University of Nebraska at Omaha
UNO global navigation:
You are here:
Relevant unomaha.edu links:
This page's main content:
Foreign Language and Literature Resources
General
SIL International's links to language learning sites and aids.
An inclusive, diverse, and constantly updated directory of cultural, literary, and language resources on the web.
FLTeach: Foreign Language Teaching Forum
A collection of links to various foreign language resources on the web
Conferences
"Collected here are foreign language teaching conferences from around the nation, also with links to foreign language teaching associations and ESL conferences and associations."
International Society for Language Studies (ISLS) Conference
"The 2007 Annual Conference of ISLS will be April 2-4 in Honolulu, Hawaii."
Language Conferences Worldwide
Lists "upcoming events in language, linguistics, speech and hearing therapy, translation, TESOL and related fields."
top of page
International, National, and State Organizations
ACTFL American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
ACTFL offers "the latest in methodology and pedagogical research."
Association of Departments of Foreign Languages
"Established in 1969, the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages (ADFL) addresses the professional concerns of administrators from nearly 1,000 departments at two- and four-year colleges and universities."
Lists state, regional, national, and international organizations."
International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies
"The International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies (IATIS) is a world-wide forum designed to enable scholars from different regional and disciplinary backgrounds to debate issues relating to translation and other forms of intercultural communication."
Home for all teachers of languages, and of ADFL.
National Council of State Supervisors for Languages
"NCSSFL is an organization of education agency personnel from all states of the United States who have the responsibility of foreign/world language education at the state level."
National Foreign Language Resource Centers
"The United States Department of Education has awarded grants to a small number of institutions for the purpose of establishing, strengthening, and operating national foreign language resource and training centers to improve the teaching and learning of foreign languages."
top of page
Dictionaries and Glossaries
Listed alphabetically by language.
Foreignword.com - The Language Site Online dictionaries & free translation tools
"Access 265+ online dictionaries for 73 languages: English, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Chinese, more...."
Lists 14 English to . . . dictionaries.
FREELANG - Free Dictionaries to download and Free Human Translation
"Freelang dictionaries provide bilingual and bidirectional word lists, that you can download and view with our program (for Windows)." Includes an astonishing variety; associated with commercial sponsors.
Languages are listed alphabetically, and glossaries include terms for automobile workers, Java computer language, etc.
Online Dictionary, Language Guide, Foreign Language and Etymology - AllWords.com
Offers translation of English words to Dutch, French, German, Italian, or Spanish. Includes links to specialty dictionaries such as medicine and law, and includes links to translation services for various languages.
yourDictionary.com Comprehensive and Authoritative Language Portal
A rich site including links to over 280 dictionaries, over 100 courses, study abroad opportunities, etc.
top of page
Fonts, Diacritics, and Characters
Foreign Language Characters, Diacriticals, Accent Marks, Computers, KeyBoard Help, kbh
Instructions on using standard keyboards with Windows and Word to map foreign characters
Yamada Language Center Font Archive
Includes both instructions on mapping standard keyboards and downloadable fonts for use on MACs.
top of page
Reading Materials
Foreign Language News and Newspapers Publication Types MIT Libraries
"Electronic journals, newspapers and magazines are available in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish."
Foreign Language Resources Topic Page (Food & Nutrition Information Center)
Mainly Spanish language, but includes dietary guidelines for a variety of nationalities.
A collection of texts in various languages
top of page
French Internet Resources
Search Engines
Algérie Net http://www.test.algerie-net.com
CoCorico! Produits & Services de France http://www.cocorico.com/
Francité http://www.i3d.qc.ca
Grouillou http://www.grouillou.com
La Toile du Québec http://recherche.toile.qc.ca
Voila! http://www.voila.fr
Wanadoo http://www.wanadoo.fr
Yahoo! France http://fr.yahoo.com
Many search engines allow one to limit one's search by language. One can also specify the domain (country). In Alta Vista, for example, the term "+url:.fr" limits searches to documents on servers in France.
