This site, hosted by the University of Virginia Library, is devoted to research into Western European history, literature, culture, and politics. The site provides links to well-maintained, quality sites in the aforementioned fields, including regional and historical resources, Websites on contemporary Europe, e-texts and e-text collections, guides to Library Resources, and book review sites. In addition, WESS offers an online newsletter which features articles of particular relevance to Western European subject specialists. WESS is part of the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association.