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• AddictionSearch.com - Directory. Can search, browse links on additions, statistics, populations, treatment, social issues, to statistics, organizations, etc.



• Africa South of the Sahara - Directory. Can search, browse links by countries/regions & 35 topics (business, history, international relations, literature, etc.).



• African Americana - Directory. Can browse links to general guides, bibliographies, catalogs, exhibits, indexes & databases.



• African Studies Center - Directory. Can browse General Resources links to country pages, K-12 resources (lesson plans, etc.), multimedia archives, Web links in 30 categories (arts, business, health, history, human rights, etc.).



• afrika.no - Directory. Can search, browse (by country, subject [business, health, history, human rights, etc.], news) over 4,000 links.



• AllLaw.com - Directory. Can search, browse articles, forms, links in 15 categories (business & corporate, criminal, intellectual property, tax, etc.); Find a Lawyer.



• American Civil War Homepage, The - Directory. Can browse links in 13 categories (biographical, military, bibliographies, battles & campaigns, images, etc.).



• American Civil War, The - Directory. Can browse links in 55 categories (gateways, documents & records, Lincoln, Native Americans, slavery & emancipation, etc.).



• American Law Sources On-line (ASLO) - Directory. Can browse links to sources of law, commentary, practice aids for the U.S., Canada, Mexico.



• AmoebaWeb - Directory. Can search, browse over 2,000 links in 27 categories (school, forensic, social, etc., psychology), 120 links to full-text journals, on APA style & writing, etc.



• Anthro.Net - Directory. Can search, browse 40,000 pages of reviewed links in over 50 categories.



• Anthropology Resources on the Internet - Can browse, browse over 3,500 links in 7 categories (news, university departments, institutions, Web directories, by countries & regions, newworking, by 20 topics).



• AnthroTECH - Can search, browse links in 15 categories (archaeology, cultural anthropology, education, specialized fields, etc.).



• ArchNet Home Page - Can search, browse archeology links in 4 categories (regional views, educational & research resources, by 27 topics, institutions & organizations).



• Arts and Humanities - Can search, browse 18,000 links on the arts & creative industries, historical & philosophical studies, languages, literature, cultural studies, linguistics, classics.



• Best of History Web Sites - Directory. Can search, browse over 10,000 links to history sites & hundreds of K-12 lesson plans, teacher guides, activities, games, quizzes, etc.



• Byzantium - Directory. Can browse links (text, images, sound, documents, 20 syllabi, etc.) on Byzantium.



• Canadian Information By Subject - Directory. Can search, browse worldwide links on Canada.



• Canadian Social Research Links - Directory. Can search, browse over 6,000 links in 45 categories (children, families, youth; globalization; poverty; women's issues, etc.).



• CanLinks - Directory. Can browse links on Canada in 15 categories (literature, history, etexts, organizations, etc.).



• Constitution Finder - Directory. Can browse links to constitutions, charters, amendments, other related documents, some with multiple language versions.



• Data on the Net - Directory. Can search, browse over 360 sources of social sciences statistical data, data catalogs & libraries, gateways, etc.



• Demography & Population Studies - Can search, browse links in 8 categories (virtual libraries, census & data servers, ejournals, historical resources, conferences, etc.).



• Dr. John Grohl's Psych Central - Directory. Can search, browse over 1,500 rated links on mental health disorders, symptoms, treatments (alcohol, bipolar, etc.).



• Dr. T's EconLinks.com - Directory. Can browse links to news & commentary, data & analysis, economics sites in over 30 categories (departments, associations, teaching resources, data, etc.).



• Dscriptorium - Directory. Can browse links to sites with images of Medieval manuscripts.



• East & Southeast Asia: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources - Directory. Can browse links on the politics, society, history, culture of East & Southease Asia. Covers Asian Americans.



• EcEdWeb (Economic Education Web) - Directory. Can search, browse data & information in 13 categories (general sites; economy wide, macro data, employment; international data; government budgets & debt; money, currencies, finance; stocks, mutual funds, company data; personal finance; population & places; government & political; environmental econ; economists directories, journals, papers, etc.), 200 links to K-12 & college teaching resources, etc.



• Economic Growth Resources - Directory. Can search, browse literature surveys back to 1988, references, reseacher's Web sites, papers, datasets, journals, networks, etc.



• Electronic Resources for Classicists: The Second Generation - Directory. Can browse links in 20 categories (databases, course materials, epublications, etc.).



• EmbassyWorld.com - Directory. Can search embassies, consulates worldwide. Includes All The Worlds Maps, etc.