top of page
Dictionaries
French/English
Your Dictionary http://yourDictionary.com/languages/romance.html#french
ARTFL Project http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/ARTFL/
BUBL http://bubl.ac.uk/link/fr/frenchlanguage.htm
Lookwayup http://lookwayup.com/free/FrenchEnglishDictionary.htm
Lexilogos http://www.lexilogos.com/french_language_dictionary.htm
French Audio Dictionary http://french.about.com/library/pronunciation/bl-audiodico.htm
French-English Technical Dictionary http://membres.lycos.fr/baobab/techdico.html
French Only
Office Québécois de la langue française http://w3.granddictionnaire.com/btml/fra/r_motclef/index1024_1.asp
Le Trésor de la langue Française Informatisé http://atilf.atilf.fr/tlfv3.htm
Le Dictionnaire http://www.le-dictionnaire.com/
top of page
Texts
ABU: la Bibliothèque Universelles http://abu.cnam.fr
Bibliotecha Augustana http://www.fh-augsburg.de/~harsch/augustana.html#ge
ATHENA: Authors and Texts http://un2sg4.unige.ch/athena/html/fran_fr.html
British Columbia Digital Library http://bcdlib.tc.ca/links-subjects-french_texts.html
Gallica http://gallica.bnf.fr/
Labyrinth Library http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/library/fr/french.html
Liverpool Online Series: Critical Editions of French Texts http://www.liv.ac.uk/sml/los/
University of Virginia Electronic Text Center http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/french/
Online texts in French
Metalist of Libraries and Texts http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/deanhum/langlit/french/lit.html
Bibliotheque Nationale de France presents: The Age of King Charles V (1338-1380): 1000 Illuminations from the Department of Manuscripts http://www.bnf.fr/enluminaures/aaccueil.htm
top of page
Media
Local Media by City http://www.mondotimes.com/1/world.fr
Newspapers, radio, and TV http://www.abyznewslinks.com/franc.htm
Metalist of French Media http://www.ambafrance-us.org/atoz/mediaweb.asp
French Culture: Metalist of French Media Links http://www.frenchculture.org/links/medias.html
Metalist of newspapers, radio and TV in Europe, Canada, and Africa http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~rll/resources/french/media.html
top of page
Cities and Universities
Avignon & Provence http://www.avignon-et-provence.com/
Bordeaux http://www.bordeaux.fr/ebx/First
Lyon http://www.lyon.fr/
Marseille http://www.mairie-marseille.fr/
Metz http://www.mairie-metz.fr/
Paris http://www.paris.fr
Québec City, Québec, Canada http://www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/en/accueil/index.shtml
Universities in France: la Maison de Universités http://www.amue.fr/Universites/Default.asp
Universities in Québec http://www.canadian-universities.net/Universities/Quebec.html
top of page
Government
Délégation générale à la langue française et aux langues de France http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/dglf/garde.htm
Directory of French Government Internet Services http://www.admifrance.gouv.fr/
Consulat Général de France à Chicago http://www.consulfrance-chicago.org/
U.S. — France Relations: Embassy of France in the United States http://info-france-usa.org
Consulat Général de France à Washington http://www.consulfrance-washington.org/
Information for visas, etc.
