Best of the Web: History & Social Sciences

Sponsored by the Center for Family History & Genealogy at Brigham Young University, this database uses emigration registers to locate information about immigrants in their native countries. Work in progress.

A digitized collection of books, pamphlets, maps, photographs and historical manuscripts and archives that illustrate the lives of immigrants to the United States as well as the culture they adopted.

NAtional Institute of Health (NIH) researchers recall the early years of AIDS.

The main website for Indymedia, a collective of independent media organizations and journalists offering non-corporate coverage, with links to local Indymedia websites.

Subject-arranged index.

"The Norwegian Council for Africa's award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 4000 websites on subject such as Development and Aid, Economy and Finance, Environment and Agriculture, Facts and Statistics, Health and Social Welfare, Human Rights, News and Media, Politics and Government, Schools and Universities, Security and Conflict, Sport and Culture, Women and Gender."

"The Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)s National Art Collection of Indian (First Nations) and Inuit art represents works of art by Canadas most prominent Indian and Inuit artists as well as works by young emerging and mid-career artists. INACs collection of over 4,000 works includes regional representation from across Canada and representation of all major art media forms, such as basketry, beadwork, carvings, ceramics, drawings, installation art, paintings, photography, sculpture and textiles dating from the early 1960s to the present."

Specializing on the Southwestern United States, Indian House has an extensivecatalog featuring dance and ceremonial songs from the the Pueblo, Navajo and ZuniIndians.

Over 1500 digitized images from the 1870s to the 1960s. Searchable by subject, personal name, photographer or artist, date, or type of material.

IUCAT: IU Libraries' Online Catalog

Links to Native American languages, art, documents, speeches, quotes, prayers, poetry, stories, and more.

Provides substitution suggestions from food professionals for ingredients such as butter, eggs, and flour.

BBC News feature page.

"From groundbreaking research on giving and volunteering to analysis of the economic status of lesbians and gay men, IGLSS leads the way in research and analysis on issues important to LGBT Americans"

"The Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) is a public policy research organization dedicated to informing and stimulating the debate on public policy issues of critical importance to women and their families. IWPR focuses on issues of poverty and welfare, employment and earnings, work and family issues, the economic and social aspects of health care and domestic violence, and women's civic and political participation."

In Santa Fe, New Mexico.

"The purpose of the archive is to document the history of women's involvement in architecture by collecting, preserving, storing, and making available to researchers the professional papers of women architects, landscape architects, designers, architectural historians and critics, and urban planners, and the records of women's architectural organizations, from around the world."

Associated with the Cloisters in New York City, this site promotes research in the area of medieval art and cognate disciplines.

"The International Dutch Oven Society is a non-profit organization based in Logan, Utah. Our primary mission is to promote and encourage the art and skill of Dutch oven cooking, and to provide education regarding the benefits and methods of Dutch oven cooking."

Over 1,000 electronic braille books, including classics and publications of the National Federation of the Blind. Files are in contracted braille ASCII format and may be red online or downloaded.

Abstracts and reviews of materials relating to LGBT Studies.

"The International Institute of Social History (IISH) was founded in 1935. It is one of the world's largest documentary and research institutions in the field of social history in general and the history of the labour movement in particular." The site includes a catalog of its holdings, exhibits, publications, and special projects. Includes table of contents for the International Review of Social History from 1995, and the full text of its newsletter. Portions available in Dutch.

"The International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region (IPPF/WHR) was founded in 1954 with the goal of improving the health of women throughout the Americas. IPPF/WHR seeks to address the range of sexual and reproductive health issues that affect the integral health of women, men and adolescents."

"IWHC works to generate health and population policies, programs and funding that promote and protect the rights and health of girls and women worldwide."

"Internet Archaeology is an independent, not-for-profit, fully refereed electronic journal for archaeology and we have set ourselves the task of publishing articles of a high academic standing which also try to utilise the potential of electronic publication." Began in 1996.

The Wayback Machine provides 'snapshots' of older versions of 85 billion webpages

Collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts for educational use. Find primary sources in ancient, medieval and modern history as well as African, East Asian, Islamic, Jewish, Lesbian and Gay, Science, and Women's history. This is a wonderful site for primary sources on the Internet.

Links arranged in the following categories: Pre-Islamic Arab World Muhammad and Foundations - to 632 CE Islamic Faith and Theology Islamic Expansion and Empire Caliphate Persians Turks Ottomans Expansion Eastwards Interaction wwith the West Western Intrusion Islamic Nationalism Islamic World since 1945 Islamic History Maps further resources on Islamic History.

Site is organized as three main index pages (Selected Sources, Full Text Sources, Saints Lives) and a number of supplementary documents. From the Fordham University Center for Medieval Studies.

Extensive guide to sites, featuring descriptive and evaluative annotations with many links. Divided into the following categories: Introduction & General Internet Guides | Current Events Links | Latin American Directories | Subscription Databases--LatinAmerica | Subscription Databases--General | Public Domain Databases--Latin America | Public DomainDatabases--General | E-Books & Other Texts | Library Catalogs | Digital Library Projects | Organizations | News | List of Lists & Newsgroups | Latin American Networking | Miscellaneous Sites | Finding it on the Web | La Busqueda en Espan~ol|

Government site of basic country information.

This site provides "links by topical categories to resources primarily in English providing nformation on Iraq concerning conflict, weapons inspections,and post-war reconstruction." From the United States Institute of Peace.

Website of "an educational institution dedicated to fostering understanding of Iroquois culture using Iroquois art as a window to that culture. The museum is a venue for promoting Iroquois art and artists, and a meeting place for all peoples to celebrate Iroquois culture and diversity. As an anthropological institution, it is informed by research on archaeology, history, and the common creative spirit of modern artists and craftspeople." Howes Cave, N.Y.

Selections from the Fry Collection. An exhibition in the Department of Special Collections, Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin.

Links to sites covering the arts, business, education, food, government, society, religion, ethics, science, travel and other areas.

Full-text articles.

"Jewish Woman magazine, a project of Jewish Woman International, grows out of the organization's mandate to serve as a resource for all Jewish women, regardless of age, geography, or affiliation bringing the issues they care about to center stage."

JewishGen InfoFiles provide information at your fingertips on topics of relevance to Jewish genealogical research.

Online companion to a PBS program, this site explores the story of Joe Hill, a labor organizer executred by the state of Utah in 1915." Includes biographical information, information on the labor movement of the early twentieth century, and perspectives on Hill's controversial trial.

This print journal's websites offers Table of Content listing from December 2002, plus online selected articles.

The American Journalism Review's list of journalism organizations.

Includes searchable fax directories for most Slavic, Baltic, and East European countries.

The FBI investigation of Kent State is now available online.

Kubon & Sagner is a long-established vendor for Slavic and East European books and serials.

For and about gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered South Asians. Includes subjects: Organizations, Literature, Cinema, Who's Who, News, Links.