Useful Internet Sites

This is a necessarily incomplete list of useful library, media, government, health, election, mathematics, statistics, and miscellaneous internet sites.

• Libraries and Large Reference Sites
• Newspapers and Media
• Government and Political Sites
• Health
• Elections and Voting
• Mathematics Sites
• Statistics
• Miscellaneous

Libraries and Large Reference Sites

• Library of Congress
• Links to all federal govt agencies and departments. This site is outstanding.
• Univ of Michigan Government Documents Center. This site is outstanding.
• Gateway and search for many federal govt sites

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Newspapers and Media

• USA Today
• New York Times
• Washington Post
• Time-Warner (Time Magazines)
• National Public Radio
• CNN
• CNN/AllPolitics
• The Associated Press
• ORC International
• Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
• TIME.com
• The Gallup Organization
• Harris Poll Online
• ABCNEWS.com
• Yankelovich Partners - Home Page
• NBC.com
• ABC News.com
• CBS.com
• Welcome to the Corporation for Public BroadcastingAmerican Demographics Magazine
• StatesNews, Your Source for Daily State and CSG News
• ThisNation.com

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Government and Political Sites

• Endless federal govt statistics -- This site is outstanding.
• Welcome To The White House
• U.S. Senate
• U.S. House of Representatives
• POPULUS: U.S.Presidents
• IPL POTUS -- Presidents of the United States
• U.S. Budget by Gallery Watch
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• U.S. Department of Education Home Page
• National Center for Educational Statistics
• U.S. Government Printing Office -- Many online and retievable documents (budgets)
• National Transportation Safety Board
• NHTSA - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
• A-Z Topics on Energy Information Administration Web Site
• NationalJournal.com
• U.S. National Debt Clock
• U.S. and World Population Clocks
• U.S. Census Bureau
• Population Reference Bureau 2000 World Population Data Sheet
• Currency exchange rates

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Health

• National Cancer Institute
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• National Center for Health Statistics
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Population Reference Bureau 2000 World Population Data Sheet

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Elections and Voting

• Elections and Electoral Systems by Country
• Center for Voting and Democracy
• Electoral College
• More Electoral College
• Banzhaf Power Index
• BANZHAF: Statistical Readjustment in Fla / Electoral College Voting Power
• Federal Election Commission

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Mathematics Sites

• The Math Forum Home Page
• The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Mathematics
• History of Mathematics
• The Pi Pages
• Music, Mathematics and the Liberal Arts. Excellent resources by Todd Hammond, Truman State University
• Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
• Traveling Salesman Problem - Home Page
• Travelling Salesman's Problem
• Mathematical Quotation Server
• Mathematics Quotation Collection
• Quotations
• The Critical Thinking Community
• 21st Century Problem Solving - Home Page
• Java Games and Puzzles Gallery
• Cartalk Weekly Puzzler
• The Lateral Puzzles Forum
• Chaos in the Classroom Boston University
• Fractals - Fractint Homepage

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Statistics

• Data
• Statistical Reasoning for Everday Life
• Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
• USA Statistics in Brief
• PROPHET StatGuide: Glossary
• Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics
• Virtual Laboratories in Probability and Statistics
• Connected Curriculum Project - Duke
• The Data and Story Library
• Chance Welcome Page
• STATISTICS PAGE
• Robin Lock's Page

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Miscellaneous

• Britannica.com
• Guinness World Records Primetime
• The Classical Music Pages
• The Pulitzer Prizes

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