Beyond Google: Authoritative Internet Resources
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General
The Internet Public Library (IPL) is divided into Resources by Subject, Newspapers and Magazines, Special Collections, For Kids, and For Teens.
Library of Congress Websites
Center for the Book
Learn about amazing books at Read.gov. Read a digital book, find booklists, play online games.
Poetry and Literature Center
All about poems: poetry programs, podcasts and webcasts.
American Folk life Center
Ex-slave narratives, Virginia fiddle tunes, native American song and dance are just a few of the collections of American folk life available online.
Digital Collections
The Library of Congress has made digitized versions of collection materials available online, concentrating on its most rare collections and those unavailable anywhere else.
American Memory Project
Bring the power of primary sources into the classroom.
American Memory Project lesson plans
Performing Arts
Users can find digitized items from the collections; Web presentations on topics and collections; articles and biographical essays; and more.
Economic Crisis
America Public Media Marketplace
News about business, economics, and money for the rest of us.
Brookings Institute
One of Washington's oldest independent think tanks, Brookings conducts research and education in the social sciences, economics, governance, foreign policy, the global economy, and more.
Congressional Research Service
Find reports by the CRS on national security and foreign policy.
National Bureau of Economic Research
NPR Planet Money
Recovery.Gov
Healthcare
World Health Organization
State Health Facts
National Center for Health Statistics
History
Digital History
World Digital Library
Old Bailey Online
Europeana
MOA: Making of the America Digital Library
National Women's History Project
Discovering American Women's History
Media and Communications
Entertainment Software Association
Federal Communications Commission Common Carrier Bureau (Telephone Service)
Measuring the Electronic Economy: (U.S. Census)
National Cable Television Association
Pew Internet and American Life Project
Recording Industry Association of America
Satellite Broadcasting & Communications Association of America, Inc.
Public Policy
Cato Institute
Center for International Comparisons
Rand Corporation
Statistics & International Information
Statistical Sources - US
Statistical Sources - International
Country Studies
CIA: The World Fact Book