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A History of the Crusades
The History of the Crusades, published by the University of Wisconsin Press over a twenty year period beginning in 1969, was intended to serve as a collaborative and comprehensive treatment of the topic, ranging in time from the first 100 years of the Crusades to their ...
African Studies
Columbia University's collection of African Studies Internet Resources is an on-going compilation of electronic bibliographic resources and research materials on Africa available on the global Internet, created under the purview of the African Studies Department of Columbia ...
Alfred Deakin Lectures
Held in Melbourne in May 2001 as part of the Centenary of Federation celebrations, the Alfred Deakin Lectures cover ideas about the nature and future of a civil society in Australia. Presentations include: The Arc of Instability: Australia’s Role in the Asia Pacific ; The ...
All the World's Maps
Access to national maps and maps of major cities from a range of map providers such as Atlapedia, Expedia and the Perry-Castañeda Library. Includes black line outline maps. A Compilation of Each Nation's Maps - Including Cities. Serving the diplomatic community and the ...
America's Crisis: Asian Perspectives
An Asian perspective on the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, DC - multidisciplinary series of policy, business, cultural, and education programs at the Asia Society that explore recent world events from a variety of perspectives. Resources cover - ...
America's Day Of Terror
BBC special on the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the USA. Includes images and audio/visual. Information covers: What we know about the flights ; How New York was devastated ; Images from the crash zones ; World Trade Center floor guide ; How the day unfolded ; ...
American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century
The purpose of these pages is to present a series of web guides on the decades of the twentieth century.
American History - From Revolution to Reconstruction: A WWW Project in Collective Writing
A Hypertext on American History from the colonial period until Modern Times The main body of this hypertext comes from a number of USIA-publications An Outline of American History, An Outline of the American Economy, An Outline of American Government, and An Outline of ...
American Memory - Today in History
Features a range of brief historical narratives for specific dates - three options to view the 365 pages in the Today in History archive. Visit Today in History every day to see updated versions of these archived pages. . Includes an image collection and teacher's ...
American Photography: A Century of Images
Explore photography’s role in art, war, social change and cultural identity. Includes image lab. Features cover art, photography and war, digital truth, presidential image making, persuasion, social change, and cultural identity.
An Atlas of the German Empire
Digital version of a rare 1883 work which also covers the bordering portions of present-day Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Hungary, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, the Russian Federation, Slovakia, and Switzerland. This on-line edition ...
An Uncertain Road: Muslims and the Future of Europe
"The successful integration of European Muslims is crucial to the future of Europe. Prognosticators may disagree on the community’s ultimate demographic and social impact, but all believe that Muslims will, at the very least, be a significant and sizable minority that will ...
Analysis: Who are the Taleban?
December 2000 report from the BBC that covers the origins of the Islamic fundamentalist group that controls Afghanistan.
Asia Quake Disaster
News, background, videos, analysis, eyewitness accounts, death tolls, survivors' accounts, and more about the Southeast Asia tsunami of December 2004.
AsiaSource: a resource of the Asia Society
"Asia Society is the leading global and pan-Asian organization working to strengthen relationships and promote understanding among the people, leaders, and institutions of the United States and Asia. The society seeks to increase knowledge and enhance dialogue, encourage ...
Australia's Prime Ministers
The National Archives of Australia has created this website to: enhance understanding of Australia’s national leadership and political history, provide a view of our political history from the top – through the documents dealt with by each of the 25 Prime Ministers, enable ...
Australian History: Selected Websites
"These are selected sites for researching Australian history on the Internet and provide a starting place for researchers in this field. They provide a diverse range of information on Australian history resources as well as providing links to other useful sites."
Australians at War
Australians at War website commemorates the service and sacrifice of Australia's veterans over the past 100 years. The site also allows you to examine artifacts such as diaries, photos, journals, letters and memorabilia and see and hear the personal stories of those who were ...
Australians Online
This ABC site offers a network of community Web sites where Australians can contribute stories about themselves and their communities. This ABC internet community publishing pilot project has now ended. You may continue to view contributors’ stories and other information ...
BBC Country profiles
Provides guides to the history, politics and economic background of all countries as well as Endland, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. They also include audio and video clips from the BBC archives. Includes information for statistics, economics, country leaders, media, press, ...
Best of History Websites
An anthology of online history resources. Best of History Web Sites is an award-winning portal created for history teachers, students, and general history enthusiasts. Best of History Web Sites now features links to K-12 history lesson plans, teacher guides, activities, ...
British Empire and Commonwealth Museum
This site tries to bring to life the peoples, cultures, adventures and domination that made the British Empire such a powerful institution. Timelines, maps, biographies, and information under headings such as science and technology, armed forces and art and culture can be ...
BUBL - Religion
BUBL LINK is the name of a catalogue of selected Internet resourcees coverning all academic subject areas and catalogued according to DDC. All items are selected, evaluated, catalogued and described. The directory can be browsed or searched by subject or by DDC number. ...
CAIN
CAIN (Conflict Archive on the INternet), based within the University of Ulster, is a web site devoted to providing a wide range of information and source material on the Northern Ireland conflict and politics in the region from 1968 to the present. The site also contains ...
Center for Defense Information
The Center for Defense Information is dedicated to strengthening security through: international cooperation; reduced reliance on unilateral military power to resolve conflict; reduced reliance on nuclear weapons; a transformed and reformed military establishment; and, ...
Center for History and New Media
A project and gateway dedicated to combining "the most exciting and innovative digital media with the latest and best historical scholarship". PROJECTS - HISTORY MATTERS: The US survey course on the Web, 911 DIGITAL ARCHIVE, Histories of September 11, 2001, WORLD HISTORY ...
Centre for Economic Performance
The CEP is an interdisciplinary research centre at the LSE Research Laboratory. It was established by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) in 1990 and is now one of the leading economic research groups in Europe. The CEP studies the determinants of economic ...
CIA's Analysis of the soviet Union, 1947-1991
A series of primary source documents from the period reflecting the role of the CIA in analysing the Cold War.
Crisis in Chechnya
This site includes background information on the Chechnyan conflict, the current situation, the importance of oil in the conflict and the challenge ahead.
CSU: Guide to Australia
"The Guide to Australia is an encyclopaedic collection of essential information about Australia. It contains information as diverse as the Australian constitution, current weather and lamington recipes. Unlike a paper encyclopaedia, the Guide is a distributed service. It is ...
Death of the Father
A series of doctoral student projects from Cornell University about the "regime ends" of six former political leaders:Mussolini, Ceausescu, Hitler, Hirohito, Stalin, and Tito.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas
"The Dictionary of the History of Ideas recounts the historical development of ideas across a range of disciplines, including philosophy, religion, politics, literature, and the biological, physical, and social sciences."
Digital History
Includes photographs, letters, readings and reference guides for various periods in US history. Also has textbooks, encyclopedias, biographies, primary sources, visual history, virtual exhibitions, teachers' help, timelines (Chronologies) and History day by day.
Documenting a Democracy
Australia's primary constitutional documents for New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia and the Commonwealth. There are eight different sets of original constitutional instruments: a set for each Australian ...
eBooks@Adelaide
The University of Adelaide Library’s collection of Web books "includes more than 700 classic works of Literature, Philosophy, Science, and History. Each work has been carefully formatted for maximum readability either on screen or when printed. Works can be read online, or ...
epin
EPIN is a network of leading European think tanks and policy institutes focusing on contemporary European and EU political debate and policy analysis. It has 37 member institutes across 28 countries - including all EU member states, accession and candidate countries. Through ...
Famous American Trials
As well as a historical resource for American history this resource is particularly useful as background information for studying "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller. As part of the Famous Trials website, the Web's largest and most visited collection of original essays, images, ...
Famous Trials
The vision of this site was to create the Web's largest collection of primary documents, images, essays, and other materials relating to famous trials from Socrates to O.J. Simpson. Presently the site includes materials on fifty famous trials and the purpose of the site it ...
Federation Gateway
A new Web site from the National Library of Australia which contains digitised images of all the major people involved in the federation campaign, photographs and invitations. It has descriptions of the federation personalities, quotes, a chronology linking to the key ...
Federation of American Scientists
FAS Initiatives include: Arms Sales Monitoring, Chemical and Biological Arms Control, Digital Human, Energy/Environment, Government Secrecy, Learning Federation, Learning Technology and Strategic Security Project. Resources cover: Arms Control Agreements, Arms Sales , ...
Federation Online
This is the ABC's resource rich site documenting the events and activities that commemorated the creation of the Australian nation in 1901 and its growth across a century. Overview, Events ,Places ,People, Culture, and Institutions are covered in the following topics: The ...
Foreign Relations of the United States
This digital facsimile of Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS 1900-1918), is a project of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries in collaboration with the University of Illinois at Chicago Libraries.FRUS begins with the administration of Abraham Lincoln in ...
Genocide Watch: Chechnya
The Committee on Conscience was instigated by UA President Jimmy Carter to keep a watch on areas of Human Rights violatons. The 'alert' on Chechnya outlines the current situation and its impact on Chechnyan citizens.
Ghosts of Rwanda
"Ghosts of Rwanda," a special two-hour documentary to mark the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide -- a state-sponsored massacre in which some 800,000 Rwandans were methodically hunted down and murdered by Hutu extremists as the U.S. and international community refused ...
Global Connections: The Middle East
This site provides background information for events in the Middle East. There is a timeline of key events from 1900; a thematic section viewing "events through the lens of politics, science, economics, culture, religion, and more"; and a section of "big picture" questions ...
Global issues that affect everyone
This web site looks into global issues that affect everyone and aims to show how most issues are inter-related. Issues include trade related issues - poverty, globalisation, consumerism; Human rights related issues - racism, women's rights; Geopolitics - arms control, ...
Historic Figures
On this site you'll find in-depth articles and short biographies of historic figures. Arranged alphabetically, they include a wide range of people from King Arthur to Elizabeth the First to Gandhi and Hitler.
Historical Maps Online
The intent of the Historical Maps Online project is to publish electronically the images of maps charting the last 400 years of historical development in Illinois and the Northwest Territory. Designed to appeal both to map aficionados and to educational institutions, the ...
Historical Text Archive
This site provides research papers, reports, articles, books, maps, and photographs on various subject categories. The site is divided into three sections: articles, e-books, and links. The article section contains the articles, documents, essays, and photographs. ...
History
On this site you'll find in-depth articles, multimedia (like games, virtual tours and animations) as well as bite-size material like timelines and short biographies of historic figures. All is designed for you to get more out of your interest in History. The site is divided ...
History in the News: Middle East History, Society, and Culture Resources
Compiled by the Department of History, University at Albany, New York. Information covers: General Resources , History , Culture, Society , Religion , Economics , Politics , Maps , News & Media , Regional Resources . Regions covered and including extra information: Bahrain , ...
Holocaust: The Untold Story
Explores the reasons why America's newspapers downplayed the horrifying reports from Europe about the mass extermination of Jews.
IFAD
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialized agency of the United Nations, was established as an international financial institution in 1977 as one of the major outcomes of the 1974 World Food Conference. The Conference was organized in response ...
INCORE Internet Country Guides
These Guides provide information about internet resources on conflict and ethnicity specific to particular countries and regions. Annotated resources for news and background information, related email lists and newsgroups, articles and documents, maps, NGOs, and other ...
Indonesia WWW Virtual Library: Society and Culture
From the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, at the Australian National University, this page provides links to sites on Indonesian Education, Government, NGOs, and Institutions, History and Culture, Networking Resources, News, Media, and Databases.
Internet Archive
Digitised movies from the Prelinger Archives which focus mainly on everyday life, culture, industry, and institutions in North America in the 20th century. Included are films produced by and for many hundreds of important US corporations, nonprofit organizations, trade ...
Internet East Asian History Sourcebook
Contents Cultural Origins General Yellow River Valley Cultures Japan Religious Traditions General Chinese Traditional Religion Shinto Daoism Confucianism Buddhism Judaism Christianity Islam Imperial China General The Zhou The Qin The Han The Sui and Tang The Sung The Mongols ...
Internet Islamic History Sourcebook
Contents: The Pre-Islamic Arab World, Pre-Islamic Arabia , Pre-Islamic Persia , Muhammad and Foundations - to 632 CE, Religious and Social Context of 7th Century Arabia , Muhammad , Hadith , Islamic Faith and Theology, The Sunni Tradition , The Shi'ite Tradition , Sufism ,, ...
Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Includes Selected Sources Sections - Studying History, End of Rome , Byzantium , Islam , Roman Church , Early Germans , Celtic World , Carolingians , 10 C Collapse , Economic Life , Crusades , Empire & Papacy , France , England , Celtic States , Iberia , Italy , Intellectual ...
Internet Women's History Sourcebook
Contents: The Historical Study of Women , Human Origins , Ancient Egypt, General , Great Women , Women's Oppression , The Structure of Women's Lives , Women's Agency , Gender Construction , Feminism, Ancient Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Medieval Europe, Early Modern Europe, ...
ISESCO
The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization -ISESCO- was set up upon the adoption of its Statute by the Eleventh Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers, meeting in Islamabad, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, in May 1980. This decision crowned the efforts made ...
Israel Defense Forces
"The Jewish Virtual Library is the most comprehensive online Jewish encyclopedia in the world, covering everything from anti-Semitism to Zionism."This page has links to comprehensive information about the Israeli Defence Force.
Jefferson Digital Archive
Papers relating to former President Thomas Jefferson. Includes biography.
Making Multicultural Australia
This site was established to assist teachers find quality resources on multiculturalism and explore new strategies to promote cultural diversity and tolerance. Making Multicultural Australia is a website which aims to assist young people of upper primary and high school age, ...
Making of America
A digitisation project from the University of Michigan University Library to create an online collection focusing on 19th century American publications from the antebellum period through to reconstruction. The collection is strong in education, psychology, American history, ...
MidEast Web Gateway
Includes texts of reports, policy statements, and other findings from 1915 to the present day. Culture: education ,poetry ,religion ,holidays ,Qur'an,culture ,recipes ,dialog . Reference information covers: glossary ,maps ,books ,sources ,history ,timeline ,countries ...
MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base
The MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base is the one-stop resource for comprehensive research and analysis on global terrorist incidents, terrorism-related court cases, and terrorist groups and leaders. The Terrorism Knowledge Base illuminates the current status of terrorism today. ...
Nagasaki Journey: the Photographs of Yosuke Yamahata
Nagasaki Journey: The Photographs of Yosuke Yamahata is an exhibit of sixty photographs taken in Nagasaki on August 10, 1945, the day after the atomic bombing of that city. The exhibition was presented as part of the world's observance of the fiftieth anniversary of the ...
NARA: US National Archives
Digitised versions of important US documents such as the Louisiana Purchase, the 1868 treaty with the Sioux Indians, President Roosevelt's declaration of war against Japan, and President Nixon's letter of resignation.
National Archives of Australia, Vrroom - Virtual Reading Room
Vrroom is a new, fun way to use records from the National Archives collection. It's for students and teachers throughout Australia and across curriculum areas - from Australian studies and politics to geography, environmental management and technology. Vrroom could inform ...
National e-Science Centre
What is meant by e-Science? In the future, e-Science will refer to the large scale science that will increasingly be carried out through distributed global collaborations enabled by the Internet. Typically, a feature of such collaborative scientific enterprises is that they ...
NationMaster
Statistical site with sources such as the CIA World Factbook, the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the World Bank, the World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF and the OECD. A "one-stop resource for country statistics on anything and everything, whether it be ...
Nazi Propaganda
Features speeches by Nazi leaders, anti-semitic material, and visual resources such as book illustrations, postcards, postage stamps, and posters.Propaganda was central to Nazi Germany. This page is a collection of English translations of Nazi propaganda for the period ...
Nineteenth Century Exploration of Australia
Maps the routes taken by nineteenth century Australian explorers. Includes information on these explorers: Robert O'Hara Burke 1821-61 , John Calvert 1814-97 ,Edward Eyre 1815-1901 ,Alexander Forrest 1849-1901 ,John Forrest 1847-1918 ,Ernest Giles 1835-97 ,Augustus C. ...
Nuclear Energy Agency
The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) is a specialised agency within the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), an intergovernmental organisation of industrialised countries, based in Paris, France. NEA areas of work : Nuclear safety and regulation , ...
Nuclear Files Archive
This site, from the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, provides a range of information on nuclear weapons and nuclear war, including links to the full text of several documents and treaties. By providing background information, analysis and access to primary documents, this site ...
Nuclear Issues in India and Pakistan: Selected Internet Resources
Annotated links to sites with news, historical and political background, position papers, and other information about nuclear build up in India and Pakistan. Topics: Statements , Research & Analysis , Historical Background , News Coverage, Opinion Polls , Nuclear ...
NYPL Digital Gallery
"NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 275,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated ...
On This Day
"On This Day is a showcase of some of the most significant as well as some of the quirkier stories broadcast by BBC News since 1950." This site covers the end of the Six Day War on 10th June, 1967.
Online Opinion
Australian journal of opinion, politics and news - Australia's e-journal of social and political debate. Subjects/topics covered include: The Arts, Domestic Politics, Economics, Education, Environment, Health, Indigenous Affairs, International, Law and Liberties, Media, ...
online women in politics.org
onlinewomeninpolitics.org was borne out of the vision of Asian Women Leaders to explore creative ways in organizing a network of Asia Pacific women involved in politics, governance, decision-making and transformative leadership. In this so-called Information Age, the ...
Palestine and Israel
"A brief background to the modern conflict."
Palestine Facts
"Palestine Facts is dedicated to providing comprehensive and accurate information regarding the historical, military, and political background to the on-going struggle between the State of Israel and the Palestinian Arabs.
Parallel History Project on the Warsaw Pact
The project collects and analyses declassified documents related to the Warsaw Pact. In response to the progressing declassification of NATO documents and the growing availability of documents from the archives of the former Soviet bloc, the Parallel History Project on NATO ...
Parliament and the British Slave Trade, 1600-1807
This website is designed to provide authoritative information on Parliament's involvement in the British slave trade between 1600 and 1807 and to give access to key archive material relating to the 1807 Act of Abolition of the British Slave Trade. Public comment and online ...
People's Century: Master Race: 1926 - 1945
"Part of Public Broadcasting Services's People's Century series, Master Race probes the Nazi takeover in Germany. In it, Germans talk candidly about the initial seduction of Nazism; Gypsies reminisce about life before Hitler; and Jews recall their persecution. There are ...
Picture Australia
Searchable image collection from Australian cultural institutions such as the Australian War Memorial, the National Library of Australia, and the State Libraries of NSW, Tasmania, and Victoria. PictureAustralia provides access to images that cover all aspects of Australiana: ...
Presidents of the United States
Brief biographies and photographs of every US President to date. The President biographies presented here are from the book The Presidents of the United States of America written by Frank Freidel and Hugh S. Sidey (contributing author), published by the White House ...
Prisoner Abuse: Patterns from the past
Cold War U.S. Interrogation Manuals Counseled "Coercive Techniques" Cheney Informed of "Objectionable" Interrogation Guides in 1992 "Inconsistent with U.S. Government Policy" National Security Archive Posts CIA Training Manuals from 60s, 80s, and Investigative memos on ...
Reconstructing Iraq
A news and background site compiled by the US-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Covers news, analysis and internet resources. Full text special reports included.Also covers: Reconstruction | WMD | Regime Change | Inspections/UN | Bush Administration | ...
Reference Guide to the Geneva Conventions
Reference Guide to the Geneva Conventions includes the full text of the conventions, the history, an index and links to other organisations.
Refugee Council of Australia
On this site you will find information on a variety of issues relating to refugees and humanitarian entrants. It includes analysis and statistics on Australia's refugee resettlement and asylum programs. You will also find commentary on areas of Government policy which affect ...
Remember me - echoes from the lost generations
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission pays tribute to the 1,700,000 men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died in the two world wars. Remember me - echoes from the lost generations is the main web-based resource for upper primary and secondary schools that has a host ...
Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive
The Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project consists of an electronic collection of primary source materials relating to the Salem witch trials of 1692 and a new transcription of the court records. This site describes the main events of the ...
sipri
The task of our Institute is to conduct research on questions of conflict and cooperation of importance for international peace and security, with the aim of contributing to an understanding of the conditions for peaceful solutions of international conflicts and for a stable ...
The 1967 Referendum: the struggle for a new deal for indigenous Australians
The sources used on this site "provide information about the social and political background of the 1967 referendum, the Queensland state laws governing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs at the time, the organisations and individuals at the forefront of campaigns ...
The 1973 War
"The Jewish Virtual Library is the most comprehensive online Jewish encyclopedia in the world, covering everything from anti-Semitism to Zionism." This page has links to primary documents and information about the Yom Kippur War.
The Atlantic Online
Includes information on: Books/Critics; Fiction; Food; Foreign Affairs; Language; Poetry Pages; Politics/Society; Science/Tech; Travel/Pursuits;
The Commissar Vanishes - The Falsification of Photos in Stalin's Russia
Explores the work of photograph censors and retouch artists in Stalinist Russia. The images are from the David King Collection, London.
The Gate of Heavenly PEace
Companion site to a documentary about the 1989 political protest at Beijing's Tiananmen Square.Covers: 20th CENTURY CHINA: A PARTIAL CHRONOLOGY; Tour Tiananmen Square; The documentary film THE GATE OF HEAVENLY PEACE interweaves into the story of 1989 a number of major themes ...
The George Raper Collection
Online exhibit from the National Library of Australia of the personal papers of George Raper, who sailed in 1787 from England to Australia on HMS Sirius, the flagship of the First Fleet. Includes maps, coastal profiles, biography, timeline.
The Humbul Humanities Hub
This subject gateway aims to be UK higher education's first choice for accessing online humanities resources. Currently Humbul has 29 top-level subjects, with a strength in resources for English, History, Philosophy, Archaeology and Religion & Theology. The full list : ...
The Jewish Virtual Library
"The Jewish Virtual Library is the most comprehensive online Jewish encyclopedia in the world, covering everything from anti-Semitism to Zionism. So far, more than 10,000 articles and 5,000 photographs and maps have been integrated into the site. The Library has 13 wings: ...
The Kissinger Telcons
Washington, D.C., May 26, 2004 - Five years after the National Security Archive initiated legal action to compel the State Department and the National Archives to recover the transcripts of Henry Kissinger's telephone calls from his "private" collection at the Library of ...
The National Centre for History Education
The National History Project website is a gateway to teaching and learning history in Australian schools. It contains unique information and articles, including a professional journal,digest and network links that will help history teachers provide challenging and engaging ...
The National Museum of Australia
Web site for the new Museum, which opened on 11 March 2001. Information under Education Resources will be updated and improved as the site develops. The National Museum holds a number of significant collections relating to each of its three primary subject areas: land, ...
The New Zealand Digital Library
Searchable access to a number of document collections from around the world in history, humanitarian and global development, computer science, music, and literature. The web site provides several document collections, including historical documents, humanitarian and ...
The New Zealand Digital Library
The web site provides several document collections, including historical documents, humanitarian and development information, computer science technical reports and bibliographies, literary works, and magazines.
The ORB
Includes an encyclopaedia, teaching resources, online textbooks, e-texts and a reference library
The Pacifica Radio/UC Berkeley Social Activism Sound Recording Project
A library of recordings of people and events from the politics and culture of the 1960s. The first part focuses on social activist movements in Berkeley, California, particularly the Free Speech Movement. The Social Activism Sound Recording Project is a cooperative endeavor ...
The Story of Africa
History of the African continent, told from an African perspective, containing detailed explanations, timelines and primary source material. Information is categorised under the headings: Living History, Early History, Nile Valley, West African Kingdoms, The Swahili, ...
The Wilfred Owen Multimedia Digital Archive (WOMDA)
This archive holds an important collection of documents, sounds and images of the Great War. It focuses on the poems of Wilfred Owen, and all his works are available as transcriptions and images. These are surrounded and supported by a wealth of other resources: documents ...
Tiananmen Square, 1989 - The Declassified History
Among the highlights of this collection are the detailed (and previously classified) U.S. government accounts of the infamous military assault by the Chinese government on pro-democracy demonstrators in and around Tiananmen Square in Beijing in June 1989. This Electronic ...
Timelines
Eclectic directory of a range of timelines - slavery, Irish history, women's suffrage among others. Timelines cover major topics of: History & Cultures ,Science & Technology, Arts & Literature , Popular Culture , Science Fiction .
U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement and Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement
fulfills a key U.S. objective of opening markets with free trade partners, while continuing to push trade liberalization hemispherically through the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) and globally in the Doha talks in the World Trade Organization (WTO).
UNCTAD
Established in 1964, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) aims at the development-friendly integration of developing countries into the world economy. UNCTAD is the focal point within the United Nations for the integrated treatment of trade and ...
Voice of the Shuttle
Web Page for Humanities Research. Topics covered: Anthropology, Archaeology ,Architecture , Area & Regional Studies , Art & Art History , Classical Studies , Cultural Studies , Cyberculture , Gender Studies , History , Legal Studies , Literature (in English) , Literatures ...
WBI Themes
The World Bank views good governance and anti-corruption as central to its poverty alleviation mission. Nowadays, there are many units throughout the World Bank Group working on hundreds of governance and anti-corruption activities. They focus on internal organizational ...
Western perspectives on a nation: images from Australia's west 1901-2001
This site was a project to produce the Western Perspectives on a Nation series of web sites. The aim of the Project was to select images, from the Battye collections, that told the story of Australia's economic and social development through the twentieth century – as viewed ...
Women come to the front: journalists, photographers and broadcasters during World War II
Women Come to the Front: Journalists, Photographers and Broadcasters of World War II spotlights eight women who succeeded in "coming to the front" during the war--Therese Bonney, Toni Frissell, Marvin Breckinridge Patterson, Clare Boothe Luce, Janet Flanner, Esther Bubley, ...
World History Archives
A collection of documents for teaching and understanding world history from a working class perspective. The World : World historiography ; World retrospective history ; History of The Near East , Western Civilization , The two polar regions , World economy and environment ...
World History Connected
"World History Connected is designed for everyone who wants to deepen the engagement and understanding of world history: students, college instructors, high school teachers, leaders of teacher education programs, social studies coordinators, research historians, and ...
WWI
This archive of primary documents from World War I has been assembled by volunteers of the World War I Military History List (WWI-L). The archive is international in focus and intends to present in one location primary documents concerning the Great War. Information on: ...
Yad Vashem
A repository of information of the Holocaust, set up by a 1953 act of the Israeli Knesset. Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority, was established in 1953 by an act of the Israeli Knesset. Since its inception, Yad Vashem has been entrusted with ...
American History - From Revolution to Reconstruction: A WWW Project in Collective Writing
A Hypertext on American History from the colonial period until Modern Times The main body of this hypertext comes from a number of USIA-publications An Outline of American History, An Outline of the American Economy, An Outline of American Government, and An Outline of ...
Australia's Prime Ministers
The National Archives of Australia has created this website to: enhance understanding of Australia’s national leadership and political history, provide a view of our political history from the top – through the documents dealt with by each of the 25 Prime Ministers, enable ...
Australian Government & Politics
A database of information on elections, goernment and periods in office. It has been created by researchers at the University of Western Australia and is intended for anyone who wants to find out general information about Australian government and politics. Information ...
Australian Government Entry Site
In its initial release, the site provides links to the nine entry points for Commonwealth, State and Territory governments. The site will be developed over time to allow full search and retrieval capabilities across all levels of government and all government sites. Includes ...
Eldis
The Eldis Gateway to Development Information is an internet based information service: filtering, structuring and presenting development information via the web and email. It maintains an ever-growing library of editorially selected and abstracted online documents, and an ...
Federation Gateway
A new Web site from the National Library of Australia which contains digitised images of all the major people involved in the federation campaign, photographs and invitations. It has descriptions of the federation personalities, quotes, a chronology linking to the key ...
Federation Online
This is the ABC's resource rich site documenting the events and activities that commemorated the creation of the Australian nation in 1901 and its growth across a century. Overview, Events ,Places ,People, Culture, and Institutions are covered in the following topics: The ...