• Encyclopedia of Psychology - Directory. Can search, browse over 2,000 links to information on relationships, organizations, theories, people & history, etc.).



• Enpsychlopedia - Directory. Can search, browse over 40,000 links on psychology & mental health.



• Environment Directory, The - Directory. Can search, browse links in 30 categories (arts, business, education, government, health, science, social science, sustainable development, etc.).



• Environmental Ethics - Directory. Can browse links & essays on 14 topics (genetic engineering & nanotechnology, animals & vegetarianism, etc.).



• EuroInternet - Can browse 1,300 links on Europe, the European Union (EU), etc.



• European Union History - Can search, browse links in 9 categories (archives, bibliographies, Cold War, electronic resources, EMUs in the past, federalist & historical documents, histories, timelines.



• Everything Postmodern - Directory. Can browse over 1,000 links to resources, Web sites, ejournals & ezines; on the thinkers, etc.



• Federal Court Finder - Directory. Can browse links to the Supreme Court & alternate archives, District Courts, Courts of Appeals, Supreme Court, other U.S. Federal courts.



• FedLaw - Directory. Can browse links to Federal laws & regulations, the Federal judiciary, state laws, associations & organizations, etc.



• Foreign Affairs Online - Directory. Can search, browse links to reference materials; governments; on international law, organizations, affairs.



• Geosource - Directory. Can browse over 4,620 links on human & physical geography, environmental science, etc. Has links to over 1,000 ejournals (not all free).



• Guide to Law Online - Can browse links to full-text laws, regulations, court decisions; commentary from lawyers; material for lay persons; government sites with general information. Covers international & multinational law, nations of the world, the U.S. federal code & constitution, U.S. states & territories.



• Healthlinks.net - Directory. Can search, browse over 113,000 links in over 40 categories (alternative-complementary, child development, diseases, elder care, hospitals, laboratories, life sciences, mental health, nursing, nutrition, occupational therapy, pharmaceutical, physical therapy, public health, speech therapy, etc.).



• HealthWeb - Directory. Can browse links in 70 categories (allied health, alternative medicine, anatomy, developmental disabilities, ethics, evidence-based health care, neurology, nursing, occupational therapy, orthopedics, pharmacy, physical medicine & rehabilitation, psychiatry/psychology, public health, speech-language pathology & audiology, sports medicine, substance abuse, etc.).



• HG.org (Hieros Gamos) - Can search worldwide directories (experts witnesses, etc.), browse over 200,000 links in 70 areas (taxation, etc.). Has student resources, a legal business center, etc. Covers U.S. & international law.



• History - American and British - Directory. Can browse links to Reference Resources, archival & manuscript guides, general history portals, sites by subject & period, full-text documents, history asociations & listservs.



• History Guide / InformationsWeiser Geschichte - Directory. Can search, browse (by time period, 7 subject areas, etc.) 5,000 links on Anglo-American, Central & Western European history.



• History On-Line - Directory. Can search, browse over 40,000 citations of books, journal articles; 3,300 citations of U.K. theses back to 1993, etc.; university lecturers & research; evaluated links.



• Index of Native American Resources on the Internet - Can search, browse links on culture, history, education, language, health, art, etc.



• International Economics Network, The - Directory. Can browse links to news, research, commentary in 8 categories (economics, politics, ICT & biotech, business & finance law, development, news & commentary, research papers).



• International Political Economy Network (IPNet), The - Directory. Can browse links in 8 categories (homepages of IPE scholars, 34 syllabi, universities & colleges, online journals & blogs, 29 links, etc.



• Internet African History Sourcebook - Directory. Can browse links (articles, reviews, discussions, etc.) on Africa & Islam, slavery, imperialism, independence, etc. Links to Byzantium, the Internet Ancient History Sourcebook, Internet History of Science Sourcebook, Internet Islamic History Sourcebook, Internet Jewish History Sourcebook, Internet Medieval Sourcebook, Internet Modern History Sourcebook, Internet Women's History Sourcebook, etc.



• Internet Ancient History Sourcebook - Directory. Can browse links (primary documents, multimedia, etc.) on Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia, Israel, Greece, Rome, etc. Links to Byzantium, the Internet History of Science Sourcebook, Internet Islamic History Sourcebook, Internet Jewish History Sourcebook, Internet Medieval Sourcebook, Internet Modern History Sourcebook, Internet Women's History Sourcebook, etc.



