General Sites


Call@Chorus: Computer Assisted Language Learning
http://www-writing.berkeley.edu/chorus/

"It includes a general reviews section and several topical sections featuring reviews, original research, bibliographies, annotated links and Shockwave demonstrations." While new, it may become an important source for reviews of humanities-oriented software and electronic issues. (University of California Berkeley)

Copyright & Fair Use
http://fairuse.stanford.edu

Organized by primary materials, current legislation, cases, and issues, resources on the Internet, and an overview of copyright law. It also has a database search function. It is a multiple award winner. (Stanford University Library)

The Research Library of the Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities
http://www.getty.edu/research/index.html

The homepage provides general information about events, conferences, reference resources at the Institute, services, and collections.

H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/

"H-Net is an interdisciplinary organization of scholars dedicated to developing the enormous educational potential of the Internet and the World Wide Web." Book and multimedia reviews, as well as discussion groups are available. (Michigan State University)

Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/index.html

National Endowment for the Arts Homepage
http://www.nea.gov

National Endowment for the Humanities Homepage
http://www.neh.gov

The Popular Culture Association
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~pcaaca/
Features its Journal of Popular Culture and membership.

The Researching Librarian
http://www.researchinglibrarian.com

This annotated guide to professional resources for librarians and grey literature in the field of library and information science provides links to free databases (particularly helpful for journal searches), online professional journals, various research tools, and funding resources. A Scout Report selection. (Beth Ashmore)

The Smithsonian Institution
http://www.si.edu

United States Copyright Office
http://copyright.gov

The Library of Congress provides information on registration of copyright, legislation, and current and historical copyright developments.

Voice of the Shuttle: Web Page for Humanities Research
http://vos.ucsb.edu/index-netscape.asp

Arranged by subject heading, this is one of the largest directories for humanities research. Particularly helpful for the researcher is the array of briefly annotated links to websites. It is an excellent resource for interdisciplinary research. An Internet search engine and a VOS database aids research by topic. Libraries, museums, and history of technology (and hypertext) are also included as subject categories. (Alan Liu, University of California at Santa Barbara)

Librarians' Index to the Internet
http://www.lii.org

Organized by subject heading, this site is an excellent resource for websites that provide solid reference resources. The reviews page provides a good listing of online review sites, helpful for librarians, teachers, and students.


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