| General
Sites: |
| National
Geographic Magazine Index |
| Search National
Geographic magazine from 1888 to the present (as well as National
Geographic books and videos) by subject, author and title. |
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| Geography:
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US
State Department - Services - Background Notes
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| Information on geographic
entities (mostly countries) and international organizations. Provided
by the U.S. Department of State. |
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| The
World Factbook |
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| Important unclassified
CIA data on every country. Data includes area, climate, disputes,
natural resources, environment, population, inflation rate, GDP,
agriculture, industries, defense expenditures, national holidays,
literacy rate, religion, legal system, labor force and much more. |
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| Government: |
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| Chiefs
of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments |
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| From the CIA, this source
lists government officials for over 250 countries. |
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| SciTech
Resources |
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| A catalog of government
resources. |
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| FindLaw |
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| Source for Non-Supreme
Court cases after 1893 |
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| First
Amendment Handbook |
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| From the Reporters Committee
for Freedom of the Press. |
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| Kids
World: Government |
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| Source for World and U.S.
government information. |
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| Legal
Information Institute |
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| From Cornell Law School,
this site includes great law information and links. To search, drop
to the bottom of the first screen. Be sure to check out their Arkansas
Legal Materials, and don't overlook the index
of laws on specific topics which includes a wide range of topics,
including marriage, food and drugs, and the death penalty. |
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| SIRS |
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| SIRS Government Reporter
is a great source for current and historical government documents;
landmark and recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions; facts on federal
departments, agencies, elected leaders; and more.
From school: if you cannot access SIRS from your FHS computer
and are using Internet Explorer as your browser, open the library
home page in Netscape and try again. If you cannot access SIRS
from your FHS computer using Netscape, see a librarian.
From home: to access SIRS from home, ask at the FHS Library circulation
desk for the login and password.
The SIRS search page defaults to search
both SIRS Researcher and SIRS Government Reporter. Be sure to
de-select Researcher if you do not wish to search that database
as well.
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| U.S.
History: General |
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American
Experience: Technology
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| American technology, including
inventions, from PBS. |
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| American
Memory |
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| Collections of words,
pictures, sounds, and movies from the Library of Congress Americana
collections. |
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| Discovering
Collection |
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| Don't miss this subscription
database from the Arkansas Serendipity Project. The Discovering
Collection searches DISCovering Multicultural America, which offers
information on the culture, history, and current status of African
Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans;
and DISCovering U.S. History, which goes beyond dates and places
to provide users with a contextual understanding of the commonly
studied people, events, and social movements that have shaped America.
You will also find essays devoted to such diverse topics as government,
politics, art, dance, film, music, business, the economy, science,
technology, and social history. |
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| History
Channel: This Day in History |
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| Search for what happened
on any day of the year by using the "Your Birthday" box. |
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| Innovative
Lives |
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| Use this Smithsonian Institute
site for information on inventors. |
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| Invention
Dimension Inventor Archive |
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| MIT's invention site |
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| Inventors
Online Museum presents Inventors Museum Lobby |
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| Find your inventor here! |
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| National
Archives Online Exhibit Hall |
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Browse the online exhibits,
which include famous documents, posters from World War II, photographs,
and a special exhibit called "When Nixon Met Elvis."
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| National
Inventors Hall of Fame |
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| Search by inventor or
invention for information on individuals who have been honored by
the NIHF. To be selected, the invention of the nominee must be under
a US patent, must contribute to the nation's welfare, and must promote
the progress of science and the useful arts. |
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| Colonial
America: |
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| American
Colonies |
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| Source on Salem Witch
Trials |
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| Salem
Witch Trials at DiscoverySchool.com |
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| Learn more about the real
story behind the hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials. |
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| The
Salem Witchcraft Trials |
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One of Doug Linder's
featured Famous Trials.
