Pierce College Library: Social Sciences Web Starting Points

Social Sciences

Anthropology & Archaeology
Business/Management
Economics
Education
Geography
History
Law / Criminal Justice
Political Science
Psychology / Mental Health
Sociology

Terrorism

Anthropology & Archaeology

Anthropology Virtual Library: This site provides a comprehensive listing of Internet resources relating to anthropology. It categorizes resources into various sub-fields (and sub-sub-fields) of anthropology. For example, anthropology -- archaeology -- rock art. Some of the web sites you find here are ranked by visitors (like you), and you can sometimes tell how useful they've found a resource to be just by noticing the ranking before you actually visit a site. Many listed sources are created and maintained by anthropologists. This site looks a lot like Yahoo so if you like using Yahoo, you'll feel right at home using this site. (Maintained by Anthro TECH.)
Anthropology Exhibits on the Web: This site provides links to various anthropology exhibits. Examples of some exhibits are the Dead Sea Scrolls, the life of a Vietnamese refugee and gang member, and the investigation of Iron Age settlement sites in the surrounding Borders region of southern Scotland. (Maintained by the Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing, University of Kent at Canterbury.)
UCSB Department of Anthropology: This is an excellent list of anthropology resources on the Internet with entries arranged by topic and by geographic area. The following topics are well-covered, but these are just a sampling of the site contents: cultural anthropology, archaeology, physical anthropology, Europe, Latin America and North America. Museums and anthropology organizations are also covered here. You can also search this site if you're looking for a specific kind of anthropology resource. (Maintained by the Anthropology Department, University of California Santa Barbara.)
American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Digital Collection: As their home page explains, "this site provides an extensive digital collection of original photographs and documents about the Northwest Coast and Plateau Indian cultures, complemented by essays written by anthropologists, historians, and teachers about both particular tribes and cross-cultural topics. Find information about specific tribes and also cross-cultural topics (like assimilation through education). Thousands of photographs are on this site and are very well-organized. (Maintained by the University of Washington.)
Useful Web Sites for Tribal Libraries: This collection of resources related to North American Indians is divided into categories like: Associations and Institutes; Bibliographies; Book Reviews; Museums and Cultural Centers; and Periodicals and Journals. (Maintained by Elaine Cubbins, University of Arizona.)
NativeWeb: This is definitely the place to begin if you are looking for information on Native or Indigeous peoples. It covers the arts, history, geneology, news, science, business and much more. The goal of this site, which it achieves, is to "disseminate information from and about native or Indigenous nations, peoples and organizations around the world; to foster communication between native and non-native peoples; to conduct research involving native peoples' usage of technology and the Internet; and to provide resources, mentoring, and services to facilitate native use of this technology." The site has won several awards for its contents and design. (Maintained by NativeWeb.)
Native American History and Culture - Resources: Links on this page are divided into categories like Selected Exhibitions and Recommended Reading. Included here are links to cultural centers, museums, and individual reports. (Maintained by Smithsonian Institution.)
Internet Resources on Native Americans: Although the background makes some text on this site difficult to see, the content is extremely valuable. This is a great place to start searching for Native American (NA) resources online. It provides links to other sources divided into the following categories: NA History; NA Art; NA Texts; NA Literature; NA Nations; Mesoamerica; Aztec/Mexica; Inca; Maya; Olmec; NA Languages; Bibliographies; Newsgroups; Listservs; and Software. (Maintained by Richard Hooker, Washington State University.)
Native Sites: This thorough site is divided into sections based on tribe and location. It provides links to official sites of Nations, Tribes, and Villages, as well as to unofficial sites. (Maintained by Nihewan Foundation, compiled by Lisa Mitten.)

Business/Management

A Business Researcher's Interests (BRInt): This site is collection of links to other sites broken into 20 business subjects. It provides access to the full text of papers, magazines & journals, case studies and other resources on some of the hottest issues of interest to both Business and Technology professionals. Examples of those issues are BPR, outsourcing, virtual corporations, intranets, knowledge management, organizational learning, electronic markets, and complexity research. Also included are a research jumpstation for all areas of business research, international business issues, WWW development sites, and jobs and resume pages. (Maintained by @brint.com: The BizTech Network.)
Ad*Access: Ad*Access "presents images and database information for 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, providing a coherent view of a number of major campaigns and companies through images preserved in one particular advertising collection available at Duke University." I can't possibly improve on the description on the site itself! (This project of the "Digital Scriptorium" at Duke University's Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library is maintained by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library.)
Business Week Online: Yes, an online version of Business Week. You can access and read some of the articles for free, but for others you must be a subscriber. You can search through their archives, too. They also provide information about business schools and careers. Take a look. (Maintained by The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc.)
Hoover's Online: Using this web site you'll find information online that mirrors information you'll find in the print directories from Hoover's (available in our libraries): company and industry information that includes a description of the company, subsidiary locations, competitors, and news stories mentioning the company. The site also provides a business-oriented perspective on other topics like money management, career development, news, and business travel. Some information is by subscription only. (Maintained by Hoover's Inc.)
STORES: STORES is the magazine for the National Retail Federation (NRF), the world's largest retail trade association. Select articles from current and back issues are available free online. (Maintained by NRF.)
Stocks Information: Reuters offers a variety of company financial data on this site including (but not limited to): financial ratios, multiples, and growth rates; industry, sector, and S&P 500 comparison data; insider and institutional ownership data; five quarters and five years of detailed income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement data; normalized income statement data; stock performance data; and short interest. Phew - that's a lot! Take a look. (Maintained by Reuters.)
Calculators and Tools: As the title of the site indicates, here you'll find calculators and tools to help with auto, home, life and estate planning. You can find information on how to save for college, how much it will cost to raise a child, retirement savings plans, and estimated estate taxes, to name just a few of the calucator and tip sheets you'll find at this site. (Maintained by Allstate Insurance Company.)
bankrate.com: Available in Spanish and English, this site offers financial information for consumers including news and rates on bank products (such as mortgages, home equity, auto loans, credit cards, and savings) and "how to" pages on topics like checking your bank, managing your credit, and banking basics. (Maintained by Intelligent Life Corp.)
Workers Independent News Service (WINS): The following description is from their website: "WINS is a unique service devoted to providing news about the issues and activities of working families and their unions to media outlets across America. Prior to the creation of WINS, there was no single nationwide news service focusing on issues that affect the daily lives of working people and their communities. WINS gives working people a voice in the news media." (Maintained by WINS.)

