews with philosophers, academics and officials, plusdiscussion forums for members of the public. Topics covered include , attitudes towards Muslim and other ethnic and religious communities in France. Information is offered in French only.
Added: 2009-11-18More details

Achuka

http://www.achuka.co.uk/

Achuka is a website devoted to children's books. The site, edited by Michael Thorn, formerly a reviewer for: The Scotsman; Literary Review; and the Times Literary Supplement, brings together book reviews; author interviews; and a blog to form a dynamic site to be enjoyed by: children; parents; teachers; and anyone else with an interest in contemporary children's fiction. The blog provides news on various topics, including: new book releases; film and television adaptations; and authors, while the interviews give an insight into the world of children's fiction authors. A section of links to authors' and illustrators' home pages and more generally-related sites promotes further reading and research. While the site is also concerned with selling books, and contains advertising, there is a large amount of other information available here.
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Library of Francis Lodwick FRS

http://www.cems.ox.ac.uk/proj_lodwick2.shtml

The library of Francis Lodwick FRS is a collection of Web pages hosted by the Centre for Early Modern Studies at the University of Oxford. These pages describe the libraries belonging to the 17th-century philosopher and linguist, Francis Lodwick. The shelf lists for these libraries are currently being transcribed as part of an AHRC-funded project entitled 'Free-Thinking and Language-Planning in Late Seventeenth-Century London', and these pages give a taste of these now-dispersed collections, along with some images from the original catalogues. Those studying English language; philosophy or history may be interested in Lodwick and in the further reading suggested in these pages.
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China gateway

http://bc.edu/research/chinagateway/index.html

China Gateway is a collection of annotated gateways of relevance to undergraduate students and their teachers. Although primarily meant as a study aid for the students of Boston College, China Gateway aims to offer a concise introduction to the manner in which developments in the digital world have aided the study of Chinese culture and society. From the Culture and History section of the main page, users will find links to gateways (themed in sections), covering: geography and maps; language and literature; introductions to Chinese Studies; history, politics and society; medicine; religion; news and media; libraries and archives; and visual and performing arts. Each link is annotated with basic information about the resource, and selected websites encompass bibliographic resources, online projects, and university libraries and departments.

In addition, users will find a reference section (the 'Historical Toolkit'), which presents basic undergraduate-level learning modules on China's dynasties, 1920s calendar advertisements, and images from the Dianshizhai Pictorial. Separate sections contain textual information on studying China at Boston College, and resources for researchers of Chinese studies in the city (many of which include further gateways to other online resources). China Gateway would be of interest to any tutors of undergraduate level Chinese Studies in search of learning resources and starting points for their students. Its selection of gateways is well-organised, and avoids the endless unannotated lists of websites common to similar resources.
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Association for Asian Studies (AAS)

http://www.aasianst.org/

This is the official website of the Association for Asian Studies, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. The association covers all aspects of Asian Studies, including literature; art; religion; philosophy; language; history; and cinema. As well as information on the association's annual meeting and regional conferences and publications, the site provides details of the members of the various councils from which it is formed. Since access to many resources on the site is limited to AAS members (a relatively recent change), the most useful portion of the website to the casual browser is the 'Links' section. Here users will find links to sources of grants, gateways to other Asian Studies' resources, an Asia photo gallery (covering contemporary images), and a list of related organisations. A link to the vast Bibliography of Asian Studies Online is included, but access to this is subscription-only.
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Herbert Offen research collection

http://pem.org/museum/lib_offen.php

The dedicated online resource to the Herbert Offen Research Collection at the Peabody Essex Museum, Massachsetts, is essentially a short description of the collection, and a freely available bibliography. The Herbert Offen Collection is a holding of over 3000 texts on Chinese homes, gardens and furniture, which has been expanded to include works on similar topics that cover Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia. From the title page, users can download a complete list of the books and manuscripts in the collection, which opens as a pdf file.

