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• Biography
• Maps
• Encyclopedias/Almanacs/Information Resources
• American History/Geography
• International History/Geography
• Education
• Media Sources
• War
• Online Journals/Magazines/Newspapers
• Global/Multicultural Resources
• Human Rights
• Genealogy
• Oral History
• Religion
• Information Search Engines
• Politics
• Law

Biography

• Infoplease Biographies
• Random Access Memory: An Experiment in Collective Recollection
• The Internet African American History Challenge
• Absolute Facts
• Lives, the Biography Resource
• American Presidents: Life Portraits
• The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project
• The Lincoln Museum

Maps

• The Yale Map Collection
• Perry-Castaņeda Library Map Collections
• Mapping Literature: Cartography in the World Literature Classroom
• LibrarySpot Maps
• Historical Atlas of the 20th Century

Encyclopedias/Almanacs/Information Resources

• The New Georgia Encyclopedia
• Encyclopedia.com
• ehistory
• Encyclopedia Smithsonian
• Ultimate Guide to History Resources
• Online Encyclopedias Index/Links
• High Beam Library Research
• Encyclozine
• Infoplease Almanacs
• The Straight Dope
• News of the Weird
• Harper's Index
• Time Capsule (enter a date to see a page of information of what happened on that date)
• Today in History
• Encyclopedia of Days
• Bigeye Reference Center
• Bigeye Library Resources
• Philosophy Resource Center
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Encyclopedia of Psychology
• Principia Cybernetica Web
• The Big Waste of Space
• Connected: the Internet Encyclopedia
• Ask Dr. Universe
• Fact Monster
• Cool Quiz
• How Stuff Works
• Failure Magazine
• Acronym Finder
• Urban Legends Reference Pages
• Newseum
• Global Text Project

• Symbols.com (Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols)

American History/Geography

• Here is New York (9-11 photo gallery)
• Facing History
• Martin Luther King Digital Archive
• Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History
  
• The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture
• The Foot Soldier Project for Civil Rights Studies at UGA
• Civil Rights Digital Library
• Africana.com
• African American Web Connection
• Black Facts Online
• Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience
• National Museum of American Jewish History
• The National Japanese American Historical Society
• The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip
• The Center for the Study of the American South
• Pilgrim Hall
• Watergate.info
• Illusion and Delusion: The Watergate Decade
• Time Newsfile: Watergate
• Washington Post: Watergate
• Vice Presidents.com
• United States Geological Survey
• The History Net
• Fifties Web
• Sixties Pop
• The Political Graveyard
• Association of Americans of Indian Origin in the New England Area
• Images of American Political History
• ConstitutionFacts.com
• National Archives and Records Administration
• Keeping America Informed: The U.S. Government Printing Office
• Above Top Secret
• American Memory
• Ameristat
• 50 States
• Roadside America
• Making of America (digital library of primary sources in American social history)
• National Archives and Records Administration
• The Internet Archive
• Guide to Presidents
• Dream of a Nation
• U.S. GenWeb Archives Project: Building a Virtual Courthouse

International History/Geography

• Perry-Castaņeda Library Map Collections
• National Geographic Mapmachine
• Eyewitness
• Walk Through Historical Buildings
• Aneki: Country Information, Regional and World Rankings
• Perseus Project
• Asia Society
• Arabia.com
• Arab Net
• The World Civilization Virtual Library
• Al Bawaba (The Middle East Gateway)
• Bigeye History Resources
• Conflict Archive on the Internet: The Northern Ireland Conflict
• The Crowned Head
• The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies
• American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise's Jewish Student Online Research Center (JSOURCE)
• Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: African Voices

Education

• Dictionary of Education PLUS
• Online Teaching Degree
• Association of Research Libraries
• Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
• Higher Education Links List (HELL)
• Gale Group
• Bigeye Education Center

Media Sources

• National Public Radio
• Public Broadcasting System
• British Broadcasting Corporation
• Cox Newspapers
• RefDesk Indexes to News Outlets
• Links to 300+ U.S. and Canadian Newspapers
• Newspapers Online
• Internet Public Library Online Newspapers
• 1st Headlines
• The History Channel
• CNN
• Znet
• MSNBC
• Funny Times
• The Smoking Gun
• Dolinar
• American Journalism Review NewsLink (U.S. Newspapers by State)
• Independent Media Institute (includes Alternet)
• PanAfrican News Agency
• Romenesko's MediaNews
• Profaca Mario's Cyberspace Station
• International Newspaper Marketing Association
• Freedom Forum
• Project for Excellence in Journalism
• American Press Institute
• Investigative Reporters and Editors Inc.
• American Society of Newspaper Editors
• The Daily Howler
• Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Newsline
• The Drudge Report (includes links to many news outlets)

War

• Nazi Germany Propaganda Archive
• Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority
• Holocaust Survivors
• Last Expression: Art from Auschwitz
• Abe's Story: A Holocaust Memoir
• World War I: Trenches on the Web
• The Great War Society
• Widows of War Living Memorial
• Regret to Inform
• Veterans.com: Connecting the Generations
• Women are Veterans, Too!
• National Gulf War Resource Center
• Civil War Circuit
• The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War
• The United States Civil War Center
• The Forgotten Victory (Korean War Veterans National Museum and Library)
• Korean War Project
• U. S. Army Women's Museum
• Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum
• The Virtual Wall
• View the Wall: Vietnam Veterans Memorial
• Echoes From the Wall: History, Learning and Leadership Through the Lens of Vietnam War Era

Online Journals/Magazines/Newspapers

For Teachers

For Students

Global/Multicultural Resources

Genealogy

• Scientific American Ask the Experts Archive
• How Stuff Works
• How Things Work
• Ask a Scientist or Engineer
• Expert Central
• Absolute Trivia

Politics

Voting

• Evote
• Project Vote Smart
• Election Globe
• Rock the Vote

  Opinion

• National Review online
• Creators.com Opinion Columnists
• Looksmart Political Columnists
• Turn Left: Liberal 'Zine Index
• Townhall.com Columnists (Conservative opinion)
• Counterpunch
• Common Dreams (Breaking News and Views for the Progressive Community)
• Refdesk Columnist Index

Political Parties and Politicians

• United States Senate
• World Socialist Website
• Advocates for Self-Government (Libertarian)
• Infoshop: Your Online Anarchist Community
• Democratic National Committee
• Green Parties Worldwide
• American Patriot Network
• Reform Party
• Republican National Committee
• Democratic Socialists of America
• Leftist Parties of the World
• Communist Party USA
• Labor Party USA
• Socialist Labor Party
• Looksmart Index to Third Parties and Small Parties
• Looksmart Index to International Political Parties
• Skeleton Closet: All the Dirt on All the Candidates
• Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
• Write Your Representative

  Power to the People

• Open Secrets
• The Democracy Online Project
• AllPolitics.com
• Political site of the Day
• SpeakOut.com
• National Whistleblower Center
• The Ruckus Society
• E The People
• Tom Paine.commonsense

Law

• U. S. Supreme Court
• IntLawGrrls.com
• Legal Information Institution Supreme Court Collection
• Dumb Laws
• The Supreme Court Historical Society
• National Paralegal College PLG-110-0908: Constitutional Law & Criminal Procedure
• The Copyright Information Guide