There are a lot of helpful websites that can help you in your search for the perfect study abroad program, as well as the best resources for working abroad after your study abroad experience or even working in the United States, with your study abroad experience guiding your selection. Check out these links to help winow your search for the right study abroad program and post study abroad experience. 

http://www.glimpse.org/ Glimpse is a website about real life abroad. It features stories by young Americans living overseas - interesting stories, surprising stories, stories that make you think. Glimpse content is user-generated and professionally edited, giving contributors the chance to hone their journalism skills with National Geographic editors and readers the opportunity to learn about the world through the eyes of their peers. Glimpse is the place where young adults who think, act, and live globally share their stories. Although not specifically targeted towards study abroad students, the content is from young adults, many of whom are studying abroad or who have significant advice and insights into local cultures and cities that would be helpful to any study abroad student.

http://www.abroadview.org/webzine/index.htm Features first-hand reports written by students and recent graduates. The aim of Abroad View is to encourage education abroad and the acquisition of foreign languages, as well as to promote global awareness and cross-cultural understanding. Published by the non-profit Abroad View Foundation, all issues are available free online. The large amount of online content, as diverse as career and fellowship advice for post-abroad life, as well as the online lectures and resources for global citizenship, this website has a host of interesting and thought-provoking content.

http://www.transitionsabroad.com/ The website is unique in its coverage of all education abroad options, from study abroad to educational travel. Offers full and free access to its vast online database of annotated resources and first-hand reports compiled by international education specialists and program participants over the past 30 years.

www.iiepassport.org The Institute of International Education (IIE) publishes the most comprehensive data on study and work abroad programs. The website has a user-friendly search engine which lets you find the program characteristics you're interested in, such as location and language of instruction. The site also includes the entire contents of the IIE books Academic Year Abroad and Vacation Study Abroad. This site is ideal for students and administrators.

www.cafeabroad.com Café Abroad is a student-driven enterprise that comprises a weekly online newsmagazine, a quarterly print publication distributed to more than 320 study abroad offices, and a global community of thousands of study abroad students. It is a great resource for country and city specific research.

www.goabroad.com. This is a comprehensive and up-to-date education abroad web site with excellent search provisions. The site also provides resources for programs to intern, teach, and volunteer abroad, among other things.

 www.studyabroad.com This general website lists study abroad programs as well as special databases for language courses and internships/volunteer programs. The site's information is limited to location and subject.

www.cie.uci.edu The University of California-Irvine has compiled extensive directories of study abroad, summer programs, internships, research, teaching, volunteering and work abroad programs with links to many other education abroad web sites. A great site for research.

internationalcenter.umich.edu/swt/index.html The University of Michigan's International Center's Overseas Opportunities Office and the Abroad Editor from Transitions Abroad Work, William Nolting, have compiled a collection of outstanding articles, annotated links, and print resources for study, work, and travel abroad, including in-depth reports on work abroad options.

www.globaled.us/wwcu/ This website links to university and international office web sites. The listings are organized by country. However, http://www.webometrics.info/ contains ranking information for the colleges and universities worldwide

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http://www.campustelecom.it and http://www.webpuccino.it are the best online resources for wireless services in Italy. The websites are comprehensive and a great resource if you are thinking of studying abroad in Italy.