's Bookmarks

InfoNation is a very comprehensive database that contains statistical data from Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania and South America. Data fields include geographical, economic, population and social information. Very good lay out and user-friendly. Site can be searched in Spanish and French. Note: Profiles of Caribbean countries are available in the North America section.

Population Reference Bureau

This site contains a wealth of information, much of it in the form of articles and fact sheets written by PRB members. The site contains a search engine that enables the user to conduct both basic and specific searches. Users can also browse various topics, pinpoint information on a specific region and check out the sites "top hits".

World History Lecture Hall (variety of history subjects made available by profs of history)

History World:

CIA World FactBook (country studies)

Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) (Bilingual LC research site)

Political Database of the Americas (Georgetown U./OAS; multilingual)

African Diaspora (on LANIC)

War Peace and Security WWW Server (Canadian Forces College) (Huge War & Military Hist.site)

World Religions

Japanese Studies (Well-organized research guide, U. Arizona)

Latin American Studies (U. Arizona)

Current Issues (Media and issue analysis, pro & con, background)

Public Agenda Online (Public Opinion and Policy Analysis)

John Peter Zenger's site

This is a website that has an index of all of the mainstream American newspapers lead editorials.

This is an excellent resource for students working on public opinion and current event topics.

Speakout.com

Tom Paine.com (Journal of Opinion)

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. Excellent media analysis of news (FAIR online newsletter & archives)

ZNet (also in Spanish.)

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

IGC – Internet’s Progressive Gateway

Hate Watch (nonprofit online bigotry watchdog group)

Sweatshops.org

Center for the Study of Democracy (U. Cal. Irvine)

Prison Activist Web Ring (Information, statistics, documents, etc. on U.S. prison industry)

Death Penalty Curricula for High School

Designed to help both students and teachers fully explore the subject, the site presents a balanced viewpoint on the various issues surrounding death penalty cases. In addition to background material there is information specific to the individual states as well as links to other sites dedicated to both sides of the death penalty argument.

American History, Constitution, Law and Public Policy

FindLaw - Legal website: U.S. Federal & State Courts/cases; Legal Reference Resources, exams, etc

Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet

A User’s Guide to the Declaration of Independence

The Constitution of the United States (with analysis & interpretation)

American Memory (historical digital collections from LOC)

Charters of Freedom (Magna Carta, Dec. of Indep., Constitution, Bill of Rights, delegates to the Constitutional Convention)

The National Security Archives - Very good for history, political science, Latin American/Caribbean studies)

Internet Law Library
Copyright & Intellectual Propery-A collection of papers via CAUSE
Documents Center
Environmental Treaties & Resources
Federal Courts Finder
Legal Information Institute
Legislation: Bills & Amendments
National Performance Review
Policy.Com site
World Wide Web Virtual Library: Law

U.S. Freedom Struggles: Jefferson, Lincoln, MLK Jr.

African-American Studies

Black History Pages

SLS African American History - Good annotated subject directory, quality links from Suburban Library System

Afro-American Almanac (excellent commercial portal site)

Malcolm X: A Research Site

New York City info

Welcome to NYC LINK - The Official New York City Web Site
New York City Reference - Table of Contents
Board of Education, NYC-includes reports & data
Elected Officials-including Local, State, National
Who Represents Me? --Commmunity Mapping Assistance Project
NYC Council Web-includes NYC legislation
Crain's NY Lists includes links to various NYC and NYS data and representatives
Subway, Path & LIRR info
NYC Street Locator
NYC.gov (Official NYC website)

NYC Oasis (interactive digital map)

Gotham Gazette (NYC Politics and Resources)

Empire State Building Facts

NYC Transit Info: Official MTA Website

NYC Dept. of City Planning Population Census

Excellent unofficial NYC Subway site:

NYC Transit Scenes: Past & Present

NY State Information

Welcome to New York
NYS Assembly
NYS Consolidated Laws
NYS Constitution, Ct Cases, Codes, etc
N.Y.State Education Department
NYS Executive Budget summary
U.S. State Fact Sheet
Who Represents Me? --Commmunity Mapping Assistance Project

Internet Tools and Gateways

Guides to specialized search engines:

Lib of Congress “Explore the Internet”

Scout Report Signpost (annotated online resources)

Scout Report’s Webliographies!

Scout Report Toolkit

Scout Report Archives

Internet Scout Report Home Page

Scout Report Signpost Home:

Hot Topics & Current Events (Updated 9/12/02)
Combating Terrorism

Congressional Quarterly Resources on Terrorism

This Web site provides material from a variety of CQ Press sources relevant to the issues. Sources include encyclopedia articles, such as Jihad and Theocracy; three issues of The CQ Researcher, Combating Terrorism, Islamic Fundamentalism and Middle East Conflict; and more."

Islamic Studies - Breaking the Ties Between Religion and Terrorism

This site from Dr. Alan Godlas, professor of religion at the University of Georgia, gives scholarly resources on Islam and related subjects. The page opens with a short list of pieces related to terrorism and statements from scholars of Islam speaking out against terrorism. The main body of the site, however, is given over to twelve sections of annotated links, which span maps, art, women's rights, the Qur'an, history, and much more. Godlas aims to provide "a non-polemical view of Islam (including Sunni Islam, Shi'ism, and Sufism) and to a lesser extent of Judaism and Christianity," and this is a wonderful collection of resources. Both scholars and the general public should profit from this site.

Chemical & Biological Weapons

September 11 and Beyond
Events of 9/11 and Terrorism

War and Peace Resources Related to the Current Iraq Crisis

A current set of resources compiled by the Librarian's Index to the Internet.

Government Views of Iraq

A selection of government resources on Iraq compiled by the Government Documents Division of the City College library.

Help with Writing Research Papers

Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Research Paper

Produced by the Internet Public Library, this great step-by step guide breaks the process down into manageable steps: Getting started, Choosing a Topic, Gathering Information on through to Writing the paper.

Writing a research paper

Sponsored by the OWL, the Online Writing Lab from Purdue University. Another good resource for understanding the process. OWL also provides additional writing and grammar resources at their site.

Handbook for Library-Based Research Papers

A short and simple Handbook for writing research papers from the University of Wisconsin.

How not to plagiarize

This guide to plagiarism from the University of Toronto includes just about all you need to know to avoid plagiarism.

Language, Culture & Society

Portal Sites (large collections of Internet resources on a variety of linguistic studies)

Mary D. Taffet's Home Page: WWW Sites for Students of Introductory Linguistics

This is a motherlode web site. The Index includes Internet resources for many useful resources, such as dictionaries (including slang – rap, prison, regional & more); dialects, online lingu