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1. United Nations Common Database (UNCDB)
   “UNCDB provides selected series from numerous specialized international data sources for all available countries and areas.”
   03-03-2008 : agriculture, balance of payments, communication, construction, consumption, culture, development assistance, disabilities, distribution of population, economics, education, energy, environment financial statistics, families, fertility, fishing, forestry, geography, health, health services, households, housing, human settlements, impairment, income, industrial production, intellectual property, international finance, international tourism, international trade, marital status, men, migration, millennium development goals (mdg), mining, national accounts, nutrition, population composition, prices, public order, quarrying, safety, science, services industries, social mobility, social security, socio-economic groups, statistical yearbook (syb), statistics, technology, transport, wealth, welfare services, women
2. East African Development Library
   A virtual library in which you can browse by subject or organization or also search by particular words, title, subject or organization.
   03-03-2008 : africa, agriculture, breeding, communication, community development, culture, economic development, education, energy, environment, financing, fishing, food, health, history, human development, indigenous knowledge, marketing, natural resources, ngos, science, social development, state and civil service, technology, water
3. EL@ND: Research for Development
   “EL@ND provides a single search to 11 catalogues of development information. It has multilingual support to retrieve articles in resources catalogued throughout Europe.”
   02-21-2008 : administration, africa, agriculture, america, asia, central america, culture, education, environment, europe, finance, health, industry/technology, information, international development, intl. cooperation, labour, north america, pacific islands, population, society, south, trade, transport
4. 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
5. Women's Studies by the New York Public Library
   List of sources on arts and literature, diversity, feminism, and histotorical resources.
   02-14-2008 : arts: women, biographies: women, careers, culture, diversity, diversity: women, feminism, health: women, historical resources: women, history: women, law: women, literature: women, organizations: women, politics: women, religion: women, research guides: women's studies, science: women, sports: women, statistics: women, women's rights, women's studies
6. About New Zealand by the New Zealand Embassy to the United States
   Brief articles on the history, culture, and traditions of New Zealand as well as current issues.
   02-14-2008 : culture, current issues, new zealand history, traditions
7. Africa Art South of the Sahara
   Many links on various aspects of African art.
   02-09-2007 : africa, african newspapers, art, country studies, culture, current events, film, history, indexes, journals, libraries and archives, maps, music, news, regions: central africa, regions: east africa, regions: horn of africa, regions: indian ocean islands, regions: southern africa, regions: west africa, religions, sports, travel, weather, women's studies
8. Global Issues on the UN Agenda
   A long list of issues with links.
   02-08-2007 : africa, aging, agriculture, aids, antarctica, atomic energy, children, climate change, crime, culture, decolonization, demining, development cooperation, disarmament, disaster relief, drugs, education, elections, energy, environment, family, finance, food, global issues, governance, health, human rights, human settlements, humanitarian aid, indigenous people, information communications technology, intellectual property, international finance, international law, iraq, labor, law of the sea, least developed countries, outer space, palestine, peace, persons with disabilities, population, refugees, science and technology, security, social development, statistics, sustainable development, terrorism, trade, united nations, volunteerism, water, women, youth
9. Portals to the World
   Provides authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and regions of the world. Well organized and covers many subjects.
   02-08-2007 : area studies, business, country studies, culture, government, history, language, religions
10. Kurdish information Network
    Covers Kurdish culture, language, history and more.
    01-19-2007 : culture, ethnography, history, kurds, language, unreached people groups
11. World Global Trends: Extracts from Major Reports and Key Findings
    Covers supranational issues and various systems, including political, educational, environmental, economic, health, human, cultural, communications and resources. Also disasters.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    01-16-2007 : acid rain, aids, arms control, biodiversity, brain drain, capital flows, children, climate, commodity prices, communication systems, cooperation, coral reef, corruption, cultural systems, culture, debt, democracy, desertification, disasters, drugs, economic systems, educational systems, employment, energy, environment, export market, food, forest, global governance, global issues--managing, global reports, global summary, globalization, health, hiv/aids, human rights, human systems, interest, international business, international law, internet, investment, journalism, locust, malaria, migration, nutrition, political systems, population, poverty, refugees, religions, resources, science, supranatural system, telecommunication, trade, transportation, urbanization, wars and conflicts, water, women's studies, world global trends
12. MyJewishLearning.com
    A 'transdenominational website of Jewish information and education geared toward learners of all ages and educational backgrounds.' Covers history, daily life, holidays, texts, rituals, laws, culture, food, bibliographies, and more. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    01-16-2007 : bibliographies, culture, daily life, food, history, holidays, jewish education, judaism, laws, rituals, texts
13. Afghan Network
    Information on Afghan geography, culture, religion, flags, and cooking. Also information on landmines and some examples of Dari poetry. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    01-16-2007 : afghanistan, cooking, culture, dari poetry, geography, islam, landmines, muslims, religions
14. Public Anthropology: Anthropology Journal Archive Project
    Summaries of articles in 5 journals: American Anthropologist (1888-2002), Current Anthropology (1960-2003), Human Organization (some issues since 1942), Culture (1981-1986, 1989) and Anthropologica (old series: 1955-1966 with gaps; new series: 1997-2003).
    01-12-2007 : american anthropologist, anthropologica, anthropology: public, culture, current anthropology, human organization, public anthropology
15. LibyaOnline.com
    Shares Libya and its culture. Has a travel guide, photos galleries (of ancient and modern Libya, food, ruins, and more), and a guide to over a dozen cities (including the capital, Tripoli). Includes information about. Also provides audio and an English translation of the Quran.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    01-12-2007 : arts, culture, food, koran, libya, music, photographs: libya, qur'an, ruins, sports, technology, travel guide, tripoli
16. Embassy.org
    Search 'Foreign Embassies on the World Wide Web,' the 'International Business Center,' and the 'Help and Reference Center.' Plus links to culture, education, commerce, travel and tourism, and employment.
    01-11-2007 : area and cultural studies, commerce, culture, education, employment, foreign, foreign embassies, international business center, international governments, political studies politics, tourist information, travel
17. Web of Culture
    Promotes worldwide cross-cultural communication via chat rooms, email, and by providing information on topics such as food, gestures, holidays, languages, religions, and more.
    01-11-2007 : area and cultural studies, chat rooms, cross cultural communication, cuisine, culture, food, gestures, holidays, intercultural studies, languages, non verbal communication non verbal, religions
18. Grover Furr's Medieval History and Literature Page
    Covers medieval history, literature, art, music, culture, Chaucer, Middle English and other medieval literatures. Helpful for its evaluative descriptions.
    01-11-2007 : art, chaucer, culture, grover furr, history, literary periods, literature, medieval studies, middle ages, middle english, music, renaissance
19. ETANA: Electronic Tools and Ancient Near East Archives
    Resources for studying the history and culture of the Ancient Near East. Searchable and browsable ancient Near Eastern documents in hieroglyphics, cuneiform, and alphabets. Has many electronic texts.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    01-11-2007 : alphabets, ancient near east archives, antiquities, civilization, culture, cuneiform, e-books, hieroglyphics, history: ancient, middle east, near eastern documents in hieroglyphics, student resources, teaching resources
20. WWW Virtual Library: Labour History
    High quality directory maintained by an expert in the field. Browse by country, associations and societies, special topics, and more.
    01-11-2007 : 1848, anarchism, communalism, culture, gender studies, gypsy, individuals, industrial and technical history, jewish labour, labour, labour history, marxism, migration and ethnic relations, millennialism, miners, peace movement, romany history, situationism, slavery and forced labour, student movements, utopianism, virtual libraries, youth and student movements

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