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General American Studies

American Studies Crossroads Project

EarthStation 1:  historical video, images and sounds from the media age.

19th-Century Scientific American

One-stop Shopping for Federal Statistics

The Great American Web Site

African American Studies Links (Also listed under African American Studies)

The Federal Information Center

U. S. Census Bureau

Biographical Directory of the US Congress

The Monster Magazine List

The New Yorker

National Review

Time Magazine (also under News Sources)

Smithsonian Magazine

Institute for Global Communication (includes PeaceNet, EcoNet, LaborNet, WomensNet, ConflictNet)

American Studies books on-line

Archiving Early America

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News Sources

PBS ONLINE

NPR ONLINE

Pacifica News

ABC News

NBC News

CBS News

Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting

Pathfinder.com

Time Magazine (also under General American Studies)

New York Times

USA Today

Wall Street Journal (also under Business and Labor)

Reuters News Service

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Government

The Whitehouse

Executive Branch Agencies

Federal Agencies and Commissions

US House of Representatives

Rep. Michael Crapo

Rep. Helen Chenoweth

US Senate

Sen. Larry Craig

Gov. Dirk Kempthorne

 

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General Cultural Studies

Diversity at the University of Idaho

Tony Kushner & Angles in America

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Native American Studies

Native Americans and the Environment (also listed under The Environment)

Nez Perce Tribe (Ne-mee-poo)

Suquamish Tribe

Hopi Way - Cloud Dancing

Tlingit Home Page

NativeWeb

Native American Homepages

The Seneca Nation of Indians

Oneida Indian Nation

The Cherokee Nation

Cahokia

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African American Studies

African American Studies Links (Also listed under General American Studies)

The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences

EverythingBlack.com WWW directory

African-American History

 

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Chicano/Chicana Studies

Making face, making soul -- A Chicana feminist homepage

Links to Chicanas doing Chicana/o studies

The Narrative of Alvar Nuñez Cabeça de Vaca

 

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Studies in Gender and Sexual Orientation
(Women's Studies, Men's Studies and Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgendered Studies)

Gender Studies Links

Women's Studies

Oral History Online -- The Suffragists Oral History Project

Godey's Lady's Book (19th-Century Women's Magazine)

Center for the American Woman and Politics

Women in Science and Engineering (also listed under Technology)

Women in Cinema

The Feminist Majority Foundation

U of I Women's Center

Men's Studies

The Men's Issues Page

American  Fathers' Coalition

The Promisekeepers

Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgendered Studies

The Advocate

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)

The University of Idaho Queer Student Association

Gay Idaho

Queer Resources Directory

 

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Literary Studies

Herman Melville on-line

On-line literary criticism collection

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Project Gutenberg a collection of free, downloadable texts, mostly classic literature (also listed under Libraries and Research and Writing Information)

Project Bartleby a collection of free, downloadable texts, mostly classic literature (also listed under Libraries and Research and Writing Information)

The English Server

Voice of the Shuttle

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Postcolonial Studies

 

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The Environment

Native Americans and the Environment (also listed under Cultural Studies)

Greenpeace

Neighbors for Responsible Logging

National Parks Magazine

WWW Virtual Library: Landscape Architecture (also listed under Art & Architecture)

ATSDA Science Center (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry)

Envirolink

International Institute for Sustainable Development

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Art and Architecture

LC-HABS/HAER Collections (historic American buildings)

The Parthenet   art history

World Wide Arts Resources

Dorothea Lange photographs (also listed under Business and Labor)

Construction of the Empire State Building, 1930-31  Lewis Hine photographs

WWW Virtual Library: Architecture

WWW Virtual Library: Landscape Architecture (also listed under Environment)

Links to song lyrics

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Religion

Kaleidoreligion   A listing of links to a variety of official homepages including B'Hai, Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Taoism, Sikhism.

Academic Info: Religion  A directory of internet resources for religious studies.

