RESEARCH RESOURCES (page 1) African & African American Studies | American Studies | Archaeology | Art History on the Web | Asian Studies | History on the Web | Medieval Western Sources | Middle East and Islam | Philosophy | Photography | Women's Studies RESEARCH RESOURCES (page 2) Art Links | Artistic "Styles" | Commercial Services | Governmental Pages | Maps and Geographical Resources | Organizations | Subject Areas | Travel Resources   African & African-American Studies African & African American Studies | American Studies | Archaeology | Art History on the Web | Asian Studies | History on the Web | Medieval Western Sources | Middle East and Islam | Philosophy | Photography | Women's Studies   Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources A searchable list of links, also arranged by subject and countries/regions. Prepared by Karen Fung for the Electronic Technology Group, African Studies Association, USA, and housed at Standford University Library. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/guide.html Artsite Africa An online guide to the art of Africa. Over 800 permanent links leading to African art resouces worldwide. http://www.artsiteafrica.com/ Best of the Web: African American Online links to arts and culture, history, literature and much more. http://botw.org/top/Society/Ethnicity/African/African-American/ Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Part of the New York Public Library, the Schomburg is a national research library devoted to collecting, preserving and providing access to resources documenting the experiences of peoples of African descent throughout the world. Site includes online exhibitions. http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/sc.html Selections from The African-American Mosaic A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture. http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam001.html     American Studies African & African American Studies | American Studies | Archaeology | Art History on the Web | Asian Studies | History on the Web | Medieval Western Sources | Middle East and Islam | Philosophy | Photography | Women's Studies American Memory Maintained by the Library of Congress, this site consists of collections of primary source and archival material relating to American culture and history. Includes photographic, recorded sound, manuscript, and early motion picture collections accessible via the internet. http://rs6.loc.gov/amhome.html Archives of American Art Tthe largest source in the world of primary documentation on the visual arts in America. Collections include letters, diaries, sketches and sketchbooks, photographs, exhibition catalogs, scrapbooks, business records, art periodicals, and other types of documents, over three thousand interviews done for AAA's oral history program, and nearly one thousand photographs in AAA's Photographs of Artists Collections. Site provides an online catalog and plenty more. http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives/ac-i.htm     Archaeology African & African American Studies | American Studies | Archaeology | Art History on the Web | Asian Studies | History on the Web | Medieval Western Sources | Middle East and Islam | Philosophy | Photography | Women's Studies   ABZU: Guide to Resources for the Study of the Ancient Near East Available on the Internet A project of The Research Archives of the Oriental Institute, Chicago. Includes online journals, library catalogs, museum collections, and directories, in addition to subject and regional indexes. An Associate Site of the Argos search engine. http://www.etana.org/abzu/ National Park Service's Links to the Past A site for all of the historical places, archaeology, museums and collections among other programs of the National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/history/ Oriental Institute - The University of Chicago The venerable OI online complete with the latest goings on and a memo from a mummy. It includes a photo archives compete with map. The photos are mostly the wonderful black and white expedition photos of the thirties. http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/OI_TOC.html Perseus Project Located in the Department of the Classics at Tufts University, The Perseus Project is an evolving digital library of resources for the study of the ancient world. Includes online primary texts, images and object info from a variety of museum collections, tools for word searches, resources for teaching, and plenty more. Ever wondered just what the Objective Genitive really was? Check out Allen and Greenough Latin Grammar. This is an amazing site! http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/ Seven Wonders of the World A trip through the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World with pictures and even a section on "other wonders" of the Medieval World and the New Seven Wonders of the World. http://www.design-training.com/art/wonders-of-the-world/ University of Michigan Papyrus Collection Site provides a description of papyrus, a history and overview of the collection, and related resources. Also includes digital images of selected papyri. The site is currently being overhauled. http://www.lib.umich.edu/papyrus-collection   Art History on the Web African & African American Studies | American Studies | Archaeology | Art History on the Web | Asian Studies | History on the Web | Medieval Western Sources | Middle East and Islam | Philosophy | Photography | Women's Studies   ALLEXPERTS.COM Art History Experts in many subjects, including