Since remote antiquity nestled between the Black and Caspian
Seas on the majestic Caucasus mountain chain, the Republic of
Georgia today continues its centuries old relations with its
neighbors as it seeks to create new alliances. One of the 15
federated republics of the Soviet Union throughout most of the
twentieth century, Georgia declared its independence in 1991.
Its diverse population has since that event actively explored,
created and used the new electronic environment both to foster
their emerging democratic state and present themselves to the
world community. The sites listed in each category of this selective
portal page have been chosen for their utility in providing accurate
narrative (either brief or extensive) information, as well as
directories, extensive portal pages and other resources concerning
all aspects of Georgian life and culture. Most originate within
the confines of the Republic itself. All are either English language
alone or bilingual, unless noted in an annotation which follows.
Many sites offer down- loadable Georgian fonts to make them easily
accessible. For a variety of reasons, the links to Georgia and
the NIS countries in general often are inactive; we recommend
that you try again, should you not be successful in connecting.
For Library of Congress contact information and research and
bibliographic materials on Georgia, consult the Georgia
Country page of the Near East Section of the African and
Middle Eastern Division. See also the Library's
online catalog for books, and materials in other formats
held by the Library and the Library's Thomas
Legislative Information page for legislative materials, bills,
hearings, acts, etc.) on relations between the United States
and the Republic of. Finally, see also An
illustrated chapter on the Georgian collections for an illustrated,
historical analysis.
Ethnologue (http://www.ethnologue.com/web.asp)
Searching this comprehensive English language ethnological site by country name
will yield lists and articles of the languages and linguistic groups spoken
and read in it.
The
Georgian Language: A Short Bibliography of Study Materials (http://www.armazi.demon.co.uk/georgian/unicode/georgian%5Fbibliography.htm)
P.J. Hillery's very useful bibliography ‘contains brief details of
books and other materials on the Georgian language. Not all items are in print,
and some may be difficult to find outside the Republic of Georgia; a number of
items have been re-issued in Georgia in recent years using photoreproduction
techniques. Works in English have been given prominence, while notable items
in the main languages of Western Europe are also listed; a few key reference
items in Georgian have also been included.'
The Georgian Language: An Outline
Grammatical Summary (http://www.armazi.demon.co.uk/georgian/)
By P.J. Hillery, this scholarly yet accessible Georgian grammar is a well planned
and comprehensive outline of great utility for the study of contemporary Georgian.
Kekelidze Institute of Manuscripts
(Georgia) (http://www.acnet.ge/manuscr.htm)
English language page mounted on the web site of the Georgian Academy of Sciences
which briefly describes the structure and services of this rich archive of the
Georgian manuscript tradition.
MuslimGeorgia (http://www.muslimgeorgia.org)
Although the information about this organization is spotty, the site is particularly
useful for its Georgian translation of classic Islamic texts, including the Quran.
Questia - The Online Library of Books
and Journals (http://www.questia.com/Index.jsp)
From Questia Media America, Inc. for academics, students, librarians, publishers
and a wide variety of researchers, 'Questia is the first online library that
provides 24/7 access to the world's largest online collection of books and journal
articles in the humanities and social sciences, plus magazine and newspaper articles.
You can search each and every word of all of the books and journal articles in
the collection.' A search under country name yields a wide variety of bibliographic
citations. Full text is often available to subscribers. |