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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. India, Pakistan, and the Bomb
   A thoughtful essay on "the renewed concern about nuclear weapons in South Asia." Some links.
   03-03-2008 : government (1947), government: india, government: pakistan, government: south asia, india: nuclear arms control, nuclear arms control: pakistan, nuclear arms control: south asia, nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons: india, pakistan: nuclear arms control, politics, politics (1947), south asia: nuclear arms control, the bomb
3. Intute: Advanced Search
   “... a free online service providing you with access to the very best Web resources for education and research.... Subject specialists select and evaluate the websites in our database and write high quality descriptions of the resources. The database cont
   02-21-2008 : african, agricultural, american, anthropology, archaeology, architecture, archives, arts, asia, astronomy, australasian, australia, beauty, biomedical ethics, bioresearch, business, catering, celtic, chemistry, chinese, classics, communications, comparative literature, computing, conservation, culture, design, earth sciences, eastern european, ecology, economics, engineering, english studies, environment, european, fashion, food, forestry, french, geography, german, government, health, hispanic, history, history and philosophy of science, history of medicine, hospitality, humanities, italia, japanese, latin american, law, leisure, libraries, life sciences, linguistics, management, manuscript studies, mathematics, media, medicine, middle eastern, midwifery, modern languages, museums, music, natural history, nursing, performing arts, philosophy, physics, politics, portuguese, psychology, religions, research methods, research tools, russian, scandinavian, science, science engineering, slavonic, social sciences, social welfare, sociology, south asian, sports, statistics, technology, theology, tourism, travel, vetinerary, visual arts, women
4. FactCheckEd.org: Annenberg Classroom Fact Check by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
   Classroom materials focused on helping students learn how to research and examine claims encountered in media and advertising. Has lesson plans, websites recommended for research, answers to common questions about government and politics, a dictionary, an
   02-21-2008 : advertising, bibliographic instruction, information literacy, marketing, mass media, media, politics, spin, truth in advertising, united states, wonks
5. Présidence de la République
   Official website for the president of France. Provides biographical material and speeches and documents from the current president, a picture gallery of presidents back to the Second Republic (1848), and a history of the president's Elysée Palace and othe
   02-21-2008 : flags, france, heads of state, history, marianne, politics
6. Chinese Pamphlets: Political communication and mass education in the early period of the People's Republic of China
   “Mass education materials published in Hong Kong and in Mainland China, particularly Shanghai, in the years 1947-1954 ... on topics such as foreign threats to Chinese security, Chinese relations with the Soviet Union, industrial and agricultural productio
   02-15-2008 : china, chinese pamphlets, mass education, political communication, politics
7. CompletePlanet: The Deep Web Directory
   'Discover over 70,000+ searchable databases and specialty search engines.' Search the deep (invisible) web or browse by subject.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   02-09-2007 : agriculture, arts design, business, computing internet, deep web, education, energy, engineering, environment, family, finance economics, food drink, games, government, health, hobbies, home garden, humanities, internet, invisible web, jobs careers, law, literature, living, magazines journals, media entertainment, military, music, news, newspapers, people, places, politics, products technology, recreation, references, regional, religions, science, sciences, search engines: deep web, shopping, social, sports, things, transportation, travel, weather
8. Governments on the Internet
   Links to mainly official sites for legislative, executive, and judicial branches of governments of the world. Includes political parties and organizations, as well as special topics such as media, currency, elections, statistics, etc. More than 17,000 entries from more than 220 countries and territories.
   01-16-2007 : area and cultural studies, central banks, city councils, currency, elections, embassies, executive, foreign, international governments, judicial branches, law courts, legislative, media, ministries, multi-governmental institutions, offices, parliaments, political parties, political studies, politics, public broadcasting corporations, statistics
9. University of California Press: Public Only Subject List
   Free online books available to the public, listed by subjects.
