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Friday, September 20, 2002
Immigration Law: An Overview	http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/immigration.html
This site contains information on immigration law, including the legal rights and responsibilities of aliens, as well as the laws governing naturalization process.

Thursday, September 19, 2002
The People's Movement for Human Rights Education	http://www.pdhre.org
A site dedicated to human rights learning for social and economic change. “Every woman, man, youth and child has the human right to a life of dignity. The human rights framework can be a practical, effective tool for achieving dignity for all. Explore 23 issues (including housing, education, migrant workers among others) to learn how human rights relate to social and economic injustices in your community. Discover how increasing awareness of human rights can strengthen and invigorate efforts for change. Learn what obligations and commitments your government has made to ensure the realization of human rights for all, and hold your government accountable.”

Wednesday, September 18, 2002
The University of Minnesota Human Rights Library	http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts
More than 6,500 human rights documents are accessible in English, Spanish, French and Russian. There are a subject and keyword search engines. .

Tuesday, September 17, 2002
Derechos Human Rights	http://www.derechos.org
“Derechos Human Rights is the first internet based human rights organization. Our purpose is to work for the promotion and respect of human rights all over the world, for the right to privacy and against impunity for human rights violators. We use the internet as our primary information and communication tool.” At this site you can find online publications, ideas related to Human Rights and links to other human rights site.

Monday, September 16, 2002
Awesome Library-Special Education	http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Library/Special_Education/Special_Education.html
First-rate site for Special Education instructors that includes topically arranged links from ADD to visual and hearing impairment, as well as online multimedia materials and research papers. A valuable link to high-quality resources in the field.

Friday, September 13, 2002
American Memory	http://memory.loc.gov
American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than seven million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.

Thursday, September 12, 2002
Internet Shakespeare Editions	http://web.uvic.ca/shakespeare/index.html
This site makes fully-annotated scholarly editions of Shakespeare's texts available, as well as the Shakespeare's Life and Times homepage which contains extensive information on the life, stage, society, history, politics, philosophy of the times, art music, and literature of his age. A virtual treasure trove of information for the Shakespeare teacher or student.

Wednesday, September 11, 2002
Bartleby.com: Great Books Online	http://www.bartleby.com/
The preeminent Internet publisher of literature, reference, and verse providing students, researchers, and the intellectually curious with unlimited access to books and information on the web, free of charge. Excellent for textual searching, the site contains Gray’s Anatomy, Harvard Classics, the King James Bible, Shakespeare, and traditional English reference tools like dictionaries, thesauri, grammar, style, and quotation books.

Tuesday, September 10, 2002
SAT Pref @ AOL	http://www.school.aol.com/
Excellent website for getting ready to take the SATs. Click on “High School 9-12” and then in the search box, type “TESTU,” and click on “Welcome to TESTU.” Sign up to take the TESTU SAT Crunch Course. This course will give you mini-tests so that you can see how well you’ll do on the SATs and it also offers advice on preparation.

Monday, September 9, 2002
Cyndi's List	http://www.cyndislist.com/
This highly regarded site, named for its founder, has assembled more than 103,150 links to online genealogy resources.

Friday, September 6, 2002
Family Search	http://www.familysearch.com/
Hosted by the Mormon Church, this site offers access to what is now the largest collection of genealogical data in the world.

Thursday, September 5, 2002
Library of Congress	http://www.lcweb.loc.gov/
A wealth of information resides in this website: “Thomas”-Legislative information on the Internet; Exhibitions (including the current exhibit, “World Treasures of the Library of Congress”), Copyright Office, American Memory (Historical Collections of the National Digital Library), collections and services.

Wednesday, September 4, 2002
iTools	http://www.itools.com/research-it/research-it.html
This great research assistant contains not only language tools (look up words or translate them), but also research tools (find facts and theories about any subject), map tools (see a map and get driving directions), financial tools (convert currency), and Internet tools (networking and web tools).

Tuesday, September 3, 2002
Biographical Dictionary	http://www.s9.com/biography/
Contains brief biographical information on more than 28,000 individuals. You can also demonstrate your knowledge of famous people by trying the Master Biographer Challenge.

Friday, August 30, 2002
News Directory	http://www.newsdirectory.com/
8,400 links to English-language newspapers and magazines. Contains links to Maine newspapers: Kennebec Journal (Augusta), Bangor Daily News, Journal Tribune (Biddeford), The Times Record (Brunswick), Sun-Journal, and the Portland Press Herald.

Thursday, August 29, 2002
Art History Resources on the Web	http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
A comprehensive listing of Internet resources (organized by time period, geographical area, museums, and research) dealing with international art.

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