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Humanities Guide

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General--Culture--History--Languages and Translation--Philosophy--Religion


General

Florida Humanities Council - Publications, exhibits, radio, calendar, gathering, teachers, more.

Humanities HUB - Theory, methods, research, teaching, organizations, articles, dictionaries.

Humanities Text Initiative - Online access to full text resources in the humanities.

A Lexicon of the Humanities - Literary criticism, rhetoric, linguistics, identity politics, with glossary.

National Endowment for the Humanities - Grant applications, news, publications, projects.

Smithsonian Institution - Art and science exhibitions, education, libraries, publications, and events.

Voice of the Shuttle - Humanities research, contents by subject, resources, guide, and search.
 

Culture

Area Studies - Directory by country, links to government, politics, parties and elections.

The British Museum - World cultures collections by region, education, site navigation, and exhibits.

Cultural Studies Central - Commentary, analysis, Web projects, resources, discussion list, links.

National Museum of the American Indian - Books, calendar, education, exhibitions, collections.

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology - Events, online exhibitions, more.  En Español.

UNESCO Culture Sector - Diversity, world heritage, arts, museums, cultural tourism, news, more.
 

History

American Memory - The Library of Congress site, collections by topic, Ask a Librarian.

Ancient Rome Project - Roman army, clothing, medicine, funerals, marriage, gods and goddesses.

Best History Sites - Sites rated for usefulness and accuracy to help you study or teach history.

Biographical Dictionary - Search by birth and death years, positions held, professions, works.

Central Florida Memory - Digital collection of maps, photographs, postcards, and directories.

A Chronology of US Historical Documents - Browse documents from pre-colonial to the present.

Decades in 20th Century America - Decades Report information, link, and reference books.

The Encyclopedia of World History - Search over 20,000 entries from prehistoric times to 2000.

Flags of the World - Vexillology site with flag images, information, and historical data.

Florida Heritage Collection - Florida’s history, culture, arts, literature, sciences, social sciences.

Florida Memory Project - Florida Photographic Collection, online classroom, history, timeline.

History Channel - Store, This Day in History, speeches, discussions, classroom, exhibits, TV.

TheHistoryNet - American and world history, wars and battles, index, events, exhibits, and gallery.

History Timelines - History directory by subject, region, On This Day in History, wars, and more.

HistoryWired - Virtual tour of the collections of the National Museum of American History.

Holocaust Center - Goals, education, events, Teacher's Institute, donations, museum, history.

Home of Heroes - Hall of Heroes Museum, patriotism, the Medal of Honor, military history.

Inaugural Addresses - The Complete Book of Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the U.S.

Milieux: The Costume Store - Costume image links, museums, and history and research.

Museum of Seminole County History - Information and tour, location, links, events, timeline.

National World War II Memorial - Information and design, national campaign, who's who, archives.

Orange County Regional History Center - Exhibits, education, events & programs, fun stuff, more.

Our Documents - U.S. milestone documents, teacher's toolbox, news & events, project overview.

PRESIDENT - Presidential libraries, presidential websites, first ladies, and directory.

Presidents of the United States - Site for presidential resources with alphabetized subjects.

Smithsonian Institution - Art and science exhibitions, education, libraries, publications, and events.

Time Capsule - Enter a date for headlines, birthdays, songs, TV shows, toys, and books.

Today in History - Library of Congress site with events on today's date, yesterday, and an archive.

United States Civil War Center - Search, browse index, book reviews, cemetery database, events.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Education, history, remembrance, and conscience.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Information, background and history, and special events.

Year by Year: 1900-2006 - Timelines, major events in world and U.S. history by year for 1900-2006.
 

Languages and Translation

Internet Polyglot - Free language lessons online with tutorials, games, and dictionaries.

Language Dictionaries - Directory of links to over 260 language dictionaries.

Language Learning Library - Language learning portal offering relevant and useful resources.

Lingro - Language dictionaries that allow translation of words on a webpage by clicking on them.

Yahoo! Babel Fish - Translate plain text or a webpage to and from many languages.
 

Philosophy

Ayn Rand Institute - Official Ayn Rand and Objectivism site with highlights, announcements, links.

ephilosopher - Research, news, people & places, education, employment, media, symposia, tech.

Guide to Philosophy on the Internet - Directory of sites on philosophy and philosophers.

The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Table of Contents, search, timeline, keywords index.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Table of contents, search, what's new, archives, and citing.
 

Religion

About Religion & Spirituality - Search by subject, links to major and alternative religions.

Internet Theology Resources - Research guide of religious resources arranged by subject.

Project Gutenberg - Full-text of The Bhagavad Gita, The Bible, The Koran, and Tao Te Ching.

religion-online - Search or browse directory of full-text articles on religion by category.

Religions of the World - BBC guide to six of the major religions of the world.

TheologyWebSite - Forums, index, journal, study guide, events, news & views, e-texts, and chat.

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