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The Traveler's Web

Chapter 9: Exploring Countries and Cultures Online

 

Encyclopedias
Wikipedia
High Beam Encyclopedia
Encarta

Country Guides
The World Factbook
BBC Country Profiles
BBC Country Profiles (UK version)
U.S. Department of State – Background Notes
U.S. Department of State – Country Information
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Library of Congress – Portals to the World
HLB International: Doing Business In . . .
BINIS - Business Information for the Newly Independent States.
The Connected Traveler

Maps
The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
Global Gazetteer
World Gazetteer
Google Earth

News

Newspapers and Radio Stations
Kidon Media-Link
ABYZ News Links

News Networks
BBC News
Reuters
CNN (International Edition)
World News
EIN News
WorldPress.org


Order the Book

Language Tools on the Web

Learning Some Language Basics
IloveLanguages
Travlang - Foreign Languages for Travelers
BBC Languages
Fodors’s – Living Languages
About.com
About.com – French Language
About.com – Italian Language
About.com – Japanese Language
About.com – Spanish Language
About.com – Judaism – Learn Hebrew Online
GermanForTravelers
Bonjour.com
Voice of America – Pronunciation Guide
DLI - Field Support Modules (New)

Dictionaries and Translation Tools
YourDictionary.com
WordReference.com
The ARTFL Project
LEO - Link Everything Online
Chinese-English Dictionary
foreignword.com
PROMT-Reverso Online
FreeTranslation

Government, Politics, Religion
Governments on the WWW
Political Resources on the Net
Politics and International Relations
Religion Resources on the Web
Embassy of the Russian Federation

Cuisines
Wikipedia - Cuisines

Museums
MuseumStuff.com
MUSÉE
Virtual Library Museum Pages
24 Hour Museum

Festivals and Conferences
Festivals.com
Bugbog – Festivals & Events
FilmFestivals
Wcities
AllConferences.com

Discussion Groups
Yahoo! Groups
Google Groups