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Anemi is primarily a bibliographic database about Greek Modern literature. However, this website also contains full-text editions of some books and periodicals (about 600 at the time of review) and the collections included in the database include many works regarding Greek and Byzantine culture. The available collections are: Neoellinistis; the Greek Digital Bibliography 1476-1900; rare collections from the Library of University of Crete (including travel literature); the Markos Mousouros collection; the Library of the Educational Association of Adrianoupolis; the Goettinger Digitalisierungs-Zentrum collection; the University of Ioannina collection; Gallica; Hellinomnimon; and works digitised by Google. Most works in the database are in Greek, but other languages (primarily French, Italian and German) are also represented

an independent web resource dedicated to the dissemination of information about literature (fiction, drama and poetry) written by Spanish women. The site is divided into two sections: the first is a 'magazine' that offers regularly updated news of publications by Spanish women, reviews, interviews, events, literary prizes, book fairs and signings. There are links within the magazine to websites of specific publishers and authors where appropriate, and to other websites that may be of interest. The magazine invites and publishes reader comments about its articles, and the user may also access an archive of material. The second section is a unique, extensive index of 20th Century Spanish women writers, offering biographical and bibliographical details.

The Web site, Culture.fr, from France's Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication is a vast gateway and information service for all aspects of French culture. This is an essential resource for anyone working on contemporary French studies. It offers a remarkable number of annotated links to genuinely quality resources in the fields of: archeology; architecture; modern art; cinema; history; French language; literature; and the performing arts. Links are also provided to: national libraries; museums; archives; and study and research resources. The site also acts a news service for cultural events and the arts in France: users will find up-to-date, detailed information on a variety of events, exhibitions, and performances across the country, as well as articles reviewing events in depth

Celebrating and documenting the creativity of Asian, Black, Latina, and Native women, VG is one of the internet's most comprehensive and well-respected academic databases for women artists of color. We provide innovative teaching and research tools for accessing a global community of women writers of color living and dead, obscure and renowned. The site reaches backward and forward to place readers, thinkers, students, and educators on a bridge which connects the gaps that exist in literature, society, and culture. Through our student-generated profiles, essays, reviews, and interviews, you can engage with artists whose works put faces on difficult and important issues ranging from immigration to racial prejudice, gendered violence to community resistance.

is a vast, quality, award-winning website devoted to Catalan literature, and will be of immense value to anyone working on, or generally interested in, Catalan studies. It features studies and reviews of individual writers, works, literary movements and genres, overviews of literary histories, and provides an impressive number of annotated links to all these areas as well. The site's excellent directory of Catalan writers (including Ramon Llull, Josep Pla, Mercè Rodoreda, Montserrat Roig, and many more) provides extensive bio-bibliographic details and links to relevant online resources

This unique, searchable database contains up-to-date profiles of many of the UK and Commonwealth's most important living writers. Also included are writers from the Republic of Ireland who the British Council has worked with. Included in each author's profile is their biography, bibliography, prizes they have won and their photograph. For many authors, a critical review of their work - written by a Literature expert - is also available.

iLoveLanguages is a comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources. The more than 2400 links at iLoveLanguages have been hand-reviewed to bring you the best language links the Web has to offer. Whether you're looking for online language lessons, translating dictionaries, native literature, translation services, software, language schools, or just a little information on a language you've heard about, iLoveLanguages probably has something to suit your needs.

This website is a new way to get to know Portuguese writers available in English translation. Click on a region of the interactive map and you will discover writers associated with it through their own lives or their subject matter. The writers have links to bio pages, book reviews and English versions of their books. (Everything you discover through this site is in English).