Abzu. This site on the ancient Near East, administered by the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago, is the place to go whether you need to find the e-mail addresses of Egyptologists or just learn where Coptic is taught.

African Studies WWW, University of Pennsylvania. Country-specific pages; annotated links to a variety of on-line resources (everything from electronic newsletters on Sudan to frequently asked questions on South African wine); information on conferences and travel opportunities; African images to download; and more make this site impressive.

American Studies Crossroad. Administered by the American Studies Association, this site’s content includes extensive links to American and American-ethnic-studies related sites and to universities with American studies homepages, a draft guide on American Studies curriculum review, resource references, abstracts of dissertations in the field over the last decade, and more.

Asian Studies World Wide Web Virtual Library. The 50 cooperating editors worldwide building this "library" now provide over 10,000 links to archives, electronic journals, databases, and other resources on Asian studies, leading to information on everything from women active in Buddhism to the Armenian Students Association at the University of California, Berkeley. Regions covered include the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, the Pacific, and East Asia.

Institute for Global Communications. The home of EcoNet, LaborNet, PeaceNet, ConflictNet, and WomensNet, this site for "on-line activism" gives access to headlines and features, Web sites, and e-mail discussion groups. Resources can be searched by key word.

International Council on Canadian Studies. Includes twenty national and multinational Canadian studies associations. Gives information on Canadian studies resources and academic centers worldwide. U.S. listings provide such details as faculty research interests, special collections, and linkages with other universities.

Latin American Studies World Wide Web Virtual Library. Indexed by country and by subject, this library allows access to a multitude of sites related to Caribbean as well as Central and South American studies. Many are searchable—for instance, there is a database of Castro’s speeches. Advisers seeking degree programs may find the section on "research institutions" particularly useful.

Middle East Network Information Center. Based at the University of Texas at Austin, this site provides country profiles and links for everything from Arab student associations and research centers to maps and materials for teachers.

Russian Studies on the Web. This site is the North American mirror of Roman Leibov's site in Tartu, Estonia. The page contains hyperlinks to the homepages of Russian/Slavic departments around the world and also to the homepages of other academic institutions containing information on the subject. Also included here are references to pages describing Russian resources of academic libraries, databases, and special projects.

WESSWeb. This site is administered by the Western European Specialists’ Section (part of the Association of College and Research Libraries, American Library Association). Regional links connect to information on Classics, France, Germany, Iberia, and Italy, with other pages planned. European newspapers and news servers, texts and text collections, guides to library resources, book reviews, and more are also included.

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