Research Resources

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Access Indiana - information on Indiana government, law and legislation.
Agenda 21 - entire text of this important UN document from Earth Summit 1992 (may not work -- was offline as of May 1, 1998)
Agenda 21 - ECO - access Environmental Conservation Organization's web site for entire text of Agenda 21.
Agricultural Census 1992
Agricultural Census, 1997 & 1992
Agriculture, Department of
Agri-Surf - agricultural reference site
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Institute of Biological Science
Army Corps of Engineers
The Atlantic Monthly
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Bill Munro's Landrights.com -- executive orders, court cases and other legal information pertinent to the property rights movement.
Biodiversity, Convention on
Bureau of Land Management
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Census Bureau, U.S.
Center for Environmental Statistics
Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development
Chicago Tribune
Citizens Network for Sustainable Development
City Web Sites - official web site links for cities throughout the world, North America and the U.S.A.
Commission on Environmental Conservation -- NAFTA
Congressional Record - access thru Purdue University.
Congressional Research Service Reports - all topics related to the environment.
Conservation Ecology - Journal of the Ecological Society of America
Cooler Heads Coalition - the not so politically correct view on global warming.
Court Cases - a comprehensive list of Internet resources of legal information
Court of Appeals, U.S. - map of all the U.S. District Courts of Appeal. Just click on the district number you want and it will hyperlink you to that research page.
Court of Appeals - DC
C-SPAN
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DIRT - Real Estate Informational Resource (legal topics)
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Earth Charter Campaign
Earth Network for Sustainable Development
Ecola News Directories - directory of worldwide newspapers, and magazines. Research publications of by country and state.
Ecological Regions of North America - click on "Environmental Conservation/" Caution: Adobe Acrobat Reader required. From the NAFTA-created Commission on Environmental Conservation.
Electronic Activist - state-by-state e-mail address list of radio stations, newspapers and television stations. Great resource for news releases!
Energy, Department of
E-Mail the Indiana General Assembly
E-mail your U.S. Representative
E-Mail your U.S. Senators
Envirolink - link to environmental groups and information.
Environmental Grantmakers Association
Environmental Law - USA - from the Environmental Law Alliance
Environmental Law Alliance - worldwide
Environmental Law Institute
Environmental News Network
Environmental Organization Web Directory
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA's CBEP - Community-Based Environmental Protection program.
EPA departments - list and access to all Environmental Protection Agency departments and offices.
EPA News Briefs - internal information circulated among EPA employees.
Executive Branch - one-stop-shopping for web links to all Executive Branch agencies and departments.
EO's from the President - best spot, so far, to obtain information about Executive Orders.
Executive Orders - White House web site location to obtain text of presidential EO's.
Exec. Orders 1950-1997 - archival list with hyperlinks to many, but not all, past EO's.
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Federalist Digest
Federal Digest Research Link
Federal Election Commission Information - campaign finance data on all federal candidates.
Fedlaw - federal law.
Federal News Service - obtain the text of speeches and news releases.
Federal Register - 1995/1998
FedStats - statistics from 70 U.S. agencies.
Forest Service
Foundations & Grantmakers Directory
Freedom Dispatch
The Freeman
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Gap Analysis Program - provides regional and state biodiversity information.
Garden State Environet - check out its library resources.
Global Action Center - check out what the opposition is saying on any particular subject.
Government Accounting Office - GAO - read and order GAO documents online.
GPO Access - through Purdue University.
Government Printing Office - online order for any government document.
Guidestar - IRS financial reports on thousands of nonprofit organizations.
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Housing & Urban Development, Department of
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ICCROM -- Internation Center for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
ICOMOS -- International Council on Monuments and Sites.
Indiana Law Code
Indiana School of Law
Interior, Department of
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives - United Nations organization established to create "Local Agenda 21's" at the state, county and municipal level all around the world.
International Institute for Sustainable Development
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Junk Science Homepage - get all the ammunition you need to fight the politically correct viewpoint on any environmental topic! From the Advancemnt of Sound Science Coalition.
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The LandOwner - newsletter about farming issues.
Law Journal Extra - current opinions on federal court cases.
Legal - a comprehensive list on Internet resource sites for court cases.
Library of Congress
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Los Angeles Times
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Maryland Office of Planning - information of Smart Growth
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National Association of Counties - Joint Center on Sustainable Communities
National Biological Survey
National Charity Information Bureau
National Council for Sustainable Development
National Empowerment Network - NET
National Environmental Directory - a national directory of environmental groups, names, addresses, phone numbers, faxes and e-mail addresses. Broken down by regions. Disregard ordering information and click on region. It will take you to a search engine.
National Park Service
National Science Foundation
National Park Service 1997 Strategic Plan
Natural Resources Conservation Service - natural resources inventory
Nature Magazine
NewsBot
News Index
News Trawler
New York Times
Nonprofits, White House web site - a clearinghouse of federal information about goods and services available to nonprofits.
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Philanthrophy Journal - information about nonprofits
Planners Web - Planning Commissioners Journal, information about "takings" and property rights in relationship to municipal planning and zoning.
President's Council on Sustainable Development
Public Purpose - excellent resource on public transportation/urban sprawl issues
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Quantum Law - daily summaries of court decisions and law.
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Report from Sustainability Round Table -- 1995
Reuters Environmental News Service- U.S. and worldwide news articles on specific environmental topics.
Right of Way - detailed information about all types of rights-of-way.
Roll Call - inside information on Congress and the election process.
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Science Magazine
Society of Environmental Journalists
Sustainable Development Directory - alphabetical listing of addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses of national and international SD organizations.
Sustainable Communities Network
Supreme Court Cases
Supreme Court Decisions
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Thomas - legislative information from 104th & 105th Congress.
Town Hall
Treaties and Agreements - North American - Database of North American agreements and treaties on transboundary environmental issues. Search by subject, agreement name or parties.
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Urban Planning - get information about urban planning from 1794 to the present.
UN Biosphere Reserves Program
UN Sustainable Cities Programme
UN Sustainable Development Web Site
UN World Heritage Site Program
U.S. House of Representatives - schedule of hearings and legislator contact via e-mail.
House of Representative, U.S. - Committee Documents
U.S. House of Representatives - Science Committee - committee hearing schedules and remarks on specific resource issues.
US House of Representatives Law Library
US News & World Report
US Senate
Utah Association of Counties -- RS 2477 Rights-of-Way
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Voter Information Service - advocacy group ratings of legislators.
Vote Smart - advocacy group ratings and voting records of congressmen and senators.
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Washington Post
Washington Times - weekly
Washington Times - daily
Wildlands Project
World Climate Report - a publication to provide a more balanced view on global warming, from Dr. Patrick Michaels.
WorldNet Daily - online publication of Western Journalism Center
White House Web Site
XYZ