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Center for Russian & East European Studies --- The Center for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Pittsburgh (REES) is an interdisciplinary academic center focusing on central and eastern Europe and the successor states of the Soviet Union. REES is a Title VI National Resource Center funded by the U.S. Department of Education, and as such plays a vital role in fostering scholarship and teaching on this dynamic region.

University of Michigan, Russian Studies --- Provides resources covering the Russian Federation, states formerly part of the Soviet Union and Guide for Central Asian and Caucasian Studies and Guide for East European Studies.

REESWeb --- University of Pittsburgh created in 1993, REESWeb, the Virtual Library covering Russia and Eastern Europe to help users identify high quality web content that is located in or focuses on the region stretching from Bohemia to Central Asia. All web sites listed in REESWeb are vetted by the editors, categorized for easy searching, and annotated to provide users with a good idea of what they will find upon visiting a site. This hands-on orientation places a high value on precision and quality in its listings rather than volume and, as such, should provide helpful to researchers, academics and casual users who want to find relevant material on the web rather than sifting through thousands of search results.

National Resource Center --- The 125 National Resource Centers throughout the United States have been established at colleges and universities with funding from the U.S. Department of Education to establish, strengthen, and operate language and area or international studies centers that will be national resources for teaching any modern foreign language.

GIANT --- Databases of organizations and specialists in international affairs and making them available on-line on the Internet.

International Affairs Contact Net --- A directory of international affairs organizations worldwide. Its contents can be searched by organization name, location, subject, type, and resource offerings In addition, this service provides a limited-area, full text web search of websites maintained by organizations listed in the directory.

Access International Education --- A survey of international education opportunities for underrepresented populations. Targeted at international education administrators, this resource aims to increase diversity in international education by facilitating cooperation, benchmarking, comparative research and identification of best practices nationally and internationally.