The following sites are directories or search engines useful for finding information about government at all levels.

U.S. Government Sources Reference Desk: http://www.refdesk.com/factgov.html  - This site contains links to just about every government site imaginable.

U.S. Government Search: http://usgovsearch.northernlight.com/ - This is an award-winning site for conducting Federal Government research.

Guide to State and Local Government: http://www.governmentguide.com/ - You can find links to all state and local government at this site.

FedWorld: http://www.fedworld.gov/about.htm  - This site offers multiple distribution channels to disseminate information to the public and to the Federal Government. It offers a comprehensive central access point for searching, locating, ordering and acquiring government and business information.

Government Information Xchange: http://www.info.gov/  - Established in 1966, the Federal Information Center (FIC) is a single point of contact for people who have questions about Federal agencies, programs, and services. This site has links to about any federal or state government topic you shall ever need.

FirstGov: http://www.firstgov.gov/top_nav/about.html  - FirstGov is a public-private partnership, led by a cross-agency board and administered by the Office of  FirstGov in the General Services Administration's Office of Government wide Policy.
 

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L'Osservatore Romano: http://www.vatican.va/news_services/or/home_eng.html -  The official Vatican newspaper.

Mario's Cyberspace Station, Vatican and Religion Related Websites: http://jagor.srce.hr/~mprofaca/news121.html - An excellent site from which to find information on the Pope and the Vatican.

Vatican: The Holy See: http://www.vatican.va/phome_en.htm - The official website of the Vatican.

The Pope Page: http://www.trincomm.org/index.cfm - A good source to find information on the Pope.

The "UNOFFICIAL" Pope John Paul II: http://www.zpub.com/un/pope/ - Another excellent source to learn about the Pope.

St. Peter's Basilica: http://www.ewtn.com/gallery/sp/sp1.htm - You can see beautiful color photographs of the exterior and interior of St. Peter's at this site.

Citt del Vaticano: http://www.christusrex.org/www1/citta/0-Citta.html - You can visit Vatican City at this site.

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Ostensione della Sacra Sindone: http://www.vps.it/livevents/sindone/  - A site about the Holy Shroud of Turin.

The Holy Shroud Guild: http://www.shroud.org/index.htm  - This site contains a lot of information about the Holy Shroud of Turin with links to other Shroud sites.

The Shroud of Turin Website: http://www.shroud.com/  - This web site will keep you abreast of current research on the Shroud of Turin, and provide you with accurate data from the previous research, and let you interact with the researchers themselves.

Council for the Study of the Shroud of Turin: http://www.duke.edu/~jcp2/shroud/  - The Council's mission is to study, research, and publish the findings from the Shroud of Turin and related Relics of the Passion; and to disseminate this knowledge and promote general awareness.

Shroud of Turin Center of Colorado: http://www.shroudofturin.com/  - Since its founding in 1990, as a 501C 3 non-profit organization registered in The State of Colorado, Turin Shroud Center of Colorado (TSC), has had two missions: to conduct research and provide education on The Shroud of Turin. The scientists affiliated with the Center have conducted extensive scientific research on the Holy Shroud.

Collegamento pro Sindone: http://www.shroud.it/index2.htm  - This publication no longer exists, but the site still contains high level articles of the world's most well known scholars of the Shroud. Collegamento pro Sindone was a bimonthly periodical founded in 1986 by laymen and  P. Gilberto Frigo, o.f.m., responsible for Collegamento pro Fidelitate, a magazine of spirituality for nuns.

Marian Sites (pages devoted to Mary the Mother of God): http://community.catholic.org/marian/marian.htm  - Links to over a hundred sites devoted to our Blessed Mother Mary.

The Fatima Network: http://www.fatima.org/core.html  - Contains many links to sites about Fatima.

Catholic Apparitions of Jesus and Mary: http://www.apparitions.org/  - Contains a large list of apparitions with a code in regard to their approval status by the Church.

Our Lady of Lourdes: http://www.catholic.org/mary/lourdes1.html  - Links to information about one of the most important apparitions of the modern era.

Lourdes France: http://www.lourdes-france.com/  - The official Lourdes website.

