http://library.wciu.edu/links/ Recent bookmarks posted to Latourette Library Internet Research Links 60 https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html Covers geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for most countries and islands. admin Wed, 17 Jan 2007 07:29:19 +0000 akrotiri antarctica arctic ocean aruba ash and cartier islands atlantic ocean baker island bassas da india cote d'ivoire country studies england equatorial guinea eritrea europa island european union falkland islands faroe islands federated states of french guiana french metropolitan french polynesia french southern and antarctic territories lands glorioso islands great britain guernsey guinea-bissau heard and mcdonald islands holy see howland island indian ocean islas malvinas isle of ivory coast jan mayen jarvis island johnston atoll juan de nova island kingman reef kiribati laos latvia lebanon lesotho liberia libya liechtenstein lithuania 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svalbard and jan mayen islands swaziland sweden switzerland syria taiwan tajikistan tanzania thailand timor-leste togo tokelau tonga trinidad and tobago tromelin island tunisia turkey turkmenistan turks and caicos islands tuvalu uganda ukraine united arab emirates united kingdom united states of america united states pacific island wildlife refuges uruguay uzbekistan vanuatu vatican city vatican city state venezuela viet nam virgin islands (british) virgin islands (u.s.) wake island wallis and futuna west bank western sahara yemen yugoslavia zambia zimbabwe http://www.fsd.nl/ Dutch site (in English) provides research and advice, training, and links to collaborating agencies and other sites. admin Sat, 13 Jan 2007 06:47:45 +0000 dutch ecologically sustainable holland netherlands sustainable development http://www.iisg.nl/w3vlwomenshistory/ Organized by countries, plus other information. admin Fri, 12 Jan 2007 07:52:27 +0000 africa argentina asia australia austria belarus belgium canada 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montenegro seychelles sierra leone singapore slovakia slovenia solomon islands somalia south africa south georgia and south sandwich islands south korea southern ocean spain spratly islands sri lanka st. helena st. kitts and nevis st. lucia st. pierre and miquelon st. vincent and the grenadines sudan suriname svalbard and jan mayen islands swaziland sweden switzerland syria taiwan tajikistan tanzania thailand timor-leste togo tokelau tonga trinidad and tobago tromelin island tunisia turkey turkmenistan turks and caicos islands tuvalu uganda ukraine united arab emirates united kingdom united states of america united states pacific island wildlife refuges uruguay uzbekistan vanuatu vatican city vatican city state venezuela viet nam virgin islands (british) virgin islands (u.s.) wake island wallis and futuna west bank western sahara yemen yugoslavia zambia zimbabwe https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/nl.html Covers geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. admin Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:11:24 +0000 netherlands http://www.stnicholascenter.org Material about St. Nicholas, 'lover of the poor and patron saint of children.' Features background about this 4th-century saint, illustrated descriptions of St. Nicholas customs from around the world, and activities, crafts, recipes, and stories related to St. Nicholas celebrations. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index) admin Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:06:23 +0000 advent christianity christmas holidays netherlands saints santa claus sinterklaas celebrations http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/1043423.stm An overview of the country's political history, statistics, leader profiles, and more. Click on the Timeline link on the right side of the page for a chronology of events.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index) admin Thu, 30 Nov 2006 05:52:46 +0000 chronologies holland leader profiles netherlands political history statistics timeline http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/europe-and-central-asia/western-europe/netherlands Gives background information and any other types of violations or concerns. Documents in English, French, Spanish and Arabic. admin Fri, 10 Nov 2006 01:08:50 +0000 amnesty international human rights netherlands http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/ravenstein/home.html An 1883 work expected to help 'in tracing the roots of families with origins in any part of the German empire' from the late 19th century to the early 20th century. Has an index. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index) admin Thu, 09 Nov 2006 07:44:16 +0000 atlas austria belgium czech republic denmark france genealogy german empire germany hungary lithuania luxembourg maps netherlands poland slovakia switzerland the russian federation http://www.glasssteelandstone.com Includes 654 great, aesthetically-pleasing structures in 125 cities and 36 countries. admin Thu, 09 Nov 2006 07:22:41 +0000 albania algeria architecture-general australia austria belgium belize bhutan british isles brunei buildings canada chile china croatia czech republic egypt england finland france germany gibraltar great britain greece holland holy see hungary india iran ireland israel italy japan jordan kuwait laos lithuania malaysia malta mexico monuments myanmar netherlands new zealand peru russia sealand serbia and montenegro south africa south korea spain taiwan tunisia turkey united arab emirates united kingdom united states venezuela vietnam http://www.freetranslation.com/ Attempts to translate entire phrases so is very fast and can handle large amounts of information. 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Translate to and from Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Norwegian, simplified Chinese, and traditional Chinese. admin Thu, 09 Nov 2006 07:07:37 +0000 china dictionaries dutch european languages france french german germany holland italian italy language language dictionaries languages machine translation netherlands norway norwegian portugal portuguese russian simplified chinese spain spanish traditional chinese translation http://www.newsrunner.com/ For the large Ghanaian community in the Netherlands. admin Thu, 09 Nov 2006 06:10:11 +0000 africa ghana ghanaian community in netherlands netherlands http://www.coe.int/ Deals with home, democracy, violence, human rights, legal affairs, social cohesion, education, culture and heritage, youth and sports. admin Wed, 08 Nov 2006 08:08:56 +0000 albania andorra armenia austria azerbaijan belgium bosnia and herzegovina bulgaria council of europe country studies croatia culture and heritage cyprus czech republic democracy denmark education estonia finland france governmental sites home human rights legal affairs lithuania luxembourg malta moldova netherlands norway poland portugal romania russian federation san marino serbia and montenegro slovakia slovenia social cohesion spain sports violence youth http://www.ihf-hr.org/welcome.php Has annual reports on human rights abuses from various countries. Also conference reports, a special section on Chechnya, and more. admin Wed, 08 Nov 2006 07:27:13 +0000 albania armenia austria azerbaijan belarus belgium bosnia and herzegovina bulgaria canada chechnya croatia czech republic england finland france fyr of georgia germany great britain greece human rights hungary italy kyrgyzstan latvia lithuania macedonia moldova netherlands norway osce region poland romania russia slovakia sweden tajikistan turkey turkmenistan ukraine united kingdom united states of america uzbekistan yugoslavia (kosovo) yugoslavia (montenegro) yugoslavia (serbia) http://www.countrywatch.com/ A subscription service, providing up-to-date source of information on 192 countries, including population profile, currency, map, people, history, economy, agriculture, energy, metals, and environment. 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