The Literature Resource Center from Gale/Cengage

To search this resource, either browse the boldface headings, or type your search terms in the “search in document” box in the upper right-hand corner.

AUTHORS

http://libraries.maine.edu/mainedatabases/#L

The Literature Resource Center from Gale/Cengage.

BUILDINGS

http://digproj.libraries.uc.edu:8180/luna/servlet/univcincin~27~27

A photographic archive of architecture and urban planning based at the University of Cincinnati.

http://content.lib.washington.edu/buildingsweb/

A photographic archive of landmark buildings located around the world, based at the University of Washington.

COUNTRIES

www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

Statistical and factual information about every country in the world.

CULTURES

http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?lg=EN&pg=00107

UNESCO’s World Heritage Organization maintains a listing of cultural practices (called, “Intangible”), which are evocative of the cultures from which they spring. This database has not only descriptions, but links to video and audio footage.

HISTORY

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/

Paul Halsall’s Internet History Sourcebook project based at Fordham University. It is an extensive collection of public domain and permitted primary source documents.

INDIA

http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/index.html

Entitled, “Manas; India and its neighbors,” and maintained by Vinay Lal, an Associate Professor of History at UCLA. It specializes in the history, culture, art and society of India and its environs.

LANDMARKS

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list

The United Nations’ World Heritage site, documenting all 900+ established UNESCO World Heritage sites, with their history, conservation issues, and plans for future preservation.

MIDDLE EAST

www.iranicaonline.org

An international, collaborative encyclopedia of Iran, based at Columbia University.

MUSEUMS

http://www.britishmuseum.org/

The British Museum, London, United Kingdom.

http://www.deutsches-museum.de/index.php?id=1&L=1

The Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany (the world’s largest collection in Science and Technology).

http://www.louvre.fr/en

The Louvre, Paris.

http://www.metmuseum.org/

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

http://www.museodelprado.es/en

Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain.

http://www.moma.org/

The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/

The National Gallery, London, United Kingdom.

http://www.nga.gov/

The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.

http://www.tate.org.uk/

The Tate, London, United Kingdom.

http://www.vam.ac.uk/

The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom.

NATURAL SCIENCE

http://www.eoearth.org/

An online encyclopedia of earth sciences, under the aegis of the National Council for Science and the environment.

NEWSPAPERS

http://bangordailynews.com/

The Bangor Daily News.

http://www.csmonitor.com/

The Christian Science Monitor.

http://www.nytimes.com/

The New York Times.

http://www.pressherald.com/

The Portland Press Herald.

http://libraries.maine.edu/mainedatabases/#N

Proquest Newspapers in the MARVEL databases.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/

The Washington Post.

PHOTOGRAPHS