Guide to Law Online: Nations of the World
The Guide to Law Online, prepared by the U.S. Law Library of Congress Public Services Division, is an annotated guide to sources of information on government and law available online. It includes selected links to useful and reliable sites for legal information.
INCORE Internet Country Guides
These Guides provide information about internet resources on conflict and ethnicity specific to particular countries and regions. Annotated resources for news and background information, related email lists and newsgroups, articles and documents, maps, NGOs, and other ...
Metromagazine: Study Guides
"ATOM, through its publications arm (Metro Magazine and Australian Screen Education) produces study guides and educational kits for feature films, documentaries, television programmes, exhibitions, etc. The study guides are written for teachers and students in primary and ...
MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base
The MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base is the one-stop resource for comprehensive research and analysis on global terrorist incidents, terrorism-related court cases, and terrorist groups and leaders. The Terrorism Knowledge Base illuminates the current status of terrorism today. ...
National Archives of Australia, Vrroom - Virtual Reading Room
Vrroom is a new, fun way to use records from the National Archives collection. It's for students and teachers throughout Australia and across curriculum areas - from Australian studies and politics to geography, environmental management and technology. Vrroom could inform ...
NationMaster
Statistical site with sources such as the CIA World Factbook, the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the World Bank, the World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF and the OECD. A "one-stop resource for country statistics on anything and everything, whether it be ...
Online Opinion
Australian journal of opinion, politics and news - Australia's e-journal of social and political debate. Subjects/topics covered include: The Arts, Domestic Politics, Economics, Education, Environment, Health, Indigenous Affairs, International, Law and Liberties, Media, ...
online women in politics.org
onlinewomeninpolitics.org was borne out of the vision of Asian Women Leaders to explore creative ways in organizing a network of Asia Pacific women involved in politics, governance, decision-making and transformative leadership. In this so-called Information Age, the ...
Parallel History Project on the Warsaw Pact
The project collects and analyses declassified documents related to the Warsaw Pact. In response to the progressing declassification of NATO documents and the growing availability of documents from the archives of the former Soviet bloc, the Parallel History Project on NATO ...
Parliament and the British Slave Trade, 1600-1807
This website is designed to provide authoritative information on Parliament's involvement in the British slave trade between 1600 and 1807 and to give access to key archive material relating to the 1807 Act of Abolition of the British Slave Trade. Public comment and online ...
Picture Australia
Searchable image collection from Australian cultural institutions such as the Australian War Memorial, the National Library of Australia, and the State Libraries of NSW, Tasmania, and Victoria. PictureAustralia provides access to images that cover all aspects of Australiana: ...
Presidents of the United States
Brief biographies and photographs of every US President to date. The President biographies presented here are from the book The Presidents of the United States of America written by Frank Freidel and Hugh S. Sidey (contributing author), published by the White House ...
Queensland Parliament - Hansard
Hansard produces electronic and hard copy transcripts of the debates of the Queensland Parliament, evidence given before parliamentary committees and the proceedings of other tribunals.
Reconstructing Iraq
A news and background site compiled by the US-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Covers news, analysis and internet resources. Full text special reports included.Also covers: Reconstruction | WMD | Regime Change | Inspections/UN | Bush Administration | ...
The Australian Constitution
Provides a full text version (in HTML) of the 1998 printing of the Australian constitution.
The Wilfred Owen Multimedia Digital Archive (WOMDA)
This archive holds an important collection of documents, sounds and images of the Great War. It focuses on the poems of Wilfred Owen, and all his works are available as transcriptions and images. These are surrounded and supported by a wealth of other resources: documents ...
UNCTAD
Established in 1964, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) aims at the development-friendly integration of developing countries into the world economy. UNCTAD is the focal point within the United Nations for the integrated treatment of trade and ...
Voice of the Shuttle
Web Page for Humanities Research. Topics covered: Anthropology, Archaeology ,Architecture , Area & Regional Studies , Art & Art History , Classical Studies , Cultural Studies , Cyberculture , Gender Studies , History , Legal Studies , Literature (in English) , Literatures ...
Black Words
Black Words is an information-rich website, a searchable database and a forum for communication. It supersedes AustLit's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writers subset which was created from 2001-2006 through the commitment of all AustLit contributors to encompass this ...
National Archives of Australia, Vrroom - Virtual Reading Room
Vrroom is a new, fun way to use records from the National Archives collection. It's for students and teachers throughout Australia and across curriculum areas - from Australian studies and politics to geography, environmental management and technology. Vrroom could inform ...
A History of the Crusades
The History of the Crusades, published by the University of Wisconsin Press over a twenty year period beginning in 1969, was intended to serve as a collaborative and comprehensive treatment of the topic, ranging in time from the first 100 years of the Crusades to their ...
A Visual Sourcebook of Chinese Civilization
"The goal of this 'visual sourcebook' is to add to the material teachers can use to help their students understand Chinese history, culture, and society." It features a timeline with links to information and images, and essays on topics such as ancient tombs, Buddhism, ...
ABC Public Affairs Online
The Public Record is Australia's leading public affairs website, providing in depth coverage of issues in public life, politics, elections, events, parliament, hot topics and debates and other important occasions and events. The Public Record provides you a list of ...
Ad Dissection 101: Exposing Media Manipulation
According to the PBS Frontline documentary entitled "The Merchants of Cool," children view an average of 3,000 commercials a day, which amounts to 10,000,000 by the time they enter adulthood. It is these commercials that dictate how they should look, how they should act, and ...
Adbusters
Adbusters Media Foundation publishes Adbusters magazine, operates this website and offers its creative services through PowerShift, its advocacy advertising agency. Adbusters is a not-for-profit, reader-supported, 120,000-circulation magazine concerned about the erosion of ...
Africana.com
A wide variety of content from the print editors of "Africana" and "Encarta Africana", including feature articles on people and events in the black community in the US.
after september 11 archive
In the days following September 11, the SSRC asked social scientists from around the world to contribute essays to a website called "After September 11." Although they were written under quick deadlines, we believe these web-essays still hold remarkable value for the ...
AIATSIS
Site created by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. The Library has links to digitisation projects: the Wentworth Lectures and Treaty: an overview of the history of the debates about a Treaty.
Alaska's Digital Archive
"Alaska's Digital Archive presents a wealth of historical photographs, oral histories, moving images, documents, and other materials from libraries, museums, and institutions throughout our state."
Alfred Deakin Lectures
Held in Melbourne in May 2001 as part of the Centenary of Federation celebrations, the Alfred Deakin Lectures cover ideas about the nature and future of a civil society in Australia. Presentations include: The Arc of Instability: Australia’s Role in the Asia Pacific ; The ...
America's Crisis: Asian Perspectives
An Asian perspective on the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, DC - multidisciplinary series of policy, business, cultural, and education programs at the Asia Society that explore recent world events from a variety of perspectives. Resources cover - ...
America's Day Of Terror
BBC special on the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the USA. Includes images and audio/visual. Information covers: What we know about the flights ; How New York was devastated ; Images from the crash zones ; World Trade Center floor guide ; How the day unfolded ; ...
American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century
The purpose of these pages is to present a series of web guides on the decades of the twentieth century.
American Memory - Today in History
Features a range of brief historical narratives for specific dates - three options to view the 365 pages in the Today in History archive. Visit Today in History every day to see updated versions of these archived pages. . Includes an image collection and teacher's ...
American Photography: A Century of Images
Explore photography’s role in art, war, social change and cultural identity. Includes image lab. Features cover art, photography and war, digital truth, presidential image making, persuasion, social change, and cultural identity.
Amnesty International Annual Report
The 2002 report focuses on human rights abuses in 152 countries and territories around the world. Provides Regional reports and summaries.
An Uncertain Road: Muslims and the Future of Europe
"The successful integration of European Muslims is crucial to the future of Europe. Prognosticators may disagree on the community’s ultimate demographic and social impact, but all believe that Muslims will, at the very least, be a significant and sizable minority that will ...
Analysis: Who are the Taleban?
December 2000 report from the BBC that covers the origins of the Islamic fundamentalist group that controls Afghanistan.
Ancient China
Jade and bronze were the most prized materials in Ancient China. Geography; Timelines; Religions; Tombs; Interactive tombs, workshops, maps, timelines etc.English words are made up of a collection of letters that each has its own sound. The Chinese use logograms - where a ...
Art Theft Program
Art theft is an international problem requiring cooperation at all levels of law enforcement. To aid in this endeavor, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) established the National Stolen Art File (NSAF) to assist law enforcement agencies in resolving this ever ...
atomicarchive.com
The history surrounding the invention of the atomic bomb. Includes biographies, maps, eye-witness accounts, a timeline, photographs and animations of nuclear physics. Includes teacher's resources.
Australia's Prime Ministers
The National Archives of Australia has created this website to: enhance understanding of Australia’s national leadership and political history, provide a view of our political history from the top – through the documents dealt with by each of the 25 Prime Ministers, enable ...
Australian Government & Politics
A database of information on elections, goernment and periods in office. It has been created by researchers at the University of Western Australia and is intended for anyone who wants to find out general information about Australian government and politics. Information ...
Australian Government Entry Site
In its initial release, the site provides links to the nine entry points for Commonwealth, State and Territory governments. The site will be developed over time to allow full search and retrieval capabilities across all levels of government and all government sites. Includes ...
Australian History: Selected Websites
"These are selected sites for researching Australian history on the Internet and provide a starting place for researchers in this field. They provide a diverse range of information on Australian history resources as well as providing links to other useful sites."
Australian Population Association
The site provides information about Australian population issues and links to publications and related resources. The Australian Population Association's activities relate to a wide range of interests including fertility and mortality, family formation and dissolution, ...
Australian Youth Facts & Stats
"This site provides facts and statistics about Australia's youth - how many there are, what they do and what they're like. The site is for anyone needing quick access to data about young people."
Australians at War
Australians at War website commemorates the service and sacrifice of Australia's veterans over the past 100 years. The site also allows you to examine artifacts such as diaries, photos, journals, letters and memorabilia and see and hear the personal stories of those who were ...
Australians Online
This ABC site offers a network of community Web sites where Australians can contribute stories about themselves and their communities. This ABC internet community publishing pilot project has now ended. You may continue to view contributors’ stories and other information ...
Bali Bombings: Looking for Explanations
The Parliamentary Library has produced an e-brief on this topic. Online Only issued 14 October 2002 - Dr Stephen Sherlock, Analysis and Policy , Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Group.
BBC Religion and Ethics
Religions: Atheism, Bahá'í, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Mormonism, Paganism, Shinto, Sikhism. Ethics: Ethics of War, Euthanasia, Human Cloning, Genetic Engineering, Designer Babies, Same-sex marriage.
Best of History Websites
An anthology of online history resources. Best of History Web Sites is an award-winning portal created for history teachers, students, and general history enthusiasts. Best of History Web Sites now features links to K-12 history lesson plans, teacher guides, activities, ...
Bioethics.net
Bioethics.net is the Internet's first and largest site on bioethics, visited (according to Medical Matrix) more than any other bioethics site on the Internet. bioethics.net is produced and supported by the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania
BioethicsWeb
BioethicsWeb offers free access to a searchable catalogue of Internet sites and resources covering biomedical ethics. Browse by category - Biomedicine: Cloning | Genetics | Stem cells ... Clinical practice Clinical ethics committees | Codes of practice ... Countries & ...
Biotechnology Australia
A Commonwealth Government agency responsible for co-ordinating non-regulatory biotechnology issues for the Commonwealth Government, and for providing factual information on biotechnology to Australians.
bitterlemons.org
Israeli and Palestinian viewpoints on various issues.
British Empire and Commonwealth Museum
This site tries to bring to life the peoples, cultures, adventures and domination that made the British Empire such a powerful institution. Timelines, maps, biographies, and information under headings such as science and technology, armed forces and art and culture can be ...
BUBL - Religion
BUBL LINK is the name of a catalogue of selected Internet resourcees coverning all academic subject areas and catalogued according to DDC. All items are selected, evaluated, catalogued and described. The directory can be browsed or searched by subject or by DDC number. ...
CAIN
CAIN (Conflict Archive on the INternet), based within the University of Ulster, is a web site devoted to providing a wide range of information and source material on the Northern Ireland conflict and politics in the region from 1968 to the present. The site also contains ...
Center for Defense Information
The Center for Defense Information is dedicated to strengthening security through: international cooperation; reduced reliance on unilateral military power to resolve conflict; reduced reliance on nuclear weapons; a transformed and reformed military establishment; and, ...
Child protection Australia 2003-04
"This report is based on information from three national child protection data collections - child protection notifications, investigations and substantiations; children on care and protection orders; and children in out-of-home care. These data are collected each year by ...
Child's play
Child's Play celebrates the rich photographic resources of the John Oxley Library in Brisbane. Over 1,000 photographs of children from the 1890s to the 1920s. The majority of them are focused on growing up in rural and regional Queensland. There are photos of children ...
ChinaSite.com
Web directory of China/Chinese related resources on the Internet
Community.gov.au
The site aims to give families, community groups and individuals access to comprehensive and reliable information on a range of community topics. The Community Portal provides access to online services and information for Australian community organisations and communities. ...
CSU: Guide to Australia
"The Guide to Australia is an encyclopaedic collection of essential information about Australia. It contains information as diverse as the Australian constitution, current weather and lamington recipes. Unlike a paper encyclopaedia, the Guide is a distributed service. It is ...
Cultural Profiles Project
An information source about what life is like in different countries prepared by Citizenship and Immigration Canada for Canadian citizens - Each cultural profile provides an overview of life and customs in the profiled country. While the profile provides insight into some ...
Cyberschoolbus
The mission is to promote education about international issues and the United Nations. The Global Teaching and Learning Project produces high quality teaching materials and activities designed for educational use. The specific aims of the Cyberschoolbus are: To create an ...
Dictionary of the History of Ideas
"The Dictionary of the History of Ideas recounts the historical development of ideas across a range of disciplines, including philosophy, religion, politics, literature, and the biological, physical, and social sciences."
Digitized Juvenile Literature Collection
Full text of 30 19th century children's picture books.
Documenting a Democracy
Australia's primary constitutional documents for New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia and the Commonwealth. There are eight different sets of original constitutional instruments: a set for each Australian ...
