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SEMINOLE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
Humanities Guide
Access full-text humanities articles and databases using
Reference Resources.
General- -Culture- -History- -Languages
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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A Chronology of US Historical Documents - Browse documents from pre-colonial to the present.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. |