BBC website for Scottish History:
www.bbc.co.uk/history/scottishhistory

The Scottish Office, Scotland in Profile Factsheet on Scotland including history
www.scotland.gov.uk/library

Edinburgh University Department of Geography, Gateway to Scotland web page with history section and useful links
www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland

Heritage of Scotland web site good overview of Scottish history
www.heritage-of-scotland.com/history.htm

Scottish History Online, early Scottish History
www.scotshistoryonline.co.uk

Detailed history of Scotland up to the Battle of Stirling Bridge (more information to be added to the site in the future)
www.netmedia.co.uk/history

Short notes on different topics in Scottish history
www.scotlandvacations.com

Scottish Culture

Scottish Screen, the national body for film and television in Scotland:
www.scottishscreen.com

General information on Scottish film:
www.tartans.com/articles

Scottish Music Information Centre website with links to other Scottish music websites:
www.smic.org.uk

Highlands and Islands Arts website on the visual Arts in Scotland with links to exhibitions and galleries across Scotland:
www.scot-highlands.com

An extensive website covering Scottish literature and poetry with links to other useful sites:
www.rampantscotland.com/literature.htm

An extensive guide to traditional Scottish cookery including recipes and links to other Food and Drink websites:
www.rampantscotland.com/food.htm

The Scottish Whisky Association Official website, information on number of distilleries:
www.scotch-whisky.org.uk

Scottish Sports Organisation website, details of all sporting associations:
www.scottishsports.org.uk

Sport Scotland website, information on all aspects of sport in Scotland:
www.sportscotland.org.uk

BBC News on Scottish sport:
news.bbc.co.uk/sport

Trade Partnerships and Business Links:
www.britishembassy.com

Online Directory covering the whole of the UK:
www.yell.com

Internet portal for Scotland, everything you need to know about Scotland:
www.scotland.com

List of local and national newspapers in Scotland:
www.scottishnewspapers.com

Universities Scotland is the representative body of Scotland's 21 Universities and Higher Education institutes, links to Scottish Universities:
www.universities-scotland.ac.uk

Health Education Board for Scotland website:
www.hebs.scot.nhs.uk

The Church of Scotland website:
www.churchofscotland.org.uk

The National Library of Scotland, news, collections, catalogues:
www.nls.uk






Politics

About the Parliament, latest news, useful addresses and visiting:
www.scottish.parliament.uk

Scottish politics:
government publications, reports & consultations by civil servants, about the Scottish Executive:
www.scotland.gov.uk

"What we do", contacts, publications, press releases:
www.scottishsecretary.gov.uk

Scottish Labour Party:
www.scottishlabour.org.uk

Scottish National Party:
www.snp.org

Scottish Liberal Democrats:
www.scotlibdems.org.uk

Scottish Conservative Party:
www.scottishtories.org.uk

Brazilian music

www.smartbiz.com.br
A DJ agency and a label that specialises in styles such as house, tecno, techouse, breakbeats, garage and electro. Everything is available in Real Player sets and live PAs for the registered DJs. Good for Alan Bryden!

http://www.abmi.com.br
Association of Independent Labels. There are links to all the labels in the members section


http://www.mmmariana.com.br/
This is the site for a project which restores and distributes scores held by the Music Museum in Mariana in Minas Gerais. The scores are of Brazilian religious music of the 18th and 19th centuries. There are MP3 files for some of the restored works.


http://www.bizarremusic.com.br/
The site for the independent label of the same name. It specialises in alternative and underground music with strong vanguard and electronic music influences. The site has downloads for all the label`s artists, as well as links to other labels, artists, graphic designers and artistic projects.


http://www.unicamp.br/cdmc/
This site is run by the Music Documentation Centre, which is linked to the University of Campinas. It runs the most complete database in Brazil about contemporary music, with information on musicians, composers, institutions and research centres


http://www.pragatecno.com.br/
Pragatecno is an electronic music cooperative, which was set up in Maceió in the state of Alagoas. The cooperative now has centres in various northern and north-eastern cities, such as Belém, Recife, Fortaleza, Salvador and João Pessoa. There are streaming files with samples of music from member DJs.

http://www.gafieiras.com.br/

http://www.bibvirt.futuro.usp.br/sons/instrumentos/instrumentos.html
Those Brazilian Rhythms. Want to know more about Brazilian rhythms. Have a look here

http://cliquemusic.uol.com.br/

http://www.let.puc-rio.br/dicionario/index.html

http://bmth.blogspot.com/

http://www.nelsons.com.br/

http://www2.expresso2222.terra.com.br/

http://www.samba-choro.com.br/

http://www.terra.com.br/musica/

http://showlivre.terra.com.br/

http://revisitampb.blogspot.com/

http://www.revistamusicabrasileira.com.br/

http://www.jangadabrasil.com.br/

http://www.sombras.com.br/

http://www.fundaj.gov.br/isis/disco.html

http://www.sobresites.com/mpb/

http://www.musicexpress.com.br/

http://www.musicalmpb.com/

http://www.mpbnet.com.br/

http://www.sombrasil.ig.com.br/

http://www.centraldamusica.com.br/

http://www.jornalmovimento.com/

http://www.paginadamusica.com.br/