Europa: Official Portal to European Union's Institutions, policy programs, and news releases http://www.europa.eu.int/index_fr.htm
top of page
Museums
France
European Museum Guide http://http://www.europeanmuseumguide.com/
Museums, France http://www.pp.iij4u.or.jp/~murai/frame.fr.text.html
Centre Pompidou Musée national d'art moderne http://www.cnac-gp.fr/Pompidou/Accueil.nsf/tunnel?OpenForm
Château de Versailles: Site officiel -- Résidence royale du Roi Louis XIV http://www.chateauversailles.fr
Musée Jeanne d'Arc http://perso.wanadoo.fr/musee.jeannedarc/indexanglais.htm"
Louvre Museum Official Website http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home_flash.jsp?bmLocale=en"
Musée Dinosaures http://perso.wanadoo.fr/musee.dinosaures/pages/_index.htm
Museum of Mineralogy -- École des Mines de Paris http://www.musee.ensmp.fr/mineral
Musé d'Orsay http://www.musee-orsay.fr/ORSAY/accueilMO/
Musée des Augustins http://www.augustins.org/dynaccueil.htm
Musée Rodin http://www.musee-rodin.fr/
Musée national d'Histoire naturelle http://www.mnhn.fr/
Paris Pages: Musée de l'Orangerie http://www.paris.org/Musees/Orange/
Paris Pages: Musée du Louvre http://www.paris.org/Musees/Louvre/
Paris Pages: Musée de l'Institut du Monde Arabe http://www.paris.org/Musees/IMArabe/
Roseau des collections publiques d'art moderne et contemporain http://www.videomuseum.fr/
Québec, Canada
Canadian Museums Quebec http://www.museumlink.com/quebec.htm
Listings of Québec Museums and Travel Sites http://listingsca.com/Quebec/Travel/Attractions/Museums/
Québec Museum Guide http://www.smq.qc.ca/mtd/museumguide/index.php
Canadian Museum of Civilization http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/cmce.asp
Complexe muséologique du Musée de la Civilisation -- Quebec http://www.mcq.org/
Redpath Museum, McGill, Canada http://www.redpath-museum.mcgill.ca/
La Citadelle de Québec http://www.lacitadelle.qc.ca/
Musée de l'abeille -- Québec http://www.musee-abeille.com/default.htm
Musée McCord http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec http://www.mnba.qc.ca/
Musée Capitale, Quebec http://www.museocapitale.qc.ca/index.html
Québec Museum of Folk Culture http://www.culturepop.qc.ca/english/
top of page
Teaching and Learning
American Association of Teachers of French http://www.frenchteachers.org/
Nebraska Association of Teachers of French http://www.nde.state.ne.us/FORLG/NATF/NATF.html
French as a Second Language http://aix1.uottawa.ca/~weinberg/french.html
Meta Collections for Teaching and Learning
BUBL: French Language Internet links http://bubl.ac.uk/link/linkbrowse.cfm?menuid=5901
Tennessee Bob's Famous French Links http://www.utm.edu/departments/french/french.html
Western European Studies http://lotus.libs.uga.edu/erms/wess/
UCSB Library French Studies Resources http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subjects/french/french.html
Web Resources for French Teachers http://education.leeds.ac.uk/~jjsh/web-fr.htm
French Teaching Tips and Tools http://french.about.com/od/teachingresources/
UBC French Studies on the Web http://toby.library.ubc.ca/webpage/webpage.cfm?id=158
top of page
Travel Guides
France Guide: USA http://us.franceguide.com/
France.com http://www.france.com/
Infotourisme — guide touristique http://www.infotourisme.net/
France Maps and Books http://www.france-travel.co.uk/
German Internet Resources
Search Engines
Abacho: Die Schnelle Suchmaschine http://www.aladin.de
Acoon http://www.acoon.de
AltaVista http://de.altavista.com
Fireball http://www.fireball.de
Kolibri http://www.kolibri.de
WEB.DE http://www.web.de
Yahoo! Deutschland http:www.yahoo.de
Metalist of over 100 German Search Engines http://www.arab.de/gsearch.htm
Many search engines allow one to limit one's search by language. One can also specify the domain (country). In Alta Vista, for example, the term "+url:.de" limits searches to documents on servers in Germany.
top of page
Dictionaries
German-English
TU-Chemnitz Dictionary http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de
English-German
New English-German http://www.iee.et.tu-dresden.de/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/wernerr/search.sh
Harper-Collins English-German http://www.yourdictionary.com/languages/germanic.html
Wörterbuch English-German http://www.dict.cc
". . . every user is encouraged to contribute to the dictionary by adding and/or verifying English-German translation suggestions."
