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
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