Although the resource is little more than an introduced bibliography, the bibliography itself is so vast that it comprises an essential introduction to rare publications on Asia's interior and external architecture and gardens. Entries include additional holdings, such as photographs and manuscript material. It would be valuable to any researcher of East and Southeast Asian architecture, environment and artifacts.
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National Library of Ireland digital photographs collection

http://digital.nli.ie/cdm4/index_glassplates.php?CISOROOT=/glassplates

This website provides free access to 1,000s of photographs from the archives of the National Library of Ireland. Resources of key importance for social researchers include the Independent Newspaper collection which contains over 3,000 images from 1912-1936.These are of value for the study of the social and political history of Ireland during this time. They include photographs of political parties (e.g. Sinn Fein) and Irish nationalist organisations. Other collections include: the Lawrence Royal collection of topographical scenes and the Poole collection (comprising over 5,000 studio portraits, plus scenes of social and political events and images of architecture and industry in the south east of Ireland during the early 20th Century.) Copyright information is displayed on the website.
Added: 2009-11-17More details

Unità, archivio digitale

http://archivio.unita.it/

L'Unità is an Italian Communist Party Newspaper. This website provides free access to a searchable archive of all its issues from 1924 onwards. These offer insight into Italian social, economic and political history (from a Communist perspective). Also provided are coverage of political events and elections and world events, such as the rise of fascism, Mussolini and the Second World War. Copyright and technical information is displayed on the website.
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Old China hands archive

http://library.csun.edu/OldChinaHands/

The Old China Hands Archive is a project hosted by the Oviatt Library Digital Collections, based at California State University, Northridge. The resource primarily consists of a textual introductory page, and digitised images of Tientsin (modern day Tianjin) in the late 1940s. Old China Hands is a term referring to westerners with an experiential knowledge of China, usually through long-term residence or service. Although users will not find a huge collection of photographs, those included here reveal a great deal about life in China during the turbulent Civil War years. Images cover: children; evacuation; the foreign presence in China; the elderly; and street life in Tientsin.

Users can browse the images, or search through keywords. Images are displayed in full size and thumbnail versions, along with associated keywords, which can be selected to reveal further images. However, the resource as a whole would benefit from further contextualisation of its images, or a further section on the historical background to the collection. It would be of interest to any historian of urban, Civil War China, and to those seeking images of foreign military presence in China.
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88 Bar

http://www.88-bar.com/

The English-language blog, 88 Bar, covers observations of popular culture posted by its experienced contributors. The website is little more than a series of posts, gateways and video and image files, but provides a helpful overview of cultural currents for those living outside China. 88 Bar was created by Chinese-born graphic designer, Jason Li, and Lyn Jeffery, a research director at Institute for the Future, who has spent more than 25 years covering mainland Chinese affairs. Posts on 88 Bar cover such subjects as: internet gaming; modern art; photography; television; music; and Western attitudes towards China. However, the blog also covers current affairs, and has observations on: Chinese education; ethnic unrest; censorship; and the Chinese police.

Although not a 'scholarly' resource in the traditional sense, 88 Bar has much to offer the student of Chinese popular culture and cultural and media studies. It contains a great many gateways to similar resources of interest, and picks out phenomonen (such as web pages or YouTube excerpts) currently circulating in China. Although its vernacular may offend some, it is a valuable (albeit subjective) introduction to Chinese trends.
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Dim sum

http://www.dimsum.co.uk/

Dim Sum is an English language websites that covers cultural and news stories of interest to Chinese communities around the United Kingdom. From the main page, users can view sections covering issues such as: family; community; food; performance arts; lifestyle; identity; immigration; and gender. The resource can be browsed by section, or by individual issue. For example, the features' section on women covers such varying topics as: women writers; being a single Chinese woman; Western impressions of Oriental women; and the 'nushu' script in ancient China. Recent migration issues are an understandable feature of Dim Sum, including coverage of the anniversary of the Morcambe Bay disaster (where 23 cockle pickers were drowned), and conditions for recent migrants.

The resource would be of value to anyone with an interest in Chinese diasporas in the United Kingdom and around the world. As well as notices of cultural events in communities, Dim Sum covers a great many first person experiences of life in UK Chinese families, often as traditional expectations clash with the demands of modern life.
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China stories

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/learning/chinastories/

China Stories was a BBC Scotland educational series covering life in contemporary Mainland China. Its companion resource is aimed at students at secondary level, and explains changes in Chinese society through a series of short video life stories. The main section of the resource, 'Video Stories', focuses on eight individuals living very different lives throught China, from a farmer, to a blogger and a Kung Fu student. In addition, teachers will find a section on themed aspects of Chinese life ('Changing China'), which displays brief textual explanations, along with soundbytes from Beijing residents, and images. Topics covered include: media and the internet; rural life; migration; political changes; the envirnment; culture and tradition; and changing lifestyles.