art history, answer your one-on-one questions for free! http://www.allexperts.com/cl1/27/artshumanities/ Artchive Over 2,000 high quality scans of artwork by Mark Harden. From Abakanowicz to Wyeth. CD of the archive available to patrons. http://artchive.com/ftp_site.htm ARTEGUIAS The most complete information on the Internet about romanesque, mudejar, mozarabe, etc. art in Spain (Castilla, Catalonia, Aragon, Galicia...) with thousands of photos and descriptions of medieval monuments. In Spanish. http://www.arteguias.com Art History Resource Centre A really useful site, hosted at Concordia University in Canada. Includes newsgroups, mailing lists, library catalogs, article indexes, online collections, art history & arts web servers, and links on citing sources. http://www.harmsen.net/ahrc/ Art History Resources on the Web Absolutely massive - definitely worth a look around. Maintained by Chris Witcombe, Professor of Art History at Sweet Briar College, Virginia http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html Art Images for College Teaching A royalty-free image exchange resource for the educational community, Art Images for College Teaching (AICT) began as a personal project dedicated to the principle of free exchange of image resources for and among members of the educational community. Maintained and distributed under the general auspices of the Minneapolis College of Art & Design (MCAD). Includes textbook concordances. http://www.arthist.umn.edu/aict/ Artist's Biographies, 1001.org Biographies and portraits of the major 20th century and contemporary visual artists. http://www.the-artists.org/ Art in Flux A directory of resources for research on contemporary art. Elegantly designed. Sponsored by Boise State University and Idaho ArtNet, and developed by Cheryl K. Shurtleff, Professor of Art and Art History at Boise State University. http://www.boisestate.edu/art/artinflux/index.html ArtSource Links to resources on Art and Architecture. Includes programs, journals, libraries, exhibitions, events, image collections, and museum information. Initially created by an art librarian, the site is housed at the University of Kentucky Libraries. http://www.ilpi.com/artsource/welcome.html Career Alternatives for Art Historians An index of possible occupations for underemployed art historians. Compiled by Charles M. Rosenberg. Always good to know the options! A very useful site. http://www.nd.edu/~crosenbe/jobs.html Getty The Getty Center in Los Angeles, the Getty Villa in Malibu and the Research Institute. http://www.getty.edu/ Links to Go: Art History Collection of link sites related to Art History and more. http://www2.links2go.com/topic/Art_History Piero Project This project addresses the problem of bringing electronic technology into the teaching of humanities subjects in a manner that will challenge traditional methods of pedagogy and benefit the learning process in a fundamental way. http://etcweb.princeton.edu/art430/ Voice of the Shuttle: Art and Art History An excellent place to start and one of the more widely-linked pages related to humanites research. Includes Museums, Galleries, Auctions, Artists and Works, course syllabi and teaching resources. http://vos.ucsb.edu/ Yahoo - Arts: Art History Cut through the list levels and just go straight to what you want. http://www.yahoo.com/Arts/Art_History/     Asian Studies African & African American Studies | American Studies | Archaeology | Art History on the Web | Asian Studies | History on the Web | Medieval Western Sources | Middle East and Islam | Philosophy | Photography | Women's Studies   Academia Sinica The Academia Sinica was founded in Nanking on June 9, 1928. As the highest academic institution in the Republic of China, the Academia Sinica has two basic missions: conducting scientific research in its own institutes, and providing guidance, channels of communication, and encouragement to raising academic standards in the country. http://www.sinica.edu.tw/ Asian Studies - WWW Virtual Library Edited by Dr T. Matthew Ciolek. A global collaborative project which provides access to networked scholarly documents, resources and information systems relevant to Asian Studies. http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html Association for Asian Studies The homepage of the Association for Asian Studies, a scholarly, non-political, non-profit professional association open to all persons interested in Asia. Site includes job listings, grants and fellowships, conference announcements, and info on the publications of the AAS. http://www.aasianst.org/ Chinese Media Guide A comprehensive guide on overseas Chinese media. It contains a complete list and descriptions of major overseas Chinese newspaper, Chinese TV stations, Chinese radio stations, and Chinese websites. As Los Angeles and New York have the most Chinese population and a variety of Chinese media, we decide to list them separately. http://www.chineseadvertisingagencies.com/mediaguide/ Exploring Ancient World Cultures An on-line course supplement for students and teachers of ancient and medieval cultures, including the Near East, India, Egypt, China, Greece, the Roman Empire, the Islamic World, and Medieval Europe. Also includes a substantial index of internet sites, divided into a chronology, an essay index, an image index, an internet site index and an electronic text index. EAWC is an associate site of the Argos Project, an internet search engine that limits the range of its responses to ancient and medieval resources, and was funded by grants from the