Miscellaneous Sites, General

Acronym Finder
http://www.AcronymFinder.com/
Over 167,000 acronyms, abbreviations, initialisms and definitions about all subjects, including information technology, business, telecommunications, military, government, and much more

http://www.fas.org/news/reference/lexicon/acronym.htm
Military acronyms, hosted by the Federation of American Scientists

Almanac of Policy Issues
http://www.policyalmanac.org/
Links to information on a variety of public policy issues, including national security

American Civil War
http://www.civilwarhome.com/records.htm
Some of the official records of the war of the rebellion are listed at this site by event or by battle name.

Annotated Bibliography of Government Documents Related to the Threat of Terrorism and the Attacks of September 11, 2001
http://www.odl.state.ok.us/usinfo/terrorism/911.htm   
Compiled by Kevin D. Motes at the Oklahoma Department of Libraries

Arab World Resources
http://www.arab.net/

ASK ERIC
http://www.askeric.org/
Information on educational technology, teaching, classroom management, and access to the ERIC clearinghouses. The ERIC Database is the “ world's largest source of education information, with more than 1 million abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice.” An invaluable source for all educators.

Best of History Web Sites
http://www.besthistorysites.net
“Best of History Web Sites is an award-winning portal created for students, history educators, and general history enthusiasts.   Here you'll find sites, rated for usefulness and accuracy, that will help you study or teach a wide variety of topics and periods in history.”

Bibliomania
http://www.bibliomania.com/
Full-text classics online, including books, short stories, poetry

Canadian Institute of International Affairs
http://www.ciia.org/links.htm
Links to many international relations sites

Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies
http://www.ciss.ca/

Center for Defence and International Security Studies
http://www.cdiss.org/
CDISS is an interdisciplinary research center in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Lancaster University in the United Kingdom.

Center for Defense Information
http://www.cdi.org/
CDI in Washington, D.C., calls itself “the nation’s foremost independent military research organization.”   Access to “The Defense Monitor,” current “hot spots,” and many other topics

Center for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance
http://www.cdmha.org/
Information about humanitarian assistance and disaster relief

Center for Nonproliferation Studies
http://cns.miis.edu/
Sponsored by the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California.   Searchable topics include Chem/Bio Weapons, Missiles, Nuclear Weapons, and Treaties.   Current topics of interest to the center include Chemical and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Project (CBWNP), East Asia Nonproliferation Project (EANP), International Organizations and Nonproliferation Project (IONP), Monitoring Proliferation Threats Project (MPT), and the Newly Independent States Nonproliferation Project (NISNP).

Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions
http://www.iit.edu/departments/csep/

Civil War
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/tcrhtml/tcrhome.html
Covers career of a Union soldier from Pennsylvania throughout the entire war  

Cold War Information
http://wwics.si.edu/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.home&topic_id=1409 http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/kbank/documents.html
Information from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and CNN, respectively

Congressional Medal of Honor Society
http://www.cmohs.org/

Conversations with History
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/
Video interviews (and transcripts) with diplomats, statesmen, and soldiers;
economists and political analysts; scientists and historians;
writers and foreign correspondents; activists and artists

Currency Converter
http://www.xe.net/ucc/
This site bills itself as the Web's most popular Foreign Exchange Calculator.   Users can figure the exchange rates for over 164 currencies.

D-Day, 1944
http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/library/Divisions/Government/DDay.html
Links to photographs, oral histories, maps, war graves and cemeteries, and other information about the Allied landing

Dayton Peace Accords on Bosnia
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/icty/dayton/daytonaccord.html

Defense Aerospace.com
http://www.defense-aerospace.com/
Mega-site includes breaking news, official reports, press releases, a directory of industry links, research institutes, and think tanks.   Also, international organizations, featured Web sites of the week, and Web site reviews

Distance Education at a Glance
http://www.uidaho.edu/eo/distglan.html
Information on distance education teaching techniques, evaluation methods, video conferencing, copyright issues, and other topics relevant to the field

Embassy World
http://www.embassyworld.com/
Embassy and consulate resources worldwide

Federation of American Scientists
http://www.fas.org/
Information on intelligence resources, chemical and biological weapons, nuclear nonproliferation, and much more.

