Geography

Census.com     Good site for ecconomic data---housing, employment, income, etc.

CIA World Factbook   Excellent site full of information about each country, including hard-to-find statistics on everything you ever wanted to know about the country. Text only.

City.Net   Search more than 5000 destinations.

Country Reports     Country information from around the world.  A resource for business, tourists, students and teachers.

CountryWatch      CountryWatch is a world leader in providing country specific geopolitical intelligence on each of the 192 countries of the world.

EINet Galaxy   Index to World Communities

Federal and State Information from The St. Charles City-County Library District

Flags of the World    A simple site with color images of flags from most of the world's countries.

Geo-Globe   This ThinkQuest project in an interactive geography quiz to test your geo-smarts.  You can select from different types of tests, and each test lets you set the difficulty level.

Geographic Names    Information System This site tells you the precise whereabouts of cities, geographic features and other landmarks in the United States. Just type in a name.

Geography Links   Links to lots of good geography sites.

Geography Resourcesnbspnbsp Great site with a variety of resources.

GeoNames   This is the international equivalent of the Geographic Names Information System listed above. Type in the name of a place or feature elsewhere on the planet and get its exact location.

Global Connections    Global Connections is the online home to a family of sites created to help teachers, students, and the general public learn more about events around the world through readings, lesson plans, links, timelines, and maps.

Global Statistics    Basic facts about countries or states.

INCORE Country Guides    INCORE is a current list of links to information about countries and regions of the world which are at war, have the threat of war, or need peacekeeping forces to prevent warfare.

Infonation    Select a country, then goto the Data Menu to select statistics you want to know. When these results come up, click on Switch to Country at a Glance to see all info on a particular country.

Information Please Almanacnbspnbsp Combines the contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, and several up-to-the-minute almanacs loaded with statistics, facts, and historical records.

The Library of Congress Country Studies    Search this database for any number of topics on a variety of countries. Begin by typing in the topic you are interested in exploring, and then select the country or countries you wish to focus on.  Excellent resource.

Map Quest   Choose Interactive Atlas for maps. Get driving directions, or plan a trip at this site with over 70,000 maps, including international and topographical maps.

Mapmachine    From National Geographic this site has all kinds of maps--physical, political, cultural, climate/weather, street, historical, and more.

Maps:  How Far is it?    This service uses data from the US Census and a supplementary list of cities around the world to find the latitude and longitude of two places, and then calculates the distance between them (as the crow flies). It also provides a map showing the two places, using the Xerox PARC Map Server.

Maps in the News   John A. Borchert (University of Minnesota)

Maps On Us     A Map, Route and Yellow Pages Service

National Geographic Online   Highlights from the print version of National Geographic.  Xpeditions includes an interactive atlas, a virtual world, activities for families and standards and lesson plans for teachers.

The Perry-Castaneda Library    Map Collection From The University of Texas at Austin.  Includes historical and modern maps, city map sites, maps of Texas and Texas counties.

Population Reference Bureau

Reference Desk Links to Maps

Statistical Resources on the Web    University of Michigan site has links to hundreds of statistical sites on the Internet, with topics ranging from agriculture to weather to the economy to crime.

Terra Server    Use satellite images to find a bird's-eye view of your home, a city or famous place.

Texas Almanac    Statistics, facts, etc. on Texas.

United Nations Cartographic Section    Includes General Maps, Peacekeeping Maps, Thematic Maps, and Geographic Resources and Information.

United States Government Daily Streamflow Conditions    Map of the United States.

USA City Link    Your guide to America's cities.

World City Maps     Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas. Easily accessible.
 
 

Government
Access America for Students A government wide web portal that makes it easy for students to find any kind of federal service or information they need. the U.S. Dept. of Education is coordinating with other federal agencies to provide this "one-stop-shop" giving students access to information about financial aid, career development, education planning, consumer protection, and a wide variety of other topics.

Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court:   1990 to Present

EDGAR: Database of Corporate Information   U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission 10-Ks and other Electronic filings.

Find Law   Find every law in the land, and every state and federal court decision, that's available on the Web free.

FirstGov    This site is the information portal for the US Federal Government.  It serves as the "first resource to find any government information on the Internet.". Users can browse for information using the search engine or browse by branch of the government; by Interesting topics; or by Features Subjects which highlight interesting and timely information. There are links to state and local government information.

Fiscal Size Up: Texas State Services

Government Documents (Yahoo)   Selected Historic Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court

Government Information Sharing Project   Searchable information from the Census of Population, Economic Census, Education and other CD-ROMs.

GPO Access    Keeping America Informed Electronically Includes the capacity to search the Federal Register, as well as the Congressional Record, Congressional bills, and other federal information.

