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ICS 275 International Studies: Internet Resources

General Web Resources

Country Information
- CIA World Factbook
- Altapedia
- Country Studies ~ from the Library of Congress
- Latin American Network Information Center
- OneWorld Country Guides
Organizations
Finding Reputable Web Resources
- Librarians' Index to the Internet
- International Relations ~ collection of resources by the University of Michigan library (some specific to UMich). Sorted by topic; a good place to start.
- European Union Internet Resources ~ Resource page from UC Berkeley, an excellent set of links
- Voice of the Shuttle
- WWW Virtual Library
- Foreign Policy/Defense/International Relations ~ a thorough collection of resources from the Federal Documents Task Force, part of the Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association

Ethnic and Religious Conflict

International Association for Religious Freedom
WWW Virtual Library: Internation Affairs Resources: World Religions
INCORE: Conflict Data Service: Regional Internet Guides ~ from the Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
United States Institute of Peace

Immigration & Refuge Crisis

Human Rights

Department of Homeland Security, Human Trafficking
Department of Justice, Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit
International League for Human Rights
Amnesty International
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
Digital Freedom Network
Human Rights Watch
LII: Human Rights ~ a list of entries from the Librarians' Index to the Internet
United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime ~ Human Trafficking
- Human Rights & Human Trafficking Fact Sheet #36
U.S. Department of Labor, Child Labor Links
- List of Goods Produced by Child Labor
UNICEF, Child Labor
U.N. World Day Without Childe Labor

Environment

SciDev.Net ~ issues of sustainable development and developing countries from a scientific viewpoint
United Nations Division for Sustainable Development
EarthTrends: The Environmental Information Portal
International Institute for Sustainable Development<
United Nations Environment Programm
See ES100 Library guide

War & Genocide

INCORE: Conflict Data Service: Regional Internet Guides ~ from the Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity
International Relations and Security Network ISN - Links Library ~ from the WWW Virtual Library
Cummings Foundation, World Genocide, Holocaust and Genocide Resources & Links
One Million Bones Project Resources for Teachers
United States Holocaust Museum Resources on Genocide

Political Economy and Development

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Political Economy Research Institute
EPInet ~ Economic Policy Institute
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

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