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Academic Search Premier 
Coverage: 1975-present (with selected older titles). A multi-disciplinary database with significant full-text. This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study.
American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies (ABSEES)
Coverage: 1990-present. Resources about East-Central Europe and the former Soviet Union published in the United States and Canada.
Historical Abstracts
Historical Abstracts covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women`s history, history of education, and more.
Humanities & Social Science Index Retrospective
Coverage: 1907-1984. Allows search of a wide range of important journals in the humanities and social sciences.
Journal of Balkan & Near Eastern Studies 
Covers the historical & political problems of southern Europe & the Balkans.
JSTOR
Coverage: varies. Over 800 core scholarly journals. Current issues are unavailable for a varying number of years (frequently 2 to 5 years).
Project Muse
Coverage: 1995-present. Provides access to humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from a number of scholarly publishers.
Cambridge Histories Online
Currently the collection contains more than 258 digitized volumes from the esteemed Cambridge Histories series covering 15 subject areas. Useful for locating background information in almost any subject in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences.
Countries & Their Cultures
2001 ed. Focuses on cultures and countries around the world, specifically what is and is not shared culturally by the people who live in a particular country. Entries contain descriptive summaries of the country in question, including demographic, historical, cultural, economic, religious, and political information.
Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire Call Number: CASE Ref. DR486 .A375 2008
Encyclopedia of World Cultures
1996 ed. Lists and describes more than 1,500 global cultures. It is the one of the primary resources for historical, social, political, economic, linguistic, religious, and other information on most cultures. Additional cultures are covered in the supplement (which is a separate resource)
Encyclopedia of World Cultures Supplement
2002 ed. Lists and describes more than 100 global cultures not covered in the original 10 volume set. Users need to search both the original set and this supplement as there is not overlapping coverage.
Europa World Plus
Coverage: current. the online version of the Europa World Year Book, covering political and economic information in more than 250 countries and territories.
Oxford Art Online 
Coverage: current. Grove Art Online has been relaunched as Oxford Art Online. Provides web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, also offering thumbnail art images, line drawings, and extensive image links.
Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
1991 ed. With more than 5,000 entries , this is the standard research tool on 1,100 years of Byzantine history. Exhaustive in its coverage, entries on patriarchy and emperors coexist with entries on surgery, musical instruments, and the baking of bread, bringing to life this important culture and empire, from the 4th century to the 15th.
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN)
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, BIRN, is a close group of editors and trainers that enables journalists in the region to produce in-depth analytical and investigative journalism on complex political, economic and social themes.
The Southeast European Times
The Southeast European Times website is a central source of news and information about Southeastern Europe in ten languages.
Access World News - International Edition
Coverage: varies by title. Access World News provides full-text information and perspectives from over 700 international sources, each with its own distinctive focus offering diverse viewpoints on local, regional and world issues. This title does not include U.S. news.
Digital National Security Archive 
1940`s to present. A collection of declassified government documents, arranged into collections. Each collection, compiled by top scholars and experts, covers the most critical world events, countries, and U.S. policy decisions from post World War II through the 21st century.
Europeana.eu
Europeana.eu links to 6 million digital items (images, maps, books, letters, diaries, music, videos, TV broadcasts).
Pandektis: National Hellenic Research Foundation
Pandektis: National Hellenic Research Foundation provides access to major digital collections of Greek history and civilization.
Data (World Bank)
Recognizing that transparency and accountability are essential to development, the World Bank Group provides free access to its comprehensive set of data on living standards around the globe--some 2,000 indicators, including hundreds that go back 50 years. The data is available in Arabic, French, and Spanish in addition to English.
AP Images
Coverage: 1840-present. The photo archive for the Associated Press has over 500, 000 images dating from 1844 to the present and covering a wide range of events and locations.
Historical Atlas of Central Europe Call Number: CASE Atlases G1881.S1 M32 2002
Historical Maps of The Balkans
B92
B92 was founded in 1989 as a youth radio broadcasting to Belgrade audiences and has since grown into a company which includes a regional radio and a national television network.
Cultural Heritage, Anthropology and Ethnology
Cultural Corridors and the Cultural Heritage of Southeastern Europe
Selected Works of Joel Halpern
Selected works of Joel Halpern, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts (including field notes made during research in 1950's Macedonia).
Ethnic Groups, People and Culture
Eastern Europe: an introduction to the people, lands and culture
2005 ed. A contemporary analysis of the people, cultures, and society within the regions that make up Eastern Europe.
Southeast Europe: People and Culture
The "Southeast Europe: People and Culture" website has been developed by Media Consulta on behalf of the European Commission's Directorate General for Enlargement.
Transcript - The European Internet Review of Books and Writing
The Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe
Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements and Feminisms in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe: 19th and 20th Centuries Call Number: CASE Ref. HQ1590.7.Z75 A336 2006
Ira Glass on Storytelling #1 
NPR "This American Life" host gives tips on storytelling: "On Basics".
Ira Glass on Storytelling #2
NPR "This American Life Host" gives tips on storytelling: "On finding great stories"
Ira Glass on Storytelling #3
NPR "This American Life" host gives tips on storytelling: "On good taste"
Ira Glass on Storytelling #4
NPR "This American Life" host gives tips on storytelling: "On two common pitfalls"
Tusculum College Rubric for Public Speaking:
Brief guide on preparing for a speaking assignment
Tutorial: How to use the M-Audio Digital Recorder
Ray Nardelli, Manager of Digital Media at Colgate, describing how to use a portable digital audio recorder
Writing a Script for Video or Audio
Anthony Adornato, Manager of Media Communications at Colgate, describing a
process for writing a script for audio or video
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