Some well-known search engines are
Google, Northernlight, Altavista,
Hotbot, Allexperts, Looksmart.
Culture-Specific Information
www.a~lc.org
The American Jewish Committee (AJC)
promotes the ideas of pluralism and the
enhancement of the quality of life
for Jews globally.
www.asiaville.com
Provides extensive access to resources,
information, culture, business, news and more in
Asia.
www.bcw.org
The Black Career Women (BCW) is
a national organization that serves as a nucleus of
support to identify and address
the critical needs of black women in the workforce as it
relates to their career mobility
and achievement.
www .cushcity .com
World's largest online African-American
bookstore offering hundreds of titles and
resources on African-American topics.
www .euroamencan.org
The Center for the Study of White
American Culture is a multicultural organization that
looks at whiteness and American
culture.
www .lanic.utexas.edu
Latin America Network Information
Center which provides a comprehensive set of links
to information about Latin America.
www.lcweb2.loc.gov
The American Memory Historical Collections,
a major component of the Library of
Congress' National Digital Library
Program, a multimedia collections of digitized
documents, photographs, recorded
sound, moving pictures, and text from the Library's
Americana collections.
www .nativeweb.org
Links to resources for indigenous
cultures around the world.
www .thetaskforce.org
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
web site, a leading progressive civil rights
organization that supports grassroots
organizing and advocacy for issues related to
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
rights.
www .silkrc.com
Market Research, China Product Consulting,
and Business Development Services for
Success in China.
Expatriation
www .exg atexchange. com
Community exchange, library of articles,
events listing, and advertising for expatriates.
www .exgatexgert.com
Designed to infoffi1, advise, and
offer online friendship to relocating expatriate spouses
and families.
www.exp;atforum.com
For services and information about
living, working, traveling, and doing business
overseas.
www .solutionsabroad.com
Provides resources for expats who
move abroad or relocate to work in Mexico,
with
information ranging from arrival
to setting up a home, school or business, to things to see
and do.
www .tckworld.com
This extensive web site is dedicated
to the support and understanding of Third Culture
Kids (TCKs): Military Brats, Missionary
Kids, Foreign Service Kids, and others who
have lived as children in foreign
cultures.
www.terracognita.com
Producers of videotapes on living
and working abroad which focus is "culture general,"
which are applicable to expatriates
living and working in all comers of the world.
www .transition-dynamics.com/resources.html
Selected articles and information
on organizations for the internationally mobile,
bibliography of selected books,
and more.
General Intercultural Education
www .awesomelibrarv .com
Awesome Library organizes the Web
with 24,000 carefully reviewed resources,
including the top five percent in
education.
www .dialogin.com
Delta Intercultural Academy
provides book reviews, conference announcements, papers,
and live discussions. Must join
but no cost at present.
www .diversonhy .com
Provides articles and other features
as well as information about Diversophy products -a
new online game by GSI and m2studio
that tests your intercultural knowledge and grows
your ability to live and work successfully
in a global environment.
www .interculturalrelations. com
InterculturalRelations.com is a
free online interdisciplinary resource designed for the
interculturalists around the world
who study, teach, train and/or research in cross-cultural
psychology, cultural anthropology,
intercultural communication, multicultural education,
race/ethnic relations (sociology),
multicultural literature, sociolinguistics, TESOL,
international business and other
related sub-disciplines.
www.new-paradigm.co.uk/Appreciative.htm
Website for New Paradigm Consulting
which offers an approach to organizational
change based on the work of David
Cooperrider and Suresh Srivastva which is founded
on the premise that "organizations
change in the direction in which they inquire."
www .thiagi.com
The workshops by Thiagi web site
offers a free newsletter, and a treasure of free games.
~ .usc.edu/deptleducation/ globaled/safeti/index.html
Safety Abroad First Clearinghouse
Project develops and disseminates resources to
support study abroad program development
and implementation, emphasizing issues of
health and safety. The website contains
information on education and training, a
newsletter, complete syllabi, training
designs, student guides and workbooks of the
University of the Pacific cross
cultural training courses.
