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- CIA World FactbookConcise profiles of nations including a brief historical overview and sections on geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
- State Department Background NotesSimilar to the CIA World Factbook, but with a much more extensive section on each nation's history and information on diplomatic relations with the United States.
- United NationsOfficial homepage of the UN. Contains information on the organization and its activities.
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)Homepage of the UN Organization dedicated to raising levels of nutrition and standards of living. Provides information on current activities and general information on sustainable agriculture and development.
- The World ClockChart of world time zones, showing current times in major world cities.
Organizations
- Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ)AHCJ is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to advancing public understanding of health care issues.
- BioCommunications Association (BCA)BCA membership is international in scope, and made up of professionals who create and use the highest quality images and presentations in visual communications media for teaching and documentation in the life sciences and medicine.
- International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ)IFAJ is a non-political, professional association for agricultural journalists in 29 countries.
- Native American Journalists Association (NAJA)NAJA serves and empowers Native journalists through programs and actions designed to enrich journalism and promote Native cultures
- North American Agricultural Journalists Home Page (NAAJ)NAAJ is a professional, group of agricultural editors and writers.
- Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ)SEJ is a U.S.- based membership organization of working journalists dedicated to improvements in environmental reporting.
Federal Government
- FedStatsOfficial statistical information available to the public from the Federal Government.
- FedWorld Information NetworkThe online locator service for a comprehensive inventory of information disseminated by the Federal Government.
- USA.gov: U.S. Federal Government online resourcesDesigned as a centralized place to find information from U.S. local, state and federal government agency websites. Connects to more than 51 million web pages. If the government has put it on the web, you can find it through USA.gov.
- GPO AccessGPO Access is a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free electronic access to a wealth of important information products produced by the Federal Government.
- Science.govA subsection of Firstgov designed as a centralized location for "authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results."
- Statistical Abstract of the United StatesCollection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States.
- Thomas Legislative InformationGateway to Federal legislative information on the internet from the Library of Congress. Includes information on current actions in the House of Representatives and Senate, public laws, vote results, committee reports and homepages, and the full text of the Congressional Record. Also features directories of House and Senate members, a FAQ, an overview of the legislative process, summaries of congressional activities, historical documents, and the full text of congressional debates.
- U.S. Census BureauContains all of the reports generated from the U.S. Census. Wealth of information on demographics, population, geography, and much, much more.
Local and State Government
- City of MadisonHomepage for the city of Madison. Provides access to commonly used services and information about city government and policies.
- Dane CountyHomepage for Dane County. Provides access to commonly used services and information about city government and policies.
- Government Documents at Steenbock LibraryProvides information on the government documents held by Steenbock Library, how to find them, and links to other online sites dealing with government documents.
- Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN)Offers a wealth of data and information about the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence region’s environment, economy, tourism, education and more.
- Wisconsin.govThe state of Wisconsin's official web portal. Contains links to anything and everything associated with state government and programs.
UW-Madison People
- UW-Madison Expertise(Community of Science) The Expertise database can be searched by faculty name, department, area of expertise, patents, and recent publications.