Taxes

IRS: Although you need no introduction to this organization, its web site includes much more than just tax forms and user guides! (Maintained by Internal Revenue Service.)
Taxes Home - MSN MoneyCentral: This site provides a variety of tax information, from a list of tax changes and tax laws to a tax estimator. There are also tax tips such as "Top 10 overlooked deductions" and "How to avoid an audit". (Maintained by Microsoft Corporation.)

Annual Reports

Hoover's On-line: Hoover's covers thousands of sites. Includes corporate web sites, company profiles, the latest quarterly earnings, cyberstocks, and IPO information. You can also search by location, industry or sales. Begin by clicking on the appropriate icon or entering the company name or symbol. Covers BOTH public and private companies. We have Hoover's guides in print form in the library. (Maintained by Hoover's Inc.)
Barron's Annual Reports Service: The Annual Reports Service provides you with quick access to annual reports and other information on select companies. Use the following search options to find the information in which you are interested. View an alphabetical listing or a listing by industry! (Maintained by Barron's Online and WILink, Inc..)
Annual Report Gallery: Links to companies with annual reports online. (Maintained by Cornerstone Investor Relations, Inc..)
CAROL World: Links to annual reports for companies around the world. Requires FREE registration to access reports. (Maintained by CAROL Ltd..)

Selected Tacoma and Puyallup-area businesses employing 50+

Albertsons

American Cancer Society

American Red Cross

Annie Wright School

Audi

Border's Books & Music

Burlington Coat Factory

Burlington Northern Railroad

Chuck E. Cheese's

Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

Costco Wholesale

Goodwill Industries

Gottschalks

Group Health Cooperative

Home Depot

International House of Pancakes

J.C. Penny Co.

Johnson Controls Inc.

K-Mart

Lowe's

McDonalds

Office Depot

Olive Garden

Outback Steakhouse

Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co

Safeway Stores Inc.

Target

U.S. Post Office

Wal-Mart

Economics

WebEc: This is a thorough site with subject categories including topics like Methodology and History of Economic Thought, Mathematical and Quantitative Methods, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, and Labor and Demographics. You can also search through the lists of web sites by using keywords. The site also includes an extensive and valuable list of economics journals and indicates which of those titles allow you to access actual articles from their web sites. You'll need to visit the site a few times to get used to the layout, but once you do, you'll find it quite useful. (Maintained by Lauri Saarinen.)
Resources for Economists on the Internet (RFE): This is another site that divides links to economy-related sites into subject categories such as Data, Forecasting & Consulting, News Media, and Scholarly Communication. This site is more selective than WebEc. If you see a site that covers the subject you're looking for, it will be well worth looking at. (Maintained and edited by Bill Goffe, Dept. of Economics and International Business at the University of Southern Mississippi.)
Economic Statistics Briefing Room (ESBR): Here you'll find current U.S. Federal economic indicators. You can browse by several broad categories like Production, Sales, Orders and Inventories ; Income, Expenditures, and Wealth ; Employment, Unemployment, and Earnings ; and Money, Credit, and Interest Rates. This site provides links to information produced by a number of Federal agencies. (Maintained by various U.S. Federal agencies.)
EDGAR: All information submitted by public companies to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from 1993 to the present is available here free of charge! Also includes information from foreign companies listed on U.S. exchanges from 2002 to the present. Find annual and quarterly reports; annual reports to stockholders; and other company overviews. (Maintained by various U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.)
Globus & National Trade Data Bank: This site is loaded with trade-related data. From current exchange rates to today's business leads to historical trade leads to international trade statitistics to import/export price indexes and more! You can search the site for keywords or browse by topic. (Maintained by STAT-USA, U.S. Department of Commerce.)
The Economic Report of the President: From this site you can download or search the Economic Report of the President from the 1996 version to the present. (Sponsored by the The Executive Office of the President on the United States Government Printing Office web site.)
Census Bureau: Here you'll find economic and business statistics kept and analyzed by the U.S. Census Bureau. (Maintained by U.S. Census Bureau.)
FedStats: Gathered on this site are statistics produced by more than 70 Federal government agencies. (Maintained and updated by the individual Federal agencies on their own web servers.)
Bureau of Labor Statistics: If you're hunting for economic (labor force) statistics, this is a great place to begin. Statistics are collected in categories (like "Inflation and Consumer Spending," "Wages, Earnings, & Benefits," (Maintained by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.)

Education

ERIC/AE Full Text Internet Library: The ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation (ERIC/AE) has recently announced the opening of its Full Text Internet Library, providing access to over 250 "of the best full-text books, reports, journal articles, newsletter articles and papers on the Internet that address educational measurement, evaluation and learning theory." The titles, currently culled from nine online journals and 29 organizations, are organized under eight topic headings, including Educational Quality, Learning Theory, Evaluation, Student Evaluation, Tests & Testing, Professional Standards, Research, and Statistical Analysis. The number of titles available in each topical section varies, but all have been reviewed and selected according to the stated selection criteria. The heading for each piece includes bibliographic information and the number of times it has been viewed since the site went live last month. The site also offers a title/author keyword search engine. (Description from Internet Scout, 9/3/99) (Maintained by ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation.)
Education World: One of the most useful features of this site is its search engine that includes educational Web sites only (you can find information without searching the entire Internet). It also includes news, employment listings, and original content (for example: lesson plans, articles written by education experts, and information on how to make the best use of technology in the classroom). (Managed by Brian Mauck, Gary Hopkins, and Patricia Carnabuci.)
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES): This is the "primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the U.S. and other nations." Included are full-text articles from this agency's publications. (Managed by NCES.)
World Data on Education: If you're looking for information about educational systems around the world, this is an excellent starting point. You can find everything from statistics to charts mapping out what educational paths might look like in different countries. (Managed by International Bureau of Education, UNESCO.)
Special Education Resources on the Internet (SERI): This site includes a collection of resources useful to people involved in fields related to Special Education. Resources are divided into categories like Mental Retardation, Learning Disabilities, Speech Impairment, Inclusion Resources, Autism, and Gifted and Talented. (Maintained by Roseann Horner of Hood College (Maryland).)
CollegeSource Online: CollegeSource Online can only be accessed in the Library. It features over 12,400 College Catalogs in complete cover-to-cover original page format including 2-year, 4-year, graduate, and professional schools. (Maintained Career Guidance Foundation.)
FinAid: The Financial Aid Information Page: If you need help understanding the different kinds of financial aid (PLUS loans, Perkins loans, scholarships vs. other scholarships, military aid, etc) this is a great resource! Not only will you find explanations of those kinds of aid, but you can also get help with the many different financial aid forms (and with interpreting the instructions that come with the forms), calculate your own need, search for other types of aid, do a personalized search for aid that you qualify for and more. (Maintained by FinAid Page, LLC. Mark Kantrowitz, Publisher.)
FAFSA on the Web: Not only can you fill out a FAFSA from this site, but you can also view questions to frequently asked questions and find more information on the Federal Student Financial Assistance Programs. (Maintained by U.S. Department of Education's.)

