Embassy of the United States

Information Resource Center

Internet Links

GOVERNMENT:
Federal Web Navigator (http://lawdbase.law.villanova.edu/fedweb):
Includes over 800 links to Federal government agencies. Many of these links are annotated. Descriptions were gathered from the United States Government Manual and mission statements on agency web pages. You can search by Agency name or abbreviation or by subject.

Political Information (http://www.politicalinformation.com):
This is a search engine for political news, commentary, and information

Information USA (http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa):
Is an authoritative resource for foreign audiences seeking information about official U.S. policies and American society, culture, and political processes.

POTUS -- Presidents of the United States (http://www.ipl.org/div/potus):
Comprehensive information on the American presidents from George Washington to George W. Bush.

LAW:
Find Law (http://www.findlaw.com):
This guide to Legal Resources has been the subject of much praise for its resource listings and organization. One of its advantages is its browseable and searchable archive of US Supreme Court decisions from 1937 to the present. Each case is presented in hypertext format, which allows linking from case to case.

US Code (http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode):
This version is generated from the most recent version made available by the US House of Representatives.

STATISTICS:
U.S. Census Bureau (http://www.census.gov):
Your source for social, demographic, and economic information about the United States.
 
Current Economic Indicators (http://www.census.gov/econ/www)

FEDSTATS (http://www.fedstats.gov):
Statistics of interest to the public from more than 70 agencies in the United States Federal Government.

BIOGRAPHIES:
Biography.com (http://www.boigraphy.com):
Links to thousands of biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, letters, narratives, oral histories and more. Individual lives of the famous, the infamous and the not so famous. Group biographies about people who share a common profession, historical era or geography. Also general collections, resources on biographical criticism and special collections.

DIRECTORIES:
United States Department of Commerce (http://www.ita.doc.gov):

DOCTORS & HOSPITALS:
American Hospitals (http://www.americanhospitals.com):
This site features American hospitals, health information and medical links.

MOVIES:
The Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com):
A free resource containing of 750,000 filmographies and much more.

AWARDS & PRIZES:
Emmy Awards (Academy of Television Arts & Sciences)
(http://www.emmys.org):
Awards presented annually for outstanding programs, performers and behind-the-scenes talent in television broadcasting.

The Grammy Awards (National Academy for Recording Arts and Sciences) (http://www.grammy.com):
Awards for a musicological article published by a young scholar during the previous year.

ALMANACS:
Information Please Almanac (http://www.infoplease.com):
Combining the contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, and several up-to-the minute almanacs loaded with statistics, facts, and historical records, Information Please places the resources of an entire reference information center at your fingertips. The enormous body of information contained in this site is continuously updated and refined, which makes it the most reliable and authoritative reference site on the web.  

CNN Daily Almanac (http://www.cnn.com/almanac/daily)

CIA World Fact Book (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook)

DICTIONARIES:
Merriam-Webster OnLine Dictionary (http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm)
 
Thesaurus.com (http://thesaurus.reference.com/search.html)  


ENCYCLOPEDIAS:
Encyclopedia Britanica (http://www.britannica.com/)

QUOTATIONS:
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (http://www.bartleby.com/100):
A collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature.