LOC - Web Sites to Explore

Internet: Fact or Fiction?
Web sites to Explore
I. Site for Discussion:
A. Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division (DMRD): http://www.dhmo.org/

II. Sites to Explore
A. Congress
1. THOMAS - http://thomas.loc.gov/ or http://www.congress.gov/
2. The Congressional Network - www.congress.net
3. GOV. - www.congress.com
4. Congress.org by Capitol Advantage - www.congress.org
5. The Center on Congress at Indiana University - http://www.centeroncongress.org/

B. Civil War
1. Shotgun’s Home of the American Civil War - http://www.civilwarhome.com/
2. American Civil War - http://americancivilwar.com/
3. United States Civil War - http://www.us-civilwar.com/
4. The Civil War Home Page - http://www.civil-war.net/
5. The Civil War Preservation Trust - http://www.civilwar.org/
6. American Civil War from Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
7. Selected Civil War Photographs, American Memory - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html
8. The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War - http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/
9. Crisis at Fort Sumter - http://www.tulane.edu/~sumter/

C. Native Americans
1. Native Americans – Internet Resources: http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/native.htm
2. Learn About Native Americans: http://www.ahsd25.k12.il.us/curriculum/nativeamericans/index.html
3. Native Americans.com: http://www.nativeamericans.com/
4. Native American Sites: http://www.nativeculturelinks.com/indians.html
5. Native American Facts for Kids: http://www.native-languages.org/kids.htm
6. Native Americans in the United States: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States
7. Edward S. Curtis’s “The North American Indian: Photographic Images:” http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html

D. Science
1. The ecoEnquirer - http://www.ecoenquirer.com
2. GlobalWarming.org - http://www.globalwarming.org/
3. Global Warming from Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming
4. Global Warming: Early Warning Signs - http://www.climatehotmap.org/
5. World View of Global Warming: The Photographic Documentation of Climate Change - http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/
6. Environmental Protection Agency: Climate Change - http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/

III. Checking the source:
A. Urban Legend Reference Pages - http://www.snopes.com/
B. Whois sites
1. Easy Whois - http://www.easywhois.com/ or http://www.easy-whois.com/
2. Internic - http://www.internic.net/whois.html
3. Network Solutions - http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp

IV. Taking a Second Look
1. The Flat Earth Society - http://www.alaska.net/~clund/e_djublonskopf/FlatHome.htm
2. History of the Fisher-Price Airplane - http://www.weathergraphics.com/tim/fisher/
3. The British Stick Insect Foundation - http://www.brookview.karoo.net/Stick_Insects/index.html
4. Buy Dehydrated Water - http://www.buydehydratedwater.com/
5. The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus - http://www.zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
6. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A True Historical Examination - http://www.martinlutherking.org