Geography

GIS Data Depot: Self-described as "is committed to becoming the leading online provider of geographic products and services to the GIS community. It is our mission to support and promote the GIS industry by providing software, data, news, job postings and other services to GIS/CAD professionals via the Internet." (Maintained by ThinkBurst Media Inc.)
Geography Websites: This is a list of links to web sites with physical geography information. The links are organized into subjects like: Current Weather Data, Climate Data, Atmospheric Composition, and Vegetation. (Maintained by the Department of Geography at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.)
LC Country Studies: If you're looking for information on specific countries, this is the place to start! Search for a particular country and you'll find a description analyzing its political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, and examining the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors. (Prepared and maintained by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army.)
Mapping: This set of links maintained by the Maps/Government Documents librarian at The Evergreen State College provides a great start when you're looking for geographical information online. Categories of links include U.S. Federal, Washington State, Pacific Northwest, and Canada. (Maintained by Carlos Diaz, The Evergreen State College.)
National Geographic Map Machine: Using this site you can tailor maps to your needs. For example, you can see a map of transportation/density of Africa, mineral resources in Taipei. You can be as focused as particular cities or as general as the entire world. There is also a large array of traditional atlas maps and access to GIS data. (Maintained by National Geographic Society.)
Outline Maps: Here you'll find a variety of black and white maps outlining countries, continents, or political boundaries. These maps can be printed or downloaded for personal or school use. (Maintained by Houghton Mifflin Company.)
National Ocean Service (NOS) MapFinder: On this site you can find maps from several NOS sources. Maps are organized by topics, such as coastal aerial photography, nautical charts, coastal survey maps, environmental sensitivity index atlases, hydrographic survey outlines, historical maps, and water level station data. (Maintained by National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.)
MapQuest: Use this site to locate any address in the U.S.. Get driving directions, create customized maps, view nearby businesses and points of interest, and plan a trip with Mobil Travel's rated lodging, restaurant and city information. (Maintained by MapQuest.com.)
Geography at About.com: View geographic information and links to other sources by topic. Some topics include: Census & Population, Cities & Urban Geography, Cultural Geography, Earthquakes, and Rivers & Streams. (Maintained by the Mining Co.)
Local and Regional
Pierce County Public GIS: Search for Pierce County locations by address or click areas on a map to see geographic information. You can set preferences of features you'd like to see marked on the maps, like parks, schools, zip codes, and much more. Type in your home or work address and try this out. (Maintained by Pierce County Washington.)
Thurston GeoData Center (TGC): This is an amazing resource! Type in an address to see very detailed aerial maps of the property or region. TGC describes its content as including "Wetlands, Water Bodies, Habitat types, Floodplains, School Districts, Roads, Parcels, Soils, Steep Slopes, Watershed Basins, Landfills, Medic Zones, Sensitive Areas, City Limits, Fire Districts, Voter Precincts, and on-and-on, about 350 unique attributes of geographic information on 70 different layers of data. In other words, 'a whole lot of information about the geography of Thurston county.' " Type in your home or work address and try this out. (Maintained by Thurston GeoData Center.)
Digital Collections of Maps: This is another set of links maintained by the Maps/Government Documents librarian at The Evergreen State College. Included are Historical Maps of Washington State, digital images from maps maintained by UW, and a lot more. (Maintained by Carlos Diaz, The Evergreen State College.)
Washington State
Washington State Geographic Information Council's (WAGIC): WAGIC is the "statewide body responsible for coordinating and facilitating the use and development of Washington State's geospatial information." You'll find that info and info about WAGIC, on this site.(Maintained by WAGIC .)
National

Earth Resources Observation Systems Data Center: If you're looking for Digital Elevation Models (DEM), National Elevation Datasets (NED), Digital Line Graphs (DLG), Land Use Land Cover (LULC), National Land Cover Data (NLCD), or National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) - this is the site for you! The data available from this site isn't directly viewable in your web browser. The USGS offers free software for viewing some of the digital cartographic products. (Maintained by U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Earth Resources Observation Systems Data Center.)
National Atlas of the United States: This atlas "promotes greater national geographic awareness. It delivers easy to use, map-like views of America's natural and sociocultural landscapes." (Maintained by U.S. Department of the Interior .)
U.S. Gazetteer: Type in a U.S. city, state, or zip code and view a map which you can tailor to your needs. You can add or remove the following (and more) from your map: highways, parks, cities, railroads, streets, water bodies, zipcode pinpoints, and state boundaries. (Maintained by U.S. Census Bureau.)
World
Perry-Casta�eda Library Map Collection: Tons of subject maps are linked to from this page, including World AIDS Maps (from the U.N.) and election maps from countries which recently had elections. You can also view maps of the world and historical maps of the world. (Maintained by Perry-Casta�eda Library, University of Texas.)