Eldis
The Eldis Gateway to Development Information is an internet based information service: filtering, structuring and presenting development information via the web and email. It maintains an ever-growing library of editorially selected and abstracted online documents, and an ...
Eldis Gender Resource Guide
Education of women Websites, news items and print resources on gender issues.
Encyclopedia Mythica
The Encyclopedia Mythica is an online encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and legends. It currently contains over 6,100 entries on gods and goddesses, heroes, legendary creatures and beings from all over the world. Some of the topics you can find here, are about: legendary ...
Environmental Media Services
A not-for-profit communications clearinghouse dedicated to providing the most current coverage of critical environmental and public health issues. Continuously updated environmental news, plus links to press releases and news sites. EMS Library - Backgrounders, links and ...
Ethnology Database
Pictures and background on more than 400 cultural objects from the Pacific region. The Bishop Museum's Ethnology Collection includes more than 70,000 objects from throughout the Pacific region. Photographs and detailed information are available for more than 400 cultural ...
Family futures - Issues in Research and Policy
Abstracts and full text of papers presented to the 7th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference in July 2000.
Famous Trials
The vision of this site was to create the Web's largest collection of primary documents, images, essays, and other materials relating to famous trials from Socrates to O.J. Simpson. Presently the site includes materials on fifty famous trials and the purpose of the site it ...
Federation Gateway
A new Web site from the National Library of Australia which contains digitised images of all the major people involved in the federation campaign, photographs and invitations. It has descriptions of the federation personalities, quotes, a chronology linking to the key ...
Federation Online
This is the ABC's resource rich site documenting the events and activities that commemorated the creation of the Australian nation in 1901 and its growth across a century. Overview, Events ,Places ,People, Culture, and Institutions are covered in the following topics: The ...
Female Genital Mutilation
A special report from Amnesty International.
General Social Studies/SOSE Sites
SEV (Social Education Victoria)(formerly VASST Victorian Association of Social Studies Teachers) is a professional association established in 1970 for all who are interested in teaching about society and environment using integrated approaches to SOSE course content. The ...
Geometry step-by-step from the Incas
Welcome! Geometry Step-by-Step from the Land of the Incas provides an eclectic mix of sound, science, and Incan history in order to raise students' interest in Euclidean geometry. Visitors will find geometry problems, proofs, quizzes, puzzles, quotations, visual displays, ...
Global Connections: The Middle East
This site provides background information for events in the Middle East. There is a timeline of key events from 1900; a thematic section viewing "events through the lens of politics, science, economics, culture, religion, and more"; and a section of "big picture" questions ...
Global Policy Forum
A body which monitors the United Nations' global policy making. Global Policy Forum monitors policy making at the United Nations, promotes accountability of global decisions, educates and mobilizes for global citizen participation, and advocates on vital issues of ...
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
The Gateway for information about the Great Barrier Reef and World Heritage Area this site looks at the role of the Great Barrier Marine Park Authority, key issues involved, zoning, Marine Park managment and information services. Sections of special interest include links to ...
Hague Conference on Private International Law
The full text and status of various Hague Conventions on international law can be found at this site.
Healthy measures - key health statistics
The Australian health sector has been the focus of intense policy debate. Health data is quoted with increasing frequency. Improved measures of the performance of the health system are critical to the development of health policy. A good grasp of the sources of health ...
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries
A World Bank initiative to bring the debt burden of heavily indebted countries to sustainable levels, subject to satisfactory policy performance.
Historic Figures
On this site you'll find in-depth articles and short biographies of historic figures. Arranged alphabetically, they include a wide range of people from King Arthur to Elizabeth the First to Gandhi and Hitler.
History in the News: Middle East History, Society, and Culture Resources
Compiled by the Department of History, University at Albany, New York. Information covers: General Resources , History , Culture, Society , Religion , Economics , Politics , Maps , News & Media , Regional Resources . Regions covered and including extra information: Bahrain , ...
Holocaust: The Untold Story
Explores the reasons why America's newspapers downplayed the horrifying reports from Europe about the mass extermination of Jews.
Human Rights Internet
HRI is dedicated to the empowerment of human rights activists and organizations, and to the education of governmental and intergovernmental agencies and officials and other actors in the public and private sphere, on human rights issues and the role of civil society.
Human Rights Watch World Report 2002
Twelfth annual review of human rights practices in 66 countries. Issues covered : Academic Freedom; AIDS and Human Rights; Arms; Caste Discrimination; Child Soldiers; Children's Rights; Corporations and Human Rights; Drugs and Human Rights; Economic, Social and Cultural ...
IFAD
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialized agency of the United Nations, was established as an international financial institution in 1977 as one of the major outcomes of the 1974 World Food Conference. The Conference was organized in response ...
INCORE Internet Country Guides
These Guides provide information about internet resources on conflict and ethnicity specific to particular countries and regions. Annotated resources for news and background information, related email lists and newsgroups, articles and documents, maps, NGOs, and other ...
Indonesia WWW Virtual Library: Society and Culture
From the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, at the Australian National University, this page provides links to sites on Indonesian Education, Government, NGOs, and Institutions, History and Culture, Networking Resources, News, Media, and Databases.
Institute for Science and International Security
A non-profit institution that tries to inform the public about science and policy issues affecting international security. Its efforts focus on stopping the spread of nuclear weapons, bringing about greater transparency of nuclear activities worldwide, and achieving deep ...
Internet Archive
Digitised movies from the Prelinger Archives which focus mainly on everyday life, culture, industry, and institutions in North America in the 20th century. Included are films produced by and for many hundreds of important US corporations, nonprofit organizations, trade ...
Internet East Asian History Sourcebook
Contents Cultural Origins General Yellow River Valley Cultures Japan Religious Traditions General Chinese Traditional Religion Shinto Daoism Confucianism Buddhism Judaism Christianity Islam Imperial China General The Zhou The Qin The Han The Sui and Tang The Sung The Mongols ...
Internet Islamic History Sourcebook
Contents: The Pre-Islamic Arab World, Pre-Islamic Arabia , Pre-Islamic Persia , Muhammad and Foundations - to 632 CE, Religious and Social Context of 7th Century Arabia , Muhammad , Hadith , Islamic Faith and Theology, The Sunni Tradition , The Shi'ite Tradition , Sufism ,, ...
Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Includes Selected Sources Sections - Studying History, End of Rome , Byzantium , Islam , Roman Church , Early Germans , Celtic World , Carolingians , 10 C Collapse , Economic Life , Crusades , Empire & Papacy , France , England , Celtic States , Iberia , Italy , Intellectual ...
Internet Women's History Sourcebook
Contents: The Historical Study of Women , Human Origins , Ancient Egypt, General , Great Women , Women's Oppression , The Structure of Women's Lives , Women's Agency , Gender Construction , Feminism, Ancient Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Medieval Europe, Early Modern Europe, ...
ISESCO
The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization -ISESCO- was set up upon the adoption of its Statute by the Eleventh Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers, meeting in Islamabad, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, in May 1980. This decision crowned the efforts made ...
Labour Behind the Label
Labour Behind the Label is a membership organisation which brings together pressure groups, trade unions and individuals in support of garment workers' efforts to improve their working conditions and wages. It draws attention to the plight of garment workers everywhere, ...
Making Multicultural Australia
This site was established to assist teachers find quality resources on multiculturalism and explore new strategies to promote cultural diversity and tolerance. Making Multicultural Australia is a website which aims to assist young people of upper primary and high school age, ...
Making of America
A digitisation project from the University of Michigan University Library to create an online collection focusing on 19th century American publications from the antebellum period through to reconstruction. The collection is strong in education, psychology, American history, ...
Message Stick
ABC's online Indigenous gateway, Message Stick, is a collaboration between the Indigenous departments of ABC Radio, Television and Online and is dedicated to giving voice to Indigenous Australians.
MidEast Web Gateway
Includes texts of reports, policy statements, and other findings from 1915 to the present day. Culture: education ,poetry ,religion ,holidays ,Qur'an,culture ,recipes ,dialog . Reference information covers: glossary ,maps ,books ,sources ,history ,timeline ,countries ...
MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base
The MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base is the one-stop resource for comprehensive research and analysis on global terrorist incidents, terrorism-related court cases, and terrorist groups and leaders. The Terrorism Knowledge Base illuminates the current status of terrorism today. ...
Money Stuff
This interactive website engages students in making real-life money decisions. The Just the Facts section contains information about obtaining credit and purchasing common items such as cars, mobile phones, computers and renting a house. It also gives information about ...
National Archives of Australia, Vrroom - Virtual Reading Room
Vrroom is a new, fun way to use records from the National Archives collection. It's for students and teachers throughout Australia and across curriculum areas - from Australian studies and politics to geography, environmental management and technology. Vrroom could inform ...
National Statistics
This is the UK's home of official statistics, reflecting Britain's economy, population and society at national and local level. Summary stories and detailed data releases are published here free of charge. Categories covered are: Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry , Commerce, ...
NationMaster
Statistical site with sources such as the CIA World Factbook, the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the World Bank, the World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF and the OECD. A "one-stop resource for country statistics on anything and everything, whether it be ...
Nazi Propaganda
Features speeches by Nazi leaders, anti-semitic material, and visual resources such as book illustrations, postcards, postage stamps, and posters.Propaganda was central to Nazi Germany. This page is a collection of English translations of Nazi propaganda for the period ...
Nineteenth Century Exploration of Australia
Maps the routes taken by nineteenth century Australian explorers. Includes information on these explorers: Robert O'Hara Burke 1821-61 , John Calvert 1814-97 ,Edward Eyre 1815-1901 ,Alexander Forrest 1849-1901 ,John Forrest 1847-1918 ,Ernest Giles 1835-97 ,Augustus C. ...
Nobel e-Museum: Conflict Map
"In the course of the 20th century, mankind experienced some of the most devastating wars of all times. Where did these wars take place? Have some regions experienced more wars than others? Who were the main protagonists in these conflicts? This map gives you the opportunity ...
Nuclear Files Archive
This site, from the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, provides a range of information on nuclear weapons and nuclear war, including links to the full text of several documents and treaties. By providing background information, analysis and access to primary documents, this site ...
Nuclear Issues in India and Pakistan: Selected Internet Resources
Annotated links to sites with news, historical and political background, position papers, and other information about nuclear build up in India and Pakistan. Topics: Statements , Research & Analysis , Historical Background , News Coverage, Opinion Polls , Nuclear ...
NYPL Digital Gallery
"NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 275,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated ...
OESR – The Office of Economic and Statistical Research
This site is the Queensland Government's statistical and economic warehouse. It contains a wide range of demographic, economic and social data relating to the State of Queensland, in Australia. Information in this site has been obtained from various reports and publications ...
Online Opinion
Australian journal of opinion, politics and news - Australia's e-journal of social and political debate. Subjects/topics covered include: The Arts, Domestic Politics, Economics, Education, Environment, Health, Indigenous Affairs, International, Law and Liberties, Media, ...
online women in politics.org
onlinewomeninpolitics.org was borne out of the vision of Asian Women Leaders to explore creative ways in organizing a network of Asia Pacific women involved in politics, governance, decision-making and transformative leadership. In this so-called Information Age, the ...
OzGuide
Find Net-based sources of Australian factual or background information, such as business information, cases, databases, directories, economic data, government information, industrial awards, legislation, reports, statistics, and trade figures. Information on Aid & ...
Parallel History Project on the Warsaw Pact
The project collects and analyses declassified documents related to the Warsaw Pact. In response to the progressing declassification of NATO documents and the growing availability of documents from the archives of the former Soviet bloc, the Parallel History Project on NATO ...
Picture Australia
Searchable image collection from Australian cultural institutions such as the Australian War Memorial, the National Library of Australia, and the State Libraries of NSW, Tasmania, and Victoria. PictureAustralia provides access to images that cover all aspects of Australiana: ...
Picture Queensland
Picture Queensland is from the photographic collection of the State Library of Queensland’s John Oxley Library.The photographs in Picture Queensland depict various aspects of Queensland life from the contributions of Indigenous Queenslanders, the settlement of early ...
PovertyNet
A collection of World Bank reports and data on world poverty. Topics cover: Understanding and Responding to Poverty, Culture and Poverty, Empowerment, Impact Evaluation, Poverty Reduction , Strategies , Poverty and Health, Poverty and Social Impact Analysis, Pro-Poor Growth ...
Prisoner Abuse: Patterns from the past
Cold War U.S. Interrogation Manuals Counseled "Coercive Techniques" Cheney Informed of "Objectionable" Interrogation Guides in 1992 "Inconsistent with U.S. Government Policy" National Security Archive Posts CIA Training Manuals from 60s, 80s, and Investigative memos on ...
Queensland Parliament - Hansard
Hansard produces electronic and hard copy transcripts of the debates of the Queensland Parliament, evidence given before parliamentary committees and the proceedings of other tribunals.
Queensland's Disaster Management Services
This website is used for information and updates about disasters affecting the State of Queensland when they occur. This site also provides important information about the Queensland Disaster Management System, the impacts of disasters and what you can do to minimise these ...
Reference Guide to the Geneva Conventions
Reference Guide to the Geneva Conventions includes the full text of the conventions, the history, an index and links to other organisations.
Refugee Council of Australia
On this site you will find information on a variety of issues relating to refugees and humanitarian entrants. It includes analysis and statistics on Australia's refugee resettlement and asylum programs. You will also find commentary on areas of Government policy which affect ...
Remember me - echoes from the lost generations
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission pays tribute to the 1,700,000 men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died in the two world wars. Remember me - echoes from the lost generations is the main web-based resource for upper primary and secondary schools that has a host ...
sipri
The task of our Institute is to conduct research on questions of conflict and cooperation of importance for international peace and security, with the aim of contributing to an understanding of the conditions for peaceful solutions of international conflicts and for a stable ...
Statisitcs
"AusStats is the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) web-based information service - providing you with the ABS' full product range online, updated daily. Some information is available free of charge, other information can be purchased using a credit card. Alternatively, ...
Stone Age Reference Collection
A guide to the typology, technology, and raw materials of the Stone Age.
Sunitra's India: celebrating India's gifts to English language and literature
This unit seeks to provide classroom activities and web resources to develop transferable skills in speaking, listening, reading, viewing, research, thinking, computing, group skills and critical literacy, while providing a multi-cultural focus which might not be expected in ...