Apparitions: http://www.monksofadoration.org/appariti.html  - Links to many apparition sites.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Website: http://www.sancta.org/  - An approved apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary where she left us a miraculous life-sized portrait of herself.

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Literally hundreds of sites exist on the Internet on the fine arts. Below are listed sites that will give you a start to finding what you want.

Art Galleries: http://www.icom.org/vlmp/galleries.html  - This site will link you to art museums and galleries all over the world.

Christian Art: http://christianbest.com/xian_art.html  - Many links to Christian art are at this site.

Art and Image Gallery: http://www.scborromeo.org/gallery.htm  - Many links to Catholic art is located at this site.

Art Cyclopedia: http://www.artcyclopedia.com/about.html  - This is an effective guide to museum-quality fine art on the Internet. It has a good search feature.

Art on The Web: http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/Artweb_frames.html  - Maintained at Boston College.

Art Indexes: http://sunsite.dk/cgfa/fineart.htm  - At this site you can find art by selecting the authors. Artists at this site have been indexed in several different ways. You may search by the artist's name, or by nationality or time frame. (Once in any artist's section, the works are in order by date where possible.) You may also simply go to the first page of any letter (artists are alphabetized by name) by clicking on a letter in the index.

The Web Gallery of Art: http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/index.html  - The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1150-1800), currently containing over 8,500 reproductions. Biographies, commentaries, guided tours are available. Free postcard service is provided for the visitors.

Art History Resources on the Web: http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html  - Maintained by Chris Witcombe, Professor, Art History, Sweet Briar College, Virginia.

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Project Gutenburg: http://promo.net/pg/  - In this site you will find the classic books from the start of this century and previous centuries, from authors like Shakespeare, Poe, Dante, as well as well-loved favorites like the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the Tarzan and Mars books of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Alice's adventures in Wonderland as told by Lewis Carroll, and thousands of others.

English Online Resources: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/eng-on.html  - Thousands of classical works in prose, poetry, philosophy etc. are available at this site. Maintained by the University of Virginia Library.

Directory of Electronic Text Centers: http://harvest.rutgers.edu/ceth/etext_directory/  - This site contains links to many University collections of on-line books. The potential for finding books, manuscripts, etc, on the Internet with this directory of directories is almost limitless.

Electronic Texts and Publishing Resources: http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/etext/etext.html  - This site is maintained by the Library of Congress and contains links to many sites that maintain or that link to on-line books.

bartleby.com: http://www.bartleby.com/  - Bartleby.comafter the humble character of its namesake scrivener, or copyistpublishes the classics of literature, nonfiction, and reference free of charge for the home, classroom, and desktop of each and every Internet participant. Some of the reference sources are Columbia Encyclopedia; World Factbook; American Heritage Collegiate Dictionary; American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language; Roget's Thesauri Roget's II; Thesaurus Roget's International Thesaurus; Bartlett's Familiar Quotations; Simpson's Quotations; Modern Usage; Fowler's King's English; Strunk's Style; Mencken's Language; Cambridge History; Oxford Shakespeare; Gray's Anatomy; Bulfinch's Mythology; Sapir's Language Art of Reading; Sapir's Art of Writing.

The On-line Books Page: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/  - This site is maintained by the University of Pennsylvania.

Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts: http://www.infomotions.com/alex/  - The Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts is a collection of public domain documents from American and English literature as well as Western philosophy.

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There are many sites from which you can find information about business and industry on the Internet, many are highly specialized. For example, the author has done extensive research on the Internet on business and industry. Two of these studies were on the petroleum and automotive industries. Each of them have at least 30 search engines or directories dedicated to the industry. The sites listed below are good starting places to find information about business and industry on the Internet.

Office.Com: http://office.com/  - A good place to start for information about business or industry.

IndustryLink: http://www.industrylink.com/   - One of the premier directories of links to business and industry.

ManufacturingNet: http://www.manufacturing.net/main.html  - A good place top start research on manufacturing.

All Business Directory: http://www.comfind.com/  - A good place to start for the study of business matters.

