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General Language Resources
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Verbix: Verb Conjugations and Grammar
Visit this page to conjugate verbs in almost any language, from Afrikaans to Urdu.
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Yourdictionary.com: Grammars and Language Courses
Links to online language courses and grammar assistance for over 100 languages. YourDictionary.com also assists with translation, language identification, abbreviations and acronyms, and many other word characteristics!
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Word2Word Online Language Courses
Links to online language courses and grammar assistance for over 100 languages. Also links to online dictionaries, language software, language chat sites, and language schools in the U.S. and abroad.
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Learn a Language
This site provides lessons, games and activities to help you learn many languages including Italian, Japanese and Russian.
Literature
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Online Text Collections in Western European Literature
Lists Internet sources for literary texts in Western European languages other than English. Some translations are included. Literatures covered are in Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Irish, Italian, Latin, Norwegian, Old Norse and Icelandic, Portuguese, Provençal, Spanish, and Swedish.
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Project Gutenberg: Online Catalog
This website provides access to over 40,000 free, high quality, full-text ebooks. Many books are available in languages other than English, including Spanish, French, German, Italian and Chinese.
Professional Associations
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Modern Language Association
"Founded in 1883, the Modern Language Association of America provides opportunities for its members to share their scholarly findings and teaching experiences with colleagues and to discuss trends in the academy. MLA members host an annual convention and other meetings, work with related organizations, and sustain one of the finest publishing programs in the humanities. For over a hundred years, members have worked to strengthen the study and teaching of language and literature." (information from the website)
Culture
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Europeana
This site offers access to millions of digitized items from European libraries, archives and museums. Search for images, texts, sound files and videos.