The 1967 Referendum: the struggle for a new deal for indigenous Australians
The sources used on this site "provide information about the social and political background of the 1967 referendum, the Queensland state laws governing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs at the time, the organisations and individuals at the forefront of campaigns ...
The Atlantic Online: Foreign Affairs Archive
An index of articles from the Atlantic Online Magazine which deal with foreign affairs. US relations with China, terrorist groups, Haiti, Israel and the Middle East
The Centre for the Study of Global Governance
The centre's mission is to inquire into the origins and nature of urgent problems facing the globe, and to influence agencies and organizations engaged in seeking and implementing solutions to these problems.
the global site
Articles and resources on world politics, society, globalisation and culture.
The Humbul Humanities Hub
This subject gateway aims to be UK higher education's first choice for accessing online humanities resources. Currently Humbul has 29 top-level subjects, with a strength in resources for English, History, Philosophy, Archaeology and Religion & Theology. The full list : ...
The Jewish Virtual Library
"The Jewish Virtual Library is the most comprehensive online Jewish encyclopedia in the world, covering everything from anti-Semitism to Zionism. So far, more than 10,000 articles and 5,000 photographs and maps have been integrated into the site. The Library has 13 wings: ...
The Kissinger Telcons
Washington, D.C., May 26, 2004 - Five years after the National Security Archive initiated legal action to compel the State Department and the National Archives to recover the transcripts of Henry Kissinger's telephone calls from his "private" collection at the Library of ...
The National Centre for History Education
The National History Project website is a gateway to teaching and learning history in Australian schools. It contains unique information and articles, including a professional journal,digest and network links that will help history teachers provide challenging and engaging ...
The National Museum of Australia
Web site for the new Museum, which opened on 11 March 2001. Information under Education Resources will be updated and improved as the site develops. The National Museum holds a number of significant collections relating to each of its three primary subject areas: land, ...
The New Zealand Digital Library
Searchable access to a number of document collections from around the world in history, humanitarian and global development, computer science, music, and literature. The web site provides several document collections, including historical documents, humanitarian and ...
The Pacifica Radio/UC Berkeley Social Activism Sound Recording Project
A library of recordings of people and events from the politics and culture of the 1960s. The first part focuses on social activist movements in Berkeley, California, particularly the Free Speech Movement. The Social Activism Sound Recording Project is a cooperative endeavor ...
The State of Blogging
"By the end of 2004 blogs had established themselves as a key part of online culture. Two surveys by the Pew Internet & American Life Project in November established new contours for the blogosphere: 8 million American adults say they have created blogs; blog readership ...
The Story of Africa
History of the African continent, told from an African perspective, containing detailed explanations, timelines and primary source material. Information is categorised under the headings: Living History, Early History, Nile Valley, West African Kingdoms, The Swahili, ...
Tiananmen Square, 1989 - The Declassified History
Among the highlights of this collection are the detailed (and previously classified) U.S. government accounts of the infamous military assault by the Chinese government on pro-democracy demonstrators in and around Tiananmen Square in Beijing in June 1989. This Electronic ...
Timelines
Eclectic directory of a range of timelines - slavery, Irish history, women's suffrage among others. Timelines cover major topics of: History & Cultures ,Science & Technology, Arts & Literature , Popular Culture , Science Fiction .
Toolkit to End Violence Against Women
Advice from the US National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women. Each Toolkit chapter focuses on a particular audience or environment and includes recommendations for strengthening prevention efforts and improving services and advocacy for victims. Areas covered: ...
Transitional Labour Markets: From Risk to Opportunity
"This project examines the concept of Transitional Labour Markets and its application to policy formation in Australia. It takes as its initial premise the idea that traditional concepts of employment, based on the full-time male bread winner model, are no longer relevant."
U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement and Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement
fulfills a key U.S. objective of opening markets with free trade partners, while continuing to push trade liberalization hemispherically through the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) and globally in the Doha talks in the World Trade Organization (WTO).
UNCTAD
Established in 1964, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) aims at the development-friendly integration of developing countries into the world economy. UNCTAD is the focal point within the United Nations for the integrated treatment of trade and ...
Voice of the Shuttle
Web Page for Humanities Research. Topics covered: Anthropology, Archaeology ,Architecture , Area & Regional Studies , Art & Art History , Classical Studies , Cultural Studies , Cyberculture , Gender Studies , History , Legal Studies , Literature (in English) , Literatures ...
WBI Themes
The World Bank views good governance and anti-corruption as central to its poverty alleviation mission. Nowadays, there are many units throughout the World Bank Group working on hundreds of governance and anti-corruption activities. They focus on internal organizational ...
Western perspectives on a nation: images from Australia's west 1901-2001
This site was a project to produce the Western Perspectives on a Nation series of web sites. The aim of the Project was to select images, from the Battye collections, that told the story of Australia's economic and social development through the twentieth century – as viewed ...
Women's Human Rights Resources
Women's Issues (3rd World) . Includes information on women in Afghanistan and India, health and reproductive and sexual health, international law.
Women's Issues
Annotated and searchable directory of sites on women's issues, such as female genital mutilation, child marriage and honour customs, in Third World countries. Topic areas: Abortion, Activist Tools, Discrimination, Domestic Violence, Eating Disorders, Ethnic Issues, Famous ...
World History Archives
A collection of documents for teaching and understanding world history from a working class perspective. The World : World historiography ; World retrospective history ; History of The Near East , Western Civilization , The two polar regions , World economy and environment ...
WWI
This archive of primary documents from World War I has been assembled by volunteers of the World War I Military History List (WWI-L). The archive is international in focus and intends to present in one location primary documents concerning the Great War. Information on: ...
Yad Vashem
A repository of information of the Holocaust, set up by a 1953 act of the Israeli Knesset. Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority, was established in 1953 by an act of the Israeli Knesset. Since its inception, Yad Vashem has been entrusted with ...
Young Adult: Making the Right Decisions with Money
This website is designed by FIDO (Financial Information Delivered Online, the consumer protection regulator for financial services of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Its aim is to educate young people about making investments, spending money wisely and ...
Young Carers
The resource has been developed in response to the growing number of children or young people who have additional responsibility for a high level of care in their home because of a family member's disability, illness, mental health status or alcohol or drug dependence. ...
BBC Religion and Ethics
Religions: Atheism, Bahá'í, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Mormonism, Paganism, Shinto, Sikhism. Ethics: Ethics of War, Euthanasia, Human Cloning, Genetic Engineering, Designer Babies, Same-sex marriage.
Female Genital Mutilation
A special report from Amnesty International.
The Jewish Virtual Library
"The Jewish Virtual Library is the most comprehensive online Jewish encyclopedia in the world, covering everything from anti-Semitism to Zionism. So far, more than 10,000 articles and 5,000 photographs and maps have been integrated into the site. The Library has 13 wings: ...
ABC Public Affairs Online
The Public Record is Australia's leading public affairs website, providing in depth coverage of issues in public life, politics, elections, events, parliament, hot topics and debates and other important occasions and events. The Public Record provides you a list of ...
ABC Rurul Online
ABC Rural Online brings you Australia's only daily online coverage of rural issues and primary industry news
Agribusiness Association of Australia
Click on "Weekly Report" to access Weekly Commodity Report and Analysis - Provided by Ernst & Young Agribusiness
All the World's Maps
Access to national maps and maps of major cities from a range of map providers such as Atlapedia, Expedia and the Perry-Castañeda Library. Includes black line outline maps. A Compilation of Each Nation's Maps - Including Cities. Serving the diplomatic community and the ...
ALTIS
Resources on these topics selected for academic quality and subject relevance. Aims to provide a trusted source of selected, high quality Internet information for students, lecturers, researchers and practitioners in the areas of hospitality, leisure, sport and tourism. ...
aneki.com
Country Information, Regional and World Rankings - Basic country data and rankings by category.
Aussie Educator: Tertiary Links
Links to sites covering all subjects arranged alphabetically.
Australia's Growth Industries in the Age of the Knowledge Economy
The latest developments in advanced economies, like Australia, have seen the emergence of a phenomenon variously referred to as the 'new economy', 'knowledge economy' or 'information economy'. Department of the Parliamentary Library: Research Note Index 2002-03; Research ...
Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics mission is to provide world class economic policy analysis and forecasts to enhance the competitiveness of Australia’s agricultural, minerals, energy, fishing and forestry industries. ABARE has amassed a wealth of ...
Australian Government Entry Site
In its initial release, the site provides links to the nine entry points for Commonwealth, State and Territory governments. The site will be developed over time to allow full search and retrieval capabilities across all levels of government and all government sites. Includes ...
Australian natural resources atlas
Includes coastlines, vegetation, water and agriculture. The Australian Catchment, River and Estuary Assessment 2002. " ... provides the first comprehensive, catchment-to-coast assessment of Australia's rivers and estuaries, and will greatly help regional groups determine ...
Australian Population Association
The site provides information about Australian population issues and links to publications and related resources. The Australian Population Association's activities relate to a wide range of interests including fertility and mortality, family formation and dissolution, ...
BBC Country profiles
Provides guides to the history, politics and economic background of all countries as well as Endland, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. They also include audio and video clips from the BBC archives. Includes information for statistics, economics, country leaders, media, press, ...
Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture
Site from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations about the role and impact of biotechnology in food and agriculture in developing countries.
Biz/ed
Biz/ed is a unique business and economics service for students, teachers and lecturers. A "What's New" section provides regularly updated articles and links. The Biz/ed Internet Catalogue contains over 2200 resources nad aims to provide a trusted source of selected, high ...
BUBL - Social Sciences
BUBL LINK is the name of a catalogue of selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas and catalogued according to DDC (Dewey Decimal Classification). All items are selected, evaluated, catalogued and described. The directory can be browsed or searched by ...
Centre for Economic Performance
The CEP is an interdisciplinary research centre at the LSE Research Laboratory. It was established by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) in 1990 and is now one of the leading economic research groups in Europe. The CEP studies the determinants of economic ...
CIA World Factbook
New edition of this collection of economic, geographic, political and demographic data on 266 countries. Information has been updated to 2003.
CorpWatch: Holding Corporations Accountable
Includes news and analysis of corporate activity around the world and a guide to online research on multinational corporations at http://www.corpwatch.org/research/guide/. Includes information on how to find information about a corporation's business strategy and operations, ...
DEFRA
Includes information on the recent outbreak of foot and mouth disease in England. Use the "Search box" to find information on foot and mouth. Other topics: Animal Health & Welfare | Economics / Statistics | Environmental Protection | Exports & Trade | Farming | Fisheries | ...
Development Gateway
The Development Gateway is an interactive site for information on sustainable development and poverty reduction, and a space for communities to share experiences on development efforts. The gateway offers: ♦ AiDA - The largest online source of information on ...
E-Commerce Project
Includes a summary of Commonwealth Government e-commerce activity, an analysis of e-commerce in Australia, and information about possible e-commerce competencies and qualifications.
Education Index
The Education Index is a service of Hobsons, an international college and career publisher and provides learners and educators with access to the best educational Web sites in a variety of subjects and lifestages. Listed sites are by Subject and by Lifestage (so you can find ...
EH.Net Encyclopedia
Economic history encyclopaedia - mostly US. EH.Net Encyclopedia of Economic and Business History is designed to provide students and laymen with high quality reference articles in the field. Articles for the Online Encyclopedia are written by experts, screened by a group of ...
Eldis
The Eldis Gateway to Development Information is an internet based information service: filtering, structuring and presenting development information via the web and email. It maintains an ever-growing library of editorially selected and abstracted online documents, and an ...
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network
A gateway to energy efficiency and renewable energy information. Energy Efficiency: Buildings, Industry, Power, and Transportation. Renewable Energy: Bioenergy, Geothermal, Hydrogen, Hydropower, Ocean, Solar, and Wind. Topics also include Education and Financing.
GeographyIQ
A world atlas with geographic, economic, political, historical and cultural information. The world map includes: Facts and figures about each country's geography, demographics, economy, government and political system ; Historical, cultural and political background ...
Global Connections: The Middle East
This site provides background information for events in the Middle East. There is a timeline of key events from 1900; a thematic section viewing "events through the lens of politics, science, economics, culture, religion, and more"; and a section of "big picture" questions ...
Healthy measures - key health statistics
The Australian health sector has been the focus of intense policy debate. Health data is quoted with increasing frequency. Improved measures of the performance of the health system are critical to the development of health policy. A good grasp of the sources of health ...
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries
A World Bank initiative to bring the debt burden of heavily indebted countries to sustainable levels, subject to satisfactory policy performance.
HireWire Press
One of the two largest free full text science archives on the internet. The journals HighWire supports correspondingly focus on science, technology, and medicine (STM) and are preponderantly among the highest-impact journals in the literature. Also, as a research ...
History in the News: Middle East History, Society, and Culture Resources
Compiled by the Department of History, University at Albany, New York. Information covers: General Resources , History , Culture, Society , Religion , Economics , Politics , Maps , News & Media , Regional Resources . Regions covered and including extra information: Bahrain , ...
Howstuffworks
Our mission is to explore all sorts of interesting subjects with clear, fun explanations. We get into everything from advanced technology, such as GPS receivers, to historical figures, such as Nostradamus.
Human Development Reports
Human development is about much more than the rise or fall of national incomes. It is about creating an environment in which people can develop their full potential and lead productive, creative lives in accord with their needs and interests. The 2001 report ranks 162 ...
IFAD
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialized agency of the United Nations, was established as an international financial institution in 1977 as one of the major outcomes of the 1974 World Food Conference. The Conference was organized in response ...
Infonation
InfoNation is an easy-to-use, two-step database that allows you to view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations. Compare using groupings of geography, economy, population and social indicators. Includes: The latest ...
International Energy Outlook 2003
This report presents international energy projections through 2025, prepared by the Energy Information Administration, including outlooks for major energy fuels and issues related to electricity and the environment. Includes Environmental Issues and World Energy Use, ...
Inventions
This site contains information under the headings famous inventions, famous inventors a-z, black, Chinese, Student and Women inventors. It also has a timeline of inventions over the past century and an "ask an expert" category. Includes Famous Inventions, Famous Inventors, ...
