Best of the Web
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An indispensable tool for legislative research from the Library of Congess, and a companion to Federal material available through the US Government Printing Office. Users can search theCongressional Record, track the status of a bill, access full-text versions of bills, public and private laws, check roll call votes in the House and Senate, as well as look at the schedules ofboth houses and their committees. Thomas has links to other Library of Congress legislative sites and historical documents.
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A searchable full-text collection of the publications of the United States Commission on Civil Rights.
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"Serving a wide range of communities, we publish multilingual studies, multimedia learning resources, and creative works concerned with the area's environments, cultures, and histories."
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More than 5,000 digital books in Spanish for registered subscribers.
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Timeline of women actronauts. From National Public Radio.
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The official Times Square website which includes an online exhibition celebrating the centennial of Times Square and other links that explore the historic heritage and current highlights of Times Square.
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A project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Tolerance.org encourages people from all walks of life to "fight hate and promote tolerance."
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Works to prevent the barriers and capitalize on the opportunities presented by current and emerging information and telecommunication technologies, in order to create a world that is as accessible and usable as possible for as many people as possible. The Trace Center is currently working on ways to make standard information technologies and telecommunications systems more accessible and usable by people with disabilities.
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Information on the creation of Jansen'sWounded Knee memorial statue.
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Includes information arranged in the following sections: Momentous Moments, Milestones, and Achievements in Sport: A Chronology Crossing Boundaries: Women, Sport, and Literature Women Scholars World-wideScholarly TextsThe Sporting Woman in Film Drama and the Sporting Woman(under construction) Conferences on Women, Sport, and Physical Activity Websites.
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Bibliographies from one of the first transgendered studies courses -- held at Brown University (1998).
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Links to digital resources.
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The Fourth World Documentation Project, Center for World Indigenous Studies.
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"A collaborative Internet project containing information about phylogeny and biodiversity."
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This web exhibit presents original documents and secondary sources on the Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire (1911) held by the Cornell University Library. You will find original documents, oral histories, and photographs.
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"One of the most complete listings of Federally Recognized Tribes (listed by State) in the United States and Alaska."
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"The goal of the Tribal Law Journal is to provide a reliable forum for the discussion of internal indigenous law."
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"The Tribal Museum Network is an affiliation of Tribal Museum and other Museum or Cultural Center professionals who communicate viewpoints and values in the Administration and Curation of Tribal collections. With collaboration and support from the Mountain-Plains Museum Association, the Tribal Museum Network serves as an information clearinghouse featuring professionals who share knowledge while providing a forum for the Tribal Museum Community and Cultural Centers to advocate and promote the highest curatorial standards for their collections."
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This site provides biographical information on a wide variety of artists and online viewing of their works. Painting, sculpture, basketweaving,silversmithing,storytelling, poetry and music. Modern and traditional artforms created by contemporary artists are represented.
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"The Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport is dedicated to exploring how sport, recreation, and physical activity affect the lives of girls and women. The first of its kind in the country, it is an interdisciplinary center leading a pioneering effort on significant research, education, community outreach, and public service."
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Contains links to national and international newspaper archives and indexes available over theInternet.
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The USCIS has records of millions of American immigrants who immigrated and arrived in the United States after 1892 and were naturalized between 1906 and 1956. (formerly the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).
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This office was established by the 1984 Victims of Crime Act to oversee diverse programs that benefit victims of crime. OVC provides funding to state victim assistance and compensation programs, and supports training designed to educate criminal justice and allied professionals in the rights and needs of crime victims.
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Works to increase employment opportunities for people with disabilities by expanding access to training, education, employment supports, assistive technology, and integrated employment.
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Information for seniors from the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, including determining what kind of assistance or living arrangement you need, what your health insurance might cover, and what you can afford.
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The latest news on the earth sciences and hydrology. Includes information on geographical information systems (GIS) and the USGS Volunteer for Science Program.
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Second largest health charity in America for advancement of independence and productivity of people with cerebral palsy and other disabilities.
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Site dedicated to genealogical information pages for England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Island, and the Isle of Man.
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Quarterly publication of the United NAtions Department of Public Information. From 1997 to the present.
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United Nations news reports, udated daily. Searchable from April 2001.
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For World Social Science report, DARE Data Bank, Social Science online periodicals, and more.
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UNICEF works to prevent the commercial sexual exploitation of children at the global level, advocating ratification and enforcement of international laws that protect children from the worst forms of child labor.
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Enhances the quality of life and employment options of persons with disabilities through the use of modified personal computers, adaptive devices and custom software.
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The United Keetoowah Band is one of two federally recognized tribes based in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, USA.
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The site for this non-profit, non-partisan organization features facts sheets about the U.N., educational resources, news alerts and related resources.
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Provides basic research tools for deciphering document symbols, codes, numbering systems, and indices to UN documents.
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Population Division provides support and servicing to intergovernmental bodies, facilitates access by governments to information on population trends and their interrelationship with social and economic development, contributes to the capacity building of member states to formulate national population and related policies and programs, enhances coordination and cooperation amoung the organizations of the U.N. system, and distributes electronic population information.