University of Evansville. http://eawc.evansville.edu/eawcindex.htm       History on the Web African & African American Studies | American Studies | Archaeology | Art History on the Web | Asian Studies | History on the Web | Medieval Western Sources | Middle East and Islam | Philosophy | Photography | Women's Studies   CTICH: The Computers in Teaching Initiative Centre for History, Archaeology & Art History Based at the University of Glasgow, CTICH covers history, economic and social history, archaeology, and the history of art. One of 23 United Kingdom subject-based centres working to encourage better use of computers to improve the quality of higher education. http://www2.arts.gla.ac.uk/www/ctich/homepage.html eserver: collections in the arts and humanities The EServer attempts to provide an alternative niche for quality work, particularly writings in the arts and humanities. An offering on such diverse topics as art, architecture, race, internet studies, sexuality, drama, design, multimedia and current social issues. http://eserver.org/     Medieval Western Sources African & African American Studies | American Studies | Archaeology | Art History on the Web | Asian Studies | History on the Web | Medieval Western Sources | Middle East and Islam | Philosophy | Photography | Women's Studies Dante, Chaucer, and the Currency of the Word: Money, Images, and Reference in Late Medieval Poetry A "postprint" electronic edition courtesy of the author, R. A. Shoaf. http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/rashoaf/currency/dccw.html ARTEGUIAS The most complete information on the Internet about romanesque, mudejar, mozarabe, etc. art in Spain (Castilla, Catalonia, Aragon, Galicia...) with thousands of photos and descriptions of medieval monuments. In Spanish. http://www.arteguias.com LABYRINTH: Resources for Medieval Studies One of the best, if not the best source for Medievalist research resources on the Web. Housed at Georgetown University. Not to be missed. http://www8.georgetown.edu/departments/medieval/labyrinth/labyrinth-home.html Medieval Feminist Index The Medieval Feminist Index covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages. Compiled by librarians and scholars since July 1996 (books written by a single author are not indexed in MFI), and maintained by the Haverford College Library. http://www.haverford.edu/library/reference/mschaus/mfi/mfi.html WWW Medieval Resources A list of links to other sites including disscussion lists, archives, art sites, and databases. http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/medieval/medieval.ebbs.html     Middle East and Islam African & African American Studies | American Studies | Archaeology | Art History on the Web | Asian Studies | History on the Web | Medieval Western Sources | Middle East and Islam | Philosophy | Photography | Women's Studies   ABZU: Guide to Resources for the Study of the Ancient Near East Available on the Internet A project of The Research Archives of the Oriental Institute, Chicago. Includes online journals, library catalogs, museum collections, and directories, in addition to subject and regional indexes. An Associate Site of the Argos search engine. http://www.etana.org/abzu/ Ancient History Sourcebook The Internet Ancient History Sourcebook is a companion to the Internet Medieval Sourcebook and the Internet Modern History Sourcebook. The Medieval Sourcebook is both a classroom resource and the largest collection of online medieval texts. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html Oriental Institute - The University of Chicago The venerable OI online complete with the latest goings on and a memo from a mummy. It includes a photo archives compete with map. The photos are mostly the wonderful black and white expedition photos of the thirties. http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/OI_TOC.html     Philosophy on the Web African & African American Studies | American Studies | Archaeology | Art History on the Web | Asian Studies | History on the Web | Medieval Western Sources | Middle East and Islam | Philosophy | Photography | Women's Studies     HIPPIAS: Limited Area Search of Philosophy on the Internet A peer-reviewed search engine. Nice if you can't deal with 9,000 hits. http://hippias.evansville.edu/index.htm Voice of the Shuttle: Philosophy Page An excellent place to start and one of the more widely-linked pages related to humanites research. Includes philosophers and works, fields (ethics, logic, etc.), movements, course syllabi, teaching resources, jobs, and more. http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2724     Photography African & African American Studies | American Studies | Archaeology | Art History on the Web | Asian Studies | History on the Web | Medieval Western Sources | Middle East and Islam | Philosophy | Photography | Women's Studies   American Museum of Photography The American Museum of Photography site includes several exhibitions drawn from the collection of William B. Becker. The collection concentrates on the first 75 years of photography, from shortly after the invention in 1839 until WWI. A Research Center provides information on early photographic processes. http://www.photographymuseum.com The Daguerrian Society and the Daguerreotype All you wanted to know about daguerreotypes and so much more! There are galleries to browse, historical information, a daguerreian bibliography, an illustrated description of the process, and 19th and early 20th century texts. http://www.daguerre.org George Eastman House The focus