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  • Country Information and Regional directories)
    Al-Murshid Searchable index of Arab and Middle Eastern sites. A wide range of topics are covered
    ArabNet Economic, demographic and government information for Arab countries.
    Arab World Online News articles, country information and commercial directory
    Asian Development Bank Annual report, statistics, news and publications.
    Center for Middle Eastern Studies University of Texas at Austin
    Library of Congress Country Studies/Area Handbooks Comprehensive series of books online prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. Continuously updated.
    Portals to the World Portals to the World contain selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world.
    World Fact Book Provides web based country information ranging from history, geography, ethnicity, transportation, economis and statistics to transnational issues. Updated as of 2006.
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  • Employment
    Career Board Access to employment opportunities in NE Ohio (primarily)
    freeERISA Pension and benefit information from the US Department of Labor
  • Eternal Egypt covers predynastic times to the present. Available in English, French or Arabic.
 
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  • Genocide
    Genocide Studies Program Full-text articles, maps, databses and materials relating to five projects directed by Yale University Faculty that chronicle and interpret some of the darkest chapters of human history.
 
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  • Information Technology
    Montague Institute Archive of articles related to information technology and competitive intelligence.
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  • Legal
    Findlaw Metasite for legal questions.
    Lawyers.com Martindale-Hubbell guide to legal information, locating a lawyer and news.
    THOMAS Federal laws and legislation.
    U.S. Federal Courts Finder Supreme Court case information.

  • Literature
    Documenting the American South "A collection of sources on Southern history, literature and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th century."
    Gale Group Literary Index Search for author information or by title of a literary work                     
  • LISTSERVs
    CataList Official catalog of LISTSERV lists
 

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  • Ohio
    Ohio Capitol Connection Covers the legislative aspects of state government and provides searchable access to bills.
    State of Ohio State website with access to a variety of services and information for residents, businesses and visitors.
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  • Quotations
    Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
    Searchable version of the 2nd edition, containing more than 4,000 quotations on over 250 subjects. It tells you both the authors of the quotes and the works those quotes appeared in.
 
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  • Reference
    Argus Clearinghouse The internet's premier research library provides a selective collection of topical guides.
    Fast Facts Guide to fast answers in almanacs, factbooks and statistical reports
    Financial Calendar Database of holidays worldwide (by city) that affect financial centers.
    Internet Public Library An online public library of reference information, online texts and collections such as Associations on the net.
    Metaplus Portal to directories and essential reference sites.
    PubList Searchable information for international print and electronic periodicals.
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  • Taxes
    West Group's Tax Line An integrated source of tax-related information including highlights of tax cases, IRS releases and legislative activity, federal tax legislation and tax publications.
  • Trade Show Central.Search their database to locate information on over 30,000 trade shows.
  • Travel
    A Global World Provides realtime information on global holidays, distances, weather, time zones and dial codes around the world.
  • Translation
    FreeTranslation.com Machine translation that provides instant translation of chat, web surfing, intranet archives and e-mail.
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  • United Nations Publications Publications and databases of the UN including development, humanitarian affairs, economic commissions and international treaties.