Users will also find a colourful selection of images in a dedicated section, covering China's people and urban and rural life. Finally, the makers of the series have produced a 'blog' of the production process, which may be of interest to teachers and students of media studies. Chinese Stories is a basic introduction to Chinese life, but is presented in a lively, accessible way, which is sure to appeal as a teaching aid.
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Viana do Castelo, Minho, Portugal, 1826-1931

http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=3013

This is a Web page detailing the context, range, and availability of the dataset 'Viana do Castelo, Minho, Portugal, 1826-1931', hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive, University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). From this Web page you may download PDF and HTML files giving introductory information about the study. The data itself is available to order from the HDS as a set of either SPSS files or tab delimited text files, though to make use of this material you must first register with the HDS (further information and instructions are supplied). Drawing on the abundant records generated by the Portuguese administrative system, the project has undertaken a reconstitution of the male urban elite of Viana do Castelo for the purpose of investigating secular demographic trends. Information given includes: names; occupations; age; and places of birth of population.
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Soviet government officials, 1922-1941 : a handlist

http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=3009

This is a Web page detailing the context, range, and availability of the dataset 'Soviet Government Officials, 1922-1941: a Handlist', hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive, University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). From this Web page you may download PDF and HTML files giving introductory information about the study. The data itself is available to order from the HDS as an ASCII text file, though to make use of this material you must first register with the HDS (further information and instructions are supplied). The aim of the project was to show office holdings of leading Soviet government officials in central legislative and executive bodies, USSR level people's commissariats and commissions and committees attached to these bodies. Details given include: name; date; office; and movement between offices. The information can be viewed listed alphabetically (by name of official), chronologically (1922-1941), and by name of institution.
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Bridgeton and Paisley census, 1851, 1871 and 1891 : a sample of households containing cotton workers

http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=2999

This is a Web page detailing the context, range, and availability of the dataset 'Bridgeton and Paisley Census, 1851, 1871 and 1891: A Sample of Households Containing Cotton Workers', hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive, University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). From this Web page you may download PDF and HTML files giving introductory information about the study. The data itself is available to order from the HDS as a set of tab delimited text files, though to make use of this material you must first register with the HDS (further information and instructions are supplied). The primary aim of the project was to answer questions regarding the causality and chronology of decline in the cotton industry. The dataset provides information on household structure, with the details of each person in the household held as a separate record. Included are: names; addresses; age; sex; occupation; place of birth; relation to head of household; and marital status.
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Heads of households in Bridgeton and Paisley, 1851, 1871, 1891

http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=2998

This is a Web page detailing the context, range, and availability of the dataset 'Heads of Households in Bridgeton and Paisley, 1851, 1871, 1891', hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive, University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). From this Web page you may download PDF and HTML files giving introductory information about the study. The data itself is available to order from the HDS as a set of tab delimited text files, though to make use of this material you must first register with the HDS (further information and instructions are supplied). The primary aim of this project was to answer questions regarding the causality and chronology of decline in the cotton industry. The dataset was derived from census information on Paisley and Bridgeton by extracting records of heads of households, and adding a number of derived fields which condensed household information to one record per household. Additional fields contain information on the number in each household and their occupations, including the totals working in cotton and in textiles.
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Converse : the literature website

http://aspirations.english.cam.ac.uk/converse/home.acds

The Converse website offers free multimedia: resources; games; and essays for teaching and learning English literature. The site is aimed at both students between the ages of 11-19 years, and their teachers. The project is hosted by the University of Cambridge, and is the work of members of the English Faculty and Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies (CARET) at Cambridge, with contributions from school teachers and students. The resources are divided into: primary; key stage 3-4; and A-level, as well as: 'fun stuff'; teachers' resources; Chaucer resources; and an item called 'Personal Demons'. A range of topics and periods are covered, including: Chaucer/Middle English; Shakespeare; First World War poetry and propaganda; English language; and poetry. The resources are interactive, some requiring Flash and Adobe Reader, although text-only versions of many of the pages are available. The forums have now been disabled, and the live seminars are no longer running, but an archive of past seminars is available.
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Scottish parliamentary commissioners, 1357-1707 : biographical data and its presentation