top of page
Texts
Bibliotheca Augustana http://www.fh-augustana.de/~harsch/augustana.html#ge
Holocaust Literature http://www.mscd.edu/~mdl/gerresources/holocaust.htm
19th Century German Stories http://www.vcu.edu/hasweb/for/menu.html
University of Virginia Electronic Text Center http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/german/
Online texts in Middle German
Aschenputtel der Brüder Grimm http://www.fln.vcu.edu/grimm/aschen_dict.html
German Literature Primary Texts http://gutenberg.spiegel.de
German Encyclopedia http://www.fix-finden.de/
Wikipedia in German http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauptseite
Daily calendar of historical personages, events, etc. http://www.kalenderblatt.de
Facts about Germany Handbook http://www.tatsachen-ueber-deutschland.de/
top of page
Media
Der Spiegel http://www.spiegel.de/
Tagesschau.de http://www.tagesschau.de/
Media of German-speaking Countries http://www.bsu.edu/xtranet/IFLTA/german/media.html
Another list of Media of German-speaking Countries http://www.swan.ac.uk/german/links/papers.htm#top
German Broadcasting Service, Deutsche Welle http://www.dw-world.de/
Newspapers http://onlinenewspapers.com/
German Language Newspapers and Other News Sources http://www.dartmouth.edu/~wess/wessnews.html
Inforadio: Radio news from Berlin and Brandenburg http://www.inforadio.de/
Listening Online, including advice on software, techniques, and links to German audio online http://german.about.com/library/bllistentips.htm
German Radio Stations Online http://www.qsl.net/g3yrc/radio-online/Europe/German.htm
German Live TV http://mediahopper.com/portal.htm
top of page
Cities and Universities
Braunschweig, Omaha's Sister City http://www.braunschweig.de
Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig, UNO Sister University in Germany http://www.tu-braunschweig.de/
Vienna Online http://www.vienna.at
Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, UNO Sister University in Austria http://www.wu-wien.ac.at
Berlin Online http://www.berlinonline.de/
Munich http://www.muenchen.de
Munich Online http://www.muenchen-online.de/index1.html
top of page
Government
U.S.-German Relations http://www.state.gov/www/p/eur/ci/gm/
German, Austrian, Luxemberg, Swiss Government Addresses and Links http://courseweb.stthomas.edu/paschons/language_http/German/agencies.html
Austrian Government http://www.austria.gv.at
German Government http://www.bundesregierung.de
European Union Parliament http://www.europarl.eu.int/
Swiss Confederation http://www.admin.ch/ch/index.de.html
Vienna, Governmenthttp://www.wien.gv.at
top of page
Museums
Deutsches Museum http://www.deutsches-museum.de/e_index.htm
Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nürnberg http://www.gnm.de/indexE.htm
European Museum Guide http://www.europeanmuseumguide.com/
Federseemuseum Bad Bachau http://www.federseemuseum.de/index.html
Museum Ludwig in Köln http://www.museenkoeln.de/museum-ludwig/
Museum of Arts and Crafts, Hamburg http://www.mkg-hamburg.de/mkg.php
Musikinstrumentenmuseum der Universität Leipzig http://www.uni-leipzig.de/museum/musik/index2.html
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin http://www.smb.spk-berlin.de/smb/de/home/index.php
Stiftung Saarländischer Kulturbesitz http://www.saarlandmuseum.de/main.php
Städel-Museum Frankfurt http://www.staedelmuseum.de/
The Heuneburgmuseum http://www.dhm.de/museen/heuneburg/index.html
Torture Museum, Middle Ages, Ruedesheim, Rhine, Rheingau, Germany http://www.foltermuseum.com/index_de.html
Neanderthal Museum http://www.neanderthal.de/
top of page
Teaching and Learning
American Association of Teachers of German http://www.aatg.org/"
Nebraska Chapter of the AATG http://members.cox.net/aatgnebraska/
UNO Chapter of Delta Phi Alpha German Honor Society http://dpadpadpa.tripod.com/index.html
