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African - American

Numerous sources of information about notable African-Americans and African-American culture and history are available in the Reference Department at the Jackson-Madison County Library.  Reference Librarians are available to help you.
A selection of African American Biographies in the Children's Department at the Jackson-Madison County Library.
African-American History in TN (Links to other black history sources, too, from Tennessee State University)
African-American Mosaic (Library of Congress site with information and photographs depicting the black experience in America)
Africans in America: America's Journey through Slavery
Patchwork of African-American Life (from AT&T Education)
Black Network.com (African American Inventors)
Black History Month (from Infoplease.com:  notable African-Americans,  history,  literature,  many more links) 
Black History Quest (Source on African and African-American history, culture and black studies resources.  Includes links to inventors, photographs, historical & contemporary persons.)
National Geographic Online Presents: The Underground Railroad
The History Channel: Black History
Faces of Science:  African-Americans in the Sciences
Awesome Stories ( Jim Crow Laws, Little Rock Protests, Nat Turner, Plessy v Ferguson, Slave Voices)

Multicultural

Africast (Website for Africans Worldwide)
Indianz.com (Native American cultural portal)
Asian American Links
Asia Source (A resource of the Asia Society: Arts & Culture, Business & Economics, Policy & Government, Society & History)
Hispanic Online
U.S. Latino History and Culture (from the Smithsonian)
Diversity Calendar (Ethnic, national holiday, religious, other) 
CountryReports.org (National Anthems, flags, maps, weather, news, government)
Flags of the World 
InterculturalRelations.com
Middle East Institute
Middle East Network Information Center
National Anthems
Multi-Cultural Review
National Multi-Cultural Institute
United Nations

Cultural History

Great Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century
History Channel
History & Politics Out Loud (Archive of audio history)
Making of America (Primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction)
Pop Matters (Magazine of global culture)

Current Events

Tennessee Office  of  Homeland Security (Includes Guide to Citizen Perparedness  and bulletins)

Religion

Academic Info/Religion (Searchable annotated directory of Internet resources)
Bible Gateway (Search the Bible in nine languages & multiple versions)
BibleNotes (Resource for Bible study with review notes & key points)
Catholic Online
New Advent (Catholic Resources on the Net)
CrossDaily.com (Mega index to Christian search engines, resources)
Religious Studies Web Guide
Internet Christian Library (Guide to Early Christian literature, Christian resources)
Introduction to Islam (from the Middle East Institute)
Islam and Islamic Studies Resources
Judaism and Jewish Resources - Shamash
Religious Statistics Worldwide
Religious Tolerance
Saints & Angels (Indexed database with biographies of over 450 saints, information about feast days and angels)
Patron Saints ( Topics with patron saints and profiles of them)
Vatican-Holy See
Sermon Central (Full-text sermons, sermon outlines, indexed by Bible chapter)
Virtual Religion Index (Links to sources on world religions)
World Council of Churches

 

Seniors

    General Information

Administration on Aging (Official federal agency site.  Press releases, legislation, conferences, information on health, diet, care, etc.)
AARP(Membership info, items on health, retirement planning, life options, grandparenting)
 Senior Citizens' Resources (Providing government services electronically)
Elderhostel
Friendly4Seniors (Mega site to many links to housing, financial, legal, medical, recreation, discounts, more.)
Senior Living
Seniors Site (Forums, publications for seniors, legislation affecting seniors, pets, volunteering)
Aging Stats.gov
Third Age
WidowNet (Information & self-help for widows and widowers)

      Financial & Legal

National Senior Citizens Law Center
Retirement Planning
Senior Law
Social Security Forms
Social Security Handbook
Social Security Online

       Fitness & Health

Exercise & Fitness for Seniors
Lifelong Fitness Alliance
Hospice Net (for patients & families facing life-threatening illness)
Medicare
Medicare Consumer Publications
Medicare Handbook
Senior Health

       Online Publications

Grand Times
AARP the Magazine
Senior Times
Vintage Magazine

Women

Domestic Violence Hotline & Resources
4000Years of Women in Science
American Women's History: A Research Guide
A Celebration of Women Writers
Distinguished Women of Past & Present (Has over 5,000 entries and many links to women sites)
First Ladies (Biographical information on all the Presidents' wives)
Living the Legacy:  The Women's Rights Movement 1848-1998 (History of the women's movement, detailed timeline and women's organizations information and more)
National Women's History Project (History of women's movement and list of other links by category)
National Organization for Women (Legislative alerts, background information and NOW publications)
Women in Tennessee History
Women's History in America (Women's contributions to American history with biographies by Women's International Center)
Women's Studies  (Developed by Women's Studies Committee of Association of College and Research Libraries.  Extensive collection of links related to women studies.)

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