   01-16-2007 : aboriginal peoples, africa, african american studies, african history, aging, agriculture, american literature, american studies, ancient history, anthropology, archaeology, architectural history, architecture, art, art criticism, art history, art theory, arts, asian history, asian literature, asian studies, autobiographies, autobiography, biographies, biology, bisexual studies, botany, buddhism, business, california and the west, central america, central american history, chicano studies, china, christianity, cinema, classical history, classical literature, classical philosophy, classical politics, classical religions, classics, comparative literature, composers, computer science, contemporary music, cooking, criminology, cultural anthropology, dance, demographics, east asia, eastern european studies, ecology, economics, education, english literature, environmental studies, ethics, ethnic groups, ethnic studies, ethnomusicology, european history, european literature, european studies, fiction, film, folklore, food, french studies, gay studies, gender studies, geography, geology, german studies, hinduism, history, history and philosophy of science, indigenous peoples, indigenous religions, intellectual history, islam, japan, jewish studies, judaism, labor studies, languages, latin america, law, lesbian studies, letters, linguistics, literary theory and criticism, literature, literature in translation, marine and freshwater sciences, mathematics, media studies, medical anthropology, medicine, medieval studies, men and masculinity, middle ages, middle eastern history, middle eastern studies, military history, music, musicology, mythology, native american studies, opera, pacific rim studies, performing arts, philosophy, physical sciences, physics, poetry, political theory, politics, popular culture, postcolonial studies, print media, psychiatry, psychology, public policy, religions, renaissance history, renaissance literature, rhetoric, russian studies, science, social and political thought, social problems, social science, social theory, sociology, south america, south asia, southeast asia, technology and society, theater, tibet, travel, tribes, twain, united states history, urban studies, victorian history, water, western history, wine, women's studies
10. BBC News: Country Profiles
    An instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries. Also audio and video clips from the BBC archives.
    01-16-2007 : country studies, economic background, history, politics
11. Political Resources on the Net
    Easy-to-use, searchable site for information on countries and their political parties, organizations, governments, media, etc.
    01-11-2007 : area and cultural studies, constitution, constitutions, foreign, international government, media: national, organizations, political parties, political studies, political system, politics, world politics
12. Middle East Studies Internet Resources: Algeria
    Links to French, Arabic and English information on history, economics, human rights, news, politics, and weapons. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    01-11-2007 : algeria, economics, history, human rights, middle east studies, news, politics, weapons
13. 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
14. OnlineWomeninPolitics.org
    Has an online training module called 'Making Governance Gender-Responsive.' Also has country features, the region in focus, events, statistics, women's suffrage resources, and more.
    01-11-2007 : beijing 12, campaigns, countries, events, politics, resources, statistics, women's situation, women's studies, women's suffrage
15. Population Index - on the Web
    A searchable database of citations with descriptions from books, journals, working papers, dissertations, and bibliographies in the field of demographics and population.
    01-11-2007 : government statistics, politics, population, statistics
16. Mission Scholarship: Links, Documents and Other Mission Scholarship Resources
    Has area studies, Biblical studies, church organizations, global issues, theology, and much more.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    01-11-2007 : area studies, biblical studies, christian internet resources, christian news, church organizations, classical studies, communications, distance education, early church history, ethics, global issues, internet: searching, journals, magazines, mission resources, missions, newsgroups, newsletters, organizations, periodicals, philosophy, politics, psychology, radio, religions, research: resources, search the internet, social studies, theology, theses: online resources, transformation journal, translation: online, utilities, world news
17. The Status of Women in the States
    'É designed to inform citizens about the progress of women in their state relative to women in other states, to men, and to the nation as a whole.' Covers politics, economics, health, rights, and demographics.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    01-11-2007 : demographics, economics, health, politics, quality of life, rights, status of women in the states, women's studies
18. Islam: The Modern Religion
    This site is devoted to gaining a basic understanding of the tenets of Islam and a discussion of Islam's view on a variety of subjects.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    01-11-2007 : alcohol, beliefs of islam, christianity, family, history of islam, islam, jihad, marriage, politics, prophet muhammaded, ramadan, science, terrorism, women
19. Congressional Directory
    Browse or search the official directory of the U.S. Congress, including short biographies.
    01-10-2007 : biographies, congressmen, congresswomen, court officials, d.c. government officials, directories, federal departments and agencies, foreign diplomats, government, governors, media, members of the press, military establishments, politics, radio, senators, u.s. congressional directory
20. BIDS: IBSS Data Service
    'Searchable database consisting of citations and abstracts of articles, editorials, and reviews from selected international social sciences journals dating back to 1951. Full texts of some journals are available.... Freely available to UK higher education, but a username and password are required.'
    01-10-2007 : abstracts, anthropology, citations, economics, politics, sociology

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