Labour Behind the Label
Labour Behind the Label is a membership organisation which brings together pressure groups, trade unions and individuals in support of garment workers' efforts to improve their working conditions and wages. It draws attention to the plight of garment workers everywhere, ...
National Statistics
This is the UK's home of official statistics, reflecting Britain's economy, population and society at national and local level. Summary stories and detailed data releases are published here free of charge. Categories covered are: Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry , Commerce, ...
NationMaster
Statistical site with sources such as the CIA World Factbook, the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the World Bank, the World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF and the OECD. A "one-stop resource for country statistics on anything and everything, whether it be ...
OESR – The Office of Economic and Statistical Research
This site is the Queensland Government's statistical and economic warehouse. It contains a wide range of demographic, economic and social data relating to the State of Queensland, in Australia. Information in this site has been obtained from various reports and publications ...
Online Opinion
Australian journal of opinion, politics and news - Australia's e-journal of social and political debate. Subjects/topics covered include: The Arts, Domestic Politics, Economics, Education, Environment, Health, Indigenous Affairs, International, Law and Liberties, Media, ...
OzGuide
Find Net-based sources of Australian factual or background information, such as business information, cases, databases, directories, economic data, government information, industrial awards, legislation, reports, statistics, and trade figures. Information on Aid & ...
Population Reference Bureau
Includes Population Data Sheets for 2001 and 2000 World Population Data Sheet contains the latest population estimates, projections, and other key indicators for all geographic entities with populations of 150,000 or more and all members of the United Nations. Provides ...
PossumPages
This site has quick links to all kinds of information including the latest shares and news, Australian and international newspapers, business newspapers, investor services and stockbrokers, search engines, time, weather and maps. High Australian content. Links to Australian ...
PovertyNet
A collection of World Bank reports and data on world poverty. Topics cover: Understanding and Responding to Poverty, Culture and Poverty, Empowerment, Impact Evaluation, Poverty Reduction , Strategies , Poverty and Health, Poverty and Social Impact Analysis, Pro-Poor Growth ...
Resources for Economists on the Internet
This guide is sponsored by the American Economic Association. It lists 2,100 resources in 97 sections and sub-sections available on the Internet of interest to academic and practicing economists, and those interested in economics.
Review of Studies of the Economic Impact of the September 11, 2001, Terrorists Attacks on the World Trade Center
Review of Studies of the Economic Impact of the September 11, 2001, Terrorists Attacks on the World Trade Center - GAO-02-700R.
Social, Economic and Political Change
Resources for the study of large-scale change in social, political and economic systems. Information includes: Reports, Country profiles, Theory, Data and Research, History, Organisations.
SOSIG Economics Gateway
The Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG) is a freely available Internet service which aims to provide a trusted source of selected, high quality Internet information for students, academics, researchers and practitioners in the social sciences, business and law. Each ...
State of World's Population 2004
The State of World Population 2004 report from UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, reviews countries’ achievements and constraints in implementing the Programme of Action, nearly half way to the 2015 completion target date. It examines actions addressing: the links ...
Statewide landcover and trees study
From the Queensland Department of Natural Resources. Includes Reports and publications (Full tect), information on methodology and technology.The Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines (NR&M) works closely with other government agencies, industry and the ...
Statisitcs
"AusStats is the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) web-based information service - providing you with the ABS' full product range online, updated daily. Some information is available free of charge, other information can be purchased using a credit card. Alternatively, ...
Sustainable Development
For anyone covering the sustainable development story, the ABC has a new Web site devoted to the topic with a range of materials for journalists and researchers.
The State of Food and Agriculture 2000
This FAO report provides a general world review of the state of agriculture and explores in detail the lessons learned about world food and agriculture in the last 50 years.
U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement and Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement
fulfills a key U.S. objective of opening markets with free trade partners, while continuing to push trade liberalization hemispherically through the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) and globally in the Doha talks in the World Trade Organization (WTO).
UNCTAD
Established in 1964, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) aims at the development-friendly integration of developing countries into the world economy. UNCTAD is the focal point within the United Nations for the integrated treatment of trade and ...
UNEP.Net Environment Network
Environmental information from a variety of environmental communities. Includes country and regional profiles, global coastal statistics, greenhouse gas emissions, nationally designated protected areas, among others. Gives environmental information based on themes and ...
UNESCAP
The regional arm of the United Nations Secretariat for the Asian and Pacific region is the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). It is located in the United Nations Building, Ratchadamnoen Nok Avenue, Bangkok, Thailand. The ...
WBI Themes
The World Bank views good governance and anti-corruption as central to its poverty alleviation mission. Nowadays, there are many units throughout the World Bank Group working on hundreds of governance and anti-corruption activities. They focus on internal organizational ...
Young Adult: Making the Right Decisions with Money
This website is designed by FIDO (Financial Information Delivered Online, the consumer protection regulator for financial services of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Its aim is to educate young people about making investments, spending money wisely and ...
Ancient China
Jade and bronze were the most prized materials in Ancient China. Geography; Timelines; Religions; Tombs; Interactive tombs, workshops, maps, timelines etc.English words are made up of a collection of letters that each has its own sound. The Chinese use logograms - where a ...
Australia's Lost Kingdoms
Step back in time and take an exciting journey through an ever-changing Australia from 110 million years ago to the present and beyond. Geological time - 110 million years ago ; 65 million years ago ; 55 million years ago ; 20 million years ago; 8 million years ago ; 4 ...
Best of History Websites
An anthology of online history resources. Best of History Web Sites is an award-winning portal created for history teachers, students, and general history enthusiasts. Best of History Web Sites now features links to K-12 history lesson plans, teacher guides, activities, ...
BUBL - Religion
BUBL LINK is the name of a catalogue of selected Internet resourcees coverning all academic subject areas and catalogued according to DDC. All items are selected, evaluated, catalogued and described. The directory can be browsed or searched by subject or by DDC number. ...
BUBL LINK - Ancient History
BUBL link is a catalogue of selected internet resources covering all academic subject areas. All items are selected, evaluated, catalogued and described. The directory can be browsed or searched by subject. Information on: Ancient / Classical History ; ABZU Journal Index ...
Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents
The Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents was established in 1995 under the auspices of Oxford University's Faculty of Literae Humaniores to provide a focus for the study of ancient documents within Oxford. Over the last six years it has developed into a research centre ...
Dictionary of the History of Ideas
"The Dictionary of the History of Ideas recounts the historical development of ideas across a range of disciplines, including philosophy, religion, politics, literature, and the biological, physical, and social sciences."
Diotima: Women and Gender in the Ancient World
Issues of gender among the Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, and other ancient cultures.
eBooks@Adelaide
The University of Adelaide Library’s collection of Web books "includes more than 700 classic works of Literature, Philosophy, Science, and History. Each work has been carefully formatted for maximum readability either on screen or when printed. Works can be read online, or ...
Egyptians
A BBC project o ancient Egyptian history. Around five thousand years ago the ancient Egyptians established an extraordinary and enduring civilisation. Topics include: Voices from Ancient Egypt - An angry farmer, a devoted princess, a dreaming dancer - listen as actors bring ...
Encyclopedia Mythica
The Encyclopedia Mythica is an online encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and legends. It currently contains over 6,100 entries on gods and goddesses, heroes, legendary creatures and beings from all over the world. Some of the topics you can find here, are about: legendary ...
Eternal Egypt
Welcome to Eternal Egypt, which brings to light over five thousand years of Egyptian civilization. Eternal Egypt is a living record of a land rich in art and history, people and places, myths and religions. The stories of Eternal Egypt are told using the latest interactive ...
FEMINAE ROMANAE
In all of Roman literature surviving the fall of its Empire, only six short poems from a woman named Sulpicia have come down to us that speak in a woman's authentic voice. Yet more has been learned of Roman women in the past thirty years than in centuries before. From the ...
Finding Information on Ancient History
This is a quick guide to finding information on ancient history through the University of Queensland Cybrary.
Great Archaeological Sites
This site developed by the Ministere de la Culture et do la Communication in France provides information on arhcaeological finds including: The Tautavel Man, The Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave; The Cave of Laxcaux; Ancient Vienne; The framer-knights'history; Underwater archaeology ...
Greeks
A BBC project on ancient Greek history. Topics include: Ancient Greek Olympics Gallery, Greek Gods and Goddesses, In Search of Myths and Heroes: Jason and the Golden Fleece, Lord Elgin - Saviour or Vandal?, Echoes of Plato's Atlantis, Critics and Critiques of Ancient ...
Historic Figures
On this site you'll find in-depth articles and short biographies of historic figures. Arranged alphabetically, they include a wide range of people from King Arthur to Elizabeth the First to Gandhi and Hitler.
History
On this site you'll find in-depth articles, multimedia (like games, virtual tours and animations) as well as bite-size material like timelines and short biographies of historic figures. All is designed for you to get more out of your interest in History. The site is divided ...
Internet Ancient History Source Book - Greece
The Internet History Sourcebooks are collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts for educational use.
Internet East Asian History Sourcebook
Contents Cultural Origins General Yellow River Valley Cultures Japan Religious Traditions General Chinese Traditional Religion Shinto Daoism Confucianism Buddhism Judaism Christianity Islam Imperial China General The Zhou The Qin The Han The Sui and Tang The Sung The Mongols ...
Internet Women's History Sourcebook
Contents: The Historical Study of Women , Human Origins , Ancient Egypt, General , Great Women , Women's Oppression , The Structure of Women's Lives , Women's Agency , Gender Construction , Feminism, Ancient Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Medieval Europe, Early Modern Europe, ...
ISESCO
The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization -ISESCO- was set up upon the adoption of its Statute by the Eleventh Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers, meeting in Islamabad, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, in May 1980. This decision crowned the efforts made ...
JULIUS CAESAR: THE LAST DICTATOR
Includes information on Youth to Consulate; Gaul to the Rubicon; The Civil War; Conspiracy and Death; Legacy & Reform; The Private Man; Battles and Campaigns; Contemporaries; Time Line; Links.
Mysterious Mummies
Preserved in peat bogs, frozen in ice, embalmed on the banks of the Nile -- find out how mummies across the ages came to be preserved. Includes information on - The Takla Makan Mummies In the late 1980's, perfectly preserved 3000-year-old mummies began appearing in a remote ...
Palynology
The study of microscopic remains of plants and organisms. It has many applications including archaeological palynology, Quaternary palynology , and stratigraphic palynology.
Perseus Collections
Contains digital images of architecture ( by Site , Period , Architect , Region , Type ); coins (by Collection , Period , Region , Mint , Issuing Authority , Denomination , Material , Keyword ); gems (by Collection , Gem Type , Material) ; sculpture (by Collection , Context ...
Pyramids: The Inside Story
This site was produced toaccompany a TV series from NOVA, the science/documentary arm of PBS. Students can explore the pyramids, learn about their history, shape and dimensions, practice code breaking of hieroglyphics. You can also follow the 1997 field season of a team of ...
Roman Bath
The companion Web site to the NOVA program "Roman Bath," originally broadcast on February 22, 2000. In the film, which is a part of the NOVA series Secrets of Lost Empires, an international crew of archeologists, engineers, and historians designs, builds, and tests a ...
Romans
A BBC project on ancient Roman history. There are many views of the Roman way of life - from those of women, to those of the citizens of Pompeii. Find out about Roman culture in Britain, and the lasting impact of this ancient civilisation. Topics include: Roman Empire: The ...
Stone Age Reference Collection
A guide to the typology, technology, and raw materials of the Stone Age.
The Ancient City of Athens
This site is a photographic archive of the archaeological and architectural remains of ancient Athens (Greece). It is intended primarily as a resource for students of classical art & archaeology, civilization, languages, and history at Indiana University as a supplement to ...
The Code of Hammurabi
The Code of Hammurabi, With commentary from Charles F. Horne, Ph.D. (1915) and The Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1910- by the Rev. Claude Hermann Walter Johns, M.A. Litt.D. Hammurabi, King of Babylonia from 1792-1750BC created one of the earliest written ...
The Greeks - Crucible of Civilization
An introduction to accompany a PBS series on ancient Greek history, cuylture, politics, art and warfare. Includes a timeline with extra information for each topic covered. Includes information on the Acropolis experience .
The Humbul Humanities Hub
This subject gateway aims to be UK higher education's first choice for accessing online humanities resources. Currently Humbul has 29 top-level subjects, with a strength in resources for English, History, Philosophy, Archaeology and Religion & Theology. The full list : ...
The Internet Classics Archive
Select from a list of 441 works of classical literature by 59 different authors, including user-driven commentary and "reader's choice" Web sites. Mainly Greco-Roman works (some Chinese and Persian), all in English translation. Greco-Roman Authors : Aeschines Wrote in Greek ...
The National Centre for History Education
The National History Project website is a gateway to teaching and learning history in Australian schools. It contains unique information and articles, including a professional journal,digest and network links that will help history teachers provide challenging and engaging ...
The Near East Collection at Yale University
For over a century, Yale has developed an extensive collection of Near Eastern library materials to support Arabic and Near Eastern Studies at Yale. At present, the collection is considered among the most important Near East collections in the USA, and in the world. Exhibit ...
The New Zealand Digital Library
The web site provides several document collections, including historical documents, humanitarian and development information, computer science technical reports and bibliographies, literary works, and magazines.
The Pantheon
Introduction to Greek mythology. Contents: In the beginning.... The Creation of the World; The Creation of Mankind; The Five Ages of Man; ....of Gods, monsters and giants; The Principal Gods; The Titans; The Gods of Olympus; Lesser Gods of Earth ; Greek Heroes and Demi-gods ...
The Perseus Digital Project
The Perseus Project is an evolving digital library of resources for the study of the ancient world and beyond. Collaborators initially formed the project to construct a large, heterogeneous collection of materials, textual and visual, on the Archaic and Classical Greek ...
The Roman Empire in the First Century
Provides an introduction to life in Ancient Rome. Includes a timeline. Information on the social order: Emperors, Senators, Equestrians, Plebeians, Slaves and life on the frontiers. Information on life in Roman times: Marriage and family (Family Structure Wedding Customs , ...
