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OPAC (online public access catalog – examples)
Keywords: name of person (i.e. Maya Angelou), name time period (i.e. Middle Ages), name of group of people (i.e. monarchy).

ONLINE DATABASES (use keyword or subject online databases in OPAC)

EVALUATED WEBSITE DIRECTORIES and META-LISTS

• C.E.R.F. Info (ask librarian for password)
• Resource Topic Lists
• Big Chalk
• Internet Public Library
• Multnomah Public Library Homework Center

WEBSITES

Abolitionist Movement

• Africans in America : Judgement Day
  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4i2982.html 
  
  http://www.reggaefusion.com/Insight/BlackHistory2.html#Abolition of the Slave Traffic 
  
  http://search.ebi.eb.com/ebi/article/0,6101,31664,00.html  
  
  http://afroamhistory.about.com/cs/williamgarrison/
  
• Arawak, Caribs and Tainos - Native American tribes
  
  http://www.blackstudies.ucsb.edu/antillians/arawaks.html
  Both of these web sites provides good general information.
  
  http://haiti.uhhp.com/history/precolumbian/tainospring_clues.html#top
  The United Haitians Home Page. Related articles on the Arawak nation.

Biographical Sites

• AFIWI : Your Caribbean Connection
  http://www.afiwi.com/people.asp
  Brief biographies of various Caribbean personalities.
   

• Aldwyn Roberts a.k.a. "Lord Kitchener"  
  http://www.nalis.gov.tt/Biography%5Cbio_KITCHENERAldwynRoberts.html  
  Famous steelband drum musician.
   

• Biography Center
  http://www.biography-center.com/
  Links to biographical information on thousands of subjects.

• Biography.com
  http://www.biography.com/
  Search through more than 20,000 paragraph-length biographies of notable personalities from antiquity to the present from the Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia.

• Biographical Dictionary
  http://www.s9.com/biography/
  Includes more than 21,000 brief biographies of notable men and women covering ancient times to the present.
   

• "Bob" Robert Nesta Marley, 1945 - 1981
  
  http://members.tripod.com/~buffalosoldier/
  Thirdfield.com -- most complete and comprehensive site regarding Bob Marley fan Page.
   

• Cheddi Jagan, 1918-1997
  
  http://caribbean.halloffame.tripod.com/Cheddi_Jagan.html
  Brief biography of this Guyanese government official.
  
  http://www.jagan.org/
  Web site dedicated to the life and work of this Dr. Cheddi Jagan
  former President of Guyana.
  
  http://www.guyana.org/GuyNews/president_death.htm
  Information about the death and funeral of Dr. Cheddi Jagan.
  
  http://www.jagan.org/janet_jagan10.htm
  Biography of Dr. Jagan written by his wife, Janet Jagan.
   
   

• Claude McKay, 1891 - 1948, Jamaican poet
   
  http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=26  
  
  http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/m_r/mckay/mckay.htm  
  
  http://www.unc.edu/courses/eng81br1/claude2.html 
   

• Derek Walcott, 1930-     , poet and Nobel Laureate
  In addition, see World's Best Poetry database on the Uniondale High School's Cybrary Home Page
  http://almaz.com/nobel/literature/1992a.html   
  
  http://www.nobel.se/literature/laureates/1992/  
  
  http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/walcott.htm  
  
  http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/walcott.html  
  
  http://www.diacenter.org/prg/poetry/95_96/walcottbio.html
    

• Desmond Hoyte, 1895 - 1992, former President of the Republic of Guyana
  http://www.guyana-pnc.org/InfoCentre/CentralExecutiveCommittee/hugh_desmond_hoyte_sc.htm   
  
  http://www.guyana-pnc.org/MediaCentre/Speeches/Speechesindex.htm

• Distinguished Women - Past to Present
  http://www.DistinguishedWomen.com/
  This site has biographies of women who contributed to our culture in many different ways. There are writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers, and more.

• Fidel Castro, leader of Cuba
  http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/cb/cuba/castro.html
  Listing of Castro's speeches.
  http://www.cnn.com/resources/newsmakers/world/namerica/castro.html
  CNN's biography of Fidel Castro.

