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  • (Africa) African Cookbook: Menus and Recipes from Africa
  • (Armenia) Cuisine of Ancient Armenia: Dining at Noah's Table

    Recipes, information about the historical context of Armenian food, and a glossary of terms.

  • (Asia) Asia Food

    Searchable collection of recipes from Charmaine Solomon's "Encyclopedia of Asian Food."

  • (Asia) AsiaRecipe.Com

    Hundreds of recipes from 24 Asian nations.

  • (France) Fanfare for the Common French Food: Vive Bastille Day!

    Article on french cooking and recipes appropriate for the celebration of Bastille Day, the French National holiday.

  • (France) French Food and Cook

    Techniques and recipes from "the authentic French cuisine site!".

  • (Greece) Vegetarian History Lessons From a Greek Chef

    Vegetarian recipes from Greece.

  • (Italy) Lidia's Italy

    Lidia Bastianich's website contains recipes from her two cookbooks, information about her PBS companion show, a newsletter, and food gift ideas.

  • (Jamaica) EatJamaican.com

    Features recipes, information on the benefits of Jamaican food,and an international guide to Jamaican restaurants and Caribbean restaurants, take-outs, bakeries, caterers, and sports bars.

  • (Japan) Sushi Links

    "Sushi Links offers the best sushi resources on the web, as well as information on the history of sushi, pointers on sushi etiquette, and answers to frequently asked questions concerning sushi. You'll also find links to websites that offer a wide assortment of sushi recipes."

  • (Mexico) How are Tortillas Made?

    Discusses the traditional process of making tortillas from scratch. Includes terminology and recipes.

  • (Mexico) The Tamale Museum

    Dedicated to the history of the culinary arts and highlighting the regional foods of Mexico and the American Southwest.

  • 4 International Careers & Jobs

    This is an international employment directory selecting and reviewing worldwide job sites.

  • Achuka (U.K.)

    British magazine-style children's book site featuring reviews, profiles, and interviews with authors.

  • Canadian Genealogy Centre

    This website reflects the integration of genealogical content from the National Archives of Canada, the National Library of Canada, and the Canadian Genealogy Centre.

  • Canadian Immigrant Experience
  • Caribbean Children's Literature

    A selected annotated bibliography.

  • Children's Books of the Early Soviet Era

    Browsable site includes historical discussions and book-cover images. Exhibition from McGill University Libraries, Canada.

  • Council on International Education Exchange

    Study abroad and work abroad with CIEE, the Council on International Educational Exchange, CIEE provides quality programs and services for individuals, employers, communities and educational institutions.

  • Digitalarkivet [Digital Archives]: National Archives of Norway

    Provides archival resources for tracing your Norwegian heritage. In English and Norwegian.

  • Escape Artist

    This site shows you how to restart your life abroad. with thousands of articles, contacts, resources, links and tools for finding overseas real estate, international employment, hidden enclaves, artist havens, unique destinations, offshore investments, and the requirements for living an international lifestyle.

  • Family Records.gov (United Kingdom)

    Aims to help you find government records and other sources you need for your family history research.

  • FamilyRelatives.com (British)

    Search all British Overseas Births, Deaths & Marriages, from 1761 to the present.

  • FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service
  • Findmypast.com (United Kingdom)

    One of the most popular genealogy websites in the U.K., this commercial service provides birth, marriage, death, military, census, and migration records including indexes of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales from 1837 to 2004.

  • General Register Office for Scotland
  • Germanic Lexicon Project

    The goal of this project is to create comprehensive online coverage of the lexicons of the early Germanic languages.

  • GoAbroad.com

    This site provides information on opportunities abroad including study abroad, internships, volunteer opportunities, teach abroad , language schools and much more.

  • GoingGlobal.com

    At this site, you can view job listings, read recent articles on global job markets, research topics by country, by career and by topics and network with professional groups.

  • Griffiths Valuation

    First full-scale valuation of property in Ireland published between 1847 and 1864. It allows researchers to locate 'occupants' to see who lived where.

  • Historical Directories (England)

    A digital library of local and trade directories from England and Wales from 1750-1919.

  • iAgora.com

    This is a site to access resources as well as network with individuals in other countries. It includes separate sections on work abroad (entry-level and internships), study abroad, international travel, and networking groups.

  • Index to the Enciclopedia Heraldica Hispano-Americana (Garcia Carraffa)

    The 88 volumes of this work, [available at the New York Public Library Milstein Division of U.S. History, Local History & Genealogy Call Number (S) APY (Garcia Caraffa)], lists of over 15,000 names with their respective genealogical histories (with color illustrations of representative crests) of Spanish and Spanish-American families.

  • International Career Employment Weekly

    A weekly newspaper packed with over 500 current international jobs in each issue. Members receive access to the current issues, non-members can view jobs listed in the weekly issue dated four weeks ago.

  • International Children's Digital Library

    The goal of ICDL is to create a digital library of more than 10,000 books in at least 100 languages that is freely available to children, teachers, librarians, parents, and scholars throughout the world via the Internet.

  • International Rescue Committee (IRC)

    The IRC is on the ground in 25 countries, providing emergency relief , relocating refugees, and rebuilding lives in the wake if disaster. At this site, you can search jobs, browse job listings by department, by location and by title.

  • JobPilot AG

    The global search includes: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France,Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, United Kingdom.

  • JobsAbroad.com

    This site appeals to college students and recent graduates who want to work and study abroad. It includes information on internships, language schools, volunteer abroad, teaching abroad and travel.

  • Kush Page

    For and about gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered South Asians. Includes subjects: Organizations, Literature, Cinema, Who's Who, News, Links.

  • Monster International

    The global search includes Australia,Belgium, Canada, Denmark,Spain,France,Hong Kong, Ireland,India,Italy,the Netherlands,New Zealand,Singapore,and the United Kingdom.

  • National Archives (United Kingdom)

    Records of the UK government

  • Nineteenth-Century German Stories
  • Overseasjobs.com

    This site provides international job listings and links to other career resources.

  • Passport: International Children's Literature

    "Passport was created from an United States perspective and defines international children's literature as anything outside of your borders. Passport regards international literature as distinct from multicultural literature. International children's literature is the body of books originally published in one country and later published in another country." Provided relevant annotated links.

  • PlanetRecruit.com

    Jobs for technology professional--engineering and technical recruitment. Most popular jobs by job category such as technology jobs, engineering jobs, building and construction jobs, telecommunication jobs, electronic jobs and manufacturing and industrial jobs.

  • PolishRoots?: The Polish Genealogy Source
  • Scotlands People

    The official government source of genealogical data for Scotland.

  • Teaching Jobs Overseas

    This site provides international job listings for school teachers and administrators, the overseas schools directory,information on recruitment fairs, schedules, locations, tips, warnings and alerts and more.

  • The Riley Guide International Job Opportunities

    Job listings for multiple countries or regions.

  • Transitions Abroad

    This site provides information on work abroad, study abroad, cultural travel overseas, and international living. Work abroad includes international jobs, internships, teaching English, volunteer work. Study abroad includes academic study, educational travel, high school study and language study.

  • U. K. Children's Book Directory

    Alphabetical listings of authors, illustrators, and publishers.

  • UK & Ireland Genealogy

    Site dedicated to genealogical information pages for England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Island, and the Isle of Man.

  • Vegetarian History Lessons From a Greek Chef

    Recipes for vegetarian Greek dishes.

  • Workopolis.com

    Workopolis.com--Canada's Biggest Job site. At this site you can search by category, industry, location and city.

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