 | Water Organizations academicinfo.net |
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| World Resources Institute |
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| Water Resources -
Facts and Figures;
Internet Resources; Publications and Papers |
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| Fertile Ground: -
Nutrient trading's potential to cost-effectively improve water quality |
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The Water
Librarians' Home Page - Includes: Agencies; Reference Databases;
Comprehensive Water Pages; Regional Issues; Water Mailing Lists; Water Library |
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| Water Resources of the United States
- These pages provide access to water-resources data collected at
approximately 1.5 million sites in all 50 States, the District of Columbia,
and Puerto Rico.
From the U.S. Geological Survey |
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| American Water Resources Association |
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| Water Resources
Information/Links - Online Resources, Recommended Websites and
Other Organizations of Interest |
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| Birds: Bellwethers of
Watershed Health - This module will introduce how birds respond to
changes in watersheds, and how landscape conditions can be managed to help
birds and improve overall watershed health |
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| Cadillac Desert
Home Page - Site to accompany PBS' 1997 four-part documentary series |
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| Drought Information Center - It is
a roundup of the various NOAA Web sites and information on drought and climate
conditions |
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| Environmental Impact of the
Offshore Oil and Gas Industry - This site provides information on the impact
of the offshore oil and gas industry on the ocean environment and living
resources |
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| Global Hydrology and
Climate Center (GHCC) - a joint venture between government and academia to
the study the global water cycle and its effect on climate |
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| Global Development Research Center |
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| Urban Environmental Management |
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| Urban Water Resources Management |
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| Global Resource Bank - Internet Banking for
Sustainable Development |
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| Great Lakes Environment
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
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| Lake Michigan Lake
Wide Management Plan (LaMP 2000) |
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| Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN)
- is a partnership that provides one place online for people to find
information relating to the binational Great Lakes region of North America |
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| Harmful Algae Page
- Red Tide and Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
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Headwaters Project - scientific study of the effects of the proposed land
transfer on the Marbled Murrelet |
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Hydrology Web |
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| Pacific Northwest National Laboratory . |
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| Internet Guide to International Fisheries
Law - This site is designed to be a comprehensive resource centre for
information on international fisheries law and management. |
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| Glossary of Fisheries
Terms |
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| International Water Law
Project -
was created to
provide pertinent information on international water law and policy and related
topics. Specifically, it offers treaties, articles, news stories, case law,
Internet links, and other relevant information. |
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The World's Water project of the
Pacific Institute. |
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| Living Lakes - Includes
Profiles; Problems and Sustainable Solutions |
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Manatawny Creek:
Ecological Studies of Dam Removal - This project represents one of the first
comprehensive studies attempting to document the large-scale physical, chemical,
and biological changes in a river system following dam removal |
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Patrick Center for Environmental
Research - The Academy of Natural Sciences |
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| Missouri River InfoLINK -
Missouri
River Information |
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| National Drought Mitigation Center
University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
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Ocean and
Marine Conservation - Resources and online publications on Ocean
Policy and Law of the Sea; Marine Environment and Science; Fisheries and
Marine Conservation; Salmon Related Issues; Arctic and Antarctic Policy |
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| Peace Corps |
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| Peace Corps World Wise
Schools |
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| Water in Africa -
included the collection of resources from over 90 Volunteers serving in African
countries, the preparation of those photos and stories, and the creation of
standards-based learning units for K-12 students |
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| Pew Oceans Commission - Commission is
an independent group of American leaders conducting a national dialogue on the
policies needed to restore and protect living marine resources in U.S. waters |
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| Status of Marine Life
- report to Congress and the nation in Fall 2002 |
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| Fishing and Aquaculture
- report to Congress and the nation in Fall 2002 |
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| Coastal Development -
report to Congress and the nation in Fall 2002 |
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| Marine Pollution -
report to Congress and the nation in Fall 2002 |
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| Law and Programs - report
to Congress and the nation in Fall 2002 |
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| StreamNet On-Line
- We provide data and data services in support of the region's Fish and
Wildlife Program and other efforts to preserve and restore the region's
aquatic resources |
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| University of Wisconsin Water
Resources Institute Library |
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| Urban Rivers Awareness - will
introduce you to watersheds, the ecology of water, clean water and conservation
activities |
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Water and Power
in the Northwest - Seattle Times - In Short Supply
Water in Africa -
included the collection of resources from over 90 Volunteers serving in African
countries, the preparation of those photos and stories, and the creation of
standards-based learning units for K-12 students |
