CountryWatch
Provides political, economic, and environmental news and reports on countries worldwide.
Year of Study Abroad
Commission on the Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad Fellowship Program launched this new website to serve as a hub for information sharing related to the year 2006 as the ‘Year of Study Abroad.’ Provides resources and an events calendar for organizations planning activities.
The World Bank
The World Bank offers loans, advice, and an array of customized resources to more than 100 developing countries and countries in transition.
MuseumSpot
A guide to museums and other cultural information on the Web for art enthusiasts, curators, educators, students, historians, librarians, and more.
U.S. Phone List
Telephone directory, Internet yellow pages, Internet white pages, online maps, reverse phone numbers, and more.
Nobel Prize.org
The Nobel e-museum offers information on all Prize Winners to date, the Nobel Organization, Alfred Nobel, and Nobel events, as well as educational material and games.
Cool and Useful Student Resources
Links to sites, sorted by topic, for high school students. It also offers post-high school planning links.
EmbassyWorld
Provides a list of contact resources for all of the world’s diplomatic offices, the diplomatic community, and the online community.
Project Visa
Information on visas, embassies, travel, consulates, tourism, diplomacy, commerce, business, immigration, visas, international affairs, trade, economy, and politics.
The Universal Currency Converter
Offers interactive foreign exchange rate conversion between every known world currency.
On-Line Dictionaries in 221 languages
A language products and services company providing businesses and websites with glossaries, dictionaries, and customized spellcheckers for all the languages of the world, as well as word filters for profanity, racial slurs, human relations, and more.
WorldTimeServer
Internet time clock with adjustments for Daylight Savings Time and global location choices.
USA Embassies and Consulates Worldwide
Alphabetical listing by country of U.S. Embassies and Consulates Worldwide.
Flags of the World
Flags of countries around the world, symbolism and meaning of flags, and a world Fact Book.
United States Postal Codes
Identifies the city associated with a specific area code and prefix, identifies international country codes, and the geographical location of the telephone.
National Geographic Map Machine
Locate nearly any place on Earth, find country facts, and search and print historical, weather, and population maps, and more.
Maps.com
Driving directions and world maps.
Currency Converter
A multilingual currency converter with up-to-date exchange rates provided from market data contributors.
Travel Document Systems
A visa and passport processing agency serving government and foreign embassies to assist international travelers who need to leave the country on short notice. TDS specializes in travel that involves visas for more than one country.
Geographia
Information on travel destinations including history and culture; also provides info on accommodations, transportation, tour providers, and more.
GeoGlobe
Information and games related to geography.
Alta Vista Translation Service
Online translation service.
Weather.com
Weather news including real-time forecasts and educational information for local, regional, national, and global weather conditions.
Travlang’s Translating Dictionaries
Language and travel resources as well as translating dictionaries.
The New York Times Book Reviews
Offers the full contents of each week’s interviews, features, and an archive of book reviews published in The New York Times.
Intercultural Press
Publisher of books and materials in the field of intercultural relations.
Idealist
Online meeting place for nonprofit organizations, resources, consultants, job seekers and volunteers.
New York Public Library
Largest research library with a circulating system in the world.
YackPack
Create voice messages online (“yacks”) and share those messages with groups (“packs”).
