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of Information Management & Systems
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Access to American Cultural Heritages
by
Jacek Purat and Michael
Buckland.
buckland@sims.berkeley.edu
Cultural Heritage Sources
HISPANIC, CHICANO, LATINO SOURCES
(1)
Travel Document Systems
This Website provides good up-to-date entry information about all countries
of the world. Included are basic links to official country websites
(2)
Hispanic Reading Room,
Library of Congress
Great resource to collections and links to Latin American cultures
from the Library of Congress
(3)
Ethnic Groups and
Culture, Library of Congress
Good guide to special ethnic collections at the Library of Congress
(4)
Chicano
Studies Library, UC Berkeley
Specialized collection at Wheeler Hall
(5)
Libraries and
Archives of Latin America
Gateway to amajor libraries of Latin America
(6)
Guide to Museums and
Cultural Resources
Provides a convenient geographic compilation by country
(7)
Folklife Sourcebook
Directory of Folklife Resources of the United States
(8)
Museum and cultural
heritage information standards resource guide
Great compilation of top current international cultural heritage projects.
(9)
Google
Regional Web Directory: Caribbean
Google
Regional Web Directory: Central America
Google
Regional Web Directory: South America
Good access page to various countries pages catalogued by Google
(10)
Latin
American Heritage
Some good Latino, Chicano web resources
(11)
La
Raza
Major organization of Latinos in the United States
(12)
Chak: Chicano Humanities and Arts
Council
Organization dedicated to propagation and preservation of Chicano/LatinoCulture
(13)
Chicano/Latino
Resources. GSSI Research Guide. Note section on Databases and Indexes
at end.
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