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1. Intute: Advanced Search
   “... a free online service providing you with access to the very best Web resources for education and research.... Subject specialists select and evaluate the websites in our database and write high quality descriptions of the resources. The database cont
   02-21-2008 : african, agricultural, american, anthropology, archaeology, architecture, archives, arts, asia, astronomy, australasian, australia, beauty, biomedical ethics, bioresearch, business, catering, celtic, chemistry, chinese, classics, communications, comparative literature, computing, conservation, culture, design, earth sciences, eastern european, ecology, economics, engineering, english studies, environment, european, fashion, food, forestry, french, geography, german, government, health, hispanic, history, history and philosophy of science, history of medicine, hospitality, humanities, italia, japanese, latin american, law, leisure, libraries, life sciences, linguistics, management, manuscript studies, mathematics, media, medicine, middle eastern, midwifery, modern languages, museums, music, natural history, nursing, performing arts, philosophy, physics, politics, portuguese, psychology, religions, research methods, research tools, russian, scandinavian, science, science engineering, slavonic, social sciences, social welfare, sociology, south asian, sports, statistics, technology, theology, tourism, travel, vetinerary, visual arts, women
2. Behind the Name: Etymology and History of First Names
   Gives the history behind first names from England, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Iran, Turkey, India, some parts of Africa, and a number of other countries. Also covers Arabic names, biblical names, and mythological names.
   01-12-2007 : african, albanian, arabic, arabic names, armenian, azerbaijani, basque, biblical names, breton, bulgarian, catalan, chinese, cornish, corsican, czech and slovak, danish, dutch, england, english, esperanto, estonian, etymologies, finnish, first names, france, french, frisian, galician, german, germany, great britain, greek, hawaiian, hungarian, icelandic, igbo, india, indian, iran, iranian, ireland, irish, italian, italy, japanese, jewish, kazakh, khmer, korean, kurdish, latvian, lithuanian, macedonian, manx, maori, modern english, mythological names, names, native american, north korea, norwegian, polish, portuguese, provencal, romanian, russian, scottish, serbian and croatian, slovene, south korea, spain, spanish, swedish, thai, traditional english, turkey, turkish, ukrainian, united kingdom, vietnamese, welsh, yoruba
3. The Index on Africa: Conflict
   Covers peace research, war, mililtary resources, arms, security issues, and conciliation resources.
   11-09-2006 : african, arms, conciliation resources, conflict, mililtary resources, peace research, reconciliation resources, security issues, war
4. The Index on Africa: Culture
   11-09-2006 : african, culture '
5. Cycles: African Life Through Art
   This exhibit presents a 'view of life through a selection of art and rituals from the vibrant peoples of the birthplace of humanity,' Africa. Features a gallery of African artifacts (browsable by region), a glossary, and sections on phases of life (such as youth, adulthood, and ancestors). (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   11-09-2006 : africa, african, art by region, arts
6. Ethnomusicology
   Links by topic and region of the world.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   11-08-2006 : aboriginal arnhem land music, afgani rebab, afghanistan, african, african american, afrocuban, aissaoua, albamuzika albania, algerian, anatolia, ancient music of ireland, anglo-american folksong, arab, arabian gulf and saudi arabia, armenian duduk, asia, asian music, australian bush music, austrian, bagpipe music, balinese, balkans, ballads, bamboo music, basque, berimbau, bhangra, bharatanatyam, brazilian, british irish american english folk music, bukidnons of mindanao, cambodian performing arts, candombe, capoeira, caribbean, celtic lyrics, central american, china, chinese, country dance and song, crete, croatian, croats, cuba, dance, dancing and dance music, dastgah, dastgah e maho, decima and rumba iberian, denmark, djembe, dominica, drumming, drums, ean musical instruments, east african, eastern europe, eastern music, egyptian, ethnomusicology, europe, finland, finnish, flamenco, folk australia, france, french, gagaku, ghana, gnaoua, guqin silk string zither, guyana, haiti, harps, hue and tai tu music of viet nam, hungarian, indian, iranian, irish music, islam, japan, jembe, jewish and muslim, jewish music research center, kandas, kashmiri music, kavals and dzamares end-blown flutes of greece and macedonia, kenya, kenyah and punan, kiosks tanzanian, koshur mausiquee, kwayas, latin america, latin music, latvian ethnomusicology, lebanon, madunia, manding, maori, mediterranean, melhun, merengue, mexico, middle east, mongolian, moroccan andalusi music, moroccan music, mris dancing, mundo etnico, muslims, native american, native american music, near east, new zealand, north africa, north korea, nyckelharpa, oceania, ohwejagehka iriquois earth songs, okinawan, omaha indian music, oral mashriq, pacific, papua new guinea, percussion, persian, philippine islands, popular instruments, punjabi, reggae, ritual-festivals--vietnam, romanian, romica puceanu, russia, saami chant, sabar, sacred harp singing, salsa, samba, saramusik, sarawak sape borneo, scots, scottish, setar, shakuhachi, siberian music, south america, south korea, sudan, sufi, swedish, swiss, switzerland, tabla site, tango, taqasim, tejendra narayan majumdar, the baglama, the launeddas sardinia, throat singing, timba, tradisom, traditional music, turkey, turkish, tuvan, umm kulthumn, upper oyapock, uraguay, west south, wojb ojibway, wongawilli style, zither
7. Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda
   Reports the 1994 slaughter of over half a million people in Rwanda. Discusses how Rwandan authorities manipulated the Hutu majority into participating in the mass murder of the ruling Tutsi minority. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   11-08-2006 : african, human rights, hutu majority, mass murder of the ruling tutsi minority, rwandan genocide
8. Ethiopian Journal of Health Development
   A free online journal.