History

General History
Best of History Web Sites (BOHWS): BOHWS "contains links to over 800 history-related web sites that have been reviewed for quality, accuracy, and usefulness" by the site's author. Start by selecting one of the broad time periods, then select sub-topics to see reputable web sites addressing that period. (Maintained by Thomas Daccord.)
World History Index and History Central Catalogue: This site breaks history down into topics, epochs and eras, and geographic areas (countries and regions). You'll find links to other web sites on subjects such as Research Methods and Materials, Costume, Labor and Business History, History of Medicine, History of Science, Slavery, and Women's History. (Maintained by Lynn H. Nelson at the University of Kansas.)
HistoryLink.org: This historical encyclopedia for the state of Washington is especially thorough in covering Seattle and King County (the original focus of this site). Included on the site are essays, timelines, maps, photo essays, and directories. Most essays on the site are written by their staff or consultants. (Maintained by History Ink.)
Historical People (Google): This leads you to collections of sites with biographical information about historical figures. Sub-categories here are are topics like Artists, Authors, By Region, By Time Period, Explorers, Philosophers, Rulers and Royalty, etc. (Maintained by Google.)
LC Country Studies: If you're looking for information on specific countries, this is the place to start! Search for a particular country and you'll find a description analyzing its political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, and examining the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors. (Prepared and maintained by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army.)
American History
AFRO-American Almanac: This site covers cultural, political, and social facets of African-American history from the beginning of the slave trade, through the Civil Rights movement, to the present. You can find traditional folk tales, commentary and speeches, the text of 26 related books (including works by W.E.B. Du Bois, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Henry David Thoreau), historical documents, brief biographies on important figures, and synopses of key historical events. Not to mention polls, trivia games, and a collection of related links. (Created and maintained by Dr. Jack Powell and Donald E. Jones II.)
American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Digital Collection: As their home page explains, "this site provides an extensive digital collection of original photographs and documents about the Northwest Coast and Plateau Indian cultures, complemented by essays written by anthropologists, historians, and teachers about both particular tribes and cross-cultural topics. Find information about specific tribes and also cross-cultural topics (like assimilation through education). Thousands of photographs are on this site and are very well-organized. (Maintained by the University of Washington.)
American Memory: This is a collection of "primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States." Many libraries, archives, and museums are contributing to this project, which now provides more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections. (Maintained by the Library of Congress, National Digital Library Program.)
American Women's History: This is a well-organized site that cites and links to online and print sources about American women's history. There are links to "Digital Collections of Primary Sources," including interviews, speeches, etc. You can browse sources by state or by subjects (about 75 subjects right now), including topics like African American Women, Education, Immigrants, Military, Sexuality, Quilts, and Work. (Created and maintained by Ken Middleton of Middle Tennessee State University.)
Black Facts Online: Using this online database of facts about black history, you can search through the database by keyword or date, see facts about what happened on this date in black history, join a black facts listserv that sends you a fact a day. (Created and maintained by Inner-City Software.)
Core Documents of U.S. Democracy: The government created this site to "provide American citizens direct online access to the basic Federal Government documents that define our democratic society." Some of the documents you'll find here are The Bill of Rights, Constitution the United States of America, Supreme Court Decisions from 1937-present, and The Emancipation Proclamation. (Maintained by U.S. Government Printing Office.)
The Making of American Project: Self-described as "a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. The collection currently contains approximately 8,500 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints. " Sounds great, eh? Take a look! (Maintained by Cornell University and University of Michigan.)
POTUS: Presidents of the United States: This is a great starting point for locating information about presidents. Simply click on a president's name and read background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events from their lives, and some points of interest on each of them. There are also links to biographies, historical documents, audio and video files, and other presidential sites. (Maintained by Robert S. Summers for the Internet Public Library.)
National Museum of American History (NMAH): NMAH collects, preserves, and interpretes artifacts and is interested in how objects are made, how they are used, how they express human needs and values, and how they influence society and the lives of individuals. From their web site you can browse through virtual exhibitions on many interesting topics such as the history of the feather trade, the Teodoro Vidal Collection of Puerto Rican Material Culture, history of American sweatshops, history of American wines, and a collection of World War II posters. (Maintained by the Smithsonian Institution.)
NativeWeb: This is definitely the place to begin if you are looking for information on Native or Indigeous peoples. It covers the arts, history, geneology, news, science, business and much more. The goal of this site, which it achieves, is to "disseminate information from and about native or Indigenous nations, peoples and organizations around the world; to foster communication between native and non-native peoples; to conduct research involving native peoples' usage of technology and the Internet; and to provide resources, mentoring, and services to facilitate native use of this technology." The site has won several awards for its contents and design. (Maintained by NativeWeb.)
Words and Deeds in American History: In this collection you'll find about 90 documents from the fifteenth century to the mid-twentieth century that include "the papers of presidents, cabinet ministers, members of Congress, Supreme Court justices, military officers and diplomats, reformers and political activists, artists and writers, scientists and inventors, and other prominent Americans whose lives reflect our country's evolution." You can search through the documents using keywords, browse a subject and name index, or view the list in chronological order. Some treats include a petition for bail from accused witches (ca. 1692), Thomas Jefferson's drawing of a macaroni machine and instructions for making pasta (ca. 1787), a copy of the first telegraph message (24 May 1844), naval dispatch from the Commander in Chief Pacific announcing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (7 December 1941), and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech submitted for copyright registration (28 August 1963). (Maintained by the American Memory Help Desk at the Library of Congress.)
Theodore Roosevelt: His Life and Times on Film: View 104 films recording events in Theodore Roosevelt's life and other important events that happened during his lifetime. As the site explains, Roosevelt "was the first US president to have his career and life chronicled on a large scale by motion picture companies." The films cover scenes from the Spanish-American War; his trips to Central America, Europe, and Africa; and meetings with dignitaries. Search the collection by keyword or browse by subject or title. You have three playback options (Quicktime, MPEG, or RealPlayer) for videos or you can order them in any number of formats (VHS, Beta, DVCPro, 3/4 tape, D-2, etc.). Other resources on this site are four audio recordings (and transcripts) from 1912 in which Roosevelt explains his progressive political views (RealPlayer format), a film chronology of Roosevelt's times covering 1898-1921, a timeline of his life, and an essay about Roosevelt on film. (Maintained by the American Memory Help Desk of the Library of Congress' National Digital Library.)
World History
Holocaust-Era Assets: This site offers information on sources related to the history of assets stolen from Jews and other dispossessed peoples by the Nazi regime and its allies. One useful sources is an online version of a 1,200-page guide called A Finding Aid to Records at the National Archives at College Park, Maryland. Other primary resources include lists of recently declassified documents and of newly-accessioned records. Secondary sources include a collection of annotated bibliographies and related links. NARA's site also leads you to information about their research, including symposium and conference papers, unpublished research papers, and a list of upcoming related events. (Maintained by National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).)
The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies: The most useful medieval databases, services, texts, and images on other web servers around the world are linked to this site. Subject and culture browsing makes the information very easy to search. (Maintained by Martin Irvine and Deborah Everhart of Georgetown University.)
Nazi and East German Propaganda Archive: This site provides access to many pieces of translated propaganda material from Nazi Germany and the German Democratic Republic (GDR). The archive is organized by regime and then by topic under each regime. The Nazi Germany section contains speeches and essays from leaders (including 65 from Joseph Goebbels alone); Anti-Semitic writings, cartoons, stamps, photos, and posters; war propaganda; and articles by propagandists and party functionaries discussing the role and techniques of propaganda. GDR materials include speeches, pamphlets, anti-American caricatures, and writings on propaganda. Each section also contains links to related internet sites. (Maintained by Randall Bytwerk, Calvin College Professor of Communications and Sciences.)
OurTimeLines.com: Create personalized timelines here! Enter any dates from 1000 A.D. to today, covering between 5 and 140 years. Some events listed in your timeline are hypertext, so you can click on them to read more about them. (Maintained by Charles Benjamin Blish.)
WhoWhatWhen: Interactive Historical Timeline: This database covers famous people and events from 1000 AD to the present. You can search this timeline by year, name, or category. Choose from categories like music, popular culture, sports, politics, business, royalty, religion, disasters, and crime. (Maintained by Steve Browning.)
Victorian Web: This site categorizes links to sites related to the Victorian age into subjects like Political History, Social History, Gender Matters, Philosophy, Religion, Science, Technology, and Authors. (Created and maintained by Prof. George P. Landow of Brown University.)

