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1. Statistical Resources on the Web
   Covers agriculture, business, consumers, cost of Living, demographics, economics, energy, environment, finance and currency, foreign economics, foreign governments, foreign trade, government finances, health, housing, labor, military, politics, science, s
   03-03-2008 : agriculture, business, consumers, cost of living, currency, demographics, economics, energy, environment, finance, foreign economics, foreign governments, foreign trade, government finances, health, housing, industry, labor, military, politics, science, sociology, statistics, transportation, weather
2. LABORSTA Internet
   A wealth of statistics on labor in various countries.
   02-26-2008 : employment, jobs, labor, statistics, work
3. Child Labour Statistics by the International Labour Organization
   Provides definitions of child laborers, their methodologies in generating statistics, and links for each country.
   02-21-2008 : albania, algeria, angola, anguilla, argentina, armenia, asia and the pacific, azerbaijan, bangladesh, belize, benin, bolivia, bosnia and herzegovina, botswana, brazil, burkina faso, burundi, cambodia, cameroon, côte d'ivoire, central african republic, chad, child labor statistics, children at risk, chile, colombia, comoros, congo (brazaville), costa rica, dominican republic, ecuador, egypt, el salvador, estonia, ethiopia, gambia, ghana, guatemala, guinea, guinea-bissau, guyana, haiti, honduras, india, iraq, italy, jamaica, kenya, labor, lao people's democratic republic, latin america and the caribbean, lebanon, lesotho, liberia, madagascar, malawi, mali, mauritius, mexico, moldova, mongolia, morocco, mozambique, namibia, nepal, nicaragua, niger, nigeria, pakistan, palestinian territory, panama, paraguay, peru, philippines, portugal, republic of, romania, russian federation, rwanda, sao tome and principe, senegal, sierra leone, south africa, sri lanka, sub-saharan africa, sudan, swaziland, tanzania, thailand, togo, tonga, trinidad and tobago, turkey, uganda, ukraine, united kingdom, united republic of, united states, uruguay, uzbekistan, venezuela, viet nam, work force, world, yemen, zambia, zimbabwe
4. Librarians’ Internet Index: Statistics
   A well-organized starting point for reliable, librarian-selected Internet resources.
   02-14-2008 : adoption, aeronautics, agriculture, almanacs, automobiles: statistics, bankruptcy, cancer, censuses, children, computers, crime, demographic surveys, design statistics, dictionaries, disabled, economic conditions, economics, education, geography, health, internet design and management, labor, library libraries, mathematics, media, military statistics, population trends, power resources, quality of life, ratings of cities and towns, religion, sampling, school districts, statistics, television, transportation, u.s. states, united states, violence, youth
5. Global Issues on the UN Agenda
   A long list of issues with links.
   02-08-2007 : africa, aging, agriculture, aids, antarctica, atomic energy, children, climate change, crime, culture, decolonization, demining, development cooperation, disarmament, disaster relief, drugs, education, elections, energy, environment, family, finance, food, global issues, governance, health, human rights, human settlements, humanitarian aid, indigenous people, information communications technology, intellectual property, international finance, international law, iraq, labor, law of the sea, least developed countries, outer space, palestine, peace, persons with disabilities, population, refugees, science and technology, security, social development, statistics, sustainable development, terrorism, trade, united nations, volunteerism, water, women, youth
6. Fedstats
   The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies.
   01-11-2007 : agriculture, crime, demographics, economic, education, energy, environment, federal agencies, government, health, income, labor, law, legislation, national accounts, natural resources, politics, safety, statistics, transportation, u.s. federal government
7. The European Voyages of Exploration: The Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
   A multimedia tutorial on Spain and Portugal's explorations in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Includes the economic, political, and cultural circumstances that contributed to exploration, short histories of the two countries, maps, discussions of collateral issues (e.g., slavery, navigation, religion), and more. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   01-11-2007 : 15th century, 16th century, africa, americas, asia, black history month, caribbean, european studies, exploration, labor, maps, navigation, portugal, religions, slavery, spain, tutorials, voyages
8. Global Issues
   'The following pages provide in-depth information on certain issues of concern to Human Rights Watch that cut across national boundaries.'
