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Blach Library: "Search Starter" Links for our
Foreign Language Classes

FRENCH

Paris Virtual Guide: Offers online tours of the famous sites of Paris. Note: Monuments is at the top of the list, upper left corner. The Museums section allows you to "walk through" three museums and see their art works.
Paris Visit: Visit nine famous sights of Paris from this page.
The Paris Pages: The famous city, its monuments, transportation, and plenty of other highlisghts.; Tells about the ways that the French speaking peoples in France and Canada celebrate Christmas. Very thorough and full of information!

"Links to over 1200 digitized photographs and images recorded during the Siege and Commune of Paris cir. 1871. Search by keyword or browse the index. Originals are located in Special Collections in the Deering Library at Northwestern University."
The National Assembly: The National Assembly has two main functions : to adopt statutes and to supervise the Government.
Tour de France: Enjoy a tour of the various regions of France, brought to you by the Embassy of France in Washington D.C. and the Internet Multicasting Service.
The French Connection: The French Connection is a collection of Internet links to places and items of interest with a French theme. It is designed for students of French and for francophiles in general.
The Top Ten Websites of France: The title of this page speaks for itself. Find out where the French are visiting on the Web.
Le Monde: Famous daily newspaper from France (in French).
France Photos: From Around-the-World Journal, a City.Net feature from a journalist-photographer's world tour.
Ministere de la culture: The French Ministry of Culture Web Server.
Grotte Palolithique: Images and comments from a Paleolithic Era cave in France with drawings on the walls.
WebLouvre: Bienvenue!: Art exhibition based on the famous Louvre in France. Lots of exceptionally well selected art.

SPANISH

Culture Resources

Spanish Culture: Collection of links related to the culture of Spain. Please note the various categories of indormation that are available.
Latino and Spanish Culture: Nice collection of links to various websites about culture of Latino and Spanish culture.
Si Spain: A broad-based information resource site about Spain and its people, sponsored by the Embassy of Spain in Ottawa, Canada. This is a very comprehensive and interesting site, quite valuable to the student of Spanish language.
UT-Latin America: The Latin American Network Information Center of the University of Texas. Lots of information and links for countries of Latin America.
Latin America: Subject Resources: Collection of links to a variety of subjects for the study of South American countries and their cultures. This is a very large collection, so be sure to scroll down the whole page to see all that is available.
South America for Visitors: A list of countries appears on the left side. Simply find the name of the country you want information about, and click on it to see the topics covered for that country.
Red De Recursos Hispanos: "Information pertaining to Mexico, Latin America, and Spain. A few sites containing lessons in Spanish are also linked, as well as sources and sites on Chicano studies and other information associated with the Hispanic culture. Keep in mind that most sites include links to numerous other sources."
Yahoo! En español: The online world in Spanish! Links are primarily in the Spanish language.
The Spanish Language Webring: "The Spanish Language Webring® was created so that anyone who has an interest in Spanish language and culture can learn and/or share their interests with others via the World Wide Web... sites are linked together forming a ring with other related sites."
Spain: Culture and Popular Customs: Includes general information on Spain, its climate, history, architecture, popular customs such as Flamenco and bullfighting, the most important Fiestas, regional cooking, night life.... See also the main Spain page for travel information about Spain.
Know and Enjoy Mexico: Lots of travel information is available. Choose city, region, activity, hotel chain, airline service state, etc. fr more information.
Mexico Connect: Explore the culture of Mexico at this website. Note the search engine that allows you to find different information be keyword.
Culture and Society of Mexico: Some links to cultural information related to Mexico, from the University of Iowa. Please note the Mexican Heritage Almanac, Tonalamatl.
Ballet Folklorico de Mexico: One of the most famous cultural assets of Mexico has a website, with images and information about this world famous dance company.
Diego Rivera Mural Map: Map which identifies the famous people in this famous mural by Diego Rivera.
Artes e Historia Directorio: Exceptional starting place for experiencinging the art of Mexico, including online museums and exhibitions with painting, sculpture, photography, as well as historic and biographical information on the artists and their times. In Spanish language, with some English translations are available.
ArtsEdge Latin American Art Resources: Links to websites for the written, visual and performing arts related to Latino culture. Please not that some links will be in Spanish.
Pintura Española Contemporánea: Nice exhibition of 20th century Spanish painting, with numerous images and extensive, informative essays in Spanish.
Folklore/Customs/Traditions: Collection of cultural resources from the Chicano Library at UCLA.
El Día de los Muertos: The story of this uniquely Mexican celebration, with lots of links to pictures and information at the bottom.
The Day of the Dead: "November 1, All Saints Day, and November 2, All Souls Day are marked throughout Mexico by a plethora of intriguing customs that vary widely according to the ethnic roots of each region."
The Calca: Death is not always solemn in Mexico; people play with it, "...we invite to "the calaca" so she can be our scoff with verses to satirize everything and everybody"
Culture of the Andes: Pictures, songs, jokes, dances, and other cultural information from the Andes countries of South America.
La Musica: Website dedicated to the music of LatinoAmerica.
Cocina Mexicana: Hundreds of recipes from Mexico!
Spanish Speaking Countries' Food & Drink: Many, many links to information about the nutrition, food and drink of Spanish speaking countries.
Fodor's Restaurant Guide: Links to popular restaurants in the major cities of the world are listed here. Each link describes the restaurant and its type of offerings. Search for the cities of Spanish speaking countries (e.g., Acapulco, Lima, Madrid, Santiago, etc.
The Traditional Arts of Tucson's Mexican-American Community: From the University of Arizona, an exhibition which demonstrates "the visual art that is created by members of Tucson's Mexican-American community as a part of normal, everyday life".
Comparing Cultural Differences: Mexico with Canada & the United States: According to this website, "Mexico has a different history and thus a different culture and ways of doing and looking at things." It explains some of those differences.
El Amante Cine: Film reviews in Spanish. (Monthly magazine in Argentina.)
Quinceañera Web Page: This page will introduce you to a widely celebrated Mexican cultural tradition in Southern California and the Southwest.
Juegos y Canciones: Descriptions of the games and songs of Spanish speaking cultures.