	Congressional Research Service Reports http://www.fas.org/man/crs/index.html This Federation of American Scientists Web site has an extensive file of full-text CRS reports.
	http://opencrs.com/ "Open CRS is a project of the Center for Democracy & Technology that serves as a centralized location to learn about the Congressional Research Service and search for CRS reports that have been released to the public by members of Congress."

First World War.Com
http://www.firstworldwar.com/
This site, created by Michael Duffy, strives to offer a general overview of the First World War.

Flags of The World
http://flagspot.net/flags/

Foreign Affairs Online
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~rjb3v/beck.html
This site focuses on international law, international relations, and U.S. foreign policy.   Subsections include map resources, the United Nations, NGOs and IGOs, human rights, think tanks, and media.

G8 Information Centre at the University of Toronto
http://www.g7.utoronto.ca/

GlobalSecurity
http://www.globalsecurity.org/
“GlobalSecurity.org is focused on innovative approaches to the emerging security challenges of the new millennium.   The organization seeks to reduce reliance on nuclear weapons and the risk of their use—both by existing nuclear weapons states and those states seeking to acquire such capabilities.   GlobalSecurity.org aims to shift American conventional military forces towards new capabilities aligned with the post-Cold War security environment, and to reduce the worldwide incidence of deadly conflict.”   The site was developed and is maintained by John Pike (formerly with the Federation of American Scientists), and includes information about U.S. military operations, orders of battle, speeches, agency information, and much more.

Governments on the WWW
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/
Developed by Gunnar Anzinger, this site, although it looks fairly plain on first glance, is filled with links to detailed information about countries worldwide.

GovSpot
http://www.govspot.com/
GovSpot describes itself as “the government information portal of the Web.   The free site offers a high-utility collection of top government and civic resources along with insightful, non-partisan editorial in one user-friendly spot.” It is published by StartSpot Mediaworks, Inc., located in Evanston, Illinois.   Nicely organized.

Haze Gray and Underway
http://www.hazegray.org/
A treasure trove for naval history and photography, this site includes the online version of The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

History Channel: This Day in History
http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/

Homeland Security Weekly - The definitive homeland security resource newsletter.
http://www.homelandsecurityweekly.com
"HSW is the premier electronic publication covering the latest information on the broad, fast moving topics of homeland defense, counter-terrorism, emergency mgmt., disaster preparedness, critical infrastructure protection, and increasing the public's overall level of situational awareness and readiness.
Each issue of HSW provides a unique combination of important homeland security news, as well as selection of timely government reports, analysis, official guidance, free online courses, and other useful resources."

Human Rights
http://www.law.uchicago.edu/academics/publiclaw/resources/62-Jinks.pdf
U.S. ideas on human rights and democratic ideals of social behavior

Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/
A comprehensive site “dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world”

Information Warfare
http://www.fas.org/irp/wwwinfo.html#infowar

Institute for the Advanced Study of Information Warfare
http://www.psycom.net/iwar.1.html
“Information warfare, also known as I-War, IW, C4I, or Cyberwar, has recently become of increasing importance to the military, the intelligence community, and the business world.   The purpose of the IASIW is to facilitate an understanding of information warfare with reference to both military and civilian life.”   [From the site’s homepage]   Director:   Ivan K. Goldberg, M.D.   Consists primarily of links to other sites

International Centre for Security Analysis
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/orgs/icsa/
The consultancy research arm of the Department of War Studies at King’s College in London.   The purpose of the center is to offer research and analysis to decision makers in government and private sectors concerned with strategic and operational planning.