Theban Mapping Project
Atlas of the Valley of the Kings: Discover each tomb in the Valley in this interactive Atlas. Investigate a database of information about each tomb, view a compilation of more than 2000 images, interact with models of each tomb, and measure, pan, and zoom over 250 detailed ...
Treasures of the Sunken City
The companion Web site for the NOVA program, "Treasures of the Sunken City," scheduled to be rebroadcast on Tuesday, July 8, 2003. This program chronicles the underwater discovery of the fabled Pharos lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, just offshore ...
University of California, Berkeley - Museum of Paleontology
The site has links to teacher resources and classroom activities such as: Understanding Evolution is a comprehensive on-line resource developed to meet the needs of K-12 teachers. The site provides an informal on-line course covering essential science content, as well as a ...
Voice of the Shuttle
Web Page for Humanities Research. Topics covered: Anthropology, Archaeology ,Architecture , Area & Regional Studies , Art & Art History , Classical Studies , Cultural Studies , Cyberculture , Gender Studies , History , Legal Studies , Literature (in English) , Literatures ...
World History Connected
"World History Connected is designed for everyone who wants to deepen the engagement and understanding of world history: students, college instructors, high school teachers, leaders of teacher education programs, social studies coordinators, research historians, and ...
ABC Public Affairs Online
The Public Record is Australia's leading public affairs website, providing in depth coverage of issues in public life, politics, elections, events, parliament, hot topics and debates and other important occasions and events. The Public Record provides you a list of ...
ABC Rurul Online
ABC Rural Online brings you Australia's only daily online coverage of rural issues and primary industry news
ABC Science
The Lab is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's online gateway to Science. Here you'll find programs from ABC radio and TV as well as original online material including a daily science news service, fortnightly features and forums.
ActionBioscience.org
The site includes peer-reviewed articles on the environment, evolution, biodiversity, science education, biotechnology, and genomics. Also provides articles by scientists, science educators, and science students on issues related to seven bioscience challenges: environment, ...
All About Nature: Biomes and Habitats
This is an interesting junior school educational website where students can go to learn about the various biomes of the earth from the arctic to a coral reef. Basic information about the climate, plant, and animal life is available along with printable sheets on the various ...
All the World's Maps
Access to national maps and maps of major cities from a range of map providers such as Atlapedia, Expedia and the Perry-Castañeda Library. Includes black line outline maps. A Compilation of Each Nation's Maps - Including Cities. Serving the diplomatic community and the ...
aneki.com
Country Information, Regional and World Rankings - Basic country data and rankings by category.
Antarctica Online
Amazing Antarctica; Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) ; What's Happening NOW ; This Week In Antarctica ; Antarctic Images ; Current Projects ; Life at a Station; Antarctic Diaries; Tourism ; Educational Resources ; Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship ; Australian Antarctic ...
Antarctica: Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole
Includes maps and photographs. History and Science of Antartica. Also includes information on living in Antartica.
Arctic Theme Page
This site from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is designed to provide arctic data and other information to scientists, students, teachers, academia, managers, decision makers and the general public
Asia Quake Disaster
News, background, videos, analysis, eyewitness accounts, death tolls, survivors' accounts, and more about the Southeast Asia tsunami of December 2004.
Aussie Educator: Tertiary Links
Links to sites covering all subjects arranged alphabetically.
Australia's Lost Kingdoms
Step back in time and take an exciting journey through an ever-changing Australia from 110 million years ago to the present and beyond. Geological time - 110 million years ago ; 65 million years ago ; 55 million years ago ; 20 million years ago; 8 million years ago ; 4 ...
Australian Governments' Geoscience Portal
State and Federal government portal to relevant geoscience information for Australia. It is an initiative of the Australian Chief Government Geologists Committee.
Australian natural resources atlas
Includes coastlines, vegetation, water and agriculture. The Australian Catchment, River and Estuary Assessment 2002. " ... provides the first comprehensive, catchment-to-coast assessment of Australia's rivers and estuaries, and will greatly help regional groups determine ...
Australian Population Association
The site provides information about Australian population issues and links to publications and related resources. The Australian Population Association's activities relate to a wide range of interests including fertility and mortality, family formation and dissolution, ...
Australian Space Research Institute
A non-profit organisation devoted to the technology, research, development and education of space science. Registration is FREE. Includes image library.
BBC Country profiles
Provides guides to the history, politics and economic background of all countries as well as Endland, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. They also include audio and video clips from the BBC archives. Includes information for statistics, economics, country leaders, media, press, ...
Bio Links
This website run by Biozone International Ltd is aimed at helping senior biology students and their teachers, providing high interest, annually updated resources that keep pace with the dynamic nature of biology today. Core products, the Student Resource and Activity ...
Bioethics.net
Bioethics.net is the Internet's first and largest site on bioethics, visited (according to Medical Matrix) more than any other bioethics site on the Internet. bioethics.net is produced and supported by the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania
Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture
Site from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations about the role and impact of biotechnology in food and agriculture in developing countries.
BUBL - Sciences
BUBL LINK is the name of a catalogue of selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas and catalogued according to DDC (Dewey Decimal Classification). All items are selected, evaluated, catalogued and described. The directory can be browsed or searched by ...
BUBL - Engineering
BUBL LINK is the name of a catalogue of selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas and catalogued according to DDC (Dewey Decimal Classification). All items are selected, evaluated, catalogued and described. The directory can be browsed or searched by ...
BUBL - Life Sciences - Biology
BUBL LINK is the name of a catalogue of selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas. All items are selected, evaluated, catalogued and described. The directory can be browsed or searched by subject or by Dewey classification number. The Life Sciences ...
BUBL - Technology
BUBL LINK is the name of a catalogue of selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas and catalogued according to DDC (Dewey Decimal Classification). All items are selected, evaluated, catalogued and described. The directory can be browsed or searched by ...
Build an Island
Most people associate the name Charles Darwin with the theory of evolution by natural selection. But in 1842, 17 years before he published his groundbreaking Origin of Species, Darwin gained recognition for another theory, this one in the field of geology. The theory ...
Bureau of Meteorology
The Bureau of Meteorology provides several thousand products in a variety of formats using several delivery media. The "Basic Product Set" defines those products available free of charge to the public via the mass media and the Internet. Includes educational materials for ...
CalPhotos
A digital library of images of plants, fungi, animals, people and culture. CalPhotos is a collection of over 80,000 images of plants, animals, fossils, people, and landscapes. A variety of organizations and individuals have contributed photographs to CalPhotos. Please be ...
Cambridge Relativity & Cosmology
Information on cosmology, black holes, cosmic strings, inflation and quantum gravity from Cambridge University. Includes information on COSMOS - National Cosmology Supercomputer. Includes a link to Professor Stephen Hawking's website.
Canadian Council for Geographic Information
This site also includes a directory of Web sites about geography arranged by category. The Canadian Council for Geographic Education (CCGE) is a joint initiative of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society and the National Geographic Society of Washington, D.C. established in ...
Cascades Volcano Obserfatory
The U.S. Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO) strives to serve the national interest by helping people to live knowledgeably and safely with volcanoes and related natural hazards including earthquakes, landslides, and debris flows in the western United ...
Center for Science Education
Gateway to information on space, the solar system, and related subjects. Topics include: Astronomy, Auroras, Classifying Galaxies, Comet's Tale, Coronal Weather Report, Exploring the Planets, Eye on the Sky Weather Journal, Geography From Space, Light Tour, Solar Eclipses, ...
Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment
Includes projects and publications. The Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE) is dedicated to the study of pressing global problems stemming from interactions between human activities, natural resources, and the environment. SAGE conducts cutting-edge ...
CIA World Factbook
New edition of this collection of economic, geographic, political and demographic data on 266 countries. Information has been updated to 2003.
Climate Change 2001 - The Scientific Basis
The most comprehensive report to date on global warming and climatic change. Covers information on: scientific basis, impacts, adaptation and vulnerability, mitigation and synthesis reports. The major activity of the IPCC is to prepare in regular intervals comprehensive and ...
Conservation International: Biodiversity Hotspots
Includes a clickable world map of threatened areas of the world. Conservation International (CI) focuses its efforts on 25 biologically rich areas around the world under significant threat of destruction. The remaining natural habitat in these biodiversity hotspots amounts ...
Constants and Equations Pages
A resource for science, mathematics and astronomy-related information on the Internet.The Constants and Equations Pages are an on-going project to list together as many different constants and equations as possible. Also includes maths such as calculus and geometry.
Cosmic Evolution: From Big Bang to Humankind
The site traces the cosmic origin and evolution ofall matter and energy, from the initial Big Bang onwards. Includes Particulate evolution, Galactic evolution, Stellar evolution, Planetary evolution, Chemical evolution, Biological evolution, Cultural evolution.
Cretaceous Fossils
Reference resource on vertebrate and invertebrate - Cretaceous fossils from the US and around the world.
Cultural Profiles Project
An information source about what life is like in different countries prepared by Citizenship and Immigration Canada for Canadian citizens - Each cultural profile provides an overview of life and customs in the profiled country. While the profile provides insight into some ...
Cyberschoolbus
The mission is to promote education about international issues and the United Nations. The Global Teaching and Learning Project produces high quality teaching materials and activities designed for educational use. The specific aims of the Cyberschoolbus are: To create an ...
Dartmouth Flood Observatory
This site is a research tool for detection, mapping, measurement, and analysis of extreme flood events world-wide using satellite remote sensing. We use microwave and optical satellite imaging of selected river reaches to detect overbank flood and extreme low flow ...
DEFRA
Includes information on the recent outbreak of foot and mouth disease in England. Use the "Search box" to find information on foot and mouth. Other topics: Animal Health & Welfare | Economics / Statistics | Environmental Protection | Exports & Trade | Farming | Fisheries | ...
Department of the Environment and Heritage
The Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage (DEH) develops and implements national policy, programs and legislation to protect and conserve Australia's natural environment and cultural heritage. Environmental Themes: Atmosphere, Biodiversity, Coasts ...
Development Gateway
The Development Gateway is an interactive site for information on sustainable development and poverty reduction, and a space for communities to share experiences on development efforts. The gateway offers: ♦ AiDA - The largest online source of information on ...
Earth Observatory
This NASA site provides new satellite imagery and scientific information about Earth. The Mission Control presents information on current and planned Earth observing missions. Spacecraft Overpass Predictions are now available for the Earth Observing satellite fleet and many ...
earth science world
ImageBank: The Earth Science World ImageBank has photographs of all aspects of Earth Science available to the public, educators, and the geoscience community. Earth Data: Get climate data from weather stations around the world. Search Images: Search the ImageBank's thousands ...
Earthquake Hazards Program
U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program Website Information on worldwide earthquake activity, earthquake science, and earthquake hazard reduction. Includes Maps of Recent Earthquake Activity
EarthWire/Africa
EarthWire/Africa gives you a free daily overview of environmental news from 14 countries in southern Africa. Every weekday, a team of African journalists reviews more than 40 newspapers for environment-related news stories. Relevant stories are included in EarthWire/Africa ...
ECOLEX: a gateway to environmental law
An information service on environmental law and treaties, operated jointly by the FAO, the World Conservation Organisation and the UNEP.
Education Index
The Education Index is a service of Hobsons, an international college and career publisher and provides learners and educators with access to the best educational Web sites in a variety of subjects and lifestages. Listed sites are by Subject and by Lifestage (so you can find ...
Eldis
The Eldis Gateway to Development Information is an internet based information service: filtering, structuring and presenting development information via the web and email. It maintains an ever-growing library of editorially selected and abstracted online documents, and an ...
Encyclopedia Astronautica
The encyclopedia may be browsed alphabetically or by topic, or searched by keyword. Includes lists of rockets and spacecraft with drawings and explanations. Includes latest space news.
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network
A gateway to energy efficiency and renewable energy information. Energy Efficiency: Buildings, Industry, Power, and Transportation. Renewable Energy: Bioenergy, Geothermal, Hydrogen, Hydropower, Ocean, Solar, and Wind. Topics also include Education and Financing.
Energy Information Administration: Country Analysis Briefs
Reports on the sources and use of energy for dozens of countries.
Environment Australia's Online Image Database
A collection of images that can be searched by keyword, thesaurus term, and geographic area. The image database contains images Environment Australia owns and that are copyright cleared and available free of charge for use by the media, students and industry organisations ...
Environmental Media Services
A not-for-profit communications clearinghouse dedicated to providing the most current coverage of critical environmental and public health issues. Continuously updated environmental news, plus links to press releases and news sites. EMS Library - Backgrounders, links and ...
EPA Research & Development
Information on research and development activities funded by the US Endvironmental Protection Agency. Subjects: Air Quality ; Biodiversity ; Cleaner Production ; Climate Change ; Land-use, Soils & Transport ; Socio-Economics ; Waste & Resource Management ; Water Quality ...
Everest
Take a virtual trip to the highest point on Earth and experience Everest with magnificent 360° photos up the north and south sides of the mountain; dispatches chronicling expeditions from '96, '97 and '99; audio from the summit; and much more. Includes a special feature on ...
Fish FAQ
American Content - facts about fish, shellfish, and other creatures from the sea, and the marine environment
Galileo's Battle for the Heavens
NOVA explores the story of Galileo Galilei -- his scientific contributions, his clash with the Catholic Church, and his correspondence with his convent daughter. Includes time lines and interactive information on his experiments: Pendulum, Falling objects, Projectiles and ...
GeoExplorer
Free geography resources, including photographs, virtual fieldwork, free outline maps of the countries/continents of the world and links to many geography Web resources. Includes links and web resources to support students and teachers of geography. Resources Outline Maps, ...
Geography Network
A network designed to facilitate sharing of geographic information between data providers and users around the world. Searches can be narrowed by content type e.g. maps and then by content theme e.g.Biologic & Ecologic. Maps are both static and dynamic. Includes access to ...
GeographyIQ
A world atlas with geographic, economic, political, historical and cultural information. The world map includes: Facts and figures about each country's geography, demographics, economy, government and political system ; Historical, cultural and political background ...
Global Distribution of Poverty
The Global Poverty Mapping Project seeks to enhance current understanding of the global distribution of poverty and the geographic and biophysical conditions of where the poor live. Additionally, the project aims to assist policy makers, development agencies, and the poor ...
Global Forest Watch
The report concludes that vast areas of remaining intact or old-growth and primary forests are being degraded by development. The site has a data warehouse where users can download maps to analyse themselves. Create a map showing precisely the layers that interest you. Map ...
Global Warming - Early Warning Signs
A clickable map of the world enables users to look at specific regions for signs of warming, e.g. rises in sea levels, Antarctic warming, and extreme weather. Information on heat waves, Ocean warming, sea-level rise and coastal flooding, Glaciers melting, Arctic and ...
HireWire Press
One of the two largest free full text science archives on the internet. The journals HighWire supports correspondingly focus on science, technology, and medicine (STM) and are preponderantly among the highest-impact journals in the literature. Also, as a research ...
Historical Maps Online
The intent of the Historical Maps Online project is to publish electronically the images of maps charting the last 400 years of historical development in Illinois and the Northwest Territory. Designed to appeal both to map aficionados and to educational institutions, the ...
Human Development Reports
Human development is about much more than the rise or fall of national incomes. It is about creating an environment in which people can develop their full potential and lead productive, creative lives in accord with their needs and interests. The 2001 report ranks 162 ...
Image Gallery for Geology
Images of geologic phenomena.
Imagine the Universe
This site is intended for students age 14 and up, and for anyone interested in learning about our universe. Links to Advanced Science page - The Electromagnetic Spectrum, X-ray Astronomy, X-ray Generation, Lightcurves, Spectra, and Images , Gamma-Ray Astronomy, Gamma-Ray ...
Infonation
InfoNation is an easy-to-use, two-step database that allows you to view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations. Compare using groupings of geography, economy, population and social indicators. Includes: The latest ...
Institute for Science and International Security
A non-profit institution that tries to inform the public about science and policy issues affecting international security. Its efforts focus on stopping the spread of nuclear weapons, bringing about greater transparency of nuclear activities worldwide, and achieving deep ...
International Energy Outlook 2003
This report presents international energy projections through 2025, prepared by the Energy Information Administration, including outlooks for major energy fuels and issues related to electricity and the environment. Includes Environmental Issues and World Energy Use, ...
Internet Directory of Botany
The Internet Directory of Botany is an index to botanical information available on the Internet. It consists of two parts, an alphabetical directory and a categorical directory.
Internet Glossary of Soil Science Terms
A dictionary of hundreds of soil terms. This 2001 revision replaces the 1997 edition and includes major revisions and additions. Measurements included with terms are in SI units to conform with SSSA policy requiring SI units for all publications. Conversion factors for SI ...
Internet Resources for Geographers
Includes starting places, journals, professional associations and research organisations, map collections, geo-spatial datasets, newsgroups and mailing lists. Map-Related Web Sites, including lists of: Cartographic Reference Materials such Gazeteers, Guides, and Glossaries , ...
Lesson Plans - Geography
Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) has created links to high quality lesson plans and activities for use in the classroom from a variety of sources. There are also links to other resources that are helpful for curriculum planning. McREL was ...
Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Working papers
Includes links to full text working papers and reports. Includes information on countries such as China, Russia, Mexico and many others.
My Environment
My Environment provides a window onto the environment and heritage around your place. Enter your address details and create a report that includes: 1. vulnerable and endangered plants and animals that may live near your place 2. where your nearest heritage sites and ...
National Chemical Information Gateway
Topics cover: Household Chemicals - I would like to know more about chemicals in my home; Exposure & Safety - Where can I find information if exposed to a chemical? Chemicals by Name - Where can I find information about a particular chemical? Chemicals and Environment - How ...
National e-Science Centre
What is meant by e-Science? In the future, e-Science will refer to the large scale science that will increasingly be carried out through distributed global collaborations enabled by the Internet. Typically, a feature of such collaborative scientific enterprises is that they ...
National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC)
News and other information about earthquakes. Information covers: Earthquake Information Services, Structural Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering/Engineering Geology, Seismology/Geology/Geophysics, Disaster Management, Policy/Planning/Socioeconomics, Agencies and ...
National Earthquake Information Center Home Page
This US Geological Survey site offers researchers a searchable database, earthquake coordinate information, and global seismograph station information. The NEIC operates a 24-hour-a-day service to determine the location and magnitude of significant earthquakes in the United ...
NationalGeographic.com
A searchable collection of National Geographic sites with lesson plans, projects, photographs, printer-friendly maps, and a Teacher Community.
NationMaster
Statistical site with sources such as the CIA World Factbook, the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the World Bank, the World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF and the OECD. A "one-stop resource for country statistics on anything and everything, whether it be ...
Nineteenth Century Exploration of Australia
Maps the routes taken by nineteenth century Australian explorers. Includes information on these explorers: Robert O'Hara Burke 1821-61 , John Calvert 1814-97 ,Edward Eyre 1815-1901 ,Alexander Forrest 1849-1901 ,John Forrest 1847-1918 ,Ernest Giles 1835-97 ,Augustus C. ...
NOAA's National Ocean Service
Includes news, reports and nautical charts, hydrographic and coastal surveys, and historical maps and charts. Topics cover: Oceans (Coral Reef Conservation, International Collaboration, Marine Protected Areas, National Marine Sanctuaries, Ocean Exploration, Oil and Chemical ...
Northern Lights
A site that answers questions about the Aurora Borealis.
NOVA Origins
"Origins," a groundbreaking four-part NOVA miniseries hosted by dynamic astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History. Tyson leads viewers on a cosmic journey to the beginning of time and into the distant ...
Nova: Science in the News
Published by the Australian Academy of Science
Nuclear Energy Agency
The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) is a specialised agency within the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), an intergovernmental organisation of industrialised countries, based in Paris, France. NEA areas of work : Nuclear safety and regulation , ...
OBIS
The Ocean Biogeographic Information System is a Web tool for information about marine species worldwide. You can select particular databases such as CSIRO Marine Research, FishBase, ZooGene and FishNet. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) is a web-based ...
OESR – The Office of Economic and Statistical Research
This site is the Queensland Government's statistical and economic warehouse. It contains a wide range of demographic, economic and social data relating to the State of Queensland, in Australia. Information in this site has been obtained from various reports and publications ...
One World Journeys
The web site has exciting and educational photo-documentary expeditions that connect online viewers to unique wilderness areas around the world. Our stories have been inspired, in part, by talented nature and wilderness photographers whose extraordinary images, along with ...
Online Opinion
Australian journal of opinion, politics and news - Australia's e-journal of social and political debate. Subjects/topics covered include: The Arts, Domestic Politics, Economics, Education, Environment, Health, Indigenous Affairs, International, Law and Liberties, Media, ...
Our Restless Planet
A searchable directory of links to disaster information. Disaster Finder is a service developed and maintained by the NASA Solid Earth and Natural Hazards Program (Code YO), NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C., USA. This service was created for the disaster community ...
OzGuide
Find Net-based sources of Australian factual or background information, such as business information, cases, databases, directories, economic data, government information, industrial awards, legislation, reports, statistics, and trade figures. Information on Aid & ...
Palynology
The study of microscopic remains of plants and organisms. It has many applications including archaeological palynology, Quaternary palynology , and stratigraphic palynology.
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
This collection holds more than 230,000 maps in its archive, and the Web site is a gateway to hundreds of maps covering the World. There is a section on historical maps, which is ordered geographically. Because of copyright restrictions, most of the maps are from the early ...
Platinum Metals Review
A quarterly journal of scientific research. Platinum Today is the website of Johnson Matthey Precious Metals Marketing, a business unit of Johnson Matthey Plc. Precious Metals Marketing comprises Johnson Matthey’s platinum group metal marketing and trading activities. A ...
Population Reference Bureau
Includes Population Data Sheets for 2001 and 2000 World Population Data Sheet contains the latest population estimates, projections, and other key indicators for all geographic entities with populations of 150,000 or more and all members of the United Nations. Provides ...
PossumPages
This site has quick links to all kinds of information including the latest shares and news, Australian and international newspapers, business newspapers, investor services and stockbrokers, search engines, time, weather and maps. High Australian content. Links to Australian ...
Project Atmosphere Australia Online
Project Atmosphere is a unique online weather program for schools. It enables students, teachers and meteorologists to collaborate in learning about the weather in a range of curriculum resource areas. Project Atmosphere Australia Online is a teacher-developed, online ...
PSIgate
The Physical Sciences Information Gateway is the physical sciences hub for the UK's Resource Discovery Network (RDN). There are currently over 8000 resources in astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences, materials sciences, physics, and science history and policy
Queensland's Disaster Management Services
This website is used for information and updates about disasters affecting the State of Queensland when they occur. This site also provides important information about the Queensland Disaster Management System, the impacts of disasters and what you can do to minimise these ...
ReefBase: A Global Information System on Coral Reefs
Information on coral reefs to help foster better management and conservation efforts. ReefBase is the world's premier online information system on coral reefs, and provides information services to coral reef professionals involved in management, research, monitoring, ...
Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe
A non-governmental agency dedicated to solving environmental problems in Central and Eastern Europe.
Renewable Resource Data Center
This resource, sponsored by the US Department of Energy, provides information on natural energy sources such as solar radiation and wind power. The RReDC provides information on several types of renewable energy resources in the United States, in the form of publications, ...
Runaway Universe
A companion Web site to “Runaway Universe" broadcast on Nova (the documentary branch of PBS). Includes an interactive timeline on the history of the universe; an interactive feature demonstrating, step-by-step, the sequence of events that result in Type Ia and Type II ...
School Science Lessons
Contains databases of school science experiments and links to other science sites.
SciCentral
An easy to navigate gateway to scientific resources and news. Resources are grouped by science area, eg. biological, health, physical and chemical, policy and ethics, earth and space and engineering. In addition it offers links to resources of research highlights in each ...
SciTechResources.gov
Science.gov is a gateway to over 50 million pages of authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. government agencies, including research and development results. It includes selected authoritative science Web sites, and databases of technical reports, journal ...
SpaceWeather.com
Includes current space weather conditions and NASA news headlines. Science news and information about the Sun-Earth environment. Includes a "What's Up in Space" up to date newsletter.
Spitzer Space Telescope
The Spitzer Space Telescope is a NASA mission managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. This website is maintained by the Education and Public Outreach group at the Spitzer Science Center, located on the campus of the California Institute of Technology and part of NASA's ...
State of World's Population 2004
The State of World Population 2004 report from UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, reviews countries’ achievements and constraints in implementing the Programme of Action, nearly half way to the 2015 completion target date. It examines actions addressing: the links ...
Statewide landcover and trees study
From the Queensland Department of Natural Resources. Includes Reports and publications (Full tect), information on methodology and technology.The Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines (NR&M) works closely with other government agencies, industry and the ...
Statisitcs
"AusStats is the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) web-based information service - providing you with the ABS' full product range online, updated daily. Some information is available free of charge, other information can be purchased using a credit card. Alternatively, ...
Sustainable Development
For anyone covering the sustainable development story, the ABC has a new Web site devoted to the topic with a range of materials for journalists and researchers.
The Centre for the Study of Global Governance
The centre's mission is to inquire into the origins and nature of urgent problems facing the globe, and to influence agencies and organizations engaged in seeking and implementing solutions to these problems.
The Echinoids
Information about sea urchins including images.Sea urchins are a group of marine invertebrates that today can be found in almost every major marine habitat from the poles to the equator and from the intertidal zone to depths of more than 5,000 metres. There are around 800 ...
The New Zealand Digital Library
Searchable access to a number of document collections from around the world in history, humanitarian and global development, computer science, music, and literature. The web site provides several document collections, including historical documents, humanitarian and ...
The State of Food and Agriculture 2000
This FAO report provides a general world review of the state of agriculture and explores in detail the lessons learned about world food and agriculture in the last 50 years.
Transitional Labour Markets: From Risk to Opportunity
"This project examines the concept of Transitional Labour Markets and its application to policy formation in Australia. It takes as its initial premise the idea that traditional concepts of employment, based on the full-time male bread winner model, are no longer relevant."
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
The UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre provides information for policy and action to conserve the living world. Our programmes concentrate on species, forests, protected areas, marine, mountains and freshwaters; plus habitats affected by climate change such as polar ...
UNEP.Net Environment Network
Environmental information from a variety of environmental communities. Includes country and regional profiles, global coastal statistics, greenhouse gas emissions, nationally designated protected areas, among others. Gives environmental information based on themes and ...
UNESCAP
The regional arm of the United Nations Secretariat for the Asian and Pacific region is the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). It is located in the United Nations Building, Ratchadamnoen Nok Avenue, Bangkok, Thailand. The ...
UNESCO Free Software Portal
Free technology resources. The UNESCO Free Software Portal gives access to documents and websites which are references for the Free Software/Open Source Technology movement. It is also a gateway to resources related to Free Software. Free Software Technology Resources ...
University of California, Berkeley - Museum of Paleontology
The site has links to teacher resources and classroom activities such as: Understanding Evolution is a comprehensive on-line resource developed to meet the needs of K-12 teachers. The site provides an informal on-line course covering essential science content, as well as a ...
US Global Change Research Program
The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) supports research on the interactions of natural and human-induced changes in the global environment and their implications for society. The USGCRP began as a presidential initiative in 1989
Volcano world
Volcanos: Current Eruptions, Earth's Volcanoes, Volcanoes of Other Worlds , Volcano Observatories, Volcano Movie Clips, Volcanic Parks and Monuments . Mount St. Helens - all sorts of information. Teaching and Learning: Volcano Lessons , Review of Volcanic Gases , Review of ...
World Housing Encyclopaedia
NOTE: This web site is only supported by Microsoft Internet Explorer. Errors will occur if you try to view this site in Netscape Navigator. Site from the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute that describes the types of housing used in countries susceptible to ...
Zoom into Maps
An exploration of maps and their uses from the Library of Congress. A sampling of the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division’s 4.5 million treasures has been digitized and is available in Map Collections: 1500 - 2003. This activity introduces historical maps from the ...
The 1967 Referendum: the struggle for a new deal for indigenous Australians
The sources used on this site "provide information about the social and political background of the 1967 referendum, the Queensland state laws governing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs at the time, the organisations and individuals at the forefront of campaigns ...
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