   12-08-2006 : abuse, academic freedom, aids, arms, caste discrimination, child soldiers, children's rights, corporations, counterterrorism, cultural rights, diplomatic assurances, drugs, economic rights, freedom of speech, gay studies, global issues, human rights, international criminal courts, justice, labor, lesbian studies, press freedom, prisons, racism, refugees, religious freedom, social rights, terrorism, torture, united nations, women's rights
9. Everything International
   '... provides links to a wide variety of international business, education, and research Internet sites.' Every hyperlink is verified for accuracy approximately every 10 days. Links are browsable by topics such as country and regional data, news, international organizations, and company and industry data. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   11-28-2006 : bribery, business, business research, corruption, country studies, crime, culture, economy, education, human rights, intellectual property, international business, international development, international education, labor, law, multinational treaties, politics, population, social indicators, statistics, terrorism, trade, urbanization, women's studies
10. Q and A: French Labor Law Row
    Background about the cause of the March 2006 student protests in France. The article explains that the students demonstrated against the new law coming into effect in April, 2006, providing a new work contract for under-26s with a two-year trial period.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-10-2006 : activism, demonstrations, labor, labor laws and legislation: france, law, protest movements, student movements
11. Small Change: Bonded Child Labor in India's Silk Industry
    This 2003 report discusses human rights concerns with children working as bonded laborers ('bound to their employers in exchange for a loan') in the silk industry in India. It provides background on the India's silk industry (including sari weaving) and industry conditions and recommendations for change.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-09-2006 : agricultural laborers, caste system, child labor, constitutional law and civil liberties, dalits, forced labor, human rights, human rights: india, industries, international governments, labor, sericulture, silk industry, slavery, textiles, untouchables
12. United States Department of Justice: Trafficking in Persons
    Government documents on trafficking in persons, 'also known as 'human trafficking' ... a form of modern-day slavery. Traffickers often prey on individuals who are poor ... and who may lack access to social safety nets, predominantly women and children in certain countries.'. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-09-2006 : crime, forced labor, forced labor transnational crimes, labor, sexual slavery, slave trade, slavery, smuggling: people, transnational crime
13. U.S. Department of Labor: Guestworker Programs
    Overview and details about 'labor certifications for permanent and temporary employment.' Includes material about President George W. Bush's 2003 'High Growth Job Training Initiative' and industries targeted by the initiative (such as aerospace, biotechnology, construction, and health care).. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-09-2006 : alien labor: certification, alien labor: united states, employment laws, green card, guest workers, jobs, labor, law, tempary employment, work
14. The Nation Directory
    A searchable directory with links to organizations, agencies, think-tanks, non-profits, political parties, NGOs, and other groups in 13 major subject areas and over 70 sub-categories. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-09-2006 : 1st amendment, arms spending, associations: united states, directories, disarmament military race, ethnicity, foreign affairs, gender sexuality human rights, globalization, institutions: united states, jails, labor, ngos, nonprofit organizations, peace, political parties, prisons, religions, student movements, sweatshops, think-tanks, working conditions, youth and education
15. iAbolish: The Anti-Slavery Portal
    'As many as 30 million people are enslaved today worldwide.' This portal seeks 'to make slavery a pressing human rights concern and to mobilize a powerful anti-slavery movement.' Has individual stories and discusses prostitution, child labor, debt slavery, and servile marriage. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-08-2006 : anti-slavery movement, black history month, child labor, constitutional law and civil liberties, debt slavery, enslaved people, forced labor, human rights, international governments, labor, prostitution, servile marriage, slave trade, slavery
16. Hot Topics: Women's History Month
    Has biographies of early feminists and women in various fields of endeavor. Also links to various women's issues.
    11-08-2006 : biographies: women, education, family, feminists, health, labor, science, suffrage, violence, women and defense, women's studies
17. Women and Human Rights
    Covers education, equality, feminist theory, health, labor and employment, marriage and family, political rights, property law, housing, prostitution, race and gender, religion, and violence. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-08-2006 : education, employment, equality, family, feminism, gender studies, health, housing, human rights, labor, marriage, political rights, property law, prostitution, race, religions, violence, women's studies
18. DMOZ Open Directory Project: Issues
    The largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web, 100% free. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors.
    10-28-2006 : abortion, abuse, aging, animal welfare, apathy, bisexual studies, business, children, christianity, church-state relations, conflicts, conspiracy, copyright, crime, current issues, death, disabilities, economics, education, end-of-life, environment, ethnic relations, family, family planning, fraud, gambling, gay studies, government, gun control, health, housing, human rights, immigration, intellectual property, issues, justice, labor, language, lesbian studies, micronations, older citizens, peace, poverty, property rights, race relations, religious relations, science, sexual politics, survivalism, technology, territorial disputes, terrorism, transportation, violence, war, youth
19. NYPL [New York Public Library] Digital Gallery
    The New York Public Library's free, online, searchable database of 275,000 photographs and manuscripts documenting culture studies and social history internationally from the ancient world to the present.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    10-26-2006 : agriculture, anatomy, animals, architecture, arts, astronomy, botany, buildings, business, cities, cityscape, communication, costumes, country life, culture and society, customs, dance, design, digital libraries, dress, dust jackets, engineering, environment, events, family life, fashion, fish, flowers, friendship books, furniture, geography, geology, graphics, greeting cards, history, history of science, image files, industry, infrastructure, invention, labor, landscape, libraries, literature, manuscripts, maps, menus, military history, monuments, motion pictures, music, nature, new york public library, ornament, photographs, politicians, postcards, posters, printing, public figures, scenery, science, sheet music covers, social history, sports, technology, theater, theatre, town life, trade, traditions, transportation, travel, views
20. Labor Research Portal
    Internet guides on various aspects of labor, arranged topically.
    10-18-2006 : alternative forms of ownership, careers, globalization, government agencies: labor, industrial relations, labor, labor education, labor libraries, labor unions, work

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