http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=2980

This is a Web page detailing the context, range, and availability of the dataset 'Scottish Parliamentary Commissioners, 1357-1707: Biographical Data and Its Presentation', hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive, University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). From this Web page you may download PDF and HTML files giving introductory information about the study. The data itself is available to order from the HDS as a set of tab delimited text files, though to make use of this material you must first register with the HDS (further information and instructions are supplied). This project is supplementary to the long-standing project of the Scottish committee on the History of Parliament to provide concise biographies of all commissioners from burghs and shires who attended Scottish parliaments and associated conventions of estates from 1357 to 1707. In addition to the individual commissioner's election to and attendance at parliaments and conventions of estates, each biography records genealogical information and family connections, education, profession, property and business interests, public work and offices, and voting records where known. Comprehensive datasets have been compiled on every burgh and shire commissioner from the reign of David II to the Treaty of Union.
Added: 2009-11-14More details

Scottish medieval prices, 1263-1542

http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=2978

This is a Web page detailing the context, range, and availability of the dataset 'Scottish Medieval Prices, 1263-1542', hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive, University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). From this Web page you may download PDF and HTML files giving introductory information about the study. The data itself is available to order from the HDS in Microsoft Access format, as a set of tab delimited text files, though to make use of this material you must first register with the HDS (further information and instructions are supplied). The aim of the project was to collect and analyse price data in order to develop an understanding of the behaviour of Scottish medieval prices. The project team combed the available sources for price data, concentrating on accounts and legal records. For each price, information was sought for the following fields: year; place; commodity; quantity; total price; unit price; and source.
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Valuation rolls for Argyllshire, 1688, 1751 and 1802

http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=2958

This is a Web page detailing the context, range, and availability of the dataset 'Valuation Rolls for Argyllshire, 1688, 1751 and 1802', hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive, University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). From this Web page you may download PDF and HTML files giving introductory information about the study. The data itself is available to order from the HDS as a set of tab delimited text files, though to make use of this material you must first register with the HDS (further information and instructions are supplied). This project was a pilot investigation into 18th century landownership in the Highlands and Islands via computerised data processing of the valuation rolls of Argyllshire for the years 1688, 1751 and 1802. The valuation rolls serve to demonstrate continuity and change in the shift from clanship to commercial landlordism during the 18th century; a vital time of estate re-orientation characterised variously as agricultural improvement or rural clearance.
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Alternative Archive

http://www.alternativearchive.com/

Alternative Archive is a collection of music, design and modern cultural critique collected in electronic form by graphic designer and cultural commentator Ou Ning and modern artist Cao Fei. From the main page, users are presented with a main menu and a side menu. The main menu deals with the site itself, and is mainly made up of the archive itself: a list of gateways to recent news items and articles on comtemorary Chinese culture and art (in either English or Chinese, but rarely with translation). Although the entries have not been updated beyond 2006, there is an impressive amount of information on media coverage of Chinese culture, and related exhibitions and festivals. The Alternative Archive main menu also links to information on Ou Ning and Cao Fei, along with contact details, and a short introduction to the site (in simplified Chinese).

The side menu to Alternative Archives acts as a gateway to larger online resources dealing with contemporary Chinese culture, many of which relate to projects of Ou Ning and Cao Fei. For example, users will find gateways to personal blogs and web pages from Ou Ning and Cao Fei, along with project pages with which they have been involved. For example, pages link to (some of these resources are catalogued separately): the Da Zha Lan project (on Beijing hutongs); the Institute of Sound blog (a collaboration of sound artists, field recording specialists and architects); Sonic China (Ou Ning's graphic design project); a page on the GetItLouder exhibition (an exhibit of modern Chinese graphic design); and the U-theque organisation, devoted to the screening, making and distribution of independent film. The website would be of interest to any researcher of contemporary Chinese media culture. A level of skill in reading Chinese would be helpful, since some sections of the site are only presented in Simplified Chinese. Moreover, since may new windows use pop-ups, this function may have to be enabled on some browsers.
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Wealth, household expenditure, and consumer goods in preindustrial England and America, 1550-1800