• François Dominique Toussaint L'Ouverture, 1744 - 1803.
  http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0849165.html
  Brief biography of the Haitian patriot.
  
  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3h326.html   
  
  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3i3130.html
  Visit the above web site addresses for biographical information on Francoise Dominique Toussaint L'Ouverture (1744-1803). Part of the "Africans in America" Series.

• Frank Etienne, Haitian painter, poet and playwright
  http://emelinemichel.homestead.com/CordesEngDescrip.html

• George William Gordon
  http://www.jamaicarevealed.com/hero.html   
  
  http://www.jamaicaway.com/Heroes/GordonPage.html
  Brief biography of the Rt. Excellent George William Gordon, national hero of Jamaica.

• Jamaica Kincaid
  Various sites listing biographical information. Author was born on the island of Antigua. 
  http://www.salon.com/05/features/kincaid.html   
  
  http://www.emory.edu/ENGLISH/Bahri/Kincaid.html 
  
  http://65.107.211.208/caribbean/kincaid/bio.html  

• Jamaican National Heroes
  http://www.jambvi.org/National_heroes/heroes.htm
  
  http://www.jamaicans.com/info/heroes.htm
  Both of these sites include brief biographies of Paul Bogle, George William Gordon, Nanny, Samuel Sharpe, Sir Alexander Bustamante, Norman Washington Manley and Marcus Mosiah Garvey.

• Jean Bertrande Aristide, 1953-    , President of Haiti
  http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/00714.html  
  
  http://www.africana.com/Articles/tt_540.htm  
  
  http://www.cnn.com/resources/newsmakers/world/namerica/aristide.html  
  
  http://galen.u-max.com/aristide.htm  
  
  http://www.spectacle.org/397/aristide.html  

• Jose Martí
  http://www.myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=j_marti
  Freedom Heroes - key organizer in Cuba's struggle for independence.
  
  http://www.rcgfrfi.easynet.co.uk/ratb/cuba/history2.htm
  Biography of Jose Martí, national hero of Cuba.
  
  http://www.fiu.edu/~fcf/jmarti.html
  Brief biography of Jose Marti. Includes photographs.

• Lives, the Biography Resource
  http://amillionlives.com/
  Links to thousands of biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, letters, narratives, oral histories and more. 
   

• Louise Simone Bennett-Coverly
  http://caribbean.halloffame.tripod.com/Louise_Bennett-Coverly.html
  Biography of Louise Bennett-Coverly, Jamaican folklorist, poet and writer.
   

• Marcus Garvey
  http://www.jamaicaway.com/Heroes/MarcusPage.html
  National hero of Jamaica.
   

• Marc Bazin
  http://www.countrywatch.com/files/073/as_topic.asp?vCOUNTRY=073&TP=HISTO   
  
  http://daybyday.dk.com/C20UK/TODAYINHISTORY/02-Jun.htm
  See also the Biography Resource Center and EbscoHost periodicals index on the Uniondale High School's Cybrary of Resources web page.

• Mary Eugenia Charles, 1919-    , Prime Minister of Dominica from 1980-1995
  http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/charles-me.html   
  
  http://caribbean.halloffame.tripod.com/Mary_Eugenia__Charles_.html  
  
  http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/charleseugenia/

• McCartha Sandy-Lewis  "Calypso Rose"
  http://www.icerecords.com/aprose.htm
  Brief biography of a famous calypso singer
  

• Michael Manley, 1942-1997 -- Various biography web sites of the former Prime Minister of Jamaica.
  
  

• http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/43/034.html 
  
    
  

• http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0831561.html  
  
   
  

• http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Michael-Manley
  
  

• http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Manley
  
  

• http://www.jnht.com/heroes_park/michael.htm
  
  

• http://www.standardtimes.com/daily/03-97/03-08-97/a02wn747.htm
  
  Nita Barrow, 1916 - 1995
  
  http://nlu.nl.edu/ace/Resources/Barrow.html   
  
  http://iisd1.iisd.ca/50comm/panel/pan01.htm  
  
  http://www.wfn.org/1996/05/msg00320.html  
  
  http://www.unet.brandeis.edu/~dwilliam/profiles/barrow.htm  

• Norman Washington Manley
  http://www.jamaicaway.com/Heroes/ManleyPage.html
  Founder of the People's National Party and former Primer Minister of Jamaica.