   11-08-2006 : african, area studies, countries, ethiopian, health development, regions
9. African Journal of Food and Nutritional Security
   A free online journal.
   11-08-2006 : african, area studies, countries, food, nutritional security, regions
10. Internet Sacred Text Archive
    '... devoted to religious tolerance and scholarship.' Has the sacred texts for many religions.
    11-02-2006 : african, age of reason, albert einstein, alchemy, americana, ancient near east, asia, atlantis, australian, baha'i, basque, bible, book of shadows, celtic, charles darwin, christianity, clarence darrow, classics, comparative religions, confucianism, dna, earth mysteries, egyptian, england, esoteric religions, evil, fortean, freemasonry, freethinkers, fringe religions, gothic, great britain, greek and roman, grimoires, i ching, icelandic, islam, journals, judaism, legends/sagas, lgbt, major religions, mark twain, miscellaneous, modern pagan. eastern religions, mormonism, muslims, mysteries, mythology, native american, neolithic, neopaganism/wicca, northern european, nostradamus, oahspe, occult, pacific, paleolithic, philosophy, piri re'is map, primary texts, prophecy, religions, roma, sacred books of the east, sacred sexuality, sacred texts, shakespeare, sky le, tantra, tarot, thelema, theosophy, thomas paine, time, tolkien, traditions, ufos, united kingdom, utopia, western religions, women's studies, world religions, zesoteric
11. MythHome
    Has Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and myths by culture or region
    10-19-2006 : aboriginal, african, ama-arhus, amasagnul, ancient persian-zasterian, anshar, antu, anu, anunitu, arawaks, armenian, ashur, asian, assyrian, assyrian deities: adad, atrahasis, australia, avestae, babylonian, babylonian: a-a (aya) adarmmelech, basque, bel, caribs, celtic, central american, chaldean, chimn, chinese deities, creation myths, dreamtime, egyptian, epic flood myths, epic of kings: a persian story, evil eye, gilgamesh epic, greco-roman, greek gods, hammurabi laws, hawaiian, hindu religions, hittite, hungarian mythology, indian, indonesian, kishar ansar. kisar, kundalini, lamassu, mah, malayan, maori, middle eastern, middle eastern ancient deities, moche, mutu, mythology, nazcas, new zealand, nordic, north american, pazuzu, persian, philippino, phoenician, romanian, semite, south america: chavin, south american, south seas, sulmanu, sumerian, syrian, the enuma elish babylonian creation story, tiahnanaco, vietnamese, yuba, zaster
12. Google Directory: Religion and Spirituality
    Covers an extremely wide range of religions and cults.
    10-18-2006 : advaita vedanta, african, agnosticism ), arts, atheism, baha'ism, buddhism ), cao dai, christianity, confucianism, daoism, deism, directories, divination, enlightenment, esoteric and occult, ethical culture, falun dafa, fourth way, gnosticism, hinduism, humanism, interfaith, islam, jainism, judaism, meditation, modern movements, morality, mysticism, native american, near death experiences, new age, new thought, news and media, noahidism, opposing views, organizations, pagan, pantheism, philosophy of religions, prophecies, quotations, reincarnation, religions of the world, religious studies, religious texts, religious tolerance, scientology, shamanism, shintoism, sikhism, spiritualism, tantra, taoism, unitarianism and universalism, universal life church, workplace spirituality, zoroastrianism
13. Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa
    A free online journal. Seeks 'to provide scholarly, educational and provoking discussions on critical development issues concerning Africa.' Has 'both theoretical and applied [articles] in order to wrestle with the concrete development issues of the African continent and people.'
    09-30-2006 : african, area studies, countries, regions, sustainable development
14. Africa Intelligence: The Power Brokers and Their Connections
    Has 'Country Channels' and a number of newsletters to which you may subscribe.
    12-31-1969 : african, area studies, countries, regions
15. African Journal on Conflict Resolution
    A subscription journal.
    12-31-1969 : african, area studies, conflict resolution, countries, regions

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