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Selected Web Sites
- Appalachian Studies Association
- Provides information and links to research about Appalachia, including an online syllabus archive and links to its own Journal of Appalachian Studies as well as to bibliographies, databases, archive/manuscript collections, libraries and research centers.
- http://www.appalachianstudies.org
- Appalachian Center, University of Kentucky
- Multidisciplinary institute which links UK resources with other Appalachian communities in programs of research, instruction, and service; provides maps and data of the region as well as links to outside sources.
- http://www.uky.edu/RGS/AppalCenter/welcome.html
- CVA: Center for Virtual Appalachia
- A portal to online information; includes access to government, commercial educational sites with links to maps, art, music, literature, religion, crafts, and events.
- http://cva.morehead-st.edu/search.php?search=index
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ETSU Departmental Web Sites
- Center for Appalachian Studies and Services (CASS)
- One of the unique departments of ETSU. A few of its components are Appalachian Scottish and Irish Studies, courses for an undergraduate minor, a Bluegrass and Country Music program, and the headquarters of Now and Then, The Appalachian Magazine.
- http://cass.etsu.edu
- History
- Includes information about majors, minors, undergraduate and graduate courses and syllabi, including courses related to Appalachia (i.e., History of Southern Appalachians); provides links to related information.
- http://www.etsu.edu/cas/history/hist.htm
- Sociology/Anthropology
- Includes information about majors and minors (i.e., Appalachian Studies), and undergraduate/graduate courses and syllabi.
- http://www.etsu.edu/cas/sociology/sociol.htm
Other departmental sites might be helpful, depending upon the emphasis in Appalachian Studies.
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Selected Bibliography
- Appalachia: a history
- Williams, John Alexander.
- Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, c2002.
- E-Books from NetLibrary
- http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=82186
- Appalachia, a regional geography: land, people, and development
- Raitz, Karl B.
- Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1984.
- SHERROD Reference Room (No Loan) F106 .R22
- Archives in Appalachia: a directory.
- [Boone, NC]: Appalachian Consortium, 1985.
- SHERROD Reference Room (No Loan) CD3052 .A7
- The Carolinas and the Appalachian States.
- Hudson, Patricia L.
- New York, NY: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1989.
- ETSU Archives of Appalachia Special Collections (No Loan) F217 .A65
H83 1989,
- SHERROD Books F217 .A65 H83 1989
- SHERROD Reference Room (No Loan) F217 .A65 H83 1989
- The Southern Appalachians: a bibliography and guide to studies.
- Munn, Robert F.
- Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University Library, 1961.
- SHERROD Reference Room (No Loan) Z1251.A7 M8
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