Provides quick summaries of each president's term in office, including short biographies, election results, names and tenure of cabinet officials, and major accomplishments.
NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 275,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library.
The Internet Public Library is an interdisciplinary educational, research, and service
laboratory; two of its major roles are educating students at graduate
schools of information and providing library services to internet users.
The HDA contains digital collections related to Calvin College & Calvin Theological Seminary in the academic departments of Art, Biology, CAS, and History.
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues around the world.
American Memory is the online resource compiled by the Library of Congress National Digital Library Program. It is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.
An archive, preserving the data from polls conducted by many leading survey research organizations for the use of researchers, students, and journalists.
"The Economic Report of the President is an annual report written by the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors. It overviews the nation's economic progress using text and extensive data appendices."
Provides information on U. S. foreign policy strategies in four regions of the world:
Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and the Near East, Latin America and the
Caribbean, and Europe and Eurasia.
"The OECD groups 30 member countries sharing a commitment to democratic government and the market economy....Best known for its publications and its statistics, its work covers economic and social issues from macroeconomics, to trade, education, development and science and innovation."
Billed as "the gateway to development information", this robust site is hosted by the Institute of Development Studies and co-funded by government agencies in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and Norway.
Focuses on global poverty and policy-oriented research, especially of the United States and other industrialized countries, affecting development prospects in poor countries.
The U.S. International Trade Commission is an independent, nonpartisan, quasi-judicial federal agency that provides trade expertise to both the legislative and executive branches of government, determines the impact of imports on U.S. industries, and directs actions against certain unfair trade practices, such as patent, trademark, and copyright infringement.
The first 45 chapters of the German "Botany Online" "have been translated into English covering all plant anatomy, classic genetics, organic chemistry and plant biochemistry, intercellular communication, interactions between plants, fungi, bacteria, and viruses, evolution, and a part of ecology."
"The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories."
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) mission is to promote the technological welfare of the nation by marshaling the knowledge and insights of eminent members of the engineering profession.
GlobalSpec was founded in 1996 for engineers by engineers and leveraged its domain expertise and deep understanding of the online behavior and complex needs of the engineering and technical community to build The Engineering Search Engine.