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Water Resources Center Archives -
Information about the collection (with sample images online) as well as a
listing of Internet resources. UC Berkeley Library |
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| The World's Water -
The Biennial
Report on Freshwater Resources |
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Also See
A for
Atmospheric Sciences
and M for
Meteorology
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| Argo: Observing the
Ocean in Real Time - A Global Array of Profiling Floats to
Understand & Forecast Climate |
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| American Society for
Microbiology |
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| Australian
Institute of Marine Science |
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Remote Data Stations - Weather and Oceanographic Buoys -
a series of remote data stations situated on the Great Barrier Reef in
Queensland and Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia |
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Canadian Climate Normals, 1961-1990 - Environment
Canada has recently made available these data on climate norms for provinces
in Canada during the period 1961-1990 |
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| Climate Diagnostics
Center (CDC) - Advancing Understanding and Predictions of Climate
Variability. NOAA - Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental
Sciences (CIRES) |
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| Environment
Canada |
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Meteorological Service of Canada |
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The UV Index, Weather and You - Includes a stunning NASA picture of
the Ozone Hole |
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| Extreme
Weather Sourcebook 2001 - Economic and Other Societal Impacts
Relate to Hurricanes, Floods, Tornadoes, Lightning, and Other U.S. Weather
Phenomena |
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| Environmental &
Societal Impact Group,
National Center for Atmospheric Research |
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Global Weather Links |
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Global Weather Extremes |
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Global Weather News |
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Global Hydrology and Climate Center (GHCC) - educating our society
on the global hydrological process and its impact on society's day-to-day
activities |
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| Lightning &
Atmospheric Electricity Research at the GHCC - Access to data from
the Lightning Team's experiments, information about the data, and links to
other sources of lightning data. Space Research & Observations, and Field
Campaigns & Ground Validation |
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| The Great
Plains 1 (GP-1) Lightning Locator - The GP-1 Lightning Locator is a
free-standing lightning receiving system that allows the approximate location
of lightning activity within 500 kilometers of the receiver site. Includes
Live Imagery |
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Historical Weather Database - Temperature and
precipitation data [and more] for 2,000 cities worldwide is available in our
historical database |
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| Live Weather Images
- Current weather images in general, current regional images, forecast maps,
satellite imagery, European images, bodies of water data, seismic activity,
city and regional doppler radars, movie loops, surf information, and aviation
information...Great live weather and tower cameras from many different places
around the world |
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Meteorological Service of Canada |
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Mississippi River Flood Photos (April 2001) - From
Digital Aerial Photography Taken During 2001 Gamma Snow Surveys |
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NCRFC Photo Gallery - Minnesota River & Mississippi
River Flood Photos (April 2001) |
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| National Academy Press
(free online versions) |
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| 2001
Improving the Effectiveness of U.S. Climate Modeling - Panel on
Improving the Effectiveness of U.S. Climate Modeling, Board on Atmospheric
Sciences and Climate, National Research Council, 2001. |
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| National Drought
Mitigation Center - University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
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Drought Impacts in the U.S. - Monthly updates |
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National Drought Policy Commission Final Report -
Preparing for Drought in the 21st Century (2000) |
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| National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) |
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| NOAA Drought
Information Center - It is a roundup of the various NOAA Web sites
and information on drought and climate conditions. Some external links are
included for your convenience |
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NOAA National Climatic Data Center |
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NOAA Climate of 2000 - Annual Review
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Climate Maps of the United States (CLIMAPS) - In here you will find
over 700 climate maps of the Contiguous United States |
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| NOAA National Weather
Service |
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| NOAA
Paleoclimatology Program |
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NOAA Rainfall and Drought in Equatorial East Africa
During the Past 1,100 Years |
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| NOAA Weather
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| National Weather Service |
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| Seasonal Weather
Forecasts - Extreme Weather Events and the Weather Derivatives
Market |
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Snow Crystals - This site is all about snow crystals and
snowflakes. Includes a short course in snow crystal physics |
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| Tornado Project
Online - There are many sites with tornado data, so we are giving
the subject a little different twist, with tornado myths, tornado oddities,
personal experiences, tornado chasing, tornado safety, and tornadoes in the
past as well as more recent tornadoes |
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| U.S. Forest Service |
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| North Central Research
Station |
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Atmospheric Disturbance Climatology - Covers the following climatic
patterns for the Northcentral and Northeastern U.S. |
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| U.S. Geological Survey |
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| Water Resources of
Idaho |
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| Global
Ice-Core Research - Once information about the past is known, we
can apply the knowledge to the present and future |
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| Urban
Climate Network - The Urban Climate Network (UCN) is an
Internet-based learning and data resource aimed at promoting an international
community of students, teachers and professionals interested in urban climate
studies |
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| WeatherOffice
- The Source for Weather in Canada |
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| Weathertalk.net -
Climatology, Education and Weather Phenomena |
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| WMO Global Datasets |
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Also See A for
American Women's Studies
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Women's Studies (R)E-sources on the Web - The various internet
sites listed below are primarily electronic sources or E-SOURCES that may be
useful for Women's Studies |
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| Voice of
the Shuttle: Gender Studies Page - Another fine Voice of the
Shuttle page. Has an extensive women's studies & feminist theory |
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WSSLINKS: Women & Gender Studies Web Sites - A
collection of annotated guides to Internet resources on Women's Studies and
gender issues. |
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BabyBoomWomen @ Work2020 - explores how women of the baby boom
generation (i.e., those born between 1946 - 1964) envisage paid work after the
age of 65, and the policy implications of an ageing female workforce |
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Canadian Women's Studies On-Line - This site provides information
about Women's Studies programs, resources & women's organizations in Canada
with links to the virtual world of womeno |
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Digital Librarian: Women's Resources - A lengthy alphabetical
listing of links |
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Distinguished Women of Past and Present - This site
has biographies of women who contributed to our culture in many different ways |
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| Femina Web Search
for Women |
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Feminism and Women's Studies - This page publishes women's studies
and feminist works, particularly focusing on issues of sex, gender, sexual
identity and sexuality in cultural practices |
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| Feminist
Anthropology - A brief survey |
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| Feminist Theory
Website - Designed to provide research materials for students and
scholars interested in Feminist Theory |
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Gender, Nature, & Society in Literature & Art -
Includes primary texts, studies, and Internet resources |
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Gender-Related Electronic Forums - an annotated,
frequently-updated, award-winning listing of publicly-accessible electronic
forums (also known as "e-mail lists") related to women or to women-focused
gender issues |
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| Gendercide Watch -
seeks to confront gender-selective atrocities against men and women
worldwide |
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| GenderReach Project
- It provides full text versions of publications addressing gender and
development and links to other related sites on the World Wide Web. Other
interactive features include an activity map, a photo gallery, a gender quiz,
and an online form to request gender publications |
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The Language and Gender Page - provides information
and resources about language and gender studies, an interdisciplinary field
with connections to anthropology, cultural studies, education, ethnic studies,
linguistics, literary studies, psychology, sociology, and women's studies,
among others |
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| Lea Gilmore's It's A Girl
Thang! - Women in the Blues |
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MEDLINEplus: Domestic Violence - Health Information
from the National Library of Medicine |
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Russian Feminism Resources - In Russian and
English |
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| Scribbling Women
- Online resources for teaching American women's literature using
dramatizations produced by The Public Media Foundation |
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Sexual Harassment Resources |
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| Voices
From the Gaps - is a World Wide Web project that focuses on the
lives and works of women writers of color in the United States and Canada |
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Witches on the Web: A Review of Some Scholarly Sites on Witches
- This page consists of a single but scholarly essay that examines the current
state of scholarship on gender and the European witch hunts of the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries |
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Women and Business - A large but "selective,
annotated list of links to Internet resources on women and business |
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| Women and
Society (wands) - An Internet Reference Project on the World Wide
Web |
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| Women in
Aviation Resource Center - Educational, networking, and career
resources to empower women involved in all aspects of aviation |
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| Women of Note
- Celebrating two hundred and fifty years of music by women |
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| Women's Folk Music
Resources - A Musical Romp Through Women's History |
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| Women's
Human Rights Resources - locate diverse, quality information on
women's international human rights law |
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Women's Studies Resources - The women's studies
database, created in September 1992, serves those people interested in the
women's studies profession and in general women's issues |
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| Women's
Studies - Includes section on Activism, Art, Communication & Media,
Development - WID, Feminist Theory, History, Literature, Sports, & Music |
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Women's Studies/Women's Issues Resource Sites - is a selective,
annotated, highly acclaimed listing of web sites containing resources and
information about women's studies / women's issues, with an emphasis on sites
of particular use to an academic women's studies program |
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WWW Women's Sports Page - The best resource for
current information on women athletesMother
of Abstract Algebra - Emmy Noether - Pays tribute to the
German-American mathematician who did not let gender issues and political
tensions of the time interfere with her passion for mathematics |
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11 Rules of Writing - This site is a concise guide to some of the most
commonly violated rules of writing, grammar, and punctuation. It is intended
for all writers as an aid in the learning and refining of writing skills |
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A+
Research & Writing for High School and College Students -
From The Internet Public Library |
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AskOxford.com -
An entertaining and educational site from Oxford University Press.
