Links
Reference
- Interaktīvā psiholoģijas enciklopēdija
- http://www.psihologija.lv/
- Latviešu žargona vārdnīca
- http://www.lirika.lv/custom/zargons/
- Latvijas ļaudis uz 21.gadsimta sliekšņa
- http://www.gramata21.lv/
- Letonika
- http://www.letonika.lv/
- Created by the Riga-based software firm Tilde and the publisher Nacionālais apgāds, Letonika is a great encyclopedic resource for things Latvian. If you're a trivia buff check out the "Šonedēļ" section. It's a Latvian version of "This Week in History" and has some interesting tidbits. Instead of listing all the different reference items available here we'll tell you what we learnt today: the names of all the mayors of Cēsis through the centuries and biographies of other famous Latvians born in Central Vidzeme; the meaning of the words asmītnieki and Cistercieši; that in the 18th and 19th centuries Vecais Stenders and other pious and influential leaders classified Latvian folk songs as "blēņu dziesmas" and not worthy of note, and window-shopping is called "acu mielošana pie skatlogiem." The service is available by subscription, but a seven-day free trial is available to anyone interested. LV (Reviewed August 2004)
- Tildes datorvārdnīca internetā
- http://dictionary.tilde.lv/
- Vikipēdija
- http://lv.wikipedia.org/
- Vikipēdija is the Latvian version of the free-content online encyclopedia to which anyone interested may contribute. Up and running since June 2003, this version has accumulated a large amount of factual information in Latvian about a range of different subjects. All of it has, of course, been added by people like you, so if you feel there is a serious lack of reference material in some field, then this is your chance to make your mark on this page. Other subsections of this site include WikiTravel (www.wikitravel.org) a worldwide travel guide updated by "Wikitravellers" (anyone with a penchant for travel). Latvia is featured here but is in dire need of more content. Incidentally, seeing as Jāņi is fast approaching, we searched Vikipēdija but came up with nothing. The English version, though, does have quite a comprehensive section on the subject of "Midsummer," covering the whole region of Northern Europe and the way it celebrates this time of the year. LV (Reviewed June 2005)
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