http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=2994

This is a Web page detailing the context, range, and availability of the dataset 'Wealth, Household Expenditure, and Consumer Goods in Preindustrial England and America, 1550-1800', hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive, University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data itself is available to order from the HDS, though to make use of this material you must first register with the HDS (further information and instructions are supplied). The dataset explores changes in English and American consumption between 1550 and 1800. The probate inventories (Parts 1-11) include information about personal wealth, household production, and the possession of consumer durables and semi-durables. The household survey for England circa 1790 (Part 12) contains dietary information as well as information about other household expenditures. The wills from England and America (Part 13) are a source for learning about the kinds of goods people obtained from their families through inheritance. Finally, information pertaining to the distribution network in 18th century England is contained in the aggregate county-level data on the shop and peddlers' tax (Part 14).
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Valuation rolls, Paisley, for the decennial years, 1871-1911

http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=2997

This is a Web page detailing the context, range, and availability of the dataset 'Valuation Rolls, Paisley, for the Decennial Years, 1871-1911', hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive, University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). From this Web page you may download PDF and HTML files giving introductory information about the study. The data itself is available to order from the HDS as a tab delimited text file, though to make use of this material you must first register with the HDS (further information and instructions are supplied). The primary aim of the project was to answer questions regarding the causality and chronology of decline in the Scottish cotton industry. This dataset is derived from the Valuation Rolls of Paisley with additional census information on households.
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Digital Archive For Chinese Studies: Tongzhi Culture

http://leiden.dachs-archive.org/tongzhi/index.html

Tongzhi Culture is a part of the Digital Archive for Chinese Studies, maintained by the University of Leiden. 'Tongzhi' is the Chinese word for 'comrade', used widely as a form of address in the Maoist period, now re-appropriated and given an ironic twist by the country's urban gay community. On the main page, users will find a short textual introduction on gay culture in China, taken from Edward Davis' Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture. In addition, users also have free online access to Remy Cristini's MA thesis on Tongzhi Literature, who is now a policy advisor at the Netherlands' Embassy in Beijing. The (English language) thesis can be downloaded or viewed immediately, and has an impressive bibliography, much of which is provided with links to original primary sources.

Users will also find an article on catamites in ancient China, a CCTV programme on homosexuals and HIV (which can be viewed online), and a link to two Chinese websites on gay culture. Although there could be more featured articles and gateways, Tongzhi Culture is a welcome beginning to scholarly resources on homosexual culture and history in China.
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The Da Zha Lan project

http://www.dazhalan-project.org/

The Da Zha Lan area in the centre of Beijing bore witness to the commercial shifts in Chinese history, from small-scale handicrafts to capitalist trade in well-known brands, to the socialist managed economy. However, now this area south west of Tiananmen Square has degenerated into a slum, having had little capital development since architectural restrictions limit the regeneration of hutongs (traditional narrow alleys) and more prosperous residents move out to the suburbs as poorer immigrants move in. The Da Zha Lan project aims to film the area and its inhabitants in order to research social poverty, economic hardship and urban development, aiming to culminate in the production of a documentary.

The Da Zha Lan project website is available in both English and chinese (although many sections are solely in Chinese), and contains a general introduction to the project, along with a news blog (Chinese) documenting media coverage of issues surrounding hutongs and development. Users can view images of the project as it progressed throughout various sections of the resource, download sound files of street sounds, view information on exhibitions that came from the Da Zha Lan team's research, and read about the filming project. The site also acts as a gateway to related resources of interest, most of which remain active. The resource would be of interest to anyone researching the social and geographical development of China's cities, and would be of most value to those with an intermediate level of Chinese (since much of the textual information contained on the site - such as research essays) are not translated into English.
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FriedlicheRevolution.de: magazine and media monitor

http://www.friedlicherevolution.de/index.php

This useful website was created on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall and collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. It summarises and reviews current debates in the German press. It also highlights, events, publications, conferences and other commemorations. This includes access to some full text articles, sound recordings, interviews, oral histories and films made by its partners. These include: Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung; Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur. Information is offered in Germany only.
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Tsentr i fond "Kholokost"

http://www.holocf.ru/

Tsentr i fond "Kholokost" is the website of a Moscow-based centre which promotes research and teaching about the Holocaust in Russia. The site offers: information on the centre's history, aims and activities; their archival collections and publications; Russian-language material on the history of the Holocaust aimed at students and teachers. Of most interest are the descriptions of the Centre's own archival collections, which include: oral testimony; personal items; documents relating to the lives of Jewish partisans, ghetto inhabitants, Soviet soldiers and members of the Jewish Anti-fascist Committee; plus evidence collected about Russian citizens who helped save Jews from the Nazis. Descriptions of the Centre's own publications (some downloadable), and of library items secured by them, will also be of interest to teachers and researchers working on Soviet history and the history of the Holocaust, as will the pages that outline their research projects (most significantly, a Russian language Encyclopaedia of the Holocaust). A limited version of the site is available in English and German.
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Izdatel'stvo Moskovskoi Patriarkhii

