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The sudden freedom that comes with a high school or college graduation, or even retirement, makes those ideal times to spend an extended time exploring the world. When traveling, the length of your stay and the degree of your cultural integration are variables that can have a profound significance on the way you experience your destination. In this guide we'll direct you to resources geared toward helping you live abroad for a while.

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The Web abounds with resources for working, teaching, and volunteering abroad, and although a slew of sites exist that try to make sense of them all, only a handful do the job well. In addition to serving as comprehensive site directories (primarily of the myriad programs offering international travel opportunities), many of them have tools, walkthroughs, and articles aimed at helping you plan your adventures. In this section we'll direct you to the most helpful ones out there.

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Because the sites in this section have resources that are directly relevant to one or more of the other sections in this guide, we've grouped them together to allow you to easily compare and contrast what they offer. For example, a site that gives equal treatment to finding internships and au pair placements will help to determine which of these jobs is the best choice for you.

The best general information sites are those that have strong Web directories. For example, Transitions Abroad makes sense of the Web's overwhelming content by organizing useful sites according to what type of travel they relate to and what type of services they offer (for example, work abroad program sites versus intern abroad advice sites).

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Transitions Abroad is a massive Web directory with lists of links and descriptions for the Web's best sites for working, studying, traveling, and living abroad. This site is an extremely useful guide to navigating through the Web's seemingly infinite content. It's jam-packed with information, so give it a thorough surf. Also consider making it your home base during your planning phase.

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Gulliver is devoted entirely to study abroad and helping students connect and share information. The site makes it easy to search for a program - just enter your college name and be presented with a list of programs accepted by it. Use the "prepare to go section" for country-specific requirements, and visit the "discussions" section for advice on specific topics from expert student travelers. You can also create a profile that helps other students find you.

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The University of Minnesota 's Learning Abroad Center has work, intern, and volunteer abroad pages. Each area has concise, well-organized information about how to find a program, job, internship, or volunteer opportunity abroad, which programs to consider, and how to fund your trip. Their lists of accredited programs (found in each section) are great for ideas.

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The University of California , Irvine, divides international experience into seven categories: study, work, volunteer, intern, research, summer, and teach. Under each section you'll find a list of endorsed programs, descriptions of what they offer, and links to their Web sites. This site is simply organized and easy to use.

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The University of Michigan's International Center has a section of its Web site dedicated to providing students and members of the University's community with information on working, studying, and traveling abroad. The site has general information about getting started along with a number of ideas for programs and trip types. Although geared toward UMich students, this comprehensive page has information that any student can use.

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Go Abroad is essentially an alternative travel information site, in a similar vein to Transitions Abroad. If you're looking for jobs, visit their "International Job Opportunities" page, where you can search by country and industry for a job that's right for you.

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