• Internet Global History Sourcebook - Directory. Can browse links (articles, reviews, discussions, etc.) on how cultures interact & form new ones. Links to Byzantium, the Internet Ancient History Sourcebook, Internet History of Science Sourcebook, Internet Islamic History Sourcebook, Internet Jewish History Sourcebook, Internet Medieval Sourcebook, Internet Modern History Sourcebook, Internet Women's History Sourcebook, etc.



• Internet Guide for Chinese Studies (IGCS) - Can browse links to library resources, full-text databases, etc., via the Library of Congress classification system (history, economy, society, politics, education, fine arts, etc.).



• Internet Islamic History Sourcebook - Directory. Can browse links (primary documents, multimedia, etc.) back to the pre-Islamic Arab world. Links to Byzantium, the Internet Ancient History Sourcebook, Internet Global History Sourcebook, Internet History of Science Sourcebook, Internet Jewish History Sourcebook, Internet Medieval Sourcebook, Internet Women's History Sourcebook, etc.



• Internet Medieval Sourcebook - Directory. Can browse links (primary documents, maps, etc.) on Medieval Jewish life, etc. Links to Byzantium, the Internet Ancient History Sourcebook, Internet Global History Sourcebook, Internet History of Science Sourcebook, Internet Islamic History Sourcebook, Internet Jewish History Sourcebook, Internet Modern History Sourcebook, Internet Women's History Sourcebook, etc.



• Internet Modern History Sourcebook - Directory. Can browse links (primary documents, multimedia, etc.) on the Reformation to the 21st century. Links to Byzantium, the Internet Ancient History Sourcebook, Internet Global History Sourcebook, Internet History of Science Sourcebook, Internet Islamic History Sourcebook, Internet Jewish History Sourcebook, Internet Medieval Sourcebook, Internet Women's History Sourcebook, etc.



• Internet Resources on Aging - Directory. Can search, browse over 900 links on over 20 topics (government, housing, state & area agencies, etc.).



• Internet Women's History Sourcebook - Directory. Can browse links (articles, reviews, sites, etc.) on medieval & modern Europe, China, Africa, Islamic world, etc.). Links to Byzantium, the Internet Ancient History Sourcebook, Internet Global History Sourcebook, Internet History of Science Sourcebook, Internet Islamic History Sourcebook, Internet Jewish History Sourcebook, Internet Medieval Sourcebook, Internet Modern History Sourcebook, etc.



• Irish History on the Web - Directory. Can search, browse links in 16 categories (Celtic history, the Irish famine, 1500-1900, the North & The Troubles, literature & writings, historical documents, Orangeism & Loyalism, etc.).



• Irish Literature, Mythology, Folklore, and Drama - Directory. Can browse links on history, language, periodicals (not all free), literature, mythology, folklore, publishers, fine arts, etc.



• ISN Links Library (International Relations and Security Network), The - Search, browse links by country & to government agencies & departments, NGOs, research institutes & their projects, journals, research reports, etc.



• Israel Science and Technology Homepage - Directory. Can search, browse links to Israeli resources in 15 categories (sciences, social sciences, humanities, organizations (academic, Jewish, etc.), news, jobs, etc.).



• Labour Economics Gateway - Directory. Can browse links in 6 categories (economists, research institutes, reading room [ebooks, etc.], statistics & datasets, discussion forums, conference calls).



• Labour History - Can search, browse over 650 links on labor, business, economic history in 11 categories (research institutions, museums, archives & libraries, data libraries, journals, etc.).



• Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies, The - Directory. Can search, browse links to essays, bibliographies, etexts, etc., in 40 categories (archaeology, arts a& architecture, history, Latin, manuscripts, music, philosophy & theology, religious history, sciences, etc.). Covers the British Isles, Anglo-Saxon, France, Germany, Iberia, Italy, Judiasm, Scandinavia.



• LANIC (Latin American Information Center) - Directory. Can search, browse 12,000 links on 27 countries in 14 categories (countries, economy, education, government, humanities, Internet & computing, media & communication, regional resources, science, society & culture, sustainable development).



• latinworld - Directory. Can search, browse links on business & culture in Iberoamerica & the Caribbean.



• LawCrawler - Legal Web & Databases Search - Can search law & legal sites & databases (U.S. government, Supreme Court, etc.).



• LAWLINKS - Directory. Can browse links in 12 categories (gateways & portals, European Union, international, human rights, etc.).



• Lawyers.com - A subsidiary of LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell Has a directory of lawyers & basic consumer legal information. Let's you find, ask, contact lawyers.



• LegalEngine.com - Directory. Can search, browse links in 14 categories (courts & caselaw, news, government, audio & video, online forms, etc.). Focus is the U.K., followed by the European Union, then European, worldwide sites.



