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African American History and Culture - Many of Facts On File's highly-acclaimed print titles have been combined with an extensive array of stunning multimedia content to form this incredible resource. This collection covers
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eBooks on The Alabama Virtual Library - click here for ebook encyclopedia from Britannica, Gale and Oxford Reference. Includes Native Peoples of America. Discover America, Illustrated Science Encyclopedia, the Discovery Library (for younger readers), Inside Sports, and more!
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General Reference Center Gold (Infotrac) - A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources in one easy-to-use interface. Use General Reference Center Gold to find articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals, many with full-text and images. Find the latest current events, popular culture, business and industry coverage, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more. Go Mobile with Access My Library. Audience: Middle School, High School, Higher Education, General Public.
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Informe - A collection of hispanic magazines with full text. Covers
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MasterFILE Premier - specifically for public libraries, this database provides full text for nearly 2,050 general reference publications with full text as far back as 1975. Also includes more than 350 full text reference books, 82,968 biographies, 90,915 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. Check out the EbscoHost Mobile App.
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Mango Languages - learn a language the fun and easy way! INCLUDES ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE IN SPANISH AND VIETNAMESE!
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LINKS African Americans General African-American World - PBS site, be sure to hit the Reference Room! AfroAmerican Newspapers - features top stories and news from DC and Baltimore Afronet African Studies LibGuide NAACP African-American Health Black History And the Civil Rights Movement The African American Odyssey - an incredible treasure from the American Memory Collection at Library of Congress with topics from Slavery to Civil Rights African American Women Writers of the 19th Century - a full text archive Civic Participation & Citizenship Collection- links to info on biographies, civil rights, immigration, etc. Don Mabry's Historical Text Archive: African American History - History links from genealogy to Flavour of the Week Encyclopedia Brittanica Civil Rights Movement Hawkins' Division of Black Troops at Fort Blakeley - a brief history of the division with links to other sites about black soldiers in the Civil War The Jackson Davis Collection of African-American Educational Photographs - 4,500 scenes from education in the south, search by state, town or school(or all three to be sure!) National Civil Rights Museum Powerful Days in Black and White - Photographs by Charles Moore Teenie Harris Archive - Harris' 40-year career with the Pittsburgh Courier, one of the largest and most influential Black newspapers in the country, began as the nation emerged from the Depression and ended with the Civil Rights Movement. Numbering upwards of 80,000 images, this archive represents the largest single collection of photographic images of any Black community in the United States - or the world, for that matter. We Shall Overcome - Historic places of the Civil Rights Movement African American Inventors Inventions and Patents of African Americans- 20th Century Black Inventors - from About.com, includes Black Patent Holders, Inventors A-Z, Trivia Quiz and more Inventions and Patents of African Americans - 19th Century Jewish Resources American Jewish Congress Haggadot.com - create your own Haggadah Jewish Studies Lib Guide Kashrut.com - learn about kosher foods, get kosher alerts for mislabeled products, but kosher online Maven, the Virtual Know-it-All - Guide to thousands of Jewish/Israel links Zipple Native Americans The African - Native Genealogy Page - the Oklahoma's Black Indians Alabama Tribes Resources - links from the Alabama Dept. of Archives and History American Indian Tribal Directory - U. S. Federally recognized tribes Cahokia Mounds - visit an archaeological site with a tour, links and more Cradleboard - a great list if links First Nations History - Dozens of US and Canadian tribes are covered here with details on location, culture, history, population and language The Illustrating Traveller - an online gallery of 18th and 19th century paintings depicting Native American communities Indian Pueblo Cultural Center - devoted to the preservation of Pueblo sites and culture Moundville Archaeological Park - near Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Eight hundred years ago Moundville was the largest city in North America. National Congress of American Indians - this site covers current issues of concern to the federal government such as land management, political and educational problems of the reservations, etc. The National Historic Trail: the Trail of Tears - a vivid portrait of the obstacles faced on this forced trek as well as a look at the prejudice Native Americans have endured. With maps, timeline, diaries, poetry and links. National Museum of the American Indian - a virtual tour of parts of the Smithsonian Intitutution exhibits preserving Native American culture Native American Digitization Project - access to tribal constitutions, codes and legal documents effecting Native Americans Native American Genealogy Native American Health Native American Indian Art - sections on art, artists, beads, pottery, basketry, textiles, young people's art, photography, regional art, sculpture and stolen art. Native American Rights Fund - legal issues and resources Native American Sites (Lisa Mitten) - a mega site with links on a variety of subjects Native Americans and the Environment - hundreds of resources on tribal land and treaty rights, with clickable maps, Quick Subject Guide and case studies Native Web Navajo Nation Hispanics Border and Latin American Information UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Latin America and Caribbean Studies LibGuides Latino Studies LibGuides Latin American Network Information Center - LANIC - contains counties, economy, education, government, humanities, etc. Saludos Web: Careers, Employment & Culture Asian Americans Asian American Politics - issues and links of interest to Asian American including voting records of politicians Asian American Health Asian American Net East Asian Studies LibGuide Vietgate WWW Virtural Library - Asian Studies - hundreds of links to resources, countries, etc. Learn English as a Second Language ESL Self-Study Quizzes - 900 quizzes on all aspects of English Vocabulary and Grammar. Many are tied to topics like holidays, places or culture ESL Resources - English as a second language organized into teacher and student categories, includes magazines, games, etc. The English Zone - a fun site for those learning English as a second language |
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