• Paul Bogle
  http://reggaetrain.com/innajahistory_paul.html   
  
  http://www.jamaicaway.com/Heroes/BoglePage.html#top
  Brief biography Paul Bogle and information about the Morant Bay Rebellion.

• Samuel Sharpe
  http://www.jamaicarevealed.com/sharpe.html
  Brief biography of Samuel Sharpe, national hero of Jamaica.

• Simón Bolívar
  http://www.crystalbeach.com/history.htm
  Brief biography of "El Libertador". He fought for the independence of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Panama and founded the country of Bolivia.
  
  http://www.bolivarmo.com/history.htm
  Brief biography of Simón Bolívar.

• Slinger Francisco "The Mighty Sparrow" a.k.a "The Birdie"
  http://caribbean.halloffame.tripod.com/Slinger_The_Mighty_Sparrow_Francisco.html
  Born in Granada, this famous Calypso singer migrated to Trinidad. This brief biography discusses his musical career.
  
  http://www.mightysparrow.com/
  Come meet the calypso King of the world.
  
  http://www.caribbeanfestival.org/mighty_sparrow.htm
  Caribbeanfestival.org - a tribute to "the Mighty Sparrow".
  
  http://www.intr.net/goyewole/tsparrow.htm
  Another tribute to the "Mighty Sparrow".
  
  http://www.icerecords.com/apsparr.htm
  Ice Records tribute to Slinger Francisco.

• Taffari Makonnen SEE Rastafari

• V.S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad)  Naipul, Nobel Prize winner 2001
  
  http://www.literature-awards.com/vsnaipaul_nobel_prize_2001.htm  
  

Caribbean History and Culture

• African-American History
  http://afroamhistory.about.com/cs/carribean/
  About.com's Caribbean/Latin American history page.

• Antigua and Barbuda

• Antilles (popularly known as the "West Indies" --  this group includes the 12 independent nations of: Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Barbados, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda and St. Kitts-Nevis).
  
           Greater Antilles (Includes the larger islands of: Jamaica, Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico)
  
           Lesser Antilles (Includes all of the smaller islands -- the northernmost islands are known as the
                  Leeward Islands the southernmost islands are known as the Windward Islands).

• ArtMedia Haiti
  http://www.artmediahaiti.com/amh/index.html
  Historical description of Haitian art and culture.

• Bahamas
  http://www.thebahamian.com/aboutbahamas.html
  Information about the nearly 700 islands of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.

• Barbados
  Barbados Tourism Authority National websites
  http://www.barbados.org/  
  
  Barbados Daily Nation
  http://www.nationnews.com/   
  
  CIA World Factbook on Barbados
  http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/bb.html 
  
  Government of Barbados Information Network
  http://www.barbados.gov.bb/ 

• Calypso and Soca Music in the Caribbean
  
  http://caribplanet.homestead.com/101.html
  
  http://www.acslink.aone.net.au/christo/histmain.htm 
  
  http://www.reggaefusion.com/Evolution/Calypso.html  
  
  http://www.islandmix.com/news/viewarticle.cfm?articleid=547  
  
  http://www.ed.pdx.edu/multi/latinomusic.htm  
  This web sites provides a number of links to various forms of Caribbean and Latin American music.

• Cuba
  CIA World Factbook on Cuba
  http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/cu.html  
  
  Radio Havana
  http://www.radiohc.org/ 
  
  U.S. Department of State web site relating to Cuba
  http://www.state.gov/www/regions/wha/cuba/
  
  Cuban Consular Information Sheet
  http://travel.state.gov/cuba.html 
  
  AfroCubaWeb - Afro-American cultures in Cuba
  http://afrocubaweb.com/
  
  Lonely Planet worldguide to Cuba
  http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/caribbean/cuba/
  

• Dominica
  Official Dominca Web Site
  http://www.ndcdominica.dm/index.htm
  
  CIA Worldfact Guide to Dominica
  http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/do.html  
  
  Dominica Consular Information Sheet
  http://travel.state.gov/dominica.html

• Dominican Republic
  Dominican Republic One : News and Information
  http://www.dr1.com/ 
  
  CIA WorldFact Guide for the Dominican Republic
  http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/dr.html 
  
  Dominican Consular Information Sheet
  http://travel.state.gov/dominican_republic.html 

• Early History of Haiti 
  http://abe.www.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/haiti/history.html 
  Multicultural web page created by Purdue University.

