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Find full color physical maps and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.

American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning.

This Web site of the Biography Channel provides short biographies of famous people, ranging from actors and actresses to political leaders and historical figures.

U.S. government profiles of countries and territories around the world. Information on geography, people, government, transportation, economy, communications, and more.

ConsumerReports.org features Ratings and recommendations on thousands of products and services in categories including appliances, cars, electronics and computers, home and garden, health and fitness, babies and kids, food, personal finance, and travel.

The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world. At present, 101 countries and regions are covered. This Web site also contains brief, more up-to-date Country Profiles on select countries.

Some of the most useful articles, websites and research tools are assembled here for easy reference. A Psychology Reference Guide lists comprehensive general resources for professionals, parents, and students. A Quick Reference Guide below is designed to be a user-friendly resource for instant, quality information on specific topics in Psychology. These selections offer clear and useful information in the form of a resource page, summary paper or review article.

This site has biographies of women who contributed to our culture in many different ways. There are writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers, and others. Some were alive hundreds of years ago and some are living today. We've heard of some of them, while many more have been ignored by history book writers.

Documenting the American South (DocSouth) is a digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture. Currently DocSouth includes ten thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs.

Provides access to the full range of official statistical information produced by the Federal Government without having to know in advance which Federal agency produces which particular statistic. With convenient searching and linking capablilties to more than 100 agencies that provide data and trend information on such topics as economic and population trends, crime, education, health care, aviation safety, energy use, farm production and more, FedStats is your one location for access to the full breadth of Federal statistical information.

Access U.S. Federal and state cases and codes plus Supreme Court opinions. Navigate to home page to browse a wide variety of law-related topics.

Access the first African-American owned and operated newspaper published in the United States. Hosted by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, the first 20 years have been digitized. Includes images of covers of other African-American journals.

GovSpot.com is a non-partisan government information portal designed to simplify the search for the best and most relevant government information online. This free resource offers a high-utility collection of top government and civic resources hand-selected by our editorial team for their quality, content and utility.

American History as well as World History is what you find at History's home on the web. Includes complete time lines of major events in American History as well as World History plus special sections on diverse subjects ranging from Presidential Elections to Naval History.

Offers video, discussions, speeches, newsletters, History Channel magazine, world timeline, and maps. Covers U.S. and world history, culture, mysteries of history, and political and historical figures.

The History Guide has been created for the high school and undergraduate student who is either taking classes in history, or who intends to major in history in college. The purpose of The History Guide is to better prepare yourself for your history classes and to make your time in class more enjoyable and proficient. An online textbook in western civilization, with special reference to the western intellectual tradition.

Claims to present a fact-based, common sense approach in the presentation of the history of humanity, with great care given to accuracy. Features "This Month in History," points of view, homework help, movie reviews, and writers' corner.

Collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use.

Find out what people thought, said and did at the time of some of the most interesting events in history. From the United Kingdom National Archives, Learning Curve is an on-line teaching resource. The Learning Curve contains a varied range of original sources including documents, photographs, film and sound recordings.

inks to thousands of biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, letters, narratives, oral histories and more. * Individual lives of the famous, the infamous, and the not so famous. * Group biographies about people who share a common profession, historical era or geography. * Also general collections, resources on biographical criticism and special collections. All listings link to biographies on other sites. All Individual Lives link to biographies of people who are no longer living.

Discoverthe unique ways kids are celebrating their country's holidays and festivals. The entries might contain recipes for holiday foods, historical background, significance of the holidays and the special ways in which these days are observed. Our calendar entries are rich in local customs that perhaps cannot be found in books.

Offers features, multimedia, online extras, forums, and fun stuff covering people and places around the world.

The number one resource for information and material about the unfolding roles of women in American history.

List of links to Native American History resource sites.

Background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events, and some points of interest on each of the presidents. Links to biographies, historical documents, audio and video files, and other presidential sites are also included.

Collections of historical texts, images, and recordings.

Publishes the court's schedule of oral arguments, and a biography and decision list for each of the justices. Also provides the text of the court rules, information about the court's authority and jurisdiction, and a continually-expanding glossary of terms encountered in decisions. Provides a variety of finding aids with the LII Collection of Historic Decisions of the US Supreme Court, including lists of cases by opinion author, party name, and topic.

Library of Congress site provides access to Bills, Resolutions; Activity in Congress; Congressional Record; Schedules, Calendars; Committee Information; Presidential Nominations; Treaties; and Government Resources. Contains a list of legislative and other government resources. THOMAS also provides resources for learning about the legislative process and resources for legislative researchers.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. Site provides comprehensive information on all aspects of the U.S. workforce.

List of Web sites including African-American Odyssey, African-American Mosaic, American Women's History: African-American Women, and more.

The World News Network offers: * Global news from varied sources, including English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Swedish, Romanian, Hindi, Korean and Malay * Coverage of a wide range of interests from politics to sports, business, arts, health, lifestyle and leisure * "No editorial - No bias" principle allows readers to form their own picture of reality and make their own judgements * Unique, proprietary, comprehensive and multilingual Search Engine * Remarkable ease of navigation

Directory of government sites.