http://rop.ru/

Izdatel'stvo Moskovskoi Patriarkhii is the website of the Moscow Patriarchate's official publisher. This resource provides details of all periodicals and books issued by the Moscow Patriarchate, from calligraphy textbooks for children to publications about military service, including cost. The site also provides details of how and where to buy or subscribe to these publications. 'Projects' links to a sub-site about the 17 volume complete works of Gogol' being issued in 2009-2010. A search engine and an official church calendar are particularly useful features. This Russian language-only site will be of particular interest to researchers of Russian Orthodoxy and contemporary Russian culture.
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Tserkovnyi vestnik

http://www.e-vestnik.ru/

Tserkovnyi vestnik is the e-version of the official newspaper of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), updated twice monthly. Intended as a 'chronicle of Orthodoxy in the twenty-first century', readers may browse by theme (e.g. Patriarch Kirill; raising children; Orthodox Rus; music) or visit the following site sections: 'in the world' (international news about Orthodoxy); history; culture; charity; education; society; church; analysis; documents (materials from conferences, Patriarchal letters etc); interviews; news; reporting; reviews. Some items appear under more than one heading. The newspaper archive remains at the old version of the site, http://www.tserkov.info/, which also has a special section on St Seraphim of Sarov and numerous useful topic headings (e.g. pilgrimage; youth). Unfortunately issues from 1987-2001 have not yet been made available online, and there is no English language version of either site, just a brief description of the publication. A simple search engine is provided, and there is a link to a useful official church calendar. This attractive, easy-to-use site will be of significant use to researchers of Russian Orthodoxy, and of interest to researchers of contemporary Russian culture and society.
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Nos.Deputes.Fr

http://www.nosdeputes.fr/

A website created by RegardsCitoyens.org. Which seeks to promote greater transparency and openness in French government. It offers French citizens news and information about their Deputes (Member of Parliament) and updates on French parliamentary activity in the Assembly Nationale. It includes a listing of members with biographical information, data on recent parliamentary activities, voting patterns. Also available is a section on current legislative activity and discussion forums for users. All information is offered in French only.
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Gosudarstevennyi tsentral'nyi musei sovremennoi istorii Rossii

http://www.sovr.ru/

Gosudarstevennyi tsentral'nyi musei sovremennoi istorii Rossii provides an overview of the exhibitions, permanent displays and collections (e.g. over 120,000 documents relating to workers' and democratic movements abroad; 2,500 banners of military, political and other organisations) held at this Moscow museum. Of particular interest is the virtual exhibition 'Red and White' which explores the civil war through poster art of the time, and a page detailing museum publications. Brief descriptions and details of smaller, affiliated museums are also provided, and other pages are dedicated to: information useful to visitors; the history of the museum, which from 1831 to 1918 was the headquarters of the Moscow English Club; museum news and press releases etc. This resource, which has a substantial English-language version, will be of most use to teachers and students of modern Russian and Soviet history.
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Friedliche revolution: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung

http://www.bpb.de/themen/1LTFFI,0,0,Die_friedliche_Revolution.html

A site created by the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Federal Agency for Civic Education) to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and its impact upon German society and the cold war in General. The site includes eye witness accounts, photographs, timelines and other documents such as the contemporary history log of the Monday demonstration in Leipzig on 16 October 1989. Most information is offered in German only.
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20 Jahre Friedliche Revolution: Bundesregierung

http://www.bundesregierung.de/Webs/Breg/mauerfall/DE/Startseite/startseite.html

A website created by the Bundesregierung (German government) to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall and communism in Eastern Europe. It comprises a history of events (which emphasises the positive impact), original photographs, oral history accounts from East Germans, speeches and video films from German government officials discussing the celebrations and the impact, including the 'success of German reunification'. Copyright and technical information is offered on the website which is in German.
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Zeitzeugenportal: 20 Jahre Friedliche Revolution und Deutsche Einheit

http://www.zeitzeugenportal8990.de/

Zeitzeugenportal: 20 Jahre Friedliche Revolution und Deutsche Einheit (witnesses Portal: Peaceful Revolution 20 years and German Unity) is a joint project of the Federal Foundation for the Study of the SED dictatorship, of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and the German federal states. It was created on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, to educate German children on the positive impact of the fall of communism and the resulting reunification of Germany. It comprises eye witness accounts, a brief history of events and resources for teachers. The latter include classroom worksheets and bibliographies of recommended books, films and other websites. Information offered in German only. Access to some areas requires registration.
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Rise and fall of the Berlin Wall: Cold War International History Project

http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1409&fuseaction=topics.categoryvi

