This site offers an in-depth look at the plight of Japanese Americans during World War II who were forced into American style concentration, or internment, camps to wait out the war.

Reclaiming the Everglades is a collection of historical documents which, until recently. was only available by appointment at the holding library in Miami. It is comprised of all or part of sixteen collections that focus on the efforts...

Everything you ever wanted to know about H1N1 flu which is commonly called Swine Flu. Includes federal responses, state responses, international resources, guidance for professionals, maps, news, twitters, webcasts, veterinary resources,...

The official website of SPIE, a professional organization for optical engineers. Contains links to career information, news about the industry, a technical library, and much more.

An in-depth informational site to learn the internal processes running on a Windows computer. The source will help you understand and correct the invisible problems of computers such as viruses, hackers compromising the system, and slow...

Energize, Inc., is an international training, consulting, and publishing firm specializing in volunteerism. Its Volunteer Management Library offers selected sources on volunteering for free.

Online exhibit with details of the international exhibition held in Hyde Park in 1851, the Great Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations, a testament to industrial growth in the Victorian era.

Take a step back in time to see the human body and the field of medicine through the looking glass of history. Experience a different kind of representation of our internal anatomy, and learn about the history of human dissection.

Provides a good, brief description of the international commission headed by Paul Volker to examine Holocaust-era claims against Swiss banks.

In the 17th century, London was at the center of global trade, with goods and individuals arriving in the capital from all over the world. This article looks at how travel, trade, and empire shaped the works of Daniel Defoe, Alexander...

An introduction to the history and culture of Italian immigrants and their descendants in California from 1687 to the present. Shows how the people, industries, and neighborhoods of an area change over time. Includes a virtual exhibit...

This website contains information about Greenpeace and all of its the global activism. Provides multiple links including Greenpeace ships, worldwide contacts and international photo and video library.

Exhibit from Oregon State University Library on Atomic Energy and the Struggle for International Control.

Read about the Spanish conquistadors who explored what was to become Spanish America. Included are links to digital collections from the Library of Congress and the National Library of Spain.

Ninety-four primary sources-historical documents, literary texts, and visual images-that explore the challenges, opportunity, and turmoil of late-nineteenth-century America. They examine the economic expansion in an America re-united...

This area is designed for students learning about Silk Road people, culture, history, art, religion and language. Nowadays, we know much about life on the Silk Road thanks to archaeologists and explorers. The objects people leave behind...

Using the early Dunhuang Star Atlas, an important historical and scientific document of the sky seen from China dating from before AD 700, learn about astronomical history from the perspective of China. Find resources and analysis that...

Read about the failed attempts U.S. President John Tyler made in the annexation of Texas? Find the answer to this question and check out primary texts from this period in Texas' history.

Information and statistics about Slovakia, collected from the 2003 CIA World Factbook and the Library of Congress Country Studies. Sections include geography, maps, population, religion, military, international issues, history,...

This site discusses the two theories that Ricardo created. The Distribution theory and the International Trade theory (Comparative) are explained in detail.

The development of a multi-ethnic society developed in New France. Find out how this happened and what made up the social hierarchy. Primary source documents are provided on this Library of Congress site.

The Geneva Conventions is composed of four treaties that set the standard in international law for humanitarian treatment of the victims in war. This article discusses the importance of the conventions and the challenges faced by...

The Library of Congress has received original material including photographs, drawings, poems, eye-witness accounts, maps, and much more concerning the attacks on September 11th. They have archived this is a special exhibition.

This Library of Congress time-line series surveys World War I and the Jazz Age. When World War I broke out in Europe, many changes were going on in the United States. Women were voting for the first time and African-American culture was...