The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world.
"Europeana enables people to explore the digital resources of Europe's museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections. It promotes discovery and networking opportunities in a multilingual space where users can engage, share in and be inspired by the rich diversity of Europe's cultural and scientific heritage."
An internet based data service for the global user community, created by the The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA).
Promote and support innovative research to better understand global issues confronting the world’s populations and identify ways to cope with and resolve these challenges.
The Global Studies Association (GSA) is a multi-disciplinary scholarly association set up in order to address the vast social, political & economic transformations of global scope which are impacting upon the world today.
Through scientific research, educational outreach programs, and a growing array of grants and awards, the Global Studies Foundation strives to promote learning and preparedness for our emergent, global era; to help young people better understand and appreciate the world around them; and to cultivate greater awareness of and commitment to our increasingly shared global conditions -- in short, to bring the world into focus.
FBIS Daily reports include English-language, full-text broadcasts and news transcripts—translated as needed—from Africa, Asia and the Pacific, China, Eastern and Western Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and the Soviet Union.
The Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports has been the United States' principal record of political and historical open source intelligence for nearly 70 years. The original mission of the FBIS was to monitor, record, transcribe and translate intercepted radio broadcasts from foreign governments, official news services, and clandestine broadcasts from occupied territories. Translated into English from more than 50 languages — from Arabic to Swahili — these comprehensive media reports from around the globe include news, interviews, speeches and editorial commentary.
The three major types of documents in this database are monographs of books and pamphlets, manuscripts, and newspapers and periodicals. A sample of the type of collections in Archives Unbound:
East Germany from Stalinization to the New Economic Policy, 1950-1963 Federal Response to Radicalism in the 1960s Federal Surveillance of African Americans, 1920-1984 Global Missions and Theology JFK Foreign Affairs and International Crises, 1961-1963 Mountain People: Life and Culture in Appalachia Overland Journeys: Travels in the West, 1800-1880 The Chinese Civil War and U.S.-China Relations Tiananmen Square and U.S.-China relations, 1989-1993 Witchcraft in Europe and America U.S. Relations with the Vatican and the Holocaust, 1940-1950
Archives Unbound presents topically-focused digital collections of historical documents arranged by collections and categories. Subjects covered include Africana, American History, American Literature, Asian Studies, British History, Economic History, European History, International Affairs, Irish History, Judaism, Labor and Social Welfare, Latin America, Middle East, Native Americans, Religion, Science/Medicine, Women/Gender, World History, and more. Coverage: 1500-present
The Times Digital Archive (London) provides access to the entire newspaper, with all news articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos, editorial and commentary, features, and people (births, deaths, marriages, obituaries) divided into categories to facilitate searching.
A valuable primary source tool for history, social science research, arts, and humanities courses, the Times Digital Archive (The Times, London) presents online access to one of the most highly regarded resources for the study of 19th- and 20th-century history. Coverage: 1785-2006
