Government and History

COUNTRY RESOURCES:

• Amnesty International Annual Report

  • Human rights abuses from around the world are reported here.  Find death penalty information, treatment of prisoners, and political prisoners

• AskAsia

• Atlapedia

  • Full color physical and political maps of countries of the world

• CIA World Factbook

• Country Profiles (Spire Project)

• E-Conflict World Encyclopedia

• Electronic Embassy

  • Look here for information on all the foreign embassies in Washington, D.C.

• Encyclopedia of the Orient (Middle East and North Africa)

  • A one-stop resource covering countries between Mauritania in the west and Iran in the east, Turkey in the north and Sudan in the south

• Freedom House

  • An organization dedicated to the preservation of democracy, political rights, and civil liberties worldwide

• Governments on the WWW

  • Comprehensive database of worldwide government information

• Human Rights Watch

• nfoNation

• Library of Congress Country Studies

  • Detailed country studies describe and analyze a country's political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions.  Background Notes are included

• National Geographic Index

• Nation Master

• Regions & Countries (World Bank)

• State Department Background Notes

• United Nations CyberSchoolBus

• U.S. Energy Administration Country Analysis Briefs

• Food Timeline

INDIANA:

• Access Indiana: The Official Website of the State of Indiana

  • Search here for state and local government information, including information on state and local officials

• Indiana General Assembly

  • Session information, legislators, laws, and information about the Indiana legislative process

• Indiana Law Code

LAW:

• Cornell Law School

  • Check here for the full texts of Supreme Court decisions

• Find Law

• LexisOne Law Site

MAPS & FLAGS:

• Flags of All Countries

• MSN Maps

• Maps and Tour Routes

• Mining Company World Atlas

• Outline Maps (Houghton Mifflin)

PRESIDENTS:

• American Presidency (Grolier)

  • Historical election results, biographies, information on impeachment, and a list of links for the 2000 race

• Presidents of the United States

• Character Above All:  Presidential Links

• Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents

• Inaugurations in American Memory

• NARA:  Tokens & Treasures:  Presidential Gifts

• National Portrait Gallery:  Hall of Presidents

• Presidents of the United States

• Presidential Libraries IDEA Network

THE STATES:

• Color Landform Atlas of the United States

• National Atlas of the United States

• Statistical Abstracts of the United States

• United States Government Manual

TOP EVENTS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY:

• ABC News

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT:

• Congresssional Database, Guide to Legislation, etc.

  • Search here for information on bills in the House and Senate as well as for other information about Congress

• Congressional E-Mail Directory

• First Gov

  • Official website to consolidate access to over 20,000 government websites

• The Internet Guide to the United States Congress

• United States Senate

• United States House of Representatives

• United States White House

• Vote-Smart

  • Tracks the performance of over 13,000 political leaders, including information on candidates for president and other elected officials

UNITED STATES HISTORY:

• Electronic Embassy

• First Ladies

• History Net

• Holocaust Museum

• Library of Congress

• Smithsonian Institution

• United States Air Force Museum

• United States Census Bureau

• Vietnam Vets Home Page

• World War I

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