Law / Criminal Justice

AllLaw.com: This is a great starting point for those wanting legal information from the Internet. This site will provide you with links to sites with great legal information. You can search the AllLaw database or browse their subject categories. (Maintained by AllLaw.com.)
Legal Information Institute (LII): This is a very well-organzied, comprehensive starting point for finding legal information online. (Maintained by the Cornell Law School.)
Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center: From this web site you can access information about suspects and defendants processed in the Federal criminal justice system through the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP) database. This database compiles data obtained from Federal agencies. You can use the database to locate and download data about specific events and outcomes (such as the number of defendants prosecuted, convicted, and sentenced in a given year). You can also access the BJS web site for editions of the Compendium of Federal Justice Statistics, a BJS annual report that describes suspects and defendants processed at each stage of the Federal criminal justice system. (Maintained by the Urban Institute.)
FindLaw: If you like the way Yahoo is organized, you'll like the way this site is, too. You can browse neatly organized law-related subject categories or search their database for sites related to law. Find things like job postings, case management software, law schools, bar exam information, and all aspects of laws and legal codes. (Maintained by FindLaw.)
Law.com (formerly Law News Network): This news resource is for legal and business professionals, journalists, policy makers, or anyone else interested in the latest legal news affecting them. Daily, the site gathers stories from American Lawyer Media publications (like The American Lawyer and The National Law Journal) and eighteen other daily and weekly legal newspapers and journals (Legal Times, The New York Law Journal, and The Recorder, to name a few). The site also features discussion groups, links to attorney jobs (Law Jobs at law.com) and regional online law journals, and a collection of law firm-sponsored briefing papers sorted by subject. (Maintained by U.S. Equity Partners, L.P..)
Lockup Society: This site opens with the following description: "In these reports, American Radio explores some of the causes and ramifications of this unprecedented experiment in mass incarceration." Here you can find statistics, slide shows, audio clips, program transcripts, and much more. Definitely worth checking out. (Maintained by American RadioWorks.)
Municipal Codes Online: This is a collection of links to city and county codes throughout the United States, as well as a link to where you can find state codes. (Maintained by the Seattle Public Library.)
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS): The web site for NCJRS reflects the purpose of the service: a collection of clearinghouses supporting all bureaus of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs. This includes the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the OJP Program Offices. Documents, links to web sites, and discussion lists are organized into the following categories: corrections, courts, crime prevention, criminal justice statistics, drugs and crime, international, juvenile justice, law enforcement, research and evaluation, and victims. (Maintained by NCJRS.)
Nolo Law Center: Nolo, a publisher of self-help legal books, provides on their site a "selection of free information on everyday legal topics." Information an links to other sites are organized into subject categories. (Maintained by Nolo.)
Supreme Court of the United States: Get copies of oral arguments, read slip opinions of the court, bar admissions, case handling guides, and general information about visiting the court. You can also search the site. (Maintained by the U.S. Supreme Court.)
Supreme Court Collection: Access the full text of Supreme Court decisions from 1990-present, plus selected decisions from earlier dates. (Maintained by Cornell Legal Information Institute.)
Oyez: Recordings of all Supreme Court oral arguments from 1995 to the present are available here for download. There are other Supreme Court-related resources, too. (Maintained by Jerry Goldman.)
U.S. Dept of Justice: Info produced by the Dept of Justice is available here. To find specific divisions or departments (like National Institute of Justice, National Drug Intelligence Center, or Office of Tribal Justice, for example) click on the like for "Alphabetical List of Components." Also check out their "Publications and Documents" link. (Maintained by U.S. Dept of Justice.)
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: Another clearinghouse of useful documents, this one collects and makes available United Nations documents about crime and justice. Browse by category (some categories include Institutes, Documents, Statistics, Countries, Laws) or search using keywords. (Maintained by UNODC.)
Revised Code of Washington (RCW): This description comes directly from the source: "The Revised Code of Washington (RCW) is the compilation of all permanent laws now in force. It is a collection of Session Laws (enacted by the Legislature, and signed by the Governor, or enacted via the initiative process), arranged by topic, with amendments added and repealed laws removed. It does not include temporary laws such as appropriations acts. The RCW is published by the Statute Law Committee and is the official version of the code. The online version of the RCW is updated twice a year, once in the early fall following the legislative session, and again at the end of the year if a ballot measure that changes the law passed at the general election." (Maintained by the Washington State Legislature.)
State of Washington Department of Corrections: Information and statistics about corrections and correctional facilities in Washington State are available through this web site. (Maintained by the State of Washington Department of Corrections.)