Carl Duisberg Society Scholarships for Study in Germany http://www.cdsintl.org/fromusa/index.htm
German Academic Exchange Programs http://www.daad.de/en/index.html
About student life in Germany http://www.campus-germany.de/english/4.html
Meta Collections for Teaching and Learning
Links, About German http://www.aboutgerman.net
Links, BUBL, England http://bubl.ac.uk/link/g/germanlanguage.htm
Links, CALL at Hull University http://www.fredriley.org.uk/call/langsite/german.html
Links, Iowa State University http://www.isu.edu/~nickcrai/german.html
Links to Everything, Mt. Holyoke http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/germ/workshops/urls/
German Resources Links, University of Karlsruhe http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/Outerspace/VirtualLibrary/
Links, University of Alberta http://www.ualberta.ca/~german/Jump_Stations.html
Links, Western European Studies Section, Association of College and Research Libraries, Dartmouth http://www.dartmouth.edu/~wess/
Links, University of North Carolina Greensboro http://www.uncg.edu/~lixlpurc/GIP/
Germania Project, Metropolitan State College of Denver http://www.mscd.edu/~mdl/gerresources/
Links, Webgerman http://webgerman.com/
top of page
Travel Guides
Official tourism site http://www.germany-tourism.de
Alltravel http://www.alltravelgermany.com/
About Germany http://www.about-germany.org
Travel Notes http://www.travelnotes.org/Europe/germany.htm
Planetware http://www.planetware.com/travel-guide/germany-d.htm
Europe for Visitors http://europeforvisitors.com/europe/planner/blp_countries_germany.htm
Russian Internet Resources
Search Engines
Aport http://www.aport.ru/
Big Max http://www.bigmax.ru/
Google http://www.google.com/
Linkfinest http://www.linkfinest.ru/
Rambler http://www.rambler.ru/
Yandex http://www.yandex.ru/
Many search engines allow one to limit one's search by language. One can also specify the domain (country). In Alta Vista, for example, the term "+url:.ru" limits searches to documents on servers in Russia.
top of page
Dictionaries
Russian-English or English-Russian
Freedict.com http://www.freedict.com/onldict/rus.html
Freelang.net http://www.freelang.net/dictionary/russian.html
Lingvosoft http://www.lingvosoft.com/Russian-English-Dictionary/
Polyglossum http://www.ets.ru/udict-e-r-stud-e.htm
Yourdictionary.com http://www.yourdictionary.com/languages/slavic.html
Subject Glossaries
Banking & Finance Terms http://www.foreignword.com/glossary/russian/banking/
Biologic Terms http://propp.chat.ru/bio.htm
Computing Terms http://www.foreignword.com/glossary/russian/
top of page
Texts
Belarusian e-books http://knihi.com
Bibliotheca Augustana http://www.fh-augsburg.de/~harsch/a_index.html#ru
Electronic Library of Ukrainian Literature http://www.utoronto.ca/elul/
Fundamental Digital Library of Russian Literature & Folklore http://feb-web.ru/indexen.htm
Electronic Publications http://public-library.narod.ru
Maxim Moshkov's Library http://lib.ru/
Old Russian Texts http://old-russian.chat.ru/05slovo.htm
Russian Literature http://www.ibiblio.org/sergei/Literature/Literature.html
Russian SciFi & Fantasy http://www.rusf.ru/
top of page
Media
Moscow Times in English http://www.moscowtimes.ru/
St. Petersburg Times in English http://www.sptimes.ru/
Izvestia http://main.izvestia.ru/index/
Moskovskaya Pravda http://www.mospravda.ru/
Pravda in English http://english.pravda.ru/
Moskovskie Novosti http://www.mn.ru/
Vedomosti http://www.vedomosti.ru
Kommersant http://www.kommersant.ru/
Afisha http://www.afisha.ru/
Bolshoy Gorod http://www.gd.ru/
Radio Mayak http://www.radiomayak.ru/
Voice of Russia http://www.vor.ru/
Special Radio Stations http://www.specialradio.ru/
RTVI http://www.rtvi.ru/
RBC TV http://video.rbc.ru/
Rambler TV http://video.rambler.ru/
top of page
Cities and Universities
Moscow http://www.moscowcity.com
Murmansk http://www.murman.ru/
Nizhny Novgorod http://www.nn.ru/
