RESOURCES IN THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, INCLUDING JOURNALISM, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS:

ADVANCED RESEARCHERS GUIDE 2011.pdf  (updated APRIL 30, 2011) 

 AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE ON THE WEB: FREE INTERNET RESOURCES:

(updated APRIL 13, 2011)   AMERICAN LITERATURE 2011.pdf

 AMERICAN STUDIES BIB Jan 28 2009rev.pdf (updated and thoroughly revised January 28, 2009) Major American Studies Sites, including digitized collections and research sites, where one can access free online materials, including archival collections.

AMERICAN STUDIES RESEARCH SITES SHOWN on TDYrev.pdf

(Presented to American Studies students in Ramallah, Palestinian Authority, December 2007) 

(updated with new resources, May 16, 2008)

CAIRO U WEBSITES TOOLS FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS 2011 JAN.pdf  

(demonstrated to the Faculty of Arts, Cairo University, with the IRC in CAIRO.)  Now, Newly updated January 11, 2011 with new and important resources including a valuable listing of freely accesible dissertations and theses, where one can read the complete, full text of the dissertation or thesis or specialized research study, no password required!

OUTLINE FOR TOOLS FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS: THE COURSE OUTLINE: TOOLS FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS ACTUAL EXAMPLES USED May 26 2009rev.pdf  (updated May 26, 2009 with new resources) (with the help and the inspiration of the CAIRO IRC and the Department of English and the Faculty of Arts at Cairo University; my gratitude to the University of Cairo and Dr. Nadia el Kohly and Dr. Loubna and Professor el-Shabassy at Cairo University, Dept of English, for their spectacular work and fantastic vision.)   

BUSINESS, ECONOMY, TRADE WEB SITES, NEW FOR 2010:  (revised Dec 10 2010)

BUSINESS ECON TRADE WEB SITES DEC 10 2010rev.pdf

See also the Economics Webliography below for more detailed resources on Economics, especially International Economics and Finance.

NEW! COUNTRY STATISTICS: RESEARCHER's GUIDE TO LOCATING STATISTICS ON COUNTRIES OF THE WORLS: UPDATED FOR APRIL 2011: COUNTRY STATISTICS April 2011.pdf

ECONOMIC RESEARCH RESOURCES ALL FREE:   ECONOMIC WEB SITES 2011.pdf

(thoroughly updated MAY 18, 2011)  NOW INCLUDES ECONOMIC BLOGS  AND  MACROECONOMIC RESEARCH RESOURCES This webliography was compiled with the help of the Department of Economics of the American University in Cairo, and the Economics Department of Cairo University ,and from my contacts at the NYU School of Economics;  my profound thanks and recognition go to the Graduate students and Professors at all these Universities who have so graciously contributed to the development of this bibliography and teaching resource.

FREE ECONOMIC SITES FOR EMBASSY OR CONSULATE INREACH, OR OUTREACH TO HOST COUNTRY ECONOMISTS, including GRAD STUDENTS AND PROFESSORS (Updated NOVEMBER 2011; Includes Trade Issues, Economic Issues in all areas, Micro and Macro Economics and free University Publications and Research Institutes):

ECON SITES 2011 for EMBASSY CONSULATE INREACH.pdf

CUSTOM SEARCH ENGINE FOR ECONOMICS AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH: http://tinyurl.com/88rmasj (constructed with the help of the American Corner participants in the Seminar on Google Customization, April 18, 2012 in Accra, Ghana.) Covers 62 unique resources, including Think Tanks, Free Dissertations and Theses and University sponsored research.

See Also: International Economics and Trade Links (IIP):  INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS AND TRADE LINKS 2008rev.pdf  (IIP 2008rev; by IIP Reference Specialists.)

ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERNET RESOURCES:  ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESOURCES 2011.pdf    (Updated OCTOBER 28, 2011) 

Now includes Books, Articles, Web Sites and transcripts of relevant webchats; how to construct business plans, and free distance courses on Entrepreneurship from leading U.S. Universities)

NEW!  ESL BIB 2011.pdf  (updated and revised with many new resources, especially writing resources and Lesson Plans, October 1, 2011)  ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE -Now, includes free Grammar Guides, many new free writing resources, how to teach writing, free Videos and a separate section on Lesson Plans for ESL Teachers.

ESL WIKI: http://eslres1.pbworks.com (FREE ESL INTERNET RESOURCES)

In conjunction with the DRC (CONGO) IRC 

JOURNALISM WEBLIOGRAPHY OF THE BEST FREE RESOURCES  JOURNALISTS 2012.pdf  (Updated May 15, 2012)  Includes the top 100 Blogs for Journalists and a transcript on the impact of new technologies and new media on Journalism and new Google Tutorials, expressly for Journalists and other studies on the Future of Journalism.  Also includes resources on Citizen Journalism and World Press Freedom Day

FOR JOURNALISTS WITH ADVANCED RESEARCH SKILLS:   JOURNALISTS FOR VERY ADVANCED JOURNALISTIC RESEARCH Aug 13  2010.pdf  (DESCRIBES HOW TO FIND FULL TEXT ARTICLES, FREE)

See also the Journalist's WIKI for Practicing Journalists:  http://journres1.pbworks.com

NATIVE AMERICANS NOV 9 2010.pdf  (American Indians)

(thoroughly updated November 9, 2010)   Includes a bibliographic essay on Native American Literary Studies, originally appearing in CHOICE MAGAZINE.

POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS:  POLITICAL SCIENCE JAN 2011.pdf   (revised January 2011)  NOW INCLUDES RESOURCES ON FINDING STATISTICS, BOTH U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL, as well as free Internet based resources on Comparative Politics.

NEW! RESEARCHERS TOOLKIT, updated for SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

RESEARCHERS TOOLKIT 2011.pdf

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