APCSS LIBRARY
Guide to Internet Resources

Evaluating Resources
Tips on evaluating content and quality

.com (commercial) -- may be trying to sell a product .edu (educational) -- can be serious research or just student class assignments .net (network) -- may provide services to customers
.org (organization) -- nonprofit institution, may be biased .gov (government) -- usually dependable .mil (military) -- usually dependable

 

Countries and Regions
Background information, maps, and databases
 

Defense Organizations/Information
US military services and NATO

Health, Security & Infectious Disease
Dictionaries and more

Images
Includes images, videos, sound files and photos online

Institutes and Think Tanks
U.S. & world non- profit research centers

International Organizations
EU, IMF, UN, WTO, etc.

Legal Sources
World constitutions, legislative information, bills, public laws & more

Maps
World, military charts &

Newspapers
National, Local and International

Phone Number/Address/Zips
Government and general directories, zip codes

Reference Tools
Dictionaries, statistics, virtual reference sites

Search Engines
Google and more

Statistical Information
U.S. & world statistics

U.S. Government
Local, state, and national departments

Tsunami Resources- Hawaii

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Updated: 24 March 2008