| ANTHROPOLOGY Exploring Ancient World Cultures
A world of cultures converge on this site hosted by the University of Evansville. A
multiple listing of links from all over the world.
Anthropology in the News
(Anthropology, Texas A&M Univ.)
Links to full text anthropology-related news stories from ABC, CNN, USA
Today, Washington
Post, Nando, Archaeology, university press releases, and other sources.
Bibliographies of Northern
and Central California Indians (California Indian Library Collections Project)
Extensive bibliographies of journal articles, books, reports, papers, and other materials
relating to California Indian studies.
Chloris (Michael C. Nelson, Charles Griebel, and Rodney D. Fitzsimons, Univ. of Toronto)
A searchable bibliography of the Bronze Age archaeology of Greece and Crete. It is
organized by location.
Folklore and Mythology Electronic
Texts
An extensive collection of tales from around the world, many edited or translated by D. L.
Ashliman, a professor of Germanic Languages and Literature. The alphabetical list has
stories in categories such as frog kings and princes, nightmares, and werewolf and
witchcraft legends. The list also includes stories from such collections and authors as
Aesop's Fables, Bulfinch's Mythology, Chaucer, and the Grimm Brothers.
Library of Congress Resources in
Ethnographic Studies
A collection of resources in anthropology, ethnomusicology, folklore and folklife.
Mythologies
A free service for anyone interested in mythology, folklore, and legends. Topics covered
include classical mythology, Greek and Roman myths, Arthurian Legend, myths and legends,
creation stories, folktales, mythological personages and deities, literary works with some
mythological/legendary significance, relative sociological, anthropological,
archaeological, and cultural studies, the related works of notable scholars, specialists
and writers. Links to remote resources on the web concerning myth and legend are also
available here.
Native
Web Bibliographies
A small collection of bibliographies relating to indigenous cultures worldwide. Most of
them focus on Native American peoples and cultures.
UCSB Anthropology Web Page
An excellent interactive site for all aspects of anthropological inquiry.
LAW
Bureau of Justice
Statistics From the U.S. Dept of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics, an array of
statistics, including those on victims of crime, drugs and crime, criminal offenders, and
the criminal justice system - courts, law enforcement, and corrections.
Civil rights The National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, Tennessee, memorializes events such as the
Freedom Summer, sit-ins, March on Washington, and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, with
pictures and concise descriptions.
Congress
Core Documents of U.S. Democracy - includes the Constitution, Declaration of Independence,
Bill of Rights, the Budget, Census information, Federal Laws and Regulations, and more.
Crime. U.S.
Important crime statistics provided by the FBI and the Bureau of Justice Statistics are
available from the White House.
FindLaw Legal Internet Guide
Find legal information on the Internet from online code, case law, U.S. Supreme Court
decisions back to 1893, consumer and business law.
Oyez Oyez Oyez - A Supreme Court
WWW Resource - provides information about major constitutional cases heard and decided by
the Supreme Court of the United States including digital recordings of the Court's
proceedings.
Supreme Court
Decisions Contains all opinions of the Court issued since May of 1990, as well as some
of the most important historical decisions of the Court and general information about the
court system.
Thomas Use this service from
the Library of Congress to track Federal Legislation and follow the activities of the
nation's lawmakers.
GOVERNMENT
ABAG Association of Bay
Area Governments is a regional planning agency providing links to all San Francisco Bay
Area governments.
Major
Government Indexes Frequent used sites related to U.S. Federal Government Information
ThisNation: The
American Government and Politics Portal "The most comprehensive guide to American
government and politics on the net," features an extensive library of major documents
in American political history. The site also offers an online "American Government
and Politics Textbook" that serves as an excellent primer on the American political
process. In addition, the site contains learning tools designed separately for citizens,
students, and teachers.
United States Census
Bureau For basic Census Bureau information from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Government Resources
on the Web A central reference and referral point for government information
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Stay
on top of what's going on with Food, Human Drug's, Cosmetics, Medical Devices, and many
other areas of interest.