Patent Serches

Legal Engine   A great starting point to legal info on the Web. Includes federal, state and international law, courts, a legal dictionary, search by topic, rules, forms, international governments, world virtual museums, historic documents and several law search engines. Find every law internationally.

Supreme Court Decisions   Full text of U.S. Supreme Court decisions from 1937-1975.

Texas Fact Book 1996

Texas Legislature Online

The Texas Political Resource Page    Features the latest polls and political observations.

THOMAS:    Legislative Information on the Internet

U.S. Bureau of the Census

U.S. Government Printing Office     Publications & electronic information products available for purchase.

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

White House

Window on State Government    Texas Comptroller John Sharp's creation. Info on taxes, government, economy, statistics, etc.
 
 

Elections

Federal Election Commission    The commission oversees the election process in the United States, making sure all's fair. This site lets you "follow the money" for the major candidates, scan the country's federal election calendar and learn how to research public records.

Freedom Channel    Follow candidates on the issues.

Politics.com   Search federal records by ZIP code to learn who's financing the candidates. Know the candidates, follow the money, read the polls, and use the directory.

Politics1.com    Includes info on candidates from all parties.

Vote.com    Follow the candidates on the issues.

Vote Smart    Candidate profiles, voting records and issue positions.
 

History
American
American Memory Project Library of Congress    Collections from the National Digital Library consisting of primary source and archival materials relating to American culture and history.  Includes documents, prints & photos, motion pictures, and sound recordings.

Archiving Early America    Historic documents from 18th century America displayed in their original format. Contains newspapers, maps and writings from the Colonial Period, the War of Independence, and the presidencies of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

Bastrop ISD   American History Links

Biographical Dictionary    Biographical sketches of over 27,000 people spanning the history of mankind.

Black History    Offers a full range of activities and explores African-American issues on the Web.

Civil War Photo Gallery    The collection is organized chronologically and is linked to a useful time line. From the Library of Congress.

Civil War

Eighty Days That Changed the World     Celebrate TIME magazine's 80-year history with a report on several extraordinary days that changed the course of history.

Ellis Island   Virtual museum on immigration.

Excerpts from Slave Narratives    Excellent collection of first hand accounts both by slaves and slave traders. Includes remarks by Olaudah Equiano, Frederick Douglas, John Brown, and many others.
 

From Revolution to Reconstruction

History Calendar

The History Channel    Find out what happened today in history, link to speeches of the famous or not so famous people, take a trivia quiz, or learn about historical sites and tours.

The History Net    Where History Lives on the Net Internet magazine brought to you by the National Historical Society, full of interesting articles about American and world history.

The History Place

History's Best on PBS     Shows great pages from PBS shows. Links to American history, world history, history on TV, biographies, and history in the classroom. Infonation - Select a country, then go to the Data Menu to select statistics and other data fields. Then click on Switch to a Country at a Glance to see all info on a particular country.

History in Song

Hyper History       HyperHistory is an expanding scientific project presenting 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of synchronoptic lifelines, timelines, and maps.

IPL's POTUS    Presidents of the United States

National Archives and Records Administration   Historical documents online.

Old West

On This Day     Today's Highlights in History

Rundlett Middle School, Concord, New Hampshire Social Studies Links   Great social studies links especially including Civil War Sites, Colonial, and Revolutionary Sites.

Smithsonian Resources and Tours    Search the Smithsonian Museums, visit resources, read on-line Smithsonian publications and see photographs.

Today's Events in History

US Documents   Documents from colonial times to Vietnam
 

Decades Links

Decades     20th Century History by the Decades. This page is General 20th Century Resources.

Fifties Web Home Page
 

World History
Ellis Island   Virtual museum on immigration.

Exploring Ancient World Cultures   Text, maps, chronologies and links to other web sites for the ancient cultures of: the Near East, India, Egypt, China, Greece and Rome plus early Islam and medieval Europe. 50 States.com -Info on all the states and capitals of the United States.

The History Channel    Find out what happened today in history, link to speeches of the famous or not so famous people, take a trivia quiz, or learn about historical sites and tours.

The History Net    Where History Lives on the Net Internet magazine brought to you by the National Historical Society, full of interesting articles about American and world history.

The History Place

History's Best on PBS     Shows great pages from PBS shows. Links to American history, world history, history on TV, biographies, and history in the classroom. Infonation - Select a country, then go to the Data Menu to select statistics and other data fields. Then click on Switch to a Country at a Glance to see all info on a particular country.

Hyper History       HyperHistory is an expanding scientific project presenting 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of synchronoptic lifelines, timelines, and maps.

Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology    Hosted by The University of Memphis. See Exhibit of Artifacts, tour Egyptian sites along the Nile River and other web sites that provide information about Egypt.

On This Day    Today's Highlights in History