Sections include: Ask the Experts ; World of Words ; Better Writing ; Word Games
; Global English ; Education. |
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Designing Effective Writing
Assignments -
University of Maryland University College |
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Elements
of Style -
A true classic.
William Strunk, 1918 ed. |
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K-12 English Resources
- We provide free resources for teaching and revising English Language and
Literature and there are now well over 250 resources to download |
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EnterText
- An interactive interdisciplinary e-journal for cultural and historical
studies and creative work |
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The Five
Paragraph Essay - Many resources referenced or presented here are excellent for all age levels." |
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A Guide to Writing
Academic Essays in Religious Studies - This guide attempts to explain
various aspects of essay writing that students are rarely specifically taught |
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Guide to Writing a
Basic Essay |
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Guide to Writing History
Papers |
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Guide for Writing Research Papers
- Based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation |
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Indispensable Writing
Resources Page - everything on and off the Net that you could possibly need
in writing or researching a paper, including links to all sorts of reference
material, links to writing labs, links to Web search engines, and links to
writing-related Web sites. |
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| Kairos
- A Journal for Teachers of Writing in Webbed Environments |
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LearnHowToWrite.com - This
introductory writing site includes sections on: Short Sentences; Common Words;
S-V-O; Active Verbs; Short Subject; Verbs not Nouns; Reduce; Edit |
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| The Nuts and Bolts of College
Writing - The Online Companion to the Handbook from Hackett |
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Online Aids for
Composing and Revising - Sections include: Online Reference Works ; Grammar,
Usage and Style; Online Tutoring; Advice for Writers; Other Web "Reference Desk"
Pages |
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| Paradigm Online Writing Assistant -
Sections include: Discovering, Organizing, Revising, Editing, Documenting
Sources, Informal Essays, Thesis/Support Essays, Argumentative Essays,
Exploratory Essays |
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| Reading, Writing, and
Researching for History: A Guide for College Students |
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| The Science of
Scientific Writing - This Article appeared in the
American Scientist
(Nov-Dec 1990), Volume 78, 550-558. Retyped and posted with permission |
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| TrAce Online Writing Community - The
Nottingham Trent University |
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| WriteBusiness.com - search our
online listing of markets and publishers |
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A Writer's
Reference - This site contains useful links and resources
for both students and instructors |
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| Writer's Toolbox - Internet
Resources for Writers |
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| Writing on the Web - this site is
primarily a collection of links-but what a collection it is! |
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Horus' Web
Links to History Resources (H-GIG) - Horus' purpose in collecting
these sites is to introduce the diversity of educational and research
resources available on the web not ordinarily consulted by historians and
history students |
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WWW-VL History Central Catalogue - The Central
Catalogue provides direct links to network sites through its index and
maintains a large number of files of pointers for countries, periods, and
subject for which there is not yet a member site |
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C18-L - Resources for 18th-century Studies Across Disciplines
Selected Readings - is an interdisciplinary bibliography of
eighteenth-century studies, covering as many topics in lots and lots of areas
as we can manage |
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Calendars through the Ages - History and FAQ's of
calendars, from ancient Rome to outer space. Including Julian, Gregorian,
Jewish, Islamic, Chinese, and Mayan |
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Footnotes to History - This work provides an overview of ephemeral
states, micronations, secessionist states, and every other kind of country you
never heard of in high school |
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| The History Guide
- has been created for the high school and undergraduate student who is either
taking classes in history, or who intends to major in history in college |
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| History Guide
- is an Internet-based subject gateway to scholarly relevant information in
Anglo-American history, politics, and culture |
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| History
Webliography - Sections include General Guides; Bibliographies;
Catalogs; Discussions; Images; Periodicals; Texts; and Archival Materials |
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Internet Resources in History - Besides an extensive collection of
history listings this site also has sections on Social Science Data and
Databases, Social Welfare Related Information, International Studies and
International Sites, and more
The Library
of Congress - Emphasis is on U.S. history but also contains a great
Country Studies section as well as other international resources |
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| World History
- 79 online chapters on Antiquity, The Middle Ages, and Notes on the 20th
Century |
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| World
History Archives - a collection of resources to support the study
and teaching of world history and history in general |
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