Current Events Abroad

Country Reports. Country information from around the world. Regularly updated information and maps, including lots of statistics.

OneWorld.net. A British site with links to current news from and above the "two-thirds world."

Health & Safety

Centers for Disease Control. Travel and prophylactic health information by country.

Travel Health Online. Another good travel health site.

List of Doctors/Hospitals Abroad. US Department of State list of doctors and hospitals abroad.

Health Information by Country. Information distributed by the World Health Organization.

SAFETI/Peace Corps. Peace Corps materials adapted to study abroad.

US State Department Travel Information. Travel Advisories and Consular Information Sheets for US citizens traveling abroad.

Additional safety monitoring sites. Include links to British, Canadian, and Australian counterparts to the State Department site.

U.S. Embassies. Websites of US Embassies, Consulates, and Diplomatic Missions abroad.

Experiences Abroad

Gender Abroad. Northwestern University site providing web links and bibliography of print pieces on gender issues in study abroad.

Multicultural Students Abroad. Learning Abroad Center page designed for multicultural students studying abroad.

GLBT Students and Study Abroad. Indiana University site containing travel/study abroad information and links for GLBT students.

Mobility International USA. For international travelers with disabilities.

Access Abroad. Learning Abroad Center page designed for students with disabilities.

Foreign Currency

Foreign Currency Converter. Permits you to check on exchange rates between currencies of any pair of countries.

VISA ATM Locator and MasterCard ATM Locator. From the VISA and MasterCard websites.

Communication Abroad

Country Codes. Gives country codes and explains how to dial out of one country to another.

Cybercafes Abroad. Easy-to-use search engine for cybercafes.

Time Zones. Allows you to convert time in one country to time in another (helpful when calling home!).

Web Translator. Translates blocks of text and webpages in English, simplified or traditional Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.

Translating Dictionaries. Offers basic phrases in multiple languages, including less-commonly taught languages (such as Amharic and Basque).

Global Climate

World Climate. Climatic data on thousands of cities throughout the world.

By City/Country. Covers most cities in each country, and lists current and near future conditions.

Through BBC. 5-day forecasts, excellent for European weather conditions.

International Development

Eldis Gateway to Development Information. British/Scandinavian gateway site to a wide variety of information about development, including 15,000 online documents and 4,500 organizations.

Praxis: Resources for Social and Economic Development. Another gateway site to lots of development resources, this one maintained by a University of Pennsylvania professor.