Covers countries of the world, states of the United States, and provinces of Canada:
Covers American ethnic groups, African Americans, Africa, Black history, Black studies, and civil rights. This is a subcollection of the Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Covers world cities, nations, states, geographic features, world cultures, world holidays, and popular culture. Read about food, clothing, family life, holidays and sport from around the world and through the ages. This is a subcollection of the Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Maps the geographic and development history of the United States over several hundred years. Also includes some city directories.
Maps the history, growth, and development of Tennessee cities, towns, and neighborhoods.
Builds all four core skills of a language: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. 100+ languages to choose from, and English lessons for speakers of over 25 different languages. Track progress through lessons. Kid-friendly lessons in 6 languages. Mobile apps available. Provided by Tennessee Electronic Library.
Downloadable magazines for news, commentary, current affairs, world geography and cultures include Condé Nast Traveler, Mother Jones, National Geographic, National Geographic Traveler, Newsweek, The Atlantic, The Economist, and The New Yorker.
Compare cities of the United States on economic, crime and other measures.
Diverse articles provide a detailed portrait of how the Appalachian landscape has shaped each generation of its people.
Contains dictionaries for place names and first and last names. This is a subcollection of Oxford Reference.
Covers fables, superstitions, mythology, folklore, food and sports. This is a subcollection of Oxford Reference.
Almost everything you wanted to know about life in the South but were afraid to ask. Contents: v. 1. Religion -- v. 2. Geography -- v. 3. History -- v. 4. Myth, manners, and memory -- v. 5. Language -- v. 6. Ethnicity -- v. 7. Foodways -- v. 8. Environment -- v. 9. Literature -- v. 10. Law & Politics -- v. 11. Agriculture & Industry -- v. 12. Music -- v. 13. Gender -- v. 14. Folklife -- v. 15. Urbanization -- v. 16. Sports & Recreation -- v. 17. Education -- v. 18. Media -- v. 19. Violence -- v. 20. Social Class -- v. 21. Art & Architecture -- v. 22. Science and Medicine -- v. 23. Folk Art -- v. 24. Race
Learn about some of the world's most commonly spoken languages from this BBC site.
Maintained by the CIA, this website provides information on the history, people, and governments of countries around the world with facts, maps, and flags for each.
An encyclopedia of sex practices covering more than 60 countries.
An encyclopedia covering mythology, folklore, and religion.
Art, artifacts, books, video and sound collections from galleries, libraries, archives and museums all over Europe.
The Metropolitan Planning Commission's annually published brochure is a descriptive text and statistical summary of local physical, social, cultural, government, and economic conditions in the Knoxville area.
Provides maps, historical aerials, address searches and property owner reports, school zones, voting districts and elected officials, and more. Use the options under the Online Tools tab to access the desired search function. Ready-to-print maps show political districts, school zones, zip codes, watersheds. A Historic Districts and Pre-1865 Structures theme makes it easy to find old architecture. Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) has an application for viewing current and past cases such as zoning change requests.
A detailed portrait of Canada and its complex identity.
TNMap serves as the portal for accessing a wide variety of downloadable Geographic Information Systems datasets, web applications, and web services related to Tennessee. Applications include:
Internationally-comparable data on education, science, culture and communication.
Data about development in countries around the globe.
