Your Cancer Risk - The Harvard School of Public Health launches an online cancer-risk assessment tool. Just answer a few questions at the free Your Cancer Risk site.
Horus' Web Links to History Resources - searchable link list of history sites from the history department at the University of California at Riverside.
World History Compass - index of world history sites organized topically, regionally, and chronologically, as well as news about history-related topics.
WWW-Virtual Library for History - Extensive directory of history resources. Features exhaustive history indexes arranged alphabetically, by era, and by subject. Also
includes links to world news sources, an electronic library, and scholarly and professional conferences.
Historical Maps: The Perry Castaneda Library -Historical maps of Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia and the Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, polar regions and oceans, Russia
and the former Soviet republics, and the United States.
Talking History - a weekly broadcast/ Internet
radio program that "focuses on all aspects of history: how we recall
it, how we preserve it, how we interpret it, how we transform it into
myth, and how we pass it on.
Global Warming Site: EPA - "We strive to present accurate information on the very
broad issue of climate change and global warming in a way that is
accessible and meaningful to all parts of society – communities, individuals,
business, public officials and governments."
Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government for Kids - site
introduces children to how the government works. It covers the U.S.
Constitution, how laws are made, the branches of government, and
citizenship. The site is divided into sections aimed at age groups K-2,
3-5, 6-8, and 9-12, with a separate section for parents and educators.
ArcData Online - site allows you to browse a world of geographic data to create live maps of specific areas of interest. Maps can include a variety of information, such as floodplains, earthquake zones, and demographics.
Ending Violence Againist Women - Report by the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and the
Center for Health and Gender Equity: "Around the world at least one woman in every three has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime. Most often the abuser is a member of her own family."
National Center on Sleep Disorders Research - site offers
information on sleep disorders and related resources for both the
general public and the scientific community. Patient and public
information includes fact sheets, HealthBeat Radio News audio clips,
public service announcements, an interactive quiz, and related
resources.
