Primary Sources Databases
- ARTStor This link opens in a new windowOver 1 million images selected to support research and reaching in art history from pre-historical to contemporary media.
- Smithsonian Global Sound This link opens in a new windowA virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions, produced in partnership with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. The collection provides educators, students, and interested listeners with an unprecedented variety of online resources that support the creation, continuity, and preservation of diverse musical forms.
- Ethnologue: Languages of the World This link opens in a new windowA complete catalog of all of the world's known living languages. Researchers can browse by region or country or search for a language, and find out where it is spoken, the number of speakers, the language's classification and related languages, and the current status of the language on a scale that indicates to what extent the language is thriving, developing, endangered or dying.
- AM-Explorer This link opens in a new windowSouth Asian collection covers Foreign Office Files, East Indian Company, Indian Raj and Empire etc..
Web Resources - Data, Images, Film, Literature
- Cultural Heritage of South AsiaA comprehensive guide on World Heritage Sites in India.
- CIA World Factbook.- South AsiaThe World Factbook is an annual publication of the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with almanac-style information about the countries of the world. The Factbook provides a two- to three-page summary of the demographics, geography, communications, government, economy, and military of 266 U.S.-recognized countries, dependencies, and other areas in the world.
- Digital HimalayasDigital Himalaya provides access to a collection of ethnographic films and video from the region.
- Himalayan Art ResourcesComprehensive Guide for Himalayan Art images and resources
- THE HUNTINGTON ARCHIVEThe John C. and Susan l. Huntington photographic archive of Buddhist and Asian art
- World Oral Literature ProjectThe World Oral Literature Project is an urgent global initiative to document and disseminate endangered oral literatures before they disappear without record.