Researching the USA
USA-bezogene Recherchen
Digital Libraries / Digitale Bibliotheken
About the USA
InfoUSA
http://usa.usembassy.de/
http://usinfo.state.gov/infousa/
Directories / Thematische Verzeichnisse
Google
Open Directory Project
Yahoo
http://www.google.com/dirhp
http://www.dmoz.org/
http://dir.yahoo.com/
Selective / auswählend
Best Information on the Net
http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Default.htm
Infomine. Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
http://lib-www.ucr.edu/
The Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/
Librarians Internet Index
http://lii.org/
Reference Service / Auskunftsdienst
Encyclopedias / Enzyklopädien
Columbia Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encarta Encyclopedia
Visual Dictionary Online
Wikipedia
http://www.bartleby.com/65/
http://www.britannica.com/
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/artcenter.aspx
http://visual.merriam-webster.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Almanac / Almanach
Infoplease
http://www.infoplease.com/
Link lists / Linksammlungen
Bartleby com – Great Books Online
http://www.bartleby.com/
Best Free Reference Websites, by American Library Association
http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasections/mars/marspubs/marsbestindex.cfm
Best Information on the Net: Online Reference Resources
http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Online/onlindex.htm
The Free Dictionary
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
The Internet Public Library: Reference http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref00.00.00
Refdesk.com
http://www.refdesk.com/index.html ; http://www.refdesk.com/toc.html
Virtual Reference Shelf
http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html
Reference Help / Hilfe für den Auskunftsdienst
Ask a Librarian
Project Wombat
QuestionPoint
http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/
http://www.project-wombat.org/
http://www.oclc.org/us/en/questionpoint/default.htm
Periodicals / Zeitschriften und Zeitungen
NewsDirectory
Newspapers.com
U.S. News Archives on the Web
http://newsdirectory.com/
http://www.newspapers.com
http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/archives.html
Periodical articles / Zeitschriftenaufsätze
Find Articles at BNET
HighWirePress
Magportal
http://findarticles.com/
http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl
http://www.magportal.com/
Statistics / Statistiken
FedStats
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Statistical Resources on the Web
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.fedstats.gov/
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html
http://www.census.gov/
Topics / Themen
America.gov
http://www.america.gov/
Economic Policy Institute: Policy Guides http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/issueguides_issueguide
Government Information by Topic
http://www.usa.gov/
The Internet Public Library: Pathfinders http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/
Pros and Cons of Controversial Issues http://www.procon.org/
Public Agenda: Issue Guides
http://www.publicagenda.org/
Social Psychology Links by Subtopic
http://www.socialpsychology.org/social.htm
Government publications / Regierungsveröffentlichungen
Foreign Press Centers
http://fpc.state.gov/
Major State Department Publications
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/rls/dos/221.htm
[includes for example Country Reports of Human Rights Practices, Country Reports of Terrorism, Foreign
Relations of the United States, Human Rights Reports, International Religious Freedom Report, U.S.
Participation in the United Nations]
THOMAS
http://thomas.loc.gov/
[Provides access to federal legislative information like bills and laws, also covers activity in Congress]
USA.gov – The U.S. Government’s Official Web Portal
U.S. Government Printing Office
http://www.usa.gov/
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/databases.html
[databases include the following titles: Budget of the United States Government, Code of Federal Regulations,
Congressional Record, Economic Indicators, Economic Report of the President, Federal Register, Public Papers
of the Presidents of the United States, United States Code, U.S. Government Manual, Weekly Compilaiton of
Presidential Documents]
University of Michigan Documents Center
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/
Keeping Current / auf dem Laufenden bleiben
Atlantic-Community.org > Global Must Reads, Domestic Debates: http://www.atlantic-community.org/
Global Agenda: Amerikanische Debatten
http://www.atlantic-outlook.org/root/index.php?lang=de&page_id=44
InfoAlert
http://infoalert.usembassy.de/
USA erklärt
http://usaerklaert.wordpress.com/
last updated on November 3, 2008
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