Voice of the Shuttle: Religious Studies Page

Religion, Religions, Religious Studies Page

Institute for Creation Research


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Urban Studies

Urban Planning and Related Web Sites

The Urban Institute Web Site

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Rural Studies

U.S. Department of Agriculture

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The Frontier

Film

Western Films

Lewis & Clark Expedition Websites

http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/ -A very nice site from a PBS special on Lewis and Clark

http://www.vpds.wsu.edu/LCExpedition/Resources/index.html -A site from WSU; the "Virtual Professional Development School" designed for educators. This has numerous links to Lewis and Clark resources.

http://www.lewis-clark.org/ - "Discovering Lewis and Clark is about the visions and values inherent in the Northwest as Lewis and Clark saw it, and the way it is seen today. Discovering Lewis and Clark provides a platform from which descendants of the Indian Tribes Lewis and Clark met may express themselves about the expedition and its aftermath, in their own words and images, with emphasis on the present."

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Immigration

U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Services

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Business and Labor

Business and Labor Statistics

Business Week

Advertising Age

Wall Street Journal (also under News Sources)

All Business Network

Business Communications WWW Resource Center

Commerce.Net

The Global Network of Chambers of Commerce and Industry

Dorothea Lange photographs  (also listed under Art and Architecture)

Union Online

Unions and Organizations on Labornet@IGC

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Education

National Center for Education Statistics

Ask Eric

The Education Server

Educom

Online Educational Resources

Online Education WWW Server

Teachers Helping Teachers

The Whole Frog Project

The World Lecture Hall

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Law and Legislation

Environmental Law Links
Advertising Law Links

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International Relations

U.S. Information Agency

The Global Schoolhouse Project

Medicine and Global Survival

The World Fact Book in-depth facts about nearly every country in the world compiled by the CIA

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Science and Technology

Solar System Simulator

Deep Space 2 - Mars Microprobe Project

The Virtual Museum of Computing (also listed under Museums)

The Tech Museum of Innovation (also listed under Museums)

Ziff-Davis Magazines   publishers of computer-related magazines

American Astronomical Society

The Universe at Our Doorstep

National Bioethics Advisory Commission

U. S. Patent and Trademark Office

Women in Science and Engineering (also listed under Women's Studies)

WWW Virtual Library: Engineering

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Fringe Science

The Phrenology Page (pro Phrenology)

The Skeptic's Dictionary Phrenology Entry

The Skeptic's Dictionary

The Fortean Times

 

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Museums

Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Virtual Museum of Computing (also listed under Technology)

World Wide Web Virtual Library: Museums Pages

The Smithsonian Institute

The National Gallery of Art

The Tech Museum of Innovation (also listed under Technology)

The Exploratorium

The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco

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Libraries

Library of Congress

Uncover Library Database

University of California, Irvine Libraries Home Page

Yale University Library Research Workstation

LIBCAT  a catalog of library websites

LibWeb

SJCPL's List of Public Libraries with Internet Services

Project Gutenberg a collection of free, downloadable texts, mostly classic literature (also listed under Research and Writing Information and Literary Studies)

Project Bartleby a collection of free, downloadable texts, mostly classic literature (also listed under Research and Writing Information and Literary Studies)

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Research  & Writing Information

The Virtual Reference Desk (webmaster: Robert Drudge)

The UI Writing Center

Project Gutenberg a collection of free, downloadable texts, mostly classic literature (also listed under Libraries and Literary Studies)

Project Bartleby a collection of free, downloadable texts, mostly classic literature (also listed under Libraries and Literary Studies)

Guide to Using Search Engines

Guide to MLA Online Citation Format

On-line specialized dictionaries

Purdue University's OWL (Online Writing Lab -- Lots of grammar and ESL worksheets.)

Evaluating Online Resources by Elizabeth E. Kirk

Bibliography Builder for MLA style bibliographies.

Grammar and Style Notes

Compton's Encyclopedia

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

WWWebster Dictionary - Search screen

William Strunk The Elements of Style

APA Style Resources

AAA Style Guide

Interview Consent Form

Interviewing Techniques

Multi-lingual dictionaries

Online Dictionary Links

Research-It!

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