International Education Research Guide - LSC-North Harris
Associations | Government Organizations | Journals | Library International Film & Travel Video Holdings
This page is a resource for International Studies and Language faculty and students, and for grant-related student activities.
Associations
- Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE)
Promotes international exchange for students and faculty and facilitates other work and volunteer opportunities. - Houston World Affairs Council (HWAC)
Web site of a local organization of 3000 members concerned about world affairs and U.S. foreign policy. Activities include programs, travel, educational outreach activities, great discussions series and more. - Institute of International Education (IIE)
Administers the Fulbright Program and promotes study abroad and educational exchange. Site includes links to some of IIE's publications. - International Studies Association
Promotes the study of international affairs. Web page includes links to archives of conference papers and a Directory of Internet Resources. - NAFSA: Association of International Educators
Includes links to U.S. International Education policy, statistics, and information about professional development opportunities such as workshops on countries and cultures. - Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research (SIETAR-USA)
Information on annual conference and membership details. Links to SIETAR affiliates around the world, including SIETARHouston, with announcement of local programs on intercultural topics. - Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM)
The International Education grant includes plans to offer a diploma of Mexican Studies in partnership with UNAM.
- EmbassyWorld
This site provides links to to embassy web pages around the world. Select embassy and country of location from pull-down menus. - Foreign Embassies of Washington D.C.
Links to embassy information, in alphabetical order. Find address, phone, fax, and, where available, email address, link to embassy Web site and link to the country profile from CountryWatch database. Find, also, information on historic embassy buildings. - United Nations
The gateway to a wealth of information: news, documents, photos, publications and much more. Main topical divisions: Peace & Security, Economics & Social Development, Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs, International Law. Parts of the site can be viewed in any of the official languages of the UN: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, or Spanish. - U. S. Department of State
The Web site includes information about the Department's activities, world events, travel information and recommendations, countries, press releases and briefings, international issues, and other topic links.
- The Edge - The E-Journal of Intercultural Relations
From InterculturalRelations.com. An experimental online journal which has not been published recently. Back issues contain articles on intercultural themes. - International Studies Quarterly
Journal of the International Studies Association.. The journal home page links to titles of recent and forthcoming articles (but not the text). The site includes related links of interest to International Studies faculty. - Journal of Intercultural Communication
Online, peer-reviewed journal which uses gradual publication. - Standards: The International Journal of Multicultural Studies
Not-for-profit electronic journal published by the Office of Diversity and Equity, University of Colorado, Boulder. - YaleGlobal Online
From the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, articles by scholars and articles republished from other sources on global topics.
Holdings are listed by county. Circulating items may be checked out. Instructional items may be viewed by students in the Library's Reserve Room on the 2nd floor.
- International Education Week
Web site from the U.S. Dept. of Education and State Dept. to publicize activities of IE Week held in November. Updated gradually with information for current year. When complete, previous year's information archived on the site. - See also International links on Lone Star College-North Harris Government Information page.
- See also Lone Star College-North Harris Library subject guides on Countries and Cultures and Spanish-Speaking Countries.
- Centro Virtual Cervantes
From the Instituto Cervantes in Spain, a very extensive Web site in Spanish on the Spanish language, literature, museums, and other cultural manifestations. Includes images, photographs, information about conferences, links to online discussions, and more. - French Links - La Page des Liens
From the French program at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, links related to French literature, art, language, history, government, the Francophone world, and other topics of interest to students and francophiles. - Global Gateway: World Culture & Resources
from the Library of Congress. - Internet Resources for Language Teachers and Learners
A page of resources for students and teachers of a variety of languages, originally developed at the Language Institute at the University of Hull, United Kingdom. Now maintained by Fred Riley. - Languages
From Infocrumb, "the place to find educational crumbs." Site includes links for language teachers and students, for ESL, French, Spanish, and other languages. - Learn Spanish
Free online tutorials on pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, from a private language resource company. Oral exercises may require downloading software. - Language Resources
From a specialist in Internet resources, Lauren Rosen, Department of Learning Support Services at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Language and culture links.
- International Herald Tribune
The day's events from around the world. - Onlinenewspapers.com
Links to the current issues of newspapers in many languages, by country.
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