• Library & Archives Canda - Directory. Can browse links to federal, provincial, territorial government & legislature sites; federal documents; news & release pages.



• Links for the History Profession - Directory. Can browse links to organizations & institutions, teaching & research resources, careers, publications, state historical societies.



• LSU Libraries Federal Agencies Directory - Directory. Can search and browse to all current U.S. federal government agencies.



• Medical Resource Reviews Database - Directory. Can search, browse summaries & reviews & links to over 1,800 electronic information resources (browsable Web sites, downloadable datasets & software, CD-ROMs). Covers acupuncture, complementary medicine, neurology, nursing, pharmacology, physcal therapy, psychiatry, psychology, public health, etc.



• Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research - Directory. Can search, browse judicial opinions, legislation, federal regulation, etc.



• Middle East North Africa Internet Resource Guide, The - Directory. Can browse links on disciplines (political science, history, etc.), nations & states, services (business & economics, etc.), etc.



• NARIC Knowledgebase, The - Can search, browse 2,800 links to disability & rehabilitation facilities, organizations, publications, resources.



• National Political Index - Directory. Can browse over 3,500 links in 32 categories (officials & candidates, activist groups, federal legislation, etc.).



• NativeWeb - Directory. Can browse over 5,700 links in 36 categories (history, human rights, literature, museums & online exhibits, etc.).



• NetSERF - Directory. Can search, browse over 1,800 links (mostly Medieval etexts) in 17 categories (art, architecture, history, literature, people, religion, culture, music, science & technology, women, etc.). Has over 700 news items, a glossary.



• NeuraLinksPlus - Directory. Can search, browse over 2,500 links on abnormal & developmental disorders; to over 440 full-text, peer-reviewed journals; 60 Internet search tools & tutorials; etc.



• Neuroscience - Can browse an extensive list of links.



• Neurosciences on the Internet (Neuroguide.com) - Directory. Can search, browse links (databases, diseases, guides, images, journals, etc.). on neurobiology, neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, psychology, cognitive science.



• New York State Government Information Locator Service (NYS GILS) - Can brorwse links to State Government agencies, the State Legislature, the Judiciary.



• NGO Cafe, The - Can browse information by sphere (environment, urban, economy, etc.), theme (sustainable development, etc.), information (collaboration, etc.).



• Nice Geography Sites - Directory. Can browse links to general, GSI & remote sensing, news group sites.



• Online Communication Studies Resources - Directory. Can search, browse links in 15 categories (advertising, digital media, film studies, health & science communication, journalism & mass communication, political communication, rhetoric studies, etc.).



• PAIR (Portal to Asian Internet Resources) - Directory. Can search, browse links on the disciplines in the social sciences (business & economics, education, political science, sociology), topics (banking & finance, demography, population, environment, health, industry & trade, politics, government, international relations).



• Pat McClendon's Clinical Social Work - Directory. Can search, browse links on abuse, addiction, violence, to therapists, etc.



• PINAKES - Directory. Can link to over 50 major subject gateways.



• Political Resources on the Net - Directory. Can search, browse links to political parties & federations, elections, organizations, governments, media, etc. worldwide.



• PRAXIS - Directory. Can browse over 1,750 links to articles, books, chapters, reports on social & economic development.



• Psychological Research on the Net - Directory. Can browse links to experiments on the Internet in 19 categories (cognition, consumer, educational, forensic, health, industrial/organizational, mental, sensation & perseption, social, etc.).



• Psychology of Language Page of Links, The - Directory. Can browse links in 12 categories (researchers, labs & programs, organizations, meetings, corpora, jobs, software, etc.).



• REENIC (Russian and East European Network Information Center) - Directory. Can search, browse links on Eastern & Central Europe & the Former Soviet Union.



• REESWeb (Russian & East European Studies Virtual Library) - Can search, browse links on the Balkans, Baltic states, Caucusus, Central Asia, Central Europe, the CIS, Eastern Europe, NIS, Russian Federation, former Soviet Union.



• Resources for Economists on the Internet (RFE) - AEAweb (American Economic Association) directory. Can search, browse over 2,100 links in 97 sections.



• Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research - Directory. Can browse links to ebooks, manuals, articles on how to do social research (surveys, interviews, observations, etc.).



• Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources - Directory. Can browse links in 14 categories (area studies, constitutions, elections, political parties & platforms, political thought, etc.). Has links to FAQs, tools, etc.



• Search Systems - Directory. Can search, browse 19,100 public record databases of business information, corporate filings, property records, unclaimed property, professional licenses, offenders, inmates, criminal & civil court filings, etc.



