WORLD LANGUAGE SITES

Online Databases
Countrywatch.com: (use the school login and password) Information on all the countries of the world is available on this site. Maps, flags, and statistics can be found. Go to the "login" on the black line near the top of the screen to use the entire database.

Gale Virtual Reference Library (eBooks)

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online (has sound)
This contains Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish dictionaries as well as sound so you can hear the pronunciation.

Oxford Reference Online (use the school login and password) This database contains about 100 dictionaries, language reference, and subject reference works. Use this database for basic definitions/descriptions in such subjects as religion, medicine, history, political science, business, modern language, to name a few. This site also lists books within each subject and provides a "How to cite this entry" for each listing.

Web Sites

Biographies
Who2: Find Famous People Fast! Search this site by the name of the country in order to find famous people from that country

Chinese
Instant Speak Chinese
My Chinese Class.com

French
French Cities - LMC Guide

Paris
The Paris Pages
Information about the city, its culture, tourist and Metr information. Includes information about specific monuments and museums.

Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau
This is the official site of the Paris Visitors Bureau. Gives information about all the major tourist sites.

Paris Tourisme
Provides information about major tourist sites. Includes historical background.

Paris Eiffel Tower News
Despite the name, this site gives a great deal of information about the city of Paris including its various monuments and museums.

The Lonely Planet: Destination Paris
This tour guide gives information about the major tourist sites in Paris.

Paris (in French or English)
Information for the traveler on Paris and its sites.

The Catacombs of Paris (in French)
Information about the catacombs and pictures.

Joe Kissell's Interesting Things of the Day: Paris Catacombs
This site changes constantly so use it and be sure to copy down bibliographic information immediately.

French News - Current Events
Le Monde

Lefigaro

The Montreal Journal

France-Amerique

Canada-Francais Journal

Le Devoir

Yahoo! France

Courrier International

German
LEO online dictionary

World newspapers - Germany

German news broadcast

Spanish
International Project Spanish I Pathfinder

Regions of Spain

SanFermin.com Contains video of the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain.

Spanish Festivals

Whatsonwhen: Travel & Entertainment Solutions Contains information, pictures, and video of the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain

Spanish Newspapers
BBC Mundo.com

CNN en Español

MSN.Latino

Periodismo.com

Yahoo! Noticias en Español
Yahoo! provides links to a variety of Spanish language
newspapers and news services.