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The United States Code, Title 18: Chapter 53 governs crimes committed in Indian country and criminal procedures and jurisdictional authority of tribal governments.
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"Created in 1947 by the United Nations Participation Act, the Missions purpose is to assist the President and the Department of State in conducting United States policy at the United Nations."
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Compiled by the U.S. State Department, this Web page provides access to their major publications.
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Extensive collection descriptions, with links to other resources both locally and nationally.
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Searchable image archive.
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The single-most important source for links to Web resources in the field.
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A finding aid of menus held in Special Collections. Many of the menus have also been digitized.
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Includes articles, bibliographies, links.
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Unmarried America "engages in education and advocacy for America's 86 million unmarried and single adults."
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Head Office: The Netherlands General Inquiries: Americas Coordination Office: unposf@igc.apc.org
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This exhibit records how "Women have been involved in printing and the making of books ever since these crafts were first developed," From Princeton University Library's Graphic Arts Collection.
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Provides access to video recorded testimonies of Holocaust survivors, as well as a searchable archives catalog, additional education information and links. Site hosted by the University of Southern California.
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The USGenWeb Project consists of a group of volunteers working together to provide Internet websites for genealogical research in the United States. The Project is non-commercial and fully committed to free access for everyone.
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Statewide historic newspaper database
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This digital archive presents a hypermedia archive of primary sources providing a social history of a northern and a southern community from 1859 through the Reconstruction period.
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Recipes for vegetarian Greek dishes.
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Site featuring vegetarian recipes, fact sheets, a vegetarian food guide, and articles from the Loma Linda University Nutrition and Health Letter.
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Complete menu and recipes.
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Collects and preserves stories of wartime service.
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This project by the Library of Congress provides access to a collection of oral histories, and documentary materials of America's war veterans and those who served in support of them.
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VRW is dedicated to the scholarly study of nineteenth-century Britain, and toaiding researchers, teachers, and students in their investigations of any and all aspects of this fascinating period. VRW is intended to supply a handy set of tips and links to help Victorianists find the practical information they need, whether it's an archive catalogue, a bibliography, a listserv address, a sample syllabus, a place to stay in London, or a journal's submission guidelines.
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This searchable site features oral histories, documents (such as official military records) and photographs.
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Helps in determining your technology needs. Offers delivery, installation and orientation of your new equipment at home or at work. They also offer competitive discounted access technology prices for equipment, computer hardware, software and training as well as upgrades, maintenance agreements, and multi-user site licenses.
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"The goal of this 'visual sourcebook' is to add to the material teachers can use to help their students understand Chinese history, culture, and society."
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A gateway site to United States history sites arranged by general subject headings.
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"Voices From the Gaps is a World Wide Web project that focuses on the lives and works of women writers of color in North America. . . Each author page presents biographical, critical and bibliographical information about the writer as well as images and quotes pertinent to her life and works. Each page includes, in addition, links to other resources on the World Wide Web which contain significant information about that writer."
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"This web resource consists of oral history testimonies gathered from Jewish men and women who came to live in Britain. These testimonies are personal, individual, true stories, which describe life during the Holocaust." A British Library site.
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Searchable and browsable site provides a directory of online resources about Wales and Welsh life.
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Thirteen Online's Web companion takes you on a virtual tour of New York's most populous borough with David Hartman and historian Barry Lewis.
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"The Walter Benjamin Research Syndicate is an on-line research resource for individuals interested in the writings and the ongoing critical theory of Walter Benjamin (1892-1940). This site maintains a collection of resource information on some of Benjamin's writings, as well as current essays about Benjamin, his work, and the work of some of his close contemporaries. Our focus has been on those writings and projects too-often excluded from academic Benjamin scholarship."
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A searchable collection of over 7,000 photographs and 317 Kodachrome slides documenting the internment of Japanese and Japanese-Americans evacuated from California, Oregon, and Washington by the War Relocation Authority during World War II.
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This site hosts the historical writings of James Renner and other history pieces on Washington Heights and Inwood.
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Information on geography, history, and current issues. Includes an annotated list of links to othter Kurdistan Web resources.
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Provides information about domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
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"WatchingAmerica makes available in English articles written about the U.S. by foreigners, often for foreign audiences, and often in other languages. Since WatchingAmerica offers its own translations, regular users of our site will enjoy articles not available in English anywhere else. We are a unique window into world opinion." -From the website.
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This ongoing project contains a series of linked chronologies that depict world, regional, and cross-cultural history.
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A free public-service wiki for genealogy sponsored by the Foundation for On-Line Genealogy with the Allen County Public Library. You can upload GEDCOM files, upload and annotate scanned documents and photos, include family stories and biographies, and generate maps of your ancestors' life events.
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Provides an archive of web resources on Western Europe, organized by nation.
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A selection of archival materials, including primary source materials, related to the settlement of California, Alaska, Hawaii, Texas, and the Pacific Northwest.
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