Political Science

See also Government Links in our Reference Starting Points.
The Brookings Institution: Need information on public policy and foreign policy issues? Want to chat with others about current issues? On this web site you can find articles; transcripts from TV and radio interviews; and information about research (and recommended books and videos on) in Economic Studies, Foreign Policy Studies, and Governmental Studies. In their Press Room you can read more articles and transcripts plus policy briefings, book reviews, Congressional testimonies, and chat rooms related to all these issues. Listservs hosted by The Brookings Institution are also listed and described. The institution itself is an independent analyst and critic of public policy. It carries out its own research and educational activities and shares its findings with others. (Maintained by The Brookings Institution.)
History of Presidential Elections at Election Central: Beginning with 1789, you can click on a year to see a summary and a state-by-state vote of that year's U.S. Presidential Election. (Maintained by MultiEducator Incorporated.)
American Presidents: Life Portraits: Basic biographical information about every U.S. President is on this site. You can also see photographs of Presidential burial sites. (Maintained by CSPAN.)
opensecrets.org: This organization and web site are devoted to sharing information about money and American politics. From the site you can type in your zip code and find out how much money is donated to political candiates and issues from your area, find out which candiates receive the most donations from your area, and more! View statistics and information about the money that each candidate has spent recently. (Maintained by The Center For Responsive Politics.)
Political Information (.com): A search engine devoted to politics, policy, and political news? You BET! If you're looking for for information on any of those, start here. (Maintained by Political Information (.com)!)
Political Resources on the Net: Click on a country to see links to parties, organizations, governments, media and more. (Edited by Roberto Cicciomessere.)
Politics at Salon.com: Updated daily, this site reports objectively on hot political events and issues. Click on the "Politics2000 link list" to see links to official party and candidate sites, polls and more. (Maintained by Salon.com)
Project Vote Smart: As their web site states, "Project Vote Smart is a national library of factual information on over 13,000 elected offices and candidates for public office --- President, Governors, Congress and State Legislatures. We cover them in five basic areas: backgrounds, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances and the performance evaluations made on them by over 100 conservative to liberal special interests." You can search for names of your elected officials by zip code and then view the above information about each of them. (Maintained by Project Vote Smart.)
American Political Science Association (APSA): This organization is a professional organization for people and organizations involved in the study of politics. Read about their activities and publications and other political science information from this site. (Maintained by APSA.)
The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials, 1952-2004: This exhibition from the American Museum of the Moving Image allows you to browse or search 250+ t.v. commercials from every election year beginning in 1952. You can browse by election year, type of commercial (eg. Children), or issue (eg. Taxes). You'll also find background information on each election and each candidate. (Maintained by American Museum of the Moving Image.)
Politics (Google): This leads you to collections of sites about specific political topics like Fascism and Federalism, specific political parties (U.S.), or other topics related to political science or political philosophy. (Maintained by Google.)

Psychology / Mental Health

American Psychological Association (APA): This site provides information about psychological issues for psychology students, psychologists, educators, and the public. Looking for a list of careers in psychology? How about psychology-related job postings? Funding for your degree in psych? It's all at this site. You will also find general information about the APA. (Maintained by APA.)
Mental Health InfoSource: Locate information on this site by symptom or disorder (browse or keyword searching available), read the latest in mental news, participate in chat rooms and discussion lists, find out about conferences and professional organizations, browse job listings and more. (Maintained by CME Incorporated.)
Mental Health Information, Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN): On this one web site, you can view online versions of KEN publications (on dozens of topics like "Psychosocial Issues for Older Adults in Disasters" and "How to Pay for Mental Health Services"), read state resource guides, read anti-stigma information, learn about school violence prevention, find out how Healthy People 2010 relates to mental illness, and find statistics. (Maintained by Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN).)
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI): On their web site, NAMI provides current news related to mental illness, lists of support groups, information on mental illnesses, publications, book reviews, legal and public policy information, and research information. Of course, you can also read about the organization, as well. Available in Spanish, too! (Maintained by NAMI.)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): Here you can read breaking news & the latest clinical trials related to mental health issues, see grants available for mental health research, read fact sheets about mental health and specific disorders (from anxiety disorders to schizophrenia), summaries of recent conferences and workshops, statistics on mental health, and more! NIMH approaches the understanding of mental health by coming at it from perspectives using neuroscience, behavioral science, and genetics. This is noticeable when you read the information on their site. (Maintained by NIMH.)
Psych Central: This site is a tad confusing, but it can be very useful. Type a term or phrase into the search box, and you'll see results (with a different web site's name and address, but it is from the same source) pointing to a variety of resources and formats: lists of additional links; informational articles copied from other web sites; informational articles written for this web site by a variety of people; and descriptions of e-mail discussion lists. (Maintained by Dr. John Grohol.)
Psych Web: Here you'll find a lot of miscellaneous psychology-related information for students and teachers of psychology. Individual web pages are devoted to specific topics including "Careers in Psychology," "Sport Psychology," "States of Consciousness," and "Psychology of Religion." (Owned and maintained by Russell A. Dewey et al.)
NAMI Greater Seattle: In the "Resources" section of this web site, see a list of other Washington State and national organizations, agencies, and resources related to mental illness. You can also read about recent legislative and public policy news, access WAMI publications, and read about upcoming events. As usual, you can also find out about the organization. (Maintained by NAMI.)
Psychology category of Galaxy: A listing of psychology sites by category: Branches, Diseases and disorders, Education, History, Hypnosis, Journals, Psychologists, Self-help, and Surveys and tests. You can also see a list of discussion lists (listservs and usenet), associations, and college and university psychology departments. (Maintained by AHN/FIT Internet, LLC.)
Reference Resources: This page categorizes mental health resources into concepts like Statistics; Search Engines; Legal; Psychological Science & Critical Thinking Resources; Toxic & Medical Resources; Journals; and Associations. (Maintained by Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice.)

Sociology

Sociological Subject Areas: Visit this very useful site to see categories of sociology and related subject areas that lead you to specific web sites about those topics. (Edited by Albert Benschop of the Sociology Department at the University of Amsterdam.)
Sociological Tour Through Cyberspace: This is the place to begin when looking for sociology sites on the web. You'll find links to general sociological resources, sociological theory, data resources, and methods and statistics. You will find pages devoted to the Sociology of Death and Dying, Gender Roles, and Marriage & Family Life. (Maintained by Professor Michael C. Kearl of the Department of Sociology & Anthropology at Trinity University.)
The SocioWeb: This search engine for sociology-related web sites is searchable by keyword or you can browse through subject categories such as Giants of Sociology (people who greatly impacted the field), Journals & 'Zines, Sociological Theory, Sociological Associations, Surveys and Statistics, and University Departments. (Maintained by Mark Blair.)
Deviance: Here you'll find a few links to web sites about social deviance. (Maintained by S.G. Goss, professor of Sociology at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.)
Social Work (Yahoo): This leads you to collections of sites about specific topics like child advocacy, education, and organizations. You'll also find links to sites about social work in general.(Maintained by Yahoo.)

