December 2006
BUBL LINK: Media studies
by jlesagea UK portal's link to media links portals; some entries here will be new to US academics
November 2006
A Virtual Library of Useful URLs - Subject Headings Arranged by Dewey
by jlesagesome of the best education Web sites in a Virtual Library arranged by the Dewey Decimal Classification System
Those Dark Hiding Places: The Invisible Web Revealed
by jlesage & 4 othersa librarian teaches you about the dark web; originally written 2001, updated Oct. 2006
Cyberstudies webring
by jlesagecollection of sites with interest in cyberculture, many from the social sciences
Research on Place and Space
by jlesage & 1 otherhuge portal site, across disciplines; "...other terms are sometimes used in place of place, such as home, dwelling, milieu, territory, and of course, space. None of these, though, are necessarily equivalent to the notion of place."
American Studies Electronic Crossroads
by jlesagelarge American Studies web portal, organized into Communities | Curriculum | Technology & Learning | Reference & Research
Aesthetics and Visual Culture
by jlesageextensive links page, from a philosophy disciplinary perspective; updated Aug. 06
Self/Person/Personal Identity Bibliographies
by jlesageFrom philosophy, psychology, cognitive science, cognitive neuroscience: Identity, Consciousness, Knowledge, Pathologies of the Self, Personalism, Narrative, Gender, Medical Ethics, Embodiment, Social Construction, Ethics, Politics, Law, Medicine. . .
Research Beyond Google: 119 Authoritative, Invisible, and Comprehensive Resources | OEDb
by jlesage & 7 othersThe invisible web, or deep web, is estimated to be 500 times bigger than the searchable web and comprises databases and results of specialty search engines that the popular search engines can't index.
Literary Theory. Literary Criticism
by jlesagevery large site, also contains links for art and film, among other things, lots of branching possiblities
LibrarySpot.com: Encyclopedias, maps, online libraries, quotations, dictionaries & more.
by jlesage & 7 othersfrom "start spot" which has other such categorized listing pages for movies, shopping, museums, etc.
Introduction to Modern Literary Theory
by jlesagebrief overview of many currents, with links and bibliography
Overview Map "digital enlightenment: research"
by jlesagea visual map, with links, of how to use metasites for knowledge acquisition, research, and reading online; author has other such maps on his site; useful for students as mode of presenting info and for info itself.
October 2006
Driftline Lists and Archives
by jlesagearchived content from listservs dealing with theory and theorists
Main Page - AcademicBlogs
by jlesage & 1 otherA wiki about academic blogs, with links to blogs in each academic area of study
The Media and Communications Studies Site
by jlesagegateway to media information, including narratology, listed under textual analysis
Virtual Society? Projects
by jlesage"the social science of electronic technologies"; links to major projects on Internet research
African-American Material, Visual, and Literary Culture on the World Wide Web
by jlesageinnovative approach to exploring cultural expression over many forms
September 2006
Film Bibliographies: Media Resources Center UCB
by jlesageGood place to start research for both scholars and students, comprehensive resource collection for film studies at UC-Berkeley: Bibliographies here for many film/TV Topics,Themes, Genres, Directors; on National Cinemas; and on Individual Films/Videos; Ful
Film Studies Resources - Academic Info
by jlesageuseful site with lots of resources: bibliographies, "digital library" links, academic programs listed; full text artices; Online Film Collections, Archives, Themes: women, genre, theory; Film History, silent and sound eras, International--by region; Indiv