@utpb.edu The J. Conrad Dunagan Library

Literatures & Languages
Other than English and Spanish

 
Humanities Resources--GeneralAdditional Information
Voice of the Shuttle: Web Page for Humanities Research  CHOICE Outstanding site The pre-eminent site for Humanities research
Electronic Text Center   CHOICE Highly Recommended Site University of Virginia; The Electronic Text Center's holdings include approximately 45,000 on- and off-line humanities texts in twelve languages, with more than 50,000 related images (book illustrations, covers, manuscripts, newspaper pages, page images of Special Collections books, museum objects, etc.)
intute: arts & humanities CHOICE Outstanding site  the British equivalent of Voice of the Shuttle
H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online  blue star 
British Museum Collection Database  blue star
Catalogue of Digitized Medieval Manuscripts   blue star UCLA
Connie Martinson Talks Books blue star Claremont College's Digital Library
CPANDA: Cultural Policy and the Arts National Data Archive  CHOICE Outstanding site 
Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index blue star Haverford Library
Oxford Language Dictionaries  CHOICE Outstanding site  use restricted to currently enrolled UTPB students
Web English Teacher  CHOICE Outstanding site 
Zotero: The Next Generation Research Tool CHOICE Outstanding site FireFox extension to help collect, manage, and cite research; from George Mason University;
Selected Literatures and Literary Sitesalso Selected Criticism
Banned Books On-line University of Pennsylvania
French Connection  reliable, fast-loading, user-friendly reference
German Studies Web  blue star  (WESS)--indicates a site sponsored by the West European Studies Section of the Assn of College & Research Libraries
Iberian Studies Web  blue star WESS
Italian Studies Web   WESS
Dutch Studies  WESS
Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts A fast-loading, full-text, electronic collection that is international in scope but particularly rich in Nordic/Germanic selections
LiTgloss  blue star  Collection of literary, historical, and culturally significant texts written in languages other than English; currently 150 texts in 24 languages, although primary languages are French, German and Spanish.
Online Literary Criticism Collection  Well organized and easily navigated
Online Text Collections in Western European Literature  WESS
Open Books Page  CHOICE Outstanding site  University of Pennsylvania Libraries; lists and links over 35,000 free books on the web
Princeton Dante Project  CHOICE Outstanding site requires free registration
Project Runeberg Nordic Literature
Reading Women Writers and African Literature  CHOICE Outstanding site  Francophone African women writers
Scandinavian Studies Web   WESS
Tennessee Bob's Famous French Links  CHOICE Outstanding site  University of Tennessee-Martin
West European Studies Section (WESS) blue star ALA; Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
Selected Language SitesOther Information
AcademicInfo: Foreign Language Study   
Ethnologue: Languages of the World  blue star
GlobeGate Project  University of Tennessee at Martin. This is the primary host site for the GlobeGate Project, a not-for-profit organization created to provide a centralized internet resource for students and teachers of foreign languages.
iLoveLanguages: Guide to Languages on the Web  blue star  A comprehensive catalogue of more than 2000 language-related web sites
Linguist  both a listserv and a resource site
Aboriginal Languages of Australia  
The Modern Language Association Language Map [of the US]     Based on the statistics gathered in the 2000 US Census, the creators of this site were able to extract language and linguistics data to create this well-organized, unique site. The site provides color-coded maps of 33 language groups in the US, by county or by ZIP code, and allows comparison of two language groups or two states. All the possibilities are described in the formal tour offered on the home page. One reviewer stated that This clean and elegant site easily surpasses its closest counterpart, the non-interactive Ethnologue.com which provides various US data from 1977 to 1990.
Speech Accent Archive  CHOICE Outstanding site George Mason University
Classical Languages and LiteraturesAdditional Information
Aesopica CHOICE Outstanding site Aesop's Fables in English, Latin & Greek
Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes   blue star This online edition by Bob Fisher is by far the best of the numerous Bulfinch sites.
Classics Studies Web blue star West European Studies Section, Assn. of College and Research Libraries
Classical Myths: The Ancient Sources links to images and texts of ancient Greek sources dealing with the 15 major deities of the Olympian Greek pantheon
Classical Mythology  blue star Temple University
Greek Mythology Link CHOICE Outstanding site
The Library of Congress Resources for Greek and Latin Classics  now referred to as the Alcove 9 Virtual library site
The Online Medieval & Classical Library blue star
Page Updated: 10 August 2009 Page Created: 6 July 2001

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