Fifty States Links to
the official home page of each of the fifty United States - fast loading and simple.
Government
Information Resources If you want to do a topical search of government information
(e.g., crime statistics, education, immigration, patents, etc.) then try this.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
This site has loads of information about the EPA, projects & programs. This would be a
great place to go if you would like to help protect human health and to safeguard the
natural environment.
U.S. State Fact Sheets A site
from the Economic Research Service of the Department of Agriculture.
Fedstats Statistics of
interest to the public.
Subject
of Indexes to Government Information Government information by subject.
Official
Federal Government Web Sites A Library of Congress internet resource page - Executive,
Legislative, and Judicial.
Government
Information Locator Service Congressional Research Service (CRS) selected reports. CRS
mission is to support an inform legislature.
PSYCHOLOGY and SOCIOLOGY
Social Science
Information This is a collection of resources related to Social Science education and
research.
Research Resources for
the Social Sciences There are many links from this site to the various disciplines in
the field of social science.
Internet
Public Library Links to sites covering everything from information about cults to
dreams interpretation.
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
Zen Guide Site covers the
history, concepts, and ideas of Buddhism and Zen and other Eastern philosophies.
Philosophy Since
the Enlightenment By Roger Jones: Foucault, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein.
Mythologies A
free service for anyone interested in mythology, folklore, and legends. Topics covered
include classical mythology, Greek and Roman myths, Arthurian Legend, myths and legends,
creation stories, folktales, mythological personages and deities, literary works with some
mythological/legendary significance, relative sociological, anthropological,
archaeological, and cultural studies, the related works of notable scholars, specialists
and writers. Links to remote resources on the web concerning myth and legend are also
available here.
Internet
Public Library Hundreds of links to religion and theology on the Internet.
UNITED STATES HISTORY
American Currency Exhibit
"Story of American history told in its Currency" for each era.
Click to our Nation's History Five
million rare items from the Library of Congress including Presidential letters and diaries
are being transferred to a new website on the internet.
Nineteenth Century
Document Project Courtesy of Furman University. When completed this collection will
include accurate transcriptions of many important and representative primary texts from
the nineteenth century American history, with special emphasis on those sources that shed
light on sectional conflict and transformations in regional identity.
The
American Colonists Library A Treasury of Primary Documents: A comprehensive
webliography of primary source documents pertaining to early American history that are
currently available online. Included in the list are links to historical
sources that influenced American colonists, online collections of the work of major early
American political leaders, the text of The Acts of Parliament concerning the American
Colonies, numerous American Revolution military documents, and much more.
The American West This
site covers the "history and development of the American West, from the Frontier and
Pioneer days of the Wild West, to today's Modern West."
The Charters of
Freedom Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and the Bill of Rights on loan from
the Perot Foundation, the MagnaCarta.
WitchCraft
in Salem Village Essays and other resources, including court documents of the Salem
Witch trials of 1692. Some of the papers and court documents are searchable. This site
also includes a map of Salem, and information on a memorial for the victims. Check out the
Ask the Archivist section for common FAQ's which help give historical perspective.
Vietnam
War This is the most comprehensive history of the Vietnam War on the internet.
WORLD HISTORY
Hyper
History Presents 3,000 years of world history with a combination of colorful graphics,
lifelines, timelines, and maps. Over 1,200 files are interconnected throughout the
website. The site contains over 7 MB of images and text files, but individual gif files
are kept small enough to allow for a quick display.
Irish
History on the Web Provides hundreds of links to sites and documents on the Web
concerning Irish history. The site asserts that "most of the links found here will
lead to primary documents, original essays, bibliographies or specific informational
sites, all of which are visited prior to inclusion on this site."
Roman Emperors
(De Imperatoribus Romanis) Biographical information on the rulers of ancient Rome.
Included are images of ancient coins, maps of the city of Rome and the ancient world, and
a battle index with a brief description and related maps.
The Avalon
Project at the Yale Law School Travel through centuries past and explore the major
legal, historical, and governmental documents that have impacted our world.
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