Foreign Language Links
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Dr. Hamdy
Image courtesy of the Arab.net
Arabic
- Recommended Website
CIA World Factbook- Up-to-date facts about countries all over world can be found on this government sponsored site.
- Recommended Subscription Databases
CultureGrams (ProQuest)- Up-to-date information on countries around the world from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. This database features maps, flags, charts, tables, photos, videos, recipes, profiles on famous people, and geographical and cultural information. (Select World Edition, select continent, select country, links are on left and right side of screen)
Encyclopedia Britannica Online Academic Edition- Simple searches for general information.
- Encyclopedia Britannica Online School Edition
- This database allows you to search three levels of K-12 encyclopedia resources: Encyclopedia Britannica – High school and up; Compton’s – Middle school and up; and Britannica Elementary for elementary school and up. Resources include a dictionary, videos, web site links, and journals and magazines.
Gale Virtual Reference Library (Gale/Cengage)- Click on Basic Search, expand Nation and World, and select the e-book entitled Countries and Their Cultures. Search within the box to the left.
- Global Issues in Context (Gale/Cengage)
- International viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events.
- Student Resource Center Gold (Gale/Cengage)
- Access to major subject areas including history, science, literature, social studies through articles, primary documents, creative works, videos, and podcasts.
What Citizens Need to Know about World Affairs (ProQuest)- Provides a global perspective for understanding world affairs in an interactive electronic-book format. Includes historical, cultural and background information on regions around the world through primary and secondary documents. Select Quick Search and make sure to select Keyword/Natural Language.
World Data Analyst (Encyclopedia Britannica)- Provides statistical information on a variety of topics for countries around the world. Allows opportunities for comparative analysis, creating tables and charts, and links to encyclopedia articles.
- Citation Tools and Information
- Why Cite? UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) tells you why.
- Don't Plagiarize! UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles
NoodleTools (NoodleTools)- NoodleTools is a bibliographic software tool to assist you in creating accurate source citations in MLA and APA formats.
Mr. Ngide
French 1b
Christian Dior
Coco Chanel
Yves Saint-Laurent
Pierre Cardin
- Pierre Cardin
- The Great Names of French Haute Couture
- Participation de Pierre Cardin aux activités de l'UNESCO
- Gale Student Resource Center
- A premium resource, you will need a login and password for home use. Also search the other designers here or Gaultier for more information.
Ms Scribner
Trajan image from Wikipedia.
Latin
- Roman Civilization
- A collection of floor plans and images from Southwestern University
- Trajan's Rome
- Floor plans
- Horace's Villa Project
- Includes floor plans, info about villas and VR walkthrough of the archeological site
- Realitas Virtualis: Italy in Virtual Reality
- Explores places in Rome, Pisa, and Napoli (Naples) by taking specific sites including the Pantheon, San Pietro, Hadrian's Villa,the ruins at Paestum, and more -- and providing a 360 degree view for each site. No other information, just VR views of the ruins
- Ancient Rome from the Earliest Times Down to 476 A.D.
- From the book A History of Rome, by Robert F. Pennell
- Greenwood Daily Life Online
- Information on daily life throughout history plus World Cultures today. This is a premium web site. For home use, get the login and password from the media specialists. On the opening screen scroll down to history and click on enter before "Daily Life Online".
Ms. Willetts
Louvre image from Wikipedia.