Terrorism

General Information and History

Definitions of Terrorism: Want to know how the FBI defines terrorist incidents? Curious about why definitions of terrorism vary? This is the source you've been looking for. (Maintained by Congressional Quarterly, Inc..)
"Patterns of Global Terrorism" Reports: The United States Department of State has made available its "Patterns of Global Terrorism" Reports from 1994-1998. (Maintained by Hellenic Resources Network.)
Terrorism Research Center: Here you can read expert analysis on terrorism and terrorist events, chronology of significant dates, profiles of terrorist and counterterrorist groups, and much more! This site is a good starting point for basic, background information about terrorism and terrorist organizations. (Maintained by Terrorism Research Center.)
FEMA Backgrounder: Terrorism: This brief overview addresses the following issues: what is terrorism, biological and chemical weapons, facts about terrorism, and terrorism in the United States. There is also a link to a fact sheet about surviving terrorist incidents. (Maintained by Federal Emergency Management Agency.)
United Nations action against terrorism: This site describes U.N. positions on and actions against terrorism. (Maintained by United Nations.)
Terrorist Group Profiles: Dudley Knox Library at the Naval Postgraduate School provides this thorough site profiling terrorist groups. All information on this site is taken from sources published by U.S. Government agencies, so remember this perspective as you review the information. (Maintained by Dudley Knox Library.)

9/11/01 Incidents and Related Information

Attack On America: TruthOrFiction.com is a very useful web site with information about stories circulated through email (warnings, offers, requests for help, and humorous or inspirational stories, etc). This page about the 9/11/01 events helps clarify and verify some of these stories. (Maintained by TruthOrFiction.com.)
Annotated Bibliography of Government Documents Related to the Threat of Terrorism & the Attacks of September 11, 2001: This is a thorough, annotated bibliography and is valuable to anyone doing research into this event. NOTE: The bibliography isn't hypertext, so if you see the title of a document you'd like to find, you need to write down the citation (title, author, publisher, date, etc) and then search for it using our library's resources. As explained on its first page it is "intended to serve as a means of access to information produced by the United States Government concerning the events of September 11." It covers the events of September 11, plus "how we have dealt with terrorism in the past, what the political circumstances of past terrorist acts were, how we have prepared in the past and for the future, what our weaknesses to future attacks are, what kind of future attacks are likely, and from whence those future attacks are likely to come." The types of documents covered include Congressional hearings, reports, acts, and resolutions; Presidential proclamations, addresses, and important White House press releases; materials from the Department of the Army, the Department of Defense, and the State Department; materials from the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation; information from the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and miscellaneous materials from the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Energy, the Department of Education, the Library of Congress Federal Research Division, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Justice Department, the Department of the Interior, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Coalition Information Centers, the Naval War College, the U.S. Institute of Peace, the General Accounting Office, the National Committee on Terrorism, the Department of the Navy, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and the Army War College. (Maintained by Kevin D. Motes, U.S. Government Information Division of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries.)
Beliefnet's 9/11 coverage: If you're looking for spiritual perspectives, opinions, and resources related to the 9/11/01 incidents, browse this web site. Articles include "Profile of Osama Bin Laden"; "What Does Islam REALLY Say About...Martyrdom, Holy War, Non-Muslims, and Terrorism"; "Christian vs. Muslim Fundamentalists"; "The Theology of Suicide Bombers"; "The Rise of Fundamentalisms"; "Attacks Not Unprovoked"; "Extremism Exists in Every Faith": "End Times Upon Us?";"God Gave U.S. 'What We Deserve' Falwell Says"; "Why We Should Be Furious With God"; "What would Jesus do"; "What Would Muhammad Do?"; "What Would Buddha Do?"; "An Eye for an Eye?"; and many more! It is hosted by Beliefnet (an interfaith site dedicated to the understanding of many religions). (Maintained by Beliefnet.)
Guide To Understanding Islam: This site contains the entire text of A Brief Illustrated Guide to Understanding Islam, links to other web sites about Islam, a list of books for further reading, and more. It is geared towards non-Muslims wanting to understand Islam, Muslims, and the Holy Quran. (Written by A. Abu-Harb.)
Understanding Islam - Resources: If you're confused about or interested in Islam, this is an excellent starting point for learning more. It is a collection of sites used in a free online course about Islam that is offered in collaboration with Hartford Seminary's Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam. (Maintained by Beliefnet.)
American Muslim Council: This site, and others related to the American Muslim Council, have disappeared following FBI probes into people associated with AMC (many have called the FBI's actions and statements against the AMC a smear campaign). This organization works toward the political empowerment of Muslims in America. On their site you'll find information about these issues and issues related to the incidents on 9/11. (Maintained by American Muslim Council.)
Afghan News Channel: Thorough collection of news about Afghanistan from Western news sources like Reuters, Associated Press, CNN, BBC, and more. (Maintained by WebMedia iNteractive.)
Mid-East Realities: "News, Views, and Anaylsis that Governments, Lobbies, and Associated Interest Groups Don't Want You to Know" is the headliner description of this page. Well worth the visit! (Maintained by Mid-East Realities.)
Arab American Action Network: Here you'll find information about the Arab-American experience. There is information geared towards educating non-Arab Americans about this culture and also support services and information for Arab-Americans. (Maintained by Arab American Action Network.)
Arab American Institute (AAI): AAI is a non-profit, nonpartisan organization for people of Arab descent interested in the democratic process. Especially useful to those unfamiliar with Arab culture is the page called "About Arab Americans." (Maintained by Arab American Institute.)
Afghanistan Government (Maintained by Yahoo.)
Al Qaeda (Maintained by Yahoo.)