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| Late
1800's: |
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| African
American Pamphlets Home Page |
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| This collection presents
a review of African-American history and culture, from the early
19th through the early 20th centuries, with most published between
1875 and 1900. |
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| Turn
of the Century: |
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| Gilded
Age and Progressive Era |
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| Lots of links (unfortunately
not annotated) from the Department of History of Tennessee Technological
University. |
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| Haymarket
Riot |
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Information plus links
from the Chicago Public Library.
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| The
Twentieth Century: |
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| 20th
Century History by the Decade |
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Decades! Links, links,
and more links from the Chico High School Library in Chico, California.
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| Ad*Access
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| From the advertising collection
at Duke University, over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and
Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. Ad*Access
concentrates on five main subject areas: Radio, Television, Transportation,
Beauty and Hygiene, and World War II. |
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American
Cultural History: The Twentieth Century
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| More decades! Created
by the Kingwood College Library in Kingwood, Texas, this site has
great information and links organized by decades. |
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| Filmsite:
Film History by Decade |
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| Film history by the decade
and the year, including an annotated list of "greatest films"
for each year. |
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| Greatest
Engineering Achievements of the Twentieth Century |
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Explore their list of
the top 20 achievements, and learn how engineering shaped a century
and changed the world.
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| World
History |
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Even more decades! A great
starting point.
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| The
1920's: |
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| The
Jazz Age: Flapper Culture & Style |
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Lots of information on
flappers from the Louise Brooks Society.
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| Jazz |
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| Lots of audio clips, biographical
information, and historical notes, based on the PBS television series
Jazz by Ken Burns. |
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| Lucky
Lindy |
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Information, maps, and timelines. Based
on the PBS series The American Experience.
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| Walt
Disney Family Museum |
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The creation Mickey Mouse
and the Mickey Mouse Club in the 1920s are included
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| The
1950's: |
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| David
Halberstam's The Fifties |
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| David Halberstam is THE
expert on the 1950s. Use his History-Channel sponsored site to examine
the decade year by year or by issue (The Cold War, McCarthyism,
American Ideals, Pop Culture, or Race Relations). |
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| The
Hollywood Blacklist |
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| Overview of the investigation
of Hollywood radicals by the House on Un-American Activities Committee
taken from the Encyclopedia of the American Left. |
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| Hollywood
Blacklisting |
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| Interview based on a PBS
documentary about the House Un-American Activities Committee during
the McCarthy Era. |
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| 1960's
& 1970's: |
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| '60's
Culture Lisa's Nostalgia Cafe - the 1960's |
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An Angelfire site, but
one of the best. Not to be missed for pop culture.
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| Martin
Luther King, Jr Papers Project: Stanford |
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| Texts of King's writings,
as well as information about him. |
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The
Wars for Viet Nam: 1945 to 1975
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| Overview information,
texts of important documents, and links. Hosted by Vassar College. |
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| World
History: |
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Age
of Metternich (1815-1848)
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| Short summary |
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| Ancient
Greek World |
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University
of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology;Major sections
include the land and time, the economy, daily life, and religion
and death.
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| Ancient
Greeks from the World-Wide Web Virtual Library |
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| Links, links, and more
links - but very well organized - from the World-Wide Web Virtual
Library. |
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Art
History Network: Art Historical Eras
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| Dead
Sea Scrolls |
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| Discovering
Collection |
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Don't miss this subscription
database from the Arkansas Serendipity Project. DISCovering World
History goes beyond dates and places to provide a contextual understanding
of the commonly studied people, events, and social movements that
have shaped the world in which we live. In DISCovering World History
users will find essays devoted to such diverse topics as government,
politics, art, dance, film, music, business, the economy, science,
technology, and social history.
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| History
Channel: This Day in History |
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Russian
Revolution (1917)
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| Ships
of the Ancient Greeks |
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| A list of links with descriptions.
Also, be sure to check out the collection of ship images (button
above the link list) |
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| Soviet
Archives |
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| Spalato |
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| Vatican
Art |
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| World
Art Treasures |
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| World
History |
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World history by century
(1000-1900), decade (1900-1980), and year (1981- 2002). Mostly overview
information.
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