`Spanish Literature`

Spanish Literature: Authors, book reviews and online texts are available from this University of Virginia site dedicated to literature in Spanish.
Spanish Literature (Article): Article on spanish literature from Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedia. A brief but informative overview of this subject is provided.
Famous Hispanic Americans In the Humanities: The personalities shown here are generally well known Hispanic Americans whose names appear in such sources as Who's Who in American Art, the Hispanic-American Almanac or Contemporary Authors etc.
Federico Garcia Lorca: Biographical and other information related to the great writer from Spain, Federico Garcia Lorca.
Latin American Literature: Collection of links to authors, poets and writers of Latin America. Resources are organized by region and country. Be sure to scroll down the page for access to all of the links.
Literature Argentina Contemporanea: Large collection of ionformation and writings of 20th Century writers of Argentina.
Literatura Argentina Contemporánea: wonderful collection of information about the current writers of Argentina.
Spanish Poetry at Poesia.Com: An Argentinian online magazine about poetry in Spanish. Includes archives of past issues.
Anthology of Spanish Poetry: Also available in spanish language, this is a collection of poetry by spanish poets. Listed by time period in which the poet lived.
Spanish Literature of the Medieval and Renaissance Periods: Full text of literature in the original language is available here, from the Medieval and Renaissance Periods of Spain.
Miguel de Cervantes: Links to poetry, novels and other information about the great writer of historic Spain.
Poesia de Nicaragua: In Spanish are the poems of several female poets of Nicaragua.
Premios Nobel de Literatura: Poems and background information for two great writers of Chile: Gabriela Mistral and Pablo Neruda. Both are winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Julio Cortázare: Biography and literary criticism for this Spanish language novelist and thinker of the 20th Century.
Eduardo Galeano: Contemporary Uruguayan writer. Information on his life and works available here.
Eduardo Galeano: Additional writings and information for Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano.
Tomas Eloy Martinez: Information and criticism on the Argentinian novelist and writer, Tomas Eloy Martinez. Includes examples of his works.

Other Spanish Language Resources

Dictionary of Spanish

"This dictionary has over 54,400 entries with over 10,300 audio pronunciations."

Who Is Who In The Hispanic Web

Many links to famous latinos who are reperesented on the Web.

News & Media in the Spanish Language

An outstanding collection of links to Spanish language news which is available online. Also includes links to discussion group archives.

Maps of the Americas

A collection of maps of the countries of The Americas. Click on the name of the country whose map you want to see, and it will be displayed.

El Camino de Santiago

The historic route of the pilgrimage that people have followed across the north of Spain for many centuries to the resting place of the Apostle St. James."Santiago de Compostela in north-western Spain was one of the three main holy cities of Christendom during the Middle Ages (the other two were Jerusalem and Rome)."

El Camino de Santiago

Todos, pues han de venerar a Santiago en todas partes, el cual socorre sin demora en todos los lugares a los que a él acuden.... Ahora vamos a tratar del camino de los peregrinos.

Latin American Documents

The Text Archives at Mississippi State which have various documents relating to Latin America.

U.C. Davis Spanish Department Language Lab

A large collection of links to Spanish language information on the WWW, including cultural, historical and news sources.

La Nacion de Costa Rica

The daily newspaper of San Jose, Costa Rica.

Puerto Rico

Web entry into Puerto Rico, including at least one with lots of full color scenic images, plus another with art work by a Puerto Rican artist.

Countries of the World: General Information

Countries: From Washington Post: Search the Washington Post for articles and other information about the countries of the world.
Excite Travel: Countries & Territories: Find the name of your country (listed in alphabetical order), click on it, and it will pull up links to lots of information about the country. From there, just select your interest area, and click!
Library of Congress: Country Studies: Library of Congress offers this series of online books which provide extensive information on all aspects of the country, its society, natural resources, econony, history, and international relationships.
Lonely Planet Destinations: An online travel guide, with information about most countries, from a tourist's point of view.
Government Mission, Embassy and Consulate Information: Links to embassies and consulates of different countries on the Web. No t all countries are listed.
State Department: U.S. Department of State informational archives and documents on countries, organized by regions.

`Foreign Language News Sources`

English Language: Full Text News Archives: Online news sources with extensive archives of full-text news articles that are available through the use of their own, local search engine. Included are daily regional newspapers, as well as national news organizations, plus a few international newspapers. Use them to find out about your country of interest.
Foreign Newspaper Services on the Internet: Countries are grouped by regions and continents. For countries in Latin and South America with online newspapers, click on the region, then the country list will be displayed. Just click on your country to see a list of its online newspapers.
Internet Public Library Newspapers: Connections to hundreds of newspapers, magazines and media throughout the U.S. and the world.
Online Newspapers, by State and Country

General Foreign Language Resources

The Weather Channel

International weather reports are included here. Note the "International City Forecasts" option. See the "Maps" section also.

Embassies of the World

Links to foreign embassies which have offices in the U.S. Find out about your country of interest, and then link to that country off its embassy page.
Foreign Language & Culture

A Web site with links to resources which would be helpful to people wanting to learn about different cultures of the world.

The Human-Languages Page

This page is devoted to bringing together information about the languages of the world.

General Resource

Searchopolis
When you've tried everything else and still can't find what you're looking for, try this website: Divided into Elementary School, Middle School, and High School curricula, this search engine is designed to aid the students in the subjects taught in grades K-12.