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MLA • MLA guide to in-text citations and Works Cited list from Ohio State University (pdf version) • Citing Electronic Sources in the MLA format (pdf version) • Cornell University Library MLA Citation Style (web site) Writing
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Buenos Aires Herald (Argentina) Christian Science Monitor (USA) The Globe and Mail (Canada) The Guardian (UK) Gulf News (United Arab Emirates) Khaleej Times (United Arab Emirates) Latin American Post (Colombia) The Local (Germany) The Phnom Penh Post (Cambodia) The Saigon Post (Vietnam) San Jose Mercury (USA) The Standard (Hong Kong) The Straits Times (Singapore) The Wall Street Journal (USA) |
| eMagazines The Atlantic Monthly The Economist FindArticles MagPortal Newsweek Time US News and World Report |
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| General/General
History The History Place This is an excellent general, US and World History site. FedWorld Information Network This page has a search engine for the US Federal Government also includes Databases which has every Supreme Court decision since 1937. St. Charles City-County Library District, Links to all sorts of governmental and history sites. |
| Geography Atlapedia Online This is a very detailed site with overviews and political and physical maps of countries. The University of Texas Library Online site has very detailed, very large maps as well as smaller less detailed maps of all areas and countries of the world. CIA: World Fact Book This is an extensive and easy-to-use site which has maps and information on every country in the world from the US perspective. |
| World History The History Place This is an excellent general, US and World History site. |
| Contemporary
World History CIA: World Fact Book This is an extensive and easy-to-use site which has maps and information on every country in the world from the US perspective. United States Departement of State Official attitudes and statements on a wide range of current issues. Excellent foreign countries section. Country Studies From the Library of Congress. Profiles on lesser known areas of the world. Your Nation An online source that allows you to compare, rank, or summarize different countries side-by-side. China/Chinese Links China Education & Research Network China News Digest ChinaPages.com Internet Law Library: China |
| United
States Government United States Departement of State Official attitudes and statements on a wide range of current issues. Excellent foreign countries section. Constitution of the United States Organized site from Emory University Law School has the complete text of the Constitution. The Federalist Papers Organized site from Emory University has the complete text of all of the Federalist Papers organized chronologically with author and subject. Congress.Org Here is a useful site with Capital Directory, Current Legislation, Congressional Scorecard, Today in Congress. Fedstats Home Page This site is a clearinghouse for statistics from over 100 federal agencies. FedWorld Information Network This page has a search engine for the US Federal Government also includes Databases which has every Supreme Court decision since 1937. League of Women Voters of Palo Alto This home page from Palo Alto office includes local, state and national positions as well as links. The Oyez Project by Northwestern University. U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia Database. Project Vote Smart This well-laid out, logical web site has links and loads of information on state and federal candidates, politicians, elections and voting records. Public Agenda Online This is a well-organized site which purports itself as the "journalist's source" for public opinion, issue and policy analysis. Legal Information Institute by Cornell University. Historic Supereme Court cases by topic. National Archives Online Exhibit Hall Documents from the National Archives and Records Administration. |
| United States
History The History Place This is an excellent general, US and World History site. American Memory From the Library of Congress. Different collections of visuals and documents from U.S. History as well as a "today in history" section. United States Historical Documents From the University of Oklahoma: College of Law The American Civil War Homepage Range of different links and topics. Civil War Women From Duke University. Diaries, letters, photographs, etc. from women of the Civil War South. Documenting the American South From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Texts of nearly 300 books and manuscripts focusing on the South, Civil War, slavery and North Carolina until 1920. African American Odyssey From the Library of Congress. Remembering Nagasaki Photos and remembrances of the aftermath of Nagasaki from The Exploratorium. War Relocation Camps in Arizona From the University of Arizona. Photos and text on the internment camps. |
| Online Polls Harris Interactive is a worldwide market research and consulting firm, best known for The Harris Poll ® and for its pioneering use of the Internet to conduct scientifically accurate market research. PollingReport.com An independent, nonpartisan resource on trends in American public opinion. Includes polls from various news sources. The Gallop Organization |