Novosibirsk http://www.ngs.ru/
Port Irkutsk http://www.portirkutsk.ru/
Saint Petersburg http://www.spb.ru/
Sakhalin http://www.sakh.com/
Samara http://www.samaraweb.ru/
Sochi http://sochi.org.ru/
Vladivostok http://www.fegi.ru/katalog/index.htm
Lomonosov Moscow State University http://www.sras.org/university.phtml?m=9
Nizhni Novgorod State University http://www.unn.ru/
Novgorod State University http://www.novsu.ru/wps/portal
Novosibirsk State Technical University http://www.nstu.nsk.su
St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University http://www.unilib.neva.ru/
top of page
Government
Russian Government Official Information http://www.gov.ru/
Russian Federation in English http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/ru.html
List of Russian Government Webservers in English http://weblist.ru/
Russia: Government http://dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/Russia/Government/
top of page
Museums
Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow http://www.tretyakov.ru/
All-Russia Museum of Decorative-Applied and Folk Arts http://all-moscow.ru/culture/museum/decprikl/decprik.en.html
Dyatkovo Glasshouse the Crystal Wonder of Russian Province http://www.admin.debryansk.ru/~press/Dyatkovo.html
Informational Environment of the Sphere of Education of Russia http://vsm.host.ru/
Ivanikov http://www.eva-conferences.com/mos-pap/ivanikov.html
Kunstkamera http://www.kunstkamera.ru/english/
Lenin Museum near Red Square, Moscow http://www.stel.ru/museum/
Museums Russia http://www.elsas.demon.nl/rus (a-m).htm
History of Nuclear Weapons Museum http://www.vniief.ru/museum/museum_e.html
Rural Wooden Architecture of the Russian North http://www.avantart.com/russ/oct97/mkarelie.html
Russia St. Petersburg Museums and Exhibits in the Yahoo! Directory
Russian Folk Tales http://russian-crafts.com/tales.html
Sergiev Posad Museum http://www.musobl.divo.ru/
Window to Russia http://www.wtr.ru/
Museums in Russia http://www.museum.ru/mirror/vlmp/1_VLMPe.asp
AMR Museum http://www.amr-museum.ru/
Pushkin Museum http://www.pushkin.ru/
Tzar Tzar
Russian Museum of Ethnography http://eng.ethnomuseum.ru/
State Hermitage Museum of Russia, St. Petersburg http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/
State Hermitage Museum of Russia, St. Petersburg, in English http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/index.html
State Russian Museum http://www.rusmuseum.ru/eng/
Peterhof Museum http://www.peterhof.org/index1.htm
Ostrovsky Estate and Museum in Moscow http://www.moscow-taxi.com/museums/ostrovsky-museum.html
Museum and Exhibitions of Islamic Art http://www.islamicart.com/library/museum/europe/ru.html
Museums in Russia (s-z) http://www.pp.iij4u.or.jp/~murai/frame.ru3.text.html
top of page
Teaching and Learning
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~aaass/
American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages http://aatseel.org/
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS http://www.americancouncils.org/home.asp?PageID=1
Russian Studies at Bucknell University http://www.bucknell.edu/Russian/
Little Russia in U.S. http://russia-in-us.com/
Ruthenia: links to Russian academic studies http://www.ruthenia.ru/
Meta Collections for Teaching and Learning
Russia: Russian and East European Network Information Center http://inic.utexas.edu/reenic/countries/russia.html
Russnet http://www.russnet.org/
Russian Subject Directory http://members.valley.net/~transnat/russsubj.html
top of page
Travel Guides
Sights in Moscow http://www.themoscowtimes.com/travel/whilehere/sights_inmoscow.html
Russian National Tourist Office http://www.russia-travel.com/
Federal Agency for Tourism of Russian Federation http://www.russiatourism.ru/eng/default.asp
Information and Destination Guide http://www.Russia.com/
Russia Tourism http://www.russia-tourism.ru/
top of page