International Business
www.cvborlink.com
Business etiquette around the world:
fucludes analysis using the Hofstede model that
identifies four primary dimensions
to differentiate cultures.
www .executiv~lanet.com
Links to essential business culture
guides for the international traveler.
www.geocities.com/madhukar shukla/ccmlinks.html
Comprehensive set of links to resources
on cross-cultural management, international
business etiquette, and communication
theory.
www.getcustoms.com/articles/iw-arts.html
Global business basics and articles
describing gestures, business basics across cultures,
time, writing patterns, international
salutations, and quizzes in intercultural competence.
www.globalbrands.org
The Center on Global Brand Leadership
is a partnership of leading business schools in
the US, Europe, and Asia
to promote new solutions to branding in a global economy and
innovative ideas for business organizations.
www.global-excellence.corn/links/index.htmi
Global Excellence is dedicated to
assist organizations and individuals 'grow' their
'culturi11 capital' which is the
ability to grow successfully across cultures. This address
provides many links to various useful
resources under the theme of international
business, expatriation and global
managers, publications, and academic and professional
organizations.
knowledge.insead.edu
Today's most prominent business
research and a number of links from culture specific to
people and leadership to globalization.
www .meridianglobal.com
Website for Meridian Resources which
works with their clients to enhance leadership,
innovation, teamwork, diversity
and learning in the global context.
globaledge.msu.edu
globalEDGE is a web portal that
connects international business professionals with a
wealth of information, insights,
and learning resources on global business activities.
International Education
www .amideast.org
Website for Amideast, which provides
programs and infoffi1ation, related to education
and exchange in the Middle
East.
www.cles.org
Website that provides infoffi1ationabout
the Fulbright Scholarship Program.
www .eduref.org
This web site includes 2000 lesson
plans, 3000 value-added pointers to education
infoffi1ation and organizations,
and 200 question archives.
www .iiegassgort.org
IIEPassport offers a comprehensive
search tool for study abroad programs.
www .indiana. edu/ overseasllesbigay
NAFSA: Association of International
Educators Rainbow Special Interest Group (SIG).
The Rainbow SIG is comprised of
diverse members ofNAFSA whose goals are to
counsel international students and
study abroad students who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or
transgendered; to support gay, lesbian,
bisexual and transgendered professionals in
international education; to combat
homophobia, heterosexism and transphobia within
NASF A. Contains booklets, brochures,
and handouts for use at orientations and
workshops as well as a collection
of articles and links to over 40 organizations.
www .un. orgjPubs/CvberSchoolBus/index.htrnl
United Nations global learning and
teaching project, provides resources on curriculum,
the United Nations, and interactive
things like gan1es or ask an an1bassador for young
learners.
www.nafsa.org
NAFSA: Association of International
Educators promotes the exchange of students and
scholars to and from the United States. Our members share a belief that international
educational exchange advances learning
and scholarship, builds respect an1ong different
peoples and encourages constructive
leadership in a global community.
www .nafsa.or racticeres/IA contentJindex.htrnl
Funded by the Bureau of Educational
and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department
of
State, this toolkit is the first
in a series of web-based and printed practice resource
publications that will directly
benefit practitioners. The toolkit is a collection of handson,
group-oriented activities that can
be used by international educators with the goal of
internationalizing the campus.
www.nabataea.netJindex.html
A comprehensive website about the
Nabataea empire.
www.tesolislan1ia.org
TESOL Islamia is an independent
professional organization primarily concerned with the
teaching of English as a second
or foreign language to Muslims worldwide.
Travel
www.Igougo..com
Website for sharing/shared travel
information.
www .mrusa.org
Website for Mobility International
USA -empowering people with disabilities around
the world by ensuring their inclusion
in international exchange and international
development programs.
www.travel.state.gov
U.S. State Department updated travel
advisory information, passport and visa procedures,
and general travel notices.
U.S. Domestic Diversity
www.advocate.com
A national gay and lesbian newsmagazine
that addresses the latest issues and breaking
stories shaping the lives of gay
and straight America.
www .diversitycentral.com
An outstanding source for in-depth
information regarding diversity issues. Articles are
indexed and can be accessed back
to 1985.
www .diversityinc.com
An online magazine serving as a
one-stop resource of information on: how diversity
affects employees, suppliers, and
customers; daily diversity news and updates; recruiting
and retaining a diverse workforce,
and more.
www .diversit~eb.org
For information and resources on
institutional vision, leadership, affirmative action,
curriculum transfornlation, and
diversity research.
www .ialmc.org
Offers the publication Managing
Diversity for a subscription fee which includes brief,
easy-to-read articles regarding
diversity management.
www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/diversitv/one.htm
Diversity Resources Data Base which
provide access to affordable, responsive, quality
education and training opportunities
in a supportive and caring environment that values
diverse constituencies and enables
individuals to successfully pursue lifelong educational
and career goals.
www.tolerance.org
A project of the Southern Poverty
Law Center, this site provides information and
activities directed toward fighting
hate and promoting tolerance. Especially useful for K-
12 teachers, children, and parents.