The Cold war International History Project is a major research initiative focusing on the history of the Cold War which is managed by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. This section of the site contains academic research materials on the history of the Berlin wall and its impact on Cold War international history. It offers free access to a collection of primary resource materials which include CIA and Russian government declassified documents, plus some articles and notes for researchers. Topics covered include the building of the wall, the Berlin Airlift and the events of 1989 and the fall of the wall.
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20 Jahre mauerfall: Deutschland Radio

http://www.dradio.de/portale/20jahremauerfall/

A website created by Deutschland Radio to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and communism in Eastern German. It comprises a collection of radio interviews with eye witnesses as well as coverage of the 20th anniversary celebrations. All information is offered in German only. Technical and copyright information is offered on the website.
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Brecht´s works in English : a bibliography

http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/BrechtGuide/

This website is a bibliography of Bertolt Brecht’s works in English translation and is hosted by the University of Wisconsin as part of their digital collections. The bibliography contains over 2600 bibliographical entries. It is a cooperative project by the International Brecht Society and Bertolt-Brecht-Archiv (Akademie der Künste, Berlin). The bibliography would be of interest to scholars, theatre students and researchers wanting to access to Brecht’s work and compare multiple translations in English. There are bibliographical citations for dialogues, journals and diaries, essays, interviews, letters, plays, poems, prose and songs. Each text is entered as an individual item except for letters and journals which are entered as collections. Where applicable, each entry includes the original German title. One can search the collection by keyword or subject heading or do a guided search for specific fields.
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Research Network 1989

http://www.cee-socialscience.net/1989/index.html

Research Network 1989 is an international network of scholars (coordinated by GESIS German Social Science Infrastructure Services and European University Institute) who are focusing upon issues relating to the impact of the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall and political revolutions upon Europe. Topics covered include: post-communist economic, social and political transitions, the impact of the fall of the Berlin wall upon the cold war and subsequent international politics, the impact upon European identity and mobility in Europe. The website provides information on the aims of the network, its ongoing research and conferences. It includes links to associated working papers and conference reports.
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Mauer Museum am Checkpoint Charlie

http://www.mauermuseum.de/

This is the official website of the Berlin based Mauer Museum (Checkpoint Charlie) which commemorates the role of the Berlin Wall in cold war history. The website provides a timeline of key events relating to the history of the building and fall of the wall. It includes information on the research library of the museum, its publications and associated events and conferences.
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Stasi im Jahr 1989: Behörde der Bundesbeauftragten

http://www.bstu.bund.de/cln_028/nn_716652/DE/MfS-DDR-Geschichte/Geschichte-der-D

This website is maintained by Behörde der Bundesbeauftragten (BStU), Archiven die Unterlagen des Ministeriums für Staatssicherheit der DDR. The official archive of the Federal Commissioner which contains materials relating to State security in the former GDR. This section of its website provides information, plus some free access to declassified Statsi and other secret documents relating to the events of 1989. They provide a chronicle of Communist responses to the revolutionary protest movements, the events surrounding the fall of the Berlin Wall and collapse of communism in Germany. All information is offered in German only.
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Chronik der mauer

http://www.chronik-der-mauer.de/index.php/de/Start/Index/id/652147

This website was created by a cooperative project of the Federal Agency for Civic Education, the Germany radio and the Center for Contemporary Historical Research Potsdam. It aims to provide a chronicle of the history of the Berlin Wall, its role in Cold war history and its impact on the fall of communism in 1989 and subsequent post-communist history. It contains a timeline of events from 1960-1990, a list of fatalities, eye witness accounts from Berliners, video clips of the fall of the Wall, extracts from film, literature and other writings about the wall. An educational section contains suggested classroom activities. Copyright and technical information is displayed on the site which is offered in German or English.
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Coale indices of fertility and nuptiality in Scotland, 1881-1911