Harris InfoSource: http://www.harrisinfo.com/about/ - Over 400,000 companies are profiled. Each company is profiled in detail by in-house researchers.

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Catechism of the Catholic Church: http://www.christusrex.org/www1/CDHN/ccc.html# - This site is maintained by the wonderful Christus Rex. 

Catechism of the Catholic Church Search Engine: http://198.62.75.12/www2/kerygma/ccc/searchcat.html  - This site coordinates with the Christus Rex site listed above. You can find information about what the Catholic Church teaches simply by entering your questions into the search feature of this site. This is a wonderful resource.

Catechism of the Catholic Church:  http://www.vatican.va/archive/catechism/ccc_toc.htm - This is the official English version of the Catechism and is maintained by the Vatican.

Links to Catholic Catechisms: http://www.monksofadoration.org/catechis.html  - Catechisms include the Baltimore Catechism # 1, #2, #3, #4, Catechism of Saint Pius X, Catechism of the Catholic Church, and the Catechism of the Council of Trent.

A Basic Catholic Catechism: http://www.trincomm.org/most/getwork.cfm?worknum=32  - By Father Rev. William G. Most, one of the leading catechist of the Twentieth Century.

Catechetical Instructions and Sermons: http://www.tcdsb.on.ca/external/schools/chaminade/oac-philosophy/public_html/cure.htm - Written by one of the greatest catechists of all time, the Cure of Ars, St. John Baptiste Marie Vianny. 
                              
General Directory for Catechesis: (Type this one in) http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cclergy/documents/rc_con_ ccatheduc_doc_17041998_directory-for-catechesis_en.html. Also try   http://listserv.american.edu/catholic/church/vatican/gencatdi.txt - Issued by the Sacred Congregation for the Clergy.

Nazareth Master Catechism: http://www.cin.org/users/james/ebooks/master/master2.htm#On%20Faith - This site includes a side-by-side view of four of the greatest catechisms of all time: Baltimore, Trent, Pope St. Pius X, and St. Thomas Aquinas, together with the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

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Although there are dozens of Catholic directories on the Internet, the following are some of the most complete as well as orthodox. The student should be able to find anything about the Catholic religion he or she needs from these sources.

PetersNet: http://www.petersnet.net/index.cfm  - A good source to find information about the Catholic Church.

The Cybermonk's Internet Directory of Directories: http://www.monksofadoration.org/directry.html  - The most complete list of Catholic directories on the Internet. In fact, it lists 77 different Catholic directories from around the world.

The Cybermonk's Catholic Internet Yellow Pages: http://www.monksofadoration.org/directory.html  - This detailed directory of Catholicism was created by Brother John Raymond, the Cybermonk, and is arranged by topics. You can find directories on just about any subject imaginable on the Catholic religion at this site.

Alapadre Catholic Topical Index: http://alapadre.net/popindex.html  - A very detailed directory arranged alphabetically by topics. There is hardly a topic pertaining to religious matters that isn't listed here.

Catholic Pages: http://www.catholic-pages.com/default.asp  - Another excellent Catholic directory. In fact, it is one of the best sites with which to do research on Catholic subjects.

Christus Rex et Redemptor Mundi: http://www.christusrex.org/www1/icons/index.html  - Absolutely one of the best places to start to learn about the Catholic Church.

Catholic On-line: http://www.catholic.org/  - An excellent Catholic directory and search engine. A good source to find information about the Catholic Church. Their mission is serve as a center for the exchange of information for Catholics and all people of God, to help them deepen their understanding of our Catholic Faith.

The Librarians Guide to Catholic Resources on the Internet: http://www.lgcr.net/  - A good place to start to find information about the Catholic Church and your Faith.

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ZENET News Agency: http://www.zenit.org/english - The world as seen from Rome.

Vatican News Services: http://www.vatican.va/news_services/index.htm - This is the official news agency of the Vatican.

Catholic World News: http://www.cwnews.com/index.cfm#top - Catholic World News is an independent organization staffed by lay Catholic journalists, dedicated to provid-ing accurate world news, written from a distinctively Catholic perspective. With regular correspondents in Washington, London, and Rome - and