Language
- Ethnologue: Languages of the World This link opens in a new window
A complete catalog of all of the world's known living languages. Researchers can browse by region or country or search for a language and identify 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.
- Endangered LanguagesThe Endangered Languages Project works to confront language endangerment by documenting, preserving, and teaching them.
Databases
- Early Encounters in North America This link opens in a new window
Letters, diaries, memoirs and accounts of early encounters between Native Americans and peoples from Europe, as well as Latin America, Asia, and Africa.
- 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.
National Geographic Magazine
National GeographicPublication Date: 1888-presentThe official magazine of the National Geographic Society, published continuously since its first issue in 1888, nine months after the Society itself was founded. It primarily contains articles about science, geography, history, and world culture.