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French Language & Culture Studies
  • BBC Languages: French
    Multimedia learning resource, including French language news, activities and interactive instruction.
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/languages/french/index.shtml


  • French-English Dictionary Form
    Search for translation of around 75,000 words, French to English, English to French. (ARTFL Project, Univ. of Chicago)
    http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/FR-ENG.html


  • French Studies Web
    Annotated links to scholarly web resources. (Western European Specialists Section, Assoc. of College & Research Libraries)
    http://lotus.libs.uga.edu/erms/wess


  • Oxford Reference Online: Bilingual Dictionaries
    Search the full text of the Oxford Business French Dictionary and the Concise Oxford-Hachette French dictionaries.(Oxford U. Pr.)
    http://www.oxfordreference.com/


 

General Languages Resources
  • Babel Fish
    Online translations to and from English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. Translates web sites as well as text entered by user.
    http://babelfish.altavista.com/translate.dyn


  • iLoveLanguages
    "Your guide to languages on the web." Links to 1700+ language-related sites; language translators for 30+ languages.
    http://www.ilovelanguages.com


  • International Newspapers
    Extensive collection of online newspapers from Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Pacific, United States (Internet Public Library)
    http://www.ipl.org/div/news


  • Language, Culture, Research and Travel Resources
    Links to resources related to French, German, Japanese, Russian and Spanish. (US Naval Academy)
    http://www.usna.edu/LangStudy/resource.html


  • Oxford Reference Online: Bilingual Dictionaries
    Search the full text of French, German, Irish, Italian, Latin, Spanish and Welsh dictionaries.(Oxford U. Pr.)
    http://www.oxfordreference.com/


  • yourDictionary.com
    Comprehensive and authoritative portal for language products and services on the web--more than 1500 dictionaries representing more than 230 languages
    http://www.yourdictionary.com


 

German Language & Culture Studies
  • BBC Languages: German
    Multimedia learning resource, including German-language news, activities and interactive instruction.
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/languages/german/index.shtml


  • German Studies Web
    Annotated links to news sources, library catalogs, online reference resources, and homepages for German studies. Topics covered include history, politics and government, literature, film, theater and performing arts. Searchable. (Western European Specialists Section, Assoc. of College & Research Libraries)
    http://www.dartmouth.edu/~wess


  • Oxford Reference Online: Bilingual Dictionaries
    Search the full text of the Concise Oxford-Duden German dictionaries.(Oxford U. Pr.)
    http://www.oxfordreference.com/


  • Speigel Online
    http://www.spiegel.de


 

Spanish Language & Culture Studies
  • BBC Languages: Spanish
    Multimedia learning resource, including Spanish language news, activities and interactive instruction.
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/languages/spanish/index.shtml


  • Diccionarios.com
    From and to Spanish, English or French. Also allows one to search for synonyms and antonyms.
    http://www.diccionarios.com


  • Hispanic Reading Room
    Access point for research materials relating to the Caribbean, Latin America, and Iberia. Provides a link to the Handbook of Latin American Studies (Library of Congress)
    http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/hispanic


  • Iberian Studies Web
    Annotated links to news sources, library catalogs, online reference resources Spanish studies. Topics covered include education, history, politics and government, language and literature. Searchable. (Western European Specialists Section, Assoc. of College & Research Libraries)
    http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wess/iber


  • Internet Resources for Latin America
    Directory of scholarly resources. Includes links to current events resources and border and Latino resources. (Molly Malloy, New Mexico State Univ. Library)
    http://lib.nmsu.edu/subject/bord/laguia/


  • LANIC
    Latin American Network Information Center, provides information to Internet resources on academic information on all Latin American countries. One directory is a Latin American country index, with links to a wide variety of topics. Another directory provides subject access to those same sites. (Univ. of Texas, Austin)
    http://info.lanic.utexas.edu


  • El Mundo
    http://www.el-mundo.es


  • Oxford Reference Online: Bilingual Dictionaries
    Search the full text of the Oxford Business Spanish Dictionary and the Concise Oxford Spanish dictionaries.(Oxford U. Pr.)
    http://www.oxfordreference.com/


  • Political Database of the Americas
    Constitutions, electoral information, and political party descriptions for Latin American countries. (Center for Latin American Studies at Georgetown Univ. and the Organization of American States)
    http://www.georgetown.edu/pdba


  • El Pais
    http://www.elpais.es


  • Si, Espana
    Spanish current affairs and history, language, and culture. Searchable. Links. Available in English, Spanish, or German. (Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
    http://www.DocuWeb.ca/SiSpain


  • Terra
    Searchable Spanish language gateway to the web.
    http://www.terra.es


 

In place: March 2001; Last updated: 2/7/2007
Bev Robertson, Reference Services Librarian
brobertson@mhc.edu
Renfro Library, Mars Hill College