Humanities
Resources:
There
are a number of websites specializing in humanities resources. Sites
that cover the humanities in general are accessible from this page.
Below you will find links to those specializing in the following
disciplines taught at Seattle Central Community College:
| Humanities | Art | Drama
| Literature | Music | Philosophy | Religion | Speech |
Humanities
Websites: Voice
of the Shuttle: Website for humanities research from the University
of California, Santa Barbara; Electronic
Theses and Dissertations in the Humanities: A Directory of Online
References and Resources (Matthew G. Kirschenbaum, U. Maryland,
College Park); and World
Civilizations: an Internet classroom and anthology from Washington
State University.
Art: Art
history resources on the Web provides a comprehensive list of links for both western and world art.
Drama: The Costume Page directs you to online resources for costuming resources. Theatrecrafts.com provides an online glossary to theatre terminology, and TheatreUSA.com is a searchable database providing links by categoryfor theater production, playwrights, actors, producers, directors, and stage managers.
Literature: Literary Resources on the Net is a list of annotated links to online sources on literature. While especially strong for english and american literature, it includes links to world literature as well. Words Without Boarders is an online literarary magazine for international literature.
Music: The University of Washington Music Library provides links to many valuable music resources for both western and world music. While some of the links are avaliable only to UW students, many are not. See especially the online resources by type and subject.
Philosophy: Philosophy
Research Base is a meta-index of Internet philosophy resources
linking to philosophy sites designed and maintained by Danne Polk
of Villanova University. While this site has some impressive features,
it is weak in non-western philosophy. For better coverage of world
philosophy, try also: Voice
of the Shuttle - Philosophy Page. For Reference: The Internet
Encyclopedia of Philosophy and (still under development): Stanford
Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Religion: Voice
of the Shuttle - Religious Studies Page provides an excellent jumping off point for research on religion.
Speech: American Rhetoric provodes a searchable database of over 5,000 speeches in text, audio, and video versions. Improve your public speaking skills with Toastmasters International.
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