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1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. Facts about the United States: Stately Knowledge
   Basic information about the 50 states.
   02-10-2007 : geography, states, united states
5. Stereotyping Native America
   Photographs featuring 'turn of the 20th century stereographs of Native Americans' and related depictions to 'showcase how, around the turn of the 20th century, photographic convention dictated Native Americans be portrayed according to mainstream American typologies.' (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   02-09-2007 : adam clark vroman keystone-mast, american typologies, history, indians, indians in popular culture, native americans, photographs, stereotypes, united states
6. The 50 States [of the United States]: States and Capitals
   Concise listing on a wide variety of information on each state, including links to over 1529 governmental or authoritative sites. Has a yellow pages for the states.
   01-16-2007 : 50, education-community colleges, encyclopedias, fifty, governmental agencies, governors-, phone directories, state capitals cities, state history, state parks, state tourism information, state tourist information, united states, yellow pages
7. The Asia Foundation: Books for Asia
   Distributes books, software, and other educational materials throughout Asia. Donation guidelines given for books and funds.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   01-12-2007 : asia, asia foundation, books, donations: books, reading, united states
8. U. S. Gazetteer
   Geographic information, maps and census data. Search by name, state or zip code.
   01-12-2007 : geographic information, geography, maps and census data, united states
9. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
   Researches fresh international policy proposals, 'focusing on the economic, political, and technological forces driving global change.' Search the enormous amount of resources.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   01-12-2007 : economic, foreign relations, globalization, international cooperation, international policy proposals, international relations, peace, political, technological forces driving global change, united states
10. Federal Register
    The 'official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents.'. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    01-12-2007 : executive orders, federal register online, funding sources: databases, gpo access, grants databases, presidential documents, social sciences--government and politics, united states
11. WWW Virtual Library: Women's History
    Organized by countries, plus other information.
    01-11-2007 : africa, argentina, asia, australia, austria, belarus, belgium, canada, central america, croatia, czechia, denmark, england, estonia, europe, france, germany, great britain, iceland, ireland, italy, japan, latin america, middle east, netherlands, new zealand, norway, poland, romania, russia, south america, spain, sweden, switzerland, united kingdom, united states, virtual libraries, women's history, women's studies
12. Zoom School
    An 'on-line elementary school classroom with lessons in geography, biology, language arts, and early childhood activities.' Includes craft projects and several illustrated dictionaries in English, French, Spanish, German or Portuguese (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    01-11-2007 : 1-8 education, aardvarks, africa, alligators, antarctica, apes, astronomy, australia, beavers, biology, birds, butterflies, canada, craft projects, dictionaries: children, dinosaurs, early childhood, early childhood activities, education, elementary grades, geography, great wall of china, ice age mammals, japan, k-12 education, ladybug, language arts, lesson plans, mammals, manatees, pandas, rainforests, saber toothed cats tigers, science, sharks, teaching resources, united states, whales
13. United States Committee for Refugees and Migrants
    Has USCR headlines, worldwide refugee information, how you can help, and more.
    01-10-2007 : human rights, migration, ngos, non-governmental organizations, refugees, united states, worldwide refugee information
14. Harry Smith Archives
    Biographical information, paintings, a list of Smith's films and screenings, a selected bibliography, news, articles, links, and photos of the filmmaker, musicologist, and compiler of the influential Anthology of American Folk Music.
    01-10-2007 : anthology of american folk music, anthropologists, artists, bibliographies, cinema, films, motion picture directors, motion picture producers, motion pictures, movies, musicologist, paintings, people, photographs, smith: harry everett (1923-1991), united states
15. Center for Strategic and International Studies
    Search 'strategic insights on--and policy solutions to--current and emerging global issues.' (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    01-10-2007 : academic research resources, center for strategic and international studies (washington, current and emerging global issues, d.c.), globilization, international, international relations, military research, national security, policy policies, public policy (law), security, terrorism, united states
16. World Factbook: United States
    Covers geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
    12-19-2006 : united states
17. Menic: United States
    Provides info on country's history, geography, business, culture, and government.
    12-15-2006 : united states
18. U.S. ZIP Code Lookup
    The official United States Postal Service ZIP code look-up. Find ZIP codes for addresses, locate the four-digit extension, and more.
    12-14-2006 : Êpostal codes, four-digit extension, united states, zip codes, zip plus four
19. Office of Immigration Statistics
    Publications 'responsible for developing, analyzing, and disseminating statistical information needed to assess the effects of immigration in the United States.' Includes the Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, demographic profiles on legal permanent residents (LPR) and more. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-11-2006 : emigration, emigration and immigration: statisticsunited states: emigration and immigration, federal (u.s.) government, immigration, law by subject, population, statistics, united states
20. Parkitecture in Western National Parks
    Review of early 20th century rustic design and naturalism in architecture in national parks in western states. Includes images of gateways, transportation systems, hotels, and more in parks such as the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, and Denali.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-10-2006 : architecture, crater lake, denali, glacier, grand canyon, historic buildings, history, mt. rainier, national parks, sequoia, united states, yellowstone, yosemite, zion petrified forest

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