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General Resources : Israel

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 African & Middle Eastern Division,
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This portal provides links to information on Israel. Noteworthy sites include Israel's official government portal, which supplies extensive links to government ministries and agencies; the webpages of Israel's educational and cultural institutions; and sites that focus on Israel's history and on Jewish genealogy.

For Library of Congress contact information and materials, consult the Hebraic Section home page of the African and Middle Eastern Division http://www.loc.gov/rr/amed/hs/hshome.html . The Library of Congress Online Catalog http://catalog.loc.gov , and a newly-mounted portal page on International Terrorism http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/hispanic/terrorism/terrorism.html . To track bills and other Congressional materials having to do with the topic consult the Library's Thomas Legislative Information page http://thomas.loc.gov.


CIA-The World Factbook-Israel (http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/)
The CIA Factbook, an annual publication of the CIA, contains up-to-date information on all aspects of the political, social and military history of a particular country. It is often the best narrative source on such topics. You will find the Factbook on Israel via the site index.

Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com)
From the Electronic Library, searching the Encyclopedia.com by country provides numerous narrative articles on, inter alia, its history, culture, politics.

Infoplease.com (http://www.infoplease.com)
Part of the electronic Learning Network, this homepage allows searches by country which yield articles in almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographical works, etc. Additional reference links are provided as well.

Jewish Calendar Converter (http://www.uwm.edu/cgi-bin/corre/calendar)
This English language website converts a Gregorian date, in common use in the West, to its equivalent date according to the Jewish calendar.

Princeton University Library: Near Eastern Studies Resources (http://www.princeton.edu/%7Epressman/neareast.htm)
Princeton Library's site dedicated to Near Eastern Studies provides not only invaluable information about Princeton's programs and collections, but also extensive links to sites (libraries, universities, institutes, think tanks, directories, gateways, newspapers, etc.) around the world concerning all aspects of the discipline.

U.S. Department of State (http://state.gov/)
Numerous documents concerning diplomatic and international relations, travel advice and warnings relating to the countries of the world are available on the State Department's official site by searching under a particular country's name.

United Nations (http://www.un.org)
Using the search capabilities of the official site of the United Nations provides articles, reports, etc. in several languages on all aspects of the initiatives and mission of that organization as well as on the contemporary life, culture, society, international relations, etc. of all the countries and peoples of the world.

WeatherHub (http://www.weatherhub.com/global/)
An English language home page mounted Reentz Data Systems providing links to sites offering international weather information by city.

Worldskip.com (http://www.worldskip.com/)
A search by country in this website yields basic narrative information about it.

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