Searchgov—Search federal government sites.

URL: http://www.searchgov.com/

 TheBritish Empire: 

URL:  http://britishempire.co.uk/

A portal of websites for students and teachers doing history research  http://besthistorysites.net/Research.shtml 

U.S. Supreme Court

 URL: http://www.supremecourtus.gov/

The Story of Africa from the BBC covers independence, slavery, different regions and more.  Includes audio files.

URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice

/africa/features/storyofafrica/

Shmoop:  Resources for US History, Government and Economics.  URL:  http://www.shmoop.com

Branches of Government game

URL:  http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/usa_game/government/branches_government.htm

Country Information

 Immigration

Civil Rights  

United Nations: 

URL:  http://www.un.org/english/

 Immigration Links:  Compiled by another librarian. 

URL:  http://www.sdst.org/shs/library

/stuameri.html#Immigration

Civil Rights Digital Library "The Civil Rights Digital Library promotes an enhanced understanding of the Movement by helping users discover primary sources and other educational materials from libraries, archives, museums, public broadcasters, and others on a national scale."  URL: http://crdl.usg.edu/?Welcome

CIA World Factbook:URL:  https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

Library of Congress:  American Memory Collection

URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

Legislative Resources

Country Studies:  Lesser known country's data researched by the Library of Congress for the U.S. Army  URL: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html#toc

Primary Sources for Immigration:

 Calisphere:  Primary source documents (western U.S focus).

URL:  http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/

Oyez—U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia

URL: http://www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage 

Country Profiles:  Compiled by the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/

  Presidential Elections

Find Law--Resources on precedent at all levels URL: http://www.findlaw.com/

Country Risk:  Created for businesses looking to expand into other countires.  Web sites that have been checked by economic experts.  http://countryrisk.com/

 This page has links to sites related to the 2008 presidential election. 

http://presidentialelection.wikispaces.com/

ProCon--Resources on current issues that have opposing viewpoints

URL: http://www.procon.org/ 

Interactive Infographic on the World's Best Countries from Newsweek looking at Education, Health, Quality of Life, Economic and Political factors

URL: http://www.newsweek.com/2010/08/15/interactive-infographic-of-the-worlds-best-countries.html

 Past Convention Coverage--Covers the Republican and Democratic conventions from 1896

Oyez, Oyez, Oh Yay! State Bar of Texas resources on Supreme Court Cases for students.  URL: http://www.texasbar.com/civics/index.html