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Children, Teachers & Parents (Links)
- Ben's Guide to U.S.
Government for Kids (Ben's Guide serves as the educational
component of GPO Access, GPO's service to provide the official
online version of legislative and regulatory information. This
site provides learning tools for K-12 students, parents, and teachers.
)
- Federal Resources For Educational
Excellence (More than 30 Federal agencies formed a working
group in 1997 to make hundreds of Federally supported teaching
and learning resources easier to find. The result of that work
is the FREE web site.)
- FirstGov for Kids (This site
provides links to Federal kids' sites along with some of the best
kids' sites from other organizations all grouped by subject.)
- The Library of Congress
Learning Page (The "front door" to more
than 100 American Memory Collections! Here is a "teacher's eye view"
of over 7 million historical documents, photographs, maps, films,
and audio recordings. You will find lessons, features, activities,
and tips and tricks for using theese collections in the classroom
or any teaching/learning environment for k-12 learners.)
- Library of Congress Live! (Combining
the vast historical treasures from the Library's collections with
music, dance and dialogue)
Consumer Information
Dictionaries and Thesauri
- Links and Indexes to Online Dictionaries
- English Language Dictionaries
- Thesauri
- Specialized Dictionaries
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- Telephone Directories
Education
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Genealogy, Biography,
and Archaeology
Grant Resources
Health/Medical
History (General )
Language and Literature
Law
Libraries
Maps
Political Science
and Government
- Center for Voting and Democracy: "The
Center for Voting and Democracy is a non-partisan, non-profit organization
that supports
fair elections and studies how voting systems affect participation,
representation and governance." The Center's web pages present
reports, information, and its positions on voting systems reform,
proportional representation, redistricting, voter participation and
turnout, campaign finance, and more.
- Political Information:
The Political Information search engine searches 5000+ United States
politics and public policy web sites. Use it to find information
about public policy issues, political interest groups, political
parties, trade associations, and current political news.
- This Nation: "This
is a comprehensive guide to American Government and Politics.
... One of the primary intended uses of this site is as a textbook
for
introductory American government courses at the university and
advanced secondary levels."
- September 11, 2001 and Homeland Security
- 9/11
Archive: (The Library of Congress, in collaboration with the
Internet Archive, WebArchivist.org and the Pew Internet & American
Life Project, has created a collection of digital materials known
as the September 11 Web Archive.)
- 9/11 Today
in History (Library of Congress - Today
in History Database)
- Department
of Homeland Security (Legislation, Speeches, Background, and
more)
- Legislation
Related to the Attack of September 11, 2001 (Library of Congress
- THOMAS Database)
- Library of
Congress, Federal Research Division: Terrorism Studies
- Portals
to the World: Selected Internet Resources, Terrorism
- Remembering
9/11: Witness and Response (September 11 Acquisitions at the
Library of Congress)
- September
11, 2001, Documentary Project (Library of Congress:
American Memory:
The September 11, 2001, Documentary Project captures the heartfelt
reactions, eyewitness accounts, and diverse opinions
of Americans and others in the months that followed the terrorist
attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and United Airlines
Flight 93. )
Quotations
Science, Technology and Engineering
Statistics
Other Reference Sites
Librarians'
Internet Index (Very
Comprehensive)
IN THE NEWS:
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