http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=2861

This is a Web page detailing the context, range, and availability of the dataset 'Coale Indices of Fertility and Nuptiality in Scotland, 1881-1911', hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive, University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). From this Web page you may download an HTML file giving introductory information about the study. The data itself is available to order from the HDS as a tab delimited text file, though to make use of this material you must first register with the HDS (further information and instructions are supplied). This project aimed to investigate aspects of the decline of fertility in Scotland, by considering the Coale Indices of Fertility and Nuptiality as indicators of demographic transition, and through this, to provide an insight into one aspect of the economic and social history of Scotland.
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20 years after the wall: Der Spiegel International

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,k-7540,00.html

This website was created by German newspaper Der Spiegel to provide coverage of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and communism in Europe. In addition to news stories, comment and analysis from journalists, it also offers photographs, interviews and eye witness accounts from Germans.
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20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall: Public Sphere Formation

http://publicsphere.ssrc.org/20th-anniversary-of-the-fall-of-the-wall/

Public Sphere Formation is a special project of the Social Science Research Council. This special feature contains a collection of essays and articles from American academic researchers on the impact of the 1989 revolutions, the fall of the Berlin Wall and collapse of communism in Europe. The site also offers an annotated bibliography of key texts on post-socialist, post-communist transformations.
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Berlin Wall 20 years later: New York Times

http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/subjects/b/berlin_wall/in

This site was created by the New York Times to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. In addition to news stories, comment and analysis from the newspaper, it also provides free access to a selection of original NY times articles from 1989, photographs of events from readers, multimedia slides shows of the construction of the wall and its dismantling. These include eye witness accounts and comment. Copyright and technical information is displayed on the website.
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Byzantine monuments of Attica

http://www.eie.gr/byzantineattica/view.asp?lg=en

This excellent website, the Byzantine Monuments of Attica, provides a wealth of information on the history of Athens during the Byzantine rule of the city. Looking at the ways in which the Byzantine Empire sought to Christianise the city, its buildings and its inhabitants, and the ways in which the Empire looked to destroy the Classical traditions, practices and learnings, this website provides information on the buildings and ruins of Athens and the various objects (mostly artworks including sculptures and paintings) and their role in the history of the city. The website is easily navigated, being split into three main sections: a comprehensive and detailed introduction to the history of Athens during this period; lists of monuments (listed alphabetically, by type, or geographically on a map); and objects (listed under two broad headings of sculpture-mosaic and wall paintings). There is, furthermore, a list of terms relating to the information presented. It is somewhat unfortunate that no keyword searching is available on the site, but this barely detracts from what is an exceptionally valuable academic and visual resource.
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Liste des conseils régionaux présent sur Twitter

http://tweepml.org/Liste-des-regions-presentes-sur-Twitter/

This directory is maintained by French IT consultant and new media specialist Hervé Pargue. It provides a useful list of official Twitter accounts owned by French regional government departments. It is therefore a good starting point for tracing their existence and accessing the latest French local and regional government news. All information is offered in French only.
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Demography of Sri Lanka, 1900-1954

http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=3454

This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the "Demography of Sri Lanka, 1900-1954 : Trends in Fertility and Mortality in Pre-Demographic Transition Sri Lanka" dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as a tab delimited texts and DBF databases. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. The aims of this study were: to examine trends in fertility, nuptiality and mortality in Sri Lanka (Ceylon became Sri Lanka in 1972) in the period prior to demographic transition, i.e. prior to the 1950s; and to search for the reasons for changes which occurred, by examining how these varied across the approximately 20 administrative districts of the island and considering whether this variation was associated with district characteristics such as literacy, availability of health services, etc. There is a tendency to suppose that, prior to transition, developing world countries had more or less constant fertility and mortality - at high levels - albeit with the fluctuations in both caused by famines and epidemics. There may have been more complex movements in Sri Lanka.
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Electoral and demographic data, 1848-1876 : Massachusetts

http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=3493

This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the "Electoral and Demographic Data, 1848-1876 : Massachusetts" dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as a tab delimited texts and DBF databases. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. This collection contains electoral and demographic data for Massachusetts counties and cities during 1848-1876. The data for this collection were compiled for a study of electoral changes in Massachusetts politics during the Civil war period and to link these to socio-economic determinants of support for the Republic and Democratic parties.
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