Factual publications about the land, people, history, government, political
conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of
special sovereignty.
The Education Directory of North Carolina contains the phone number and address of
every North Carolina public, federal or charter school and public school system; the phone number
every employee of the Department of Public Instruction, members of the State Board of Education
and the Superintendent; contact information for educational associations and organizations,
advisory councils, educational material suppliers and sellers; and statistical summaries of local
public school systems, and a list of all the state and territorial Superintendents in the
U.S.
This site gives readers access to much of Federal Judicial Center's research work for
the federal judiciary. Readily available are publications and videos, judicial history, and
educational programs and materials.
A journal devoted to life issues, primarily abortion, but also "neonaticide," genetic
engineering, cloning, and fetal tissue experimentation, as well as the end-of-life issues of
euthanasia, assisted suicide and suicide.
This service provides a convenient way for teachers, administrators, and parents to
verify the instructional objectives of the Standard Course of Study at a given grade and subject
area.
The Population Reference Bureau is a national organization that collects, collates,
and provides information on world population, health, and the environment.
This site delivers hard-to-get information on more than 80 emerging markets. It
aggregates and produces content including full-text news articles, financial statements, company
information, industry analyses, equity quotes, macroeconomic statistics, and market-specific
information, which are derived directly from more than 13,000 local and global
publications.
The Index of Economic Freedom is a practical reference guide to the world's
economies. It includes country-by-country analyses and the most up-to-date data available on
foreign investment codes, taxes, tariffs, banking regulations, monetary policy, black markets,
and more.
The ITC's ultimate goal is to achieve sustainable human development and meet key UN
Millennium Development Goals by helping countries promote trade and develop export competiveness.
It offers several online market research products, either free or fee-based. Country-level trade
information is free, and can be readily accessed from the Countries section of the home
page.
This site provides information professionals and the academic community with
centralized access to important free online economic materials, databases, and Web
sites.
This site lists 1,298 resources in 96 sections and sub-sections available on the
Internet of interest to academic and practicing economists, and those interested in
economics.
The Universal Currency Converter allows you to perform interactive foreign exchange
rate calculations on the Internet, using live, up-to-the-minute currency rates.
The National Tribal Justice Resource Center is the largest and most comprehensive
site dedicated to tribal justice systems, personnel and tribal law related to American Indians
(Native Americans & Alaska Natives).
This site contains over 3000 resources on a variety of educational issues, including
Internet sites, educational organizations, and electronic discussion groups.
This collection contains more than 2000 unique lesson plans which have been written
and submitted to AskERIC by teachers from all over the United States and the world.
Blue Web'n is an online library of 1800+ outstanding Internet sites categorized by
subject, grade level, and format (lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, &
tools).
The Education Directory of North Carolina contains the phone number and address of
every North Carolina public, federal or charter school and public school system; the phone number
every employee of the Department of Public Instruction, members of the State Board of Education
and the Superintendent; contact information for educational associations and organizations,
advisory councils, educational material suppliers and sellers; and statistical summaries of local
public school systems, and a list of all the state and territorial Superintendents in the
U.S.
Education-line is a freely accessible database of the full text of conference
papers, working papers and electronic literature which supports educational research, policy and
practice.
Education Statistics at a Glance brings together data from several NCES sources
including: The Condition of Education, The Digest of Education Statistics, and Projections of
Education Statistics.
EduHound is valuable for students, teachers, parents, and anyone else interested in a
comprehensive menu of educational resources. The site includes links to resources for most
subjects taught in the K-12 curriculum and also provides links to community resources, grants and
fundings, and professional sites for teachers.
This service provides a convenient way for teachers, administrators, and parents to
verify the instructional objectives of the Standard Course of Study at a given grade and subject
area.
This American Memory Collection contains an electronic collection of transcribed
interviews of foreign service officers who served in the diplomatic corps in the 1920s-40s, but
the bulk of the collection features post-WW II FSOs.
A collection of original documents, books, pamphlets, etc., compiled by Calvin
College (Grand Rapids, MI). The goal is to help people understand the two great totalitarian
systems of the twentieth century (Nazism and Communism) by giving them access to the primary
material.
INCORE aims to address the management and resolution of conflict via a combination of
research, training, and other activities which inform and influence national and international
organizations working in the field of conflict.
Project Vote Smart (PVS) is a citizen's organization dedicated to serving all
Americans with accurate and unbiased information for electoral decision-making.
One of the most comprehensive resources on the US presidency. Its digital documents
collection includes more than 67,000 documents to date, covering all 43 presidencies and
including public papers, executive orders, proclamations, addresses, and press conferences from
many of the presidencies.
The Population Profile of the United States: 2000 is an attempt to provide the public
with updated information in the years in which a print version is not issued.
This sites examines globalization's impact on inequality. It is divided into several
categories: Health, Income Inequality, Economic Globalization, Gender, Connections (phone and
digital divide), Inequality and Growth, and Country Pages.