Jane’s Internet Defence Glossary
http://www.janes.com/defence/resources/defres_gloss.html
Contains Jane’s glossary of more than 20,000 acronyms and abbreviations, to be browsed and searched by acronym or definition

Laws
http://fatty.law.cornell.edu/
A good place to start when looking for legal information

http://lawcrawler.findlaw.com
A powerful legal search index

MacArthur Memorial
http://www.macarthurmemorial.org/
The MacArthur Memorial in downtown Norfolk, Virginia, contains nine separate galleries arranged on two levels, special exhibit galleries, library and archives, and an education wing.

The MacArthur Memorial Photographic Collection contains more than 60,000 photo images and 130 photo albums covering General MacArthur and his family, the Philippine Insurrection, World Wars I and II, the Japanese Surrender, the Japanese Imperial Family, and the American occupation of Japan.

Maritime History Research
http://ils.unc.edu/maritime/home.shtml
Developed by Peter McCracken, this site contains useful information about researching ships, including a “webliography” with links to such sites as the “International Registry of Sunken Ships.”

Middle East Virtual Library
http://ssgdoc.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/vlib/html/index.html
“The Middle East Virtual Library (MENALIB) is an information portal for Middle East and Islamic Studies.   It provides access to online information and to digital records of printed and other offline media and thus supports the concept of a hybrid library for Middle East and Islamic Studies.”   Created by the State and University Library Saxony-Anhalt in Halle (Germany)

Military Brats Online
http://www.militarybrats.com/

Military City Online
http://www.militarycity.com/
Via this subscription Service members can access news stories from the Air Force Times, Army Times, Navy Times, Marine Corps edition of the Navy Times, Defense News, Space News, and the Federal Times.   Subscription charges vary depending on the Service selected.

Military Commissions
http://www.llrx.com/features/military.htm
Compiled by Stephen Young, a reference librarian at The Catholic University of America, this is a guide to information about U.S. military commissions with links to relevant legal citations.

Military Intelligence
http://www.loyola.edu/dept/politics/milintel.html
“An unofficial web site for researchers, students, and interested browsers.”   Offers many links to military agencies and intelligence units

Military USA
http://www.militaryusa.com/
Resources for and about U.S. veterans worldwide. May be useful for those who are preparing family histories of military veterans, organizing reunions, or simply renewing old friendships

MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base (TKB)
http://www.tkb.org/Home.jsp
Includes a searchable library catalog, conference calendar, protection information, and a well-organized set of links.

http://www.tkb.org/NCTCAdvancedSearch.jsp with the note: "Worldwide Incidents Tracking System" http://library.nps.navy.mil/home/terrorism.htm with the note: Resources on the topic of terrorism compiled by the Dudley Knox Library at the Naval Postgraduate School

Missile Index
http://www.index.ne.jp/missile_e/
“Missile.index,” a database of world missile systems, is a joint project of Digital Fact, Inc. and Knowledge Design, Inc.   It covers about 300 different systems and is based on the book The Illustrated Encyclopedia of World’s Missile Systems.

Murphy’s Laws
http://www.murphys-laws.com

National Homeland Security Knowledgebase
http://www.twotigersonline.com/resources.html
Includes resource links on nuclear and radiological, biological, and chemical emergencies, as well as information about hazardous devices, bombs, and explosive ordnance.   Also includes a link to the free weekly electronic Homeland Security Newsletter.

Naval History and Photography (Haze Gray and Underway)
http://www.hazegray.org/
This site is a treasure trove for naval history and photography. It also includes the online version of The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

Nonviolent Conflict
http://www.pbs.org/weta/forcemorepowerful/
The companion site to the PBS documentary series on civil disobedience.   Covers the civil rights protest in Nashville, Gandhi's efforts in India in the 1930s, South African resistance to Apartheid, Denmark in World War II, the Polish labor movement, and efforts to depose the Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet

North Atlantic Treaty Organization
http://www.nato.int/
http://www.nato.int/kosovo/

Official Records of the War of the Rebellion
http://www.civilwarhome.com/records.htm
The official records of the war of the rebellion are listed at this site by event or by battle name.