of this site is the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film. It includes a basic timeline of photography and a way to telnet to the George Eastman House Database. http://www.eastmanhouse.org HyperArt.com - Digital Art and Modern Art Photography, New York Check out some digital artwork and if you really like it, you can buy it! http://hyperart.com International Center of Photography Here you will find information about the International Center of Photography's current exhibitions, including several images, as well as a sampling of their archives dedicated primarily to photojournalism and documentary photography. http://www.icp.org Masters of Photography Less than three dozen "masters" are currently represented, but there are lots of images on this site, as well as articles, and other resources for the photographers that did make the list. http://www.masters-of-photography.com The New York Public Library Photography Collection The Photography Collection drqws from the medium's 150+ year history, with online exhibitions representing an international range of photographers and comprising a thorough survey of subjects and processes. http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/art/photo/photo.html The New York Public Library Shomburg Collectionhttp://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/images_aa19/toc.html - Digital Schomburg Images of 19th Century African Americans. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of The New York Public Library offers a selection of images of 19th century African-Americans. Various types of visual images on the African-American experience that document social and political worlds of African-American people from slavery to various stages of quasi freedom The Library of Congress Research the Library of Congress collections. They have many resources available. In the american Memory Collections is the Prints and Photographs Division which houses a variety of interesting browsable collections, from Daguerreotypes to Farm Security Administration to portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies. Information on how to order photoduplication services is also provided. http://www.loc.gov http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/pphome.html - takes you right to the Prints and Photographs Online Catalog. http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/bibsguid.html - links directly to Prints and Photographs Reading Room, Guides, Reference Aids, and Finding Aids. PhotoArts - Fine Art Photography A gallery site with interesting exhibitions of contemporary photographers. A special Journal section contains several photo essays. http://www.photoarts.com The Photographic Resource Center at Boston University The PRC is guided by a philosophical inquiry into the role of photographic media in the formation of knowledge and experience. Interesting online exhibitions. http://www.bu.edu/prc UCR California Museum of Photography Take a tour of thier current exhibitions, and browse through their collections of cameras and viewing devices, vintage stereographs, and photos of California Missions. Check out new work being made for the web and a selection of images from the many photographers they collect. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu Women in Photography Archive The Women in Photography International Archive (WIP) is a grassroots, research-oriented agency. It's origins date from 1971, starting with a systematice study of the women photographers of California. Currently, the emphasis has shifted to include data concerning the role of women in photography globally. http://www.sla.purdue.edu/WAAW/Palmquist/index.htm     Women's Studies Resources African & African American Studies | American Studies | Archaeology | Art History on the Web | Asian Studies | History on the Web | Medieval Western Sources | Middle East and Islam | Philosophy | Photography | Women's Studies   Medieval Feminist Index The Medieval Feminist Index covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages. Compiled by librarians and scholars since July 1996 (books written by a single author are not indexed in MFI), and maintained by the Haverford College Library. http://www.haverford.edu/library/reference/mschaus/mfi/mfi.html n.paradoxa: international feminist art journal Includes a list of Women's Art Organisations Worldwide, articles, and a great collection of related international links. http://web.ukonline.co.uk/n.paradoxa/ Women's Studies Database Begun in September 1992, the University of Maryland Women's Studies Database serves interests in the women's studies profession and in general women's issues. Contains conference announcements, calls for papers, arts and humanities links, employment opportunities, as well as a picture gallery (of uncredited photos), and a significant number of government documents. A really great resource! http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/WomensStudies The World's Women Online Based at the Institute for Studies in the Arts, Arizona State University, this is an electronic art networking project originally established to be presented at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China, in 1995. http://wwol.inre.asu.edu       RESEARCH RESOURCES (page 2) Art Links | Artistic "Styles" | Commercial Services | Governmental Pages | Maps and Geographical Resources | Organizations | Subject Areas | Travel Resources   Back to Mother If you have any additions, suggestions, or contributions contact Patrick Young: patyoung@umich.edu Thanks!