CAPITAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE GENERAL HUMANITIES RESOURCES ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB

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Generally the WWW listings and descriptions below are for material that does not fit into the other Humanities Weblists listed in the main menu.

Voice of the Shuttle From the University of California, Santa Barbara, this is the best directory on the Web for humanities offerings.

National Digital Library, where the Library of Congress intends to put 5 million items online by 2000

Exhibitions of the Library of Congress, from African American culture and The Vatical Library to what Lincoln had in his pockets the day he was shot.

American Council of Learned Societies Newsletter, Internet-Accessible Scholarly Resources for the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Esoterica: The Journal of Esoteric Studies examines the interweavings of art, literature, early modern science, and religious studies.

Arts Journal: The Daily Digest of Arts & Cultural Journalism, a daily digest of some of the best online arts and cultural journalism.

Comparative Literature and Culture: A WWWeb Journal, published online by Purdue University.

Art and Culture, links to a variety of resources related to the visual arts, performing arts, design, literature, music, and film. Requires Shockwave, Java, and Flash plug-ins.

The English Server from Carnegie Mellon University -- texts, history, etc. on a wide variety of subjects.

National Endowment for the Arts

Library for Human Rights, from the University of Minnesota.

Film-Philosophy A journal and discussion salon promoting a philosophical review of cinema.

WSSLinks: Women and Gender Studies Web Sites, The thirteen major thematic sections at this time include art and film, health, history, and science and technology, among others. Each section is maintained by a subject librarian at a different university library.

Feminist Theory Website Created by Professor Kristin Switala of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and hosted by the Center for Digital Discourse and Culture at Virginia Tech University, this site is aimed at students, scholars, and activists "interested in women's conditions and struggles around the world."

Dr. Pepin's Home-page, with an abundance of links to Mythology sites as well as sites for studies in the Ancient World

Places of Peace and Power Martin Gray, an anthropologist with a keen interest in sacred sites and pilgrimage traditions, created this site to share photographs and descriptions of some of the 900 sacred sites in 40 countries that he has visited.

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, put together by an international team of scholars headed by Alaa Ashmawy, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Florida.

Nagasaki Journey, The photographs of Yosuke Yamahata, taken the day after the nuclear bomb was dropped on Nagasaki.

Webliography: A Guide to Internet Resources, includes links for all the humanities.

The Medical Humanities Database, from the Hippocrates Project of New York University.

Scott's Theater Links

American Ballet Theatre, includes synopses of famous ballets.

Artslynx International Dance Resources This site provides annotated links on dance related organizations, academies, schools, and companies; research and scholarship; publications and magazines; international competitions; dance-affiliated art; physical theater and performance art; ethnic and international dance resources.

Vaudeville and the American Stage, from the Library of Congress

The National Museum of the American Indian, from the Smithsonian.

National Library of Canada Sources for online research in Canadian history, sociology, economics, folklore, art, and (especially) music.

RETANET Resources for Teaching about the Americas (both general and country-specific).

U.S. Libraries Lists of libraries with online catalogs. Before you go online with a library database, make sure you write down how to "escape" the database; it seems to be different with every library!