• SearchGov.com - Search engine & directory. Trawls Federal sites, executive & independent agencies, state & local governments; indexes them; ranks by popularity.



• September 11 Web Archive, The - Directory. Can search, browse over 4,000 links in 12 categories (press, government, corporate/business, school/educational, etc.).



• Sleep Medicine Home Page - Directory. Can browse links on the physiology of sleep; clinical sleep medicine; sleep research; federal, state, patient information; business.



• Social Psychology Network - Directory. Can search, browse over 13000 links (online studies, teaching resources, distance learning, etc.).



• Social Sciences - Can search, browse links in 19 categories (anthropology, business & management, economics, education, environmental studies, government policy, human geography, law, politics, psychology, research tools & methods, social welfare, sociology, sport & leisure practice, statistics & data, women's studies, etc.).



• Social Work Search - Directory. Can search, browse links in 18 categories (human services, mental health, child welfare, licensing, violence, etc.).



• SocioLog, The - Directory. Can serach, browse over 1,000 links (U.S. & Canadian sociology departments, over 220 ejournals [not all free], associations & insittutes, mailing lists, etc.).



• Sociological Tour Through Cyberspace, A - Directory. Can search, browse links (theory, data & tools, methods & statistics, etc.). Covers social psychology & gerontology.



• Sociology Central - Directory. Can browse links in 14 categories, resources (lesson plans, worksheets, etc.), etc.



• SocioSite - Directory. Can search, browse links in 24 categories (communication, information, media; cyberspace & Web sociology; economic sociology; famous sociologists; history & social change; industrial relations & trade unions; management; music; power: conflict & war; social & cultural anthropology; social geography; social policy, social security & social work; sociology of (distance) education; sociology of health; sociology of labor; sociology of organization; teletrade - e-commerce - telemarketing; etc.). Has links to over 300 ejournals & emagazines (not all free).



• SocioWeb, The - Directory. Can search, browse links in 12 categories (indexes, journals, learning, associations, surveys, writings, etc.).



• Speech and Transcript Center - Directory. Can browse links (text, audio) to recordings or transcripts of recent speeches of government & business leaders.



• State and Local Government on the Net - Directory. Can search, browse over 10,860 links to state, many county, some city, tribal, U.S.-affiliated territorial units, multistate sites, federal resources, national organizations, etc.



• SWAN (Social Work Access Network) - Directory. Can search, browse links to schools, conferences, organizations, policy & government; a chat; listserv; etc.



• U.S. Diplomatic History Resources Index - Directory. Can browse links to archives, bibliographies, book reviews, books, centers, course materials, degree programs, documents, etc.



• United Nations Scholars' Workstation - Directory. Can browse links to texts, finding aids, data sets, maps, pointers to print & electronic information. Covers disarmament, economic & social development, environment, human rights, international relations, international trade, peacekeeping, population & demography.



• University of Michigan Documents Center - Directory. Can search, browse Documents in the News, Government Resources on the Web, Political Science Resources on the Web, Statistical Resources on the Web, etc.



• Victorian Web, The - Directory. Can search, browse links (essays, primary source excerpts, timelines, bibliographies, images, etc.) on philosophy, history, arts, authors, genre & techniques, etc.



• Virtual Geography Department, The - Directory. Can browse links to college-level links (instructional material, syllabi & material, etc.) in 8 categories (cartography, physical geography; Earth's environment & society; urban & economic geography; geographic information sciences/remote sensing/statistics; virtual fieldtrips; history & philosophy of geography; world regional geography & area studies).



• Voice of the Shuttle (VOS) - Directory. Can search, browse thousands of links in 26 categories (humanities [art, literature, etc.]; social, technology, culture [politics & government, etc.]; postindustrial business theory; etc.). Includes teaching resources, reference, over 600 ejournals & collections (not all free), etc.



• WebEc (World Wide Web Resources in Economic) - Can search, browse over 1,500 links (most free) in over 20 categories, 200 ejournals (not all free).



• World History Compass (WHC) - Directory. Can search, browse historical & contemporary links worldwide.



• WWW School Psychology Homepage, The - Directory. Can browse links in 10 categories (media, training, assessment, legal, associations, etc.).



• WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources, The - Can browse over 2,600 links in 5 categories (getting started, media sources, regions & countries, topic [international business & economics; peace conflict, international security; etc.),



• www.health.gov - Directory. Can browse links to U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, multi-agency, other federal department & agency; state & local government activities.



• WWW-VL History Central Catalogue - Can browse links on research methods & materials, 22 topics, countries & regions, eras & epochs, etc.