Online Dictionary
http://www.onelook.com/
Online lookup of over 2.5 million words in more than 600 dictionaries

Open Directory Project
http://dmoz.org
Defined as an online directory organized, edited, and monitored by net-citizens.   Seeks to become “the definitive catalog of the Web”

PlanetGov
http://www.planetgov.com/
Includes information of interest to Federal employees, both active-duty military and civilian, such as a TSP tracker, government "people finder," and benefit calculators

Population Reference Bureau
http://www.prb.org/
The Population Reference Bureau offers timely and objective information on U.S. and international population trends and their implications.   The bureau, in Washington, D.C., is funded by government contracts, foundation grants, individual and corporate contributions, and the sale of publications.

Rand Corporation
http://www.rand.org/
RAND has a long history of research on issues relating to the national security and public welfare of the United States.   Its work involves most of the major disciplines in the physical, social, and biological sciences, with emphasis on their applications to problems of policy and planning in domestic and foreign affairs.   A number of Rand products are available online in full text at this site.

Repositories of Primary Resources
http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html

Rutgers Oral History Archive of World War II
http://fas-history.rutgers.edu/oralhistory/
More than 200 interviews of World War II veterans who are alumni of Rutgers University

September 11 Digital Archive
http://911digitalarchive.org/
This online archive uses “electronic media to collect, preserve, and present the history of the September 11, 2001 attack in New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania and the public responses to them.”   The site includes both image and e-mail repositories, and special collections.

Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs—Canadian Forces College
http://www.cfc.forces.gc.ca/spotnews_e.html

The Terrorism Project
http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/
The Center for Defense Information’s Terrorism Project “is designed to provide insights, in-depth analysis and facts on the military, security and foreign policy challenges as the United States, and the world, faces terrorism.   The project will look at all aspects of fighting terrorism, from near-term issues of response and defense, to long-term questions about how the United States should shape its future international security strategy.”   Subsections include “Eye on Iraq,” “Operation ENDURING FREEDOM,” and the “Terrorist Network.”

Time Zones
http://www.worldtimezone.com/

United Nations
http://www.un.org/

UN Pulse: Connecting to UN Information.
http://unhq-appspub-01.un.org/lib/dhlrefweblog.nsf
"The information on this site is provided by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library at the UN. UN Pulse alerts you to selected just-released UN online information, major reports, publications and documents."

United Nations High Command for Refugees (UNHCR)
http://www.unhcr.ch/

United Nations Research Guide
http://library.msstate.edu/resources/guides/unitednations.asp

Virtual Vietnam Archive
http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/
This archive is from the Vietnam Center at Texas Tech University.

War in Iraq
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/invasion/
PBS program on the war in Iraq

War Statistics
http://www.libraryspot.com/lists/ http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/other/stats/warcost.htm
Useful information about numbers of participants in America’s major wars and conflicts updated through the Gulf War

Web Sources for Military History
http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/military.html
A great military history Web site found by Professor Erickson.   Has links organized by historical category, such as 18^th century, World War II, Vietnam, Medieval, Desert Storm to Kosovo, and Third World.   Dr. Richard Jensen, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Illinois, Chicago, is the site developer.

Women in Military Service for America Memorial
http://www.womensmemorial.org/index.html
The “In Search Of” feature at this site facilitates searches for women who are or have been in the military.

World Gazetteer
http://www.gazetteer.de/
Population data worldwide

The World Wide Web Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources
http://www.etown.edu/vl/
Compiled by Wayne A. Selcher, Professor of Political Science at Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. Includes more than 2,000 links in 37 international affairs categories, such as “Department, Agency, and Congressional Links,” “International Relations Journals and Magazines,” “Media Sources,” “Regions and Countries,” “Organizations,” and “Topics.”   The topics section includes such fields as international law and conflict resolution.

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