Terrorism, Extremism, Tolerance and Hate

Anti-Defamation League (ADL): The ADL has as its mission "Fighting anti-Semitism, bigotry, and extremism since 1913." Its web site includes links to hate crimes, hate symbols, hate online, extremism, Nation of Islam, terrorism, terrorist organization database, religious freedom, etc. (Maintained by ADL.)
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC): This is a civil rights organization committed to defending the rights of people of Arab descent and promoting their cultural heritage. Information on Arab contributions to civilization, Arab stereotypes, as well as information related to the September 11th incidents can be found on their site. (Maintained by American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.)
International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT): This is an amazing source of objective information in the form of articles about counter-terrorism and current terrorist-related activity. Did you know that United States and British forces attacked cities in Afghanistan in July 2001 - just two short months before the World Trade Center attacks? It's all reported on this site. (Maintained by ICT.)
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: When it comes to information about weapons (biological, chemical, fissile, nuclear, missile), you can't find a more useful site than this. It also includes a world missile chart! (Maintained by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.)
Alternative Resources on the U.S. "War Against Terrorism": This is a thorough collection of resources divided into the following categories: Alternative News, Analysis, and Commentary; Sites with Additional Links to News; Petitions; Demonstrations and Other Antiwar Activities . (Maintained by International Responsibilities Task Force of the American Library Association's Social Responsibilities Round Table.)
Fractured Fundamentalisms: Extremism exists in every major faith, and sometimes turns violent: This article about fundamentalism includes answers to questions about fundamentalism, including "How do Christian, Jewish and Islamic fundamentalism differ," "Does fundamentalism inevitably cause violence," "What does the Qu'ran say about violence," and "Why are there so few Islamic democracies." (Written by Karen Armstrong for Beliefnet.)

World Religions

See also Religion in our Humanities Starting Points.
Beliefnet: Essays on the international crisis by representatives of most faiths; answers to many questions on Islam, by comparative religion authority Karen Armstrong; and how members of various faith traditions respond. (You can even take an online quiz to find out which denominations your beliefs coincide with best!) (Maintained by Beliefnet, Inc..)
Anti-Defamation League (ADL): The ADL has as its mission "Fighting anti-Semitism, bigotry, and extremism since 1913." Its web site includes links to interfaith, religious freedom, anti-Semitism, Holocaust, Nation of Islam, etc. (Maintained by ADL.)
Fractured Fundamentalisms: Extremism exists in every major faith, and sometimes turns violent: This article about fundamentalism includes answers to questions about fundamentalism, including "How do Christian, Jewish and Islamic fundamentalism differ," "Does fundamentalism inevitably cause violence," "What does the Qu'ran say about violence," and "Why are there so few Islamic democracies." (Written by Karen Armstrong for Beliefnet.)

Civil Rights vs. Security

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): The ACLU defends Americans' constitutional rights. Their site deals with civil liberties, and balancing those needs with those for security. You'll also find links to "ACLU counsel's statement on the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001" (9-24-01), and "Ten Points Statement of Principles: In Defense of Freedom at a Time of Crisis" (9-20-01). (Maintained by ACLU.)
Anti-Defamation League (ADL): The ADL supports the president's call for a war on terrorism, and says that "law enforcement must have new tools to safeguard our security." The ADL also condemns harassment of Arab Americans, Muslim Americans, and Jews, among others. It includes sources on bigotry, white supremacy movements, militia, etc. (Maintained by ADL.)
USA Patriot Act: This American Library Association (ALA) site includes links to the full text of the USA Patriot Act; "Federal judge rules part of Patriot Act unconstitutional" (CNN story); The Bill of Rights Defense Committee ; The Impact of the USA PATRIOT Act on Free Expression; and Analysis of the USA Patriot Act related to Libraries. (Maintained by ALA.)
Amnesty International: Human Rights Watch has the mission of "working to protect human rights worldwide." Their human rights information related to terrorism and the fight against terrorism. (Maintained by Amnesty International.)
Human Rights Watch: Human Rights Watch has the mission of "defending human rights worldwide." Their human rights information related to terrorism and the fight against terrorism. (Maintained by Human Rights Watch.)

War and Peace

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Here you'll find country resources, government resources, threat assessments, weapons, nuclear status map, world missile chart, and daily news updates re. worldwide weapons use. (Maintained by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.)
Center on Conscience & War: This is a great site for those exploring conscientious objector status. It includes information on establishing concientious objector status, how to face selective service registration, and how to apply for student financial aid if you're a non-registrant. (Maintained by Center on Conscience & War (NISBCO).)
Antiwar.com: This is a terrific place to start looking for antiwar news and information. (Maintained by Antiwar.com, a ward of Center for Libertarian Studies.)
Alternative Resources on the U.S. "War Against Terrorism": This is a thorough collection of resources divided into the following categories: Alternative News, Analysis, and Commentary; Sites with Additional Links to News; Petitions; Demonstrations and Other Antiwar Activities . (Maintained by International Responsibilities Task Force of the American Library Association's Social Responsibilities Round Table.)
Selective Service System: Want to know who must register for Selective Service, when, where and how? Take a look at this site. It also includes information on consequences of failing to register in a timely fashion and what happens in the event that the draft should be reinstated. (Maintained by Selective Service System.)
U.S. Department of Defense: Here's the Department of Defense home page. Take a look at their information and approach to current and recent activities. (Maintained by Department of Defense.)

Coping With Uncertainty

Anti-Defamation League (ADL): The ADL condemns harassment of Arab Americans, Muslim Americans, and Jews, among others. It includes information about discussing hate and violence with children. (Maintained by ADL.)
Pierce County Department of Emergency Management: The site provides links to county, state and federal emergency management agencies. It was last updated in May 2001, so there's nothing specific about terrorism or the events of 9/11. But students may need to know what these agencies are prepared to do in the event of a disaster, natural or otherwise. (Maintained by Pierce County Department of Emergency Management.)
Ready.Gov: From this site, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security makes available information designed to help you prepare unexpected emergencies (natural or man-made). This includes information about making a supply kit and a family communication plan, and information about biological and chemical threats. (Maintained by U.S. Department of Homeland Security.)
Biological and Chemical Weapons: Here you'll find current news and background information from news sources and medical journals about biological and chemical weapons. There are links to similar pages about specific toxins (like anthrax and smallpox). This site is wonderful with up-to-date and thorough background information on these topics. It's a great place to begin research on these issues. (Maintained by National Library of Medicine.)


Questions/Comments about this website to: Lynn Olson, lolson@pierce.ctc.edu. Last Revised 1/20/2007. fb