• Events in the Nations of the world, 1800-1899
  http://www.onwar.com/aced/nation/hat/haiti/
  Chronological information regarding the history of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

• Grenada
  Grenada Official Travel Guide
  http://www.geographia.com/grenada/ 
  
  CIA World Factbook on Grenada
  http://www.google.com/search?q=grenada&hl=en
  
  Grenada Consular Information Sheet
  http://travel.state.gov/grenada.html 

• Haiti
  CIA World FactBooks to Haiti
  http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ha.html 
  
  HaitiTourisme -Official site of the Secretary of State for Tourism
  http://www.haititourisme.com/ 

• Haiti and the Revolution
  http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/43a/102.html
  Historical description of the Revolution and the slave trade in Haiti.
  
  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3p2990.html
  Brief description of the slave uprisings and subsequent Haitian Revolution

• Jamaica

• Petionville, burgeois residential neighborhood of the upper class
  http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g147307-d150231-Reviews-Petionville-Port_au_Prince_Haiti.html  
  
  http://interhotel.com/haiti/es/localidades/27426.html  
  
  http://www.artlakay.com/history/pages/Petionville.htm  
  
  http://members.tripod.com/~sarchives/haiti4.html

• Puerto Rico  

• St. Kitts and Nevis

• St. Lucia

• St. Vincent and the Grenadines

• Trinidad and Tobago

Catholicism (religion) in the Caribbean

     http://www.cmu.org.uk/caths/cat_pg21.htm
     This web site gives statistics on numbers of people practicing Catholicism in the Caribbean. 

Obeah (religion) in the Caribbean - see also Obeahmanism, Afro-Caribbean Shamanism

       http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/awakening101/obeah.html

Rastafari

• Rastafari, old & new
  http://www.uoguelph.ca/~terisatu/Counterplanning/c2.htm
  Introduction to Rastafari and Haile Selassie I, known as  Ras Taffari Makonnen.
  
  http://members.aol.com/porchfour/religion/african.htm  
  
  http://www.angelfire.com/ny/ethiocrown/HaileIII.html 
  
  http://scolar.vsc.edu:8005/VSCCAT/AAY-1984  
  
  http://www.bobmarley.com/life/rastafari/
    

Reggae Music - including a history of Reggae music in the Caribbean

• History of Reggae Music
  http://reggaetrain.com/innahistory.html
  History of mento, ska, rock steady and reggae music.
  
  http://debate.uvm.edu/reglinks.html
  Web resources for students of Reggae music.

Religion in the Caribbean

• Catholicism
  
• Obeah
  
• Rastafari
  
• Voodoo
  
  See additional web sites for information regarding religion in the Caribbean:
  
• http://archive.nandotimes.com/prof/caribe/caribbean.religions.html
  
  http://altreligion.about.com/cs/afrocaribbean
  
  http://www.zenzibar.com/eta/directory.asp?cat=RV
  

Slavery and the Slave Trade

• The Afrocentric Experience
  http://www.swagga.com/revolts.htm
  Chronology of slavery and the slave trade in Africa and the Caribbean.
  
  http://www.commonlink.com/~olsen/RASTAFARI/CAMPBELL/chapter1.html
  Article on slavery and the roots of resistance, including the formation of Rastafari
  
  http://debate.uvm.edu/dreadlibrary/flanagan.html
  The Black struggle in colonization and description of the slave trade in Jamaica.
  
  http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/slavery/world.html
  DiscoverySchool.com's slavery web pages
  
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1523000/1523100.stm
  BBC News web pages dealing with slavery.
  
  http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimeline3.htm
  African Slave Trade and European Imperialism

Sugar industry in the Caribbean

Voodoo (religion) in the Caribbean

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