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About.com: Mexican Culture: Offers original articles and features about Mexican culture, plus annotated links to selected relevant Internet resources, compiled by a subject specialist, a subject-specific bulletin board, and details of related news and events. Topics include art and museums, folklore, food and drink, government and politics, history, and religion.
Author: About.com
Subjects: cultural studies, mexico
DeweyClass: 305.8
Resource type: forum, index, news
ALSO: American Law Sources Online: The purpose of ALSO is to provide a comprehensive, uniform, and useful compilation of links to all online sources of American law, including Canadian and Mexican law as well as federal and state law for the United States.
Author: LawSource
Subjects: canadian government, mexico, united states law
DeweyClass: 349.73
Resource type: index
Ancient Mesoamerican Civilizations: Set of documents discussing the writing systems, governments and religions of the Maya, Mixtec, Zapotec, and Aztec peoples. Also includes an example of the Mayan calendar and a list of related links.
Author: Callahan, Kevin L.
Subjects: american archaeology, central america, mexico
DeweyClass: 972.01
Resource type: documents
Ancient Mexico: Offers historical insight to the ancient cultures that once existed in Mesoamerica and their relevance today. Incorporates all the major archeological sites in precolombian Mesoamerica and Andean South America, with numerous other pages graphically depicting the art, and culture of these regions.
Author: Olivares, Patrick
Subjects: ancient history, chile, mexico, peru, south america
DeweyClass: 972.01
Resource type: documents, images
CIA World Factbook: Mexico: Basic reference information about Mexico, including details of geography, people, economy, government, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. Geographical information includes area, population, flag, maps, high and low points, co-ordinates, boundary length, border countries, climate, land use and natural resources.
Author: CIA
Subjects: mexico
DeweyClass: 917.2
Resource type: document
Ethnologue Language Database: Mexico: A catalogue of all the languages and dialects spoken in Mexico, with details of the numbers of speakers of each language. Also some demographic data such as rates of literacy, blindness and deafness.
Author: Summer Institute of Linguistics
Subjects: mexico
DeweyClass: 409.72
Resource type: document
Forum of Mexican Culture: Includes sections on literature, arts, dance, museums, and anthropology. Also looks at the cultural centres of Mexico, and at the history of the country. Information is in Spanish
Author: Alonso, Manuel Zavala
Subjects: anthropology, dance, ethnic art, mexico
DeweyClass: 305.8
Resource type: index
Internet System of the Mexican Presidency: Official information from the office of the President of Mexico also available in Spanish, French, and English.
Author: Mexican Government
Subjects: mexico
DeweyClass: 351.72
Resource type: government
Languages of Mexico: Index of languages spoken in Mexico including estimates of numbers speaking each language and the areas where they are spoken.
Author: Summer Institute of Linguistics
Subjects: language distribution, mexico
DeweyClass: 497
Resource type: reference data
Maps of the Americas: Set of political and relief maps produced by the CIA covering Canada, all the countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean.
Author: Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Subjects: antigua and barbuda, argentina, bahamas, barbados, belize, bermuda, bolivia, brazil, canada, canadian geography, caribbean, central america, chile, colombia, costa rica, cuba, dominica, dominican republic, ecuador, el salvador, grenada, guatemala, guyana, haiti, honduras, jamaica, mexico, nicaragua, panama, paraguay, peru, saint kitts nevis, saint lucia, saint vincent, south america, suriname, trinidad and tobago, uruguay, venezuela, world maps
DeweyClass: 912.7
Resource type: map collection
MesoWeb: Mesoweb is devoted to ancient Mesoamerica and its cultures: the Olmecs, Maya, Aztecs, Toltecs, Mixtecs, Zapotecs and others (the word Mayan is used for the language and Maya for the people and their culture). Includes an archive of Maya imagery, an Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mesoamerica, recent archaeological news, and an animation interface.
Author: Cultures.com
Subjects: american archaeology, central america, mexico
DeweyClass: 972.01
Resource type: image collection, reference documents
Mexico Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2006: Detailed assessment of human rights practices in Mexico. Topics assessed include torture, arbitrary detention or exile, fair public trial, freedom of speech and press, freedom of assembly, movement and religion; democratic rights, worker rights, and discrimination based on race, sex, religion, disability, language, or social status.
Author: US Department of State
Subjects: mexico
DeweyClass: 323.72
Resource type: document
Palenque Project: Integrates research from the fields of art history, epigraphy, iconography, architecture, and archaeology into the site of an ancient Mayan city in South Mexico. Contains field reports, news from the current dig, and images of carvings and inscriptions from the temples.
Author: Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute and Instituto Nacional de Antropologia y Historia
Subjects: mexico, world archaeology
DeweyClass: 939
Resource type: documents, images
Political Resources on the Net: Mexico: Listing of political resources relevant to Mexico, with links to parties, organisations, government, media and results of recent elections, where available.
Author: Torre Argentina Societa di Servizi - Agora telematica Division
Subjects: mexico
DeweyClass: 320.972
Resource type: documents, index
Summer Institute of Linguistics in Mexico: A guide to modern-day Mexican language and culture which outlines the major language stocks of the country, and features dictionaries and vocabularies, guides to grammar, phonology, and ethnography. Information is offered in Spanish and English.
Author: Summer Institute of Linguistics
Subjects: language learning, mexico
DeweyClass: 497
Resource type: guide
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: Full text of the treaty signed in 1848, which ended the Mexican-American War. Includes the original text of Article IX, which was modified by the US Senate, and Article X, which was previously deleted from the treaty.
Author: Monterey Council Historical Society
Subjects: mexico, united states history - local
DeweyClass: 972
Resource type: document
US-Mexican War (1846-1848): Documents the US-Mexican conflict from both perspectives, offering essays by historians, transcripts of conversations, and a timeline of key events in US-Mexican relations from 1519 until 1997. Available in English and Spanish.
Author: Public Broadcasting Service
Subjects: mexico, united states history to 1900, warfare
DeweyClass: 972
Resource type: documents, images
VN Illustrated Database of Mexican Biodiversity: The VN database offers an insight to the immense biodiversity of Mexico. Organised in topic related sections such as animals, plants and places, it presents a navigable and interactive source of information on biodiversity and conservation related topics. Within each section photogallaries and narratives can be perused, often with the use of drop down menus. Also available are numerous photos, maps and sound files presenting the sounds of animals that live within the Mexican territory.
Author: Viva Natura
Subjects: ecology, mexico, nature conservation, wildlife
DeweyClass: 577
Resource type: articles, images, reference data, sounds
VolcanoWorld Volcano Index: Photographs, latitude and longitude, height, date of last eruption and descriptive information about numerous active volcanoes in over 40 countries in the world.
Author: North Dakota University
Subjects: antarctic, australian geography, bolivia, cameroon, cape verde, chad, chile, china, colombia, comoros, congo democratic republic, costa rica, dominica, ecuador, el salvador, ethiopia, greece, guatemala, iceland, india, indonesia, iran, italy, japan, kenya, libya, mexico, micronesia, mountaineering, new zealand, nicaragua, niger, papua new guinea, peru, philippines, rwanda, saint vincent, saudi arabia, solomon islands, spain, sudan, tanzania, turkey, uganda, volcanoes, zaire
DeweyClass: 551.21
Resource type: images, reference data
World Travel Guide: Mexico: Basic reference information about Mexico, such as area, capital, population, population density, geography, language, religion, time zone, history and government, plus business and social information, including details of accommodation, addresses, climate, regions, travel, visas, passports, money, health and public holidays.
Author: Columbus Press
Subjects: mexico
DeweyClass: 917.2
Resource type: documents