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.
About
Georgia (http://members.tripod.com/ggdavid/georgia/index.htm)
This private, English language site constructed by David Mchedlishvili, who
works at the National Parliamentary Library, offers lively and accessible narratives,
graphics, and digitized sound recordings about a wide range of subjects relating
to Georgia.
The American Association for
the Advancement of Slavic Studies (http://www.fas.harvard.edu/%7Eaaass/)
‘The American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS)
is a nonprofit, nonpolitical, scholarly society which is the leading private
organization dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about Russia, Central
Eurasia, and Eastern and Central Europe.'
CIA -- The World Factbook (https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html)
An annual publication of the CIA, contains up-to-date information on all aspects
of the political, social and military history of a particular country.
Central Asia Studies Worldwide (http://cesww.fas.harvard.edu/)
Sponsored by the Harvard Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus, CASWW provides
extensive resources for the scholarly study of Central Asia and the Caucasus.
Country Reports about ... (http://www.countryreports.org/)
Offers links to sites about many countries by such subjects as government,
the military, economy, the weather, etc.
Development Gateway Country Overview (http://www.developmentgateway.org/)
"The Development Gateway helps communities, organizations, and individuals
build partnerships, share ideas, and work together to reduce poverty." Search
by development projects as well as by country to identify additional web sites
and documents.
Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com)
From the Electronic Library, searching the Encyclopedia.com by country provides
numerous narrative articles on its history, culture, politics.
Georgia
(Caucasus) (http://www.campusprogram.com/reference/en/wikipedia/g/ge/georgia%5F%5Fcountry%5F.html)
A lively electronic multi-lingual encyclopedia (Wikipedia) in narrative meant
as a reference source for college students and above. Chapters range from history
to geography to demographics. Each narrative contains multiple related links
to the terms, peoples and subjects mentioned in the text.
Georgia Net (http://www.georgia.net.ge/)
Powered by Sanet Internet, this is an extensive English or Georgian language
portal page arranged by subject. Particularly useful are the many and varied
native Georgian sites. This should be consulted for additional electronic resources
under all the subject headings in the present portal page, e.g., culture, health,
etc.
Georgia--A Country Study. (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/getoc.html)
The Country Study for Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan was produced in 1994
by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. This web page
provides the extensive narrative sections relating to Georgia through the early
days of independence.
Georgian Association in the United
States, Inc (http://www.georgianassociation.org/)
‘The Georgian Association is a nonpartisan nationwide membership organization
of Georgian-Americans and friends of Georgia that advocates for Georgia and Georgian
issues in the U.S. It is the oldest organization in the U.S. representing the
Georgian American community.' Its English language website provides information
about its structure, programs and mission as well as cuotural and historical
narratives, directories, relevant links, and resources.
Infoplease (http://www.infoplease.com/)
Part of the electronic Learning Network, this homepage allows searches by country
which yield articles in almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographical
works, etc. Additional reference links are provided as well.
Internet Access and Training Program (http://www.irex.org/programs/iatp/)
IATP is a program for the countries of the U.S. Bureau of Education and Cultural
Affairs, U.S. Department of State, which is funded under the Freedom Support
Act and Administered by the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX)
to help the post Soviet countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia ‘strengthen
indigenous institutions by providing US government program alumni and others
in Eurasia with free and open Internet access and training in the use of electronic
mail and the Internet." Their homepage, searchable by country, provides
links to important aspects and organizations in that country.
Kartuli.com: Link Catalog (http://links.qartuli.com/)
An extensive Georgian language portal page for those who want access to electronic
links in many languages, but principally Georgian.
Library of Congress/American Library Association Georgian Transliteration Table
(http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/georgian.pdf)
To successfully search Georgian language materials in the online catalogs of
the Library of Congress, you must use the system of Romanization adopted by
the Library and by the American Library Association. The chart presently in
use is given here in pdf format.
Library of Congresss.
Virtual Reference Shelf (http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html)
The Library of Congress has mounted this useful site on its home page to give
scholars and researchers access to common online sources which are excellent
for initial stages of research. These online tools are organized by subject
and format, e.g., "Almanacs and Fast Facts," "Directories," "Libraries," etc.
Lonely Planet - Destinations (http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/)
Search by country to find information on travel, attractions, history, culture,
and environment. of that location.
Nationmaster (http://www.nationmaster.com/countries.php)
A search under a country's name in this interesting site yields a multiple
of chapters on all its life and culture. Started to supplement raw and dry
statistical data, the end result is a reference work for rapid retrieval of
factual data.
OneWorld.net (http://www.oneworld.net/)
Searchable by country, regions and topics. Includes current headlines and special
reports.
Princeton University
Library: Near Eastern Studies Resources (http://www.princeton.edu/%7Epressman/neareast.htm)
Princeton Library's site dedicated to Near Eastern Studies provides not
only invaluable information about Princeton's programs and collections,
but also extensive links to sites (libraries, universities, institutes, think
tanks, directories, gateways, newspapers, etc.) around the world concerning
all aspects of the discipline.
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.
REENIC: Russian and East European
Network Information Center (http://reenic.utexas.edu/reenic/index.html)
REENIC (Russian and East European Network Information Center) at the University
of Texas in Austin provides useful portals as well as additional resources
about them to the post-Soviet countries of Eurasia and Central Asia.
United Nations (http://www.un.org)
The official site of the United Nations provides articles, reports, etc. in
several languages on all aspects of the initiatives and mission of that organization
as well as on the contemporary life, culture, society, international relations,
etc. of all the countries and peoples of the world.
United Nations ReliefWeb (http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/ByCountry/)
"ReliefWeb is a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)... serving the information needs of the humanitarian
relief community" Offers news updates to crisis situations around the world
and includes information about refugee camps and other relief efforts.
United States. Agency for International Development.
Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) (http://www.dec.org/)
"The purpose of the DEC is to strengthen USAID's development projects,
activities, and programs by making ... development experience documents available
to USAID offices and mission staff, PVO's, NGO's, universities and research institutions,
developing countries, and the public worldwide."
United States. Department of State (http://www.state.gov)
Numerous documents concerning diplomatic and international relations, travel
advice and warnings relating to the countries of the world are available on
the State Department's official site by searching under a particular
country's name.
World Desk Reference (http://uk.dk.com/)
Searchable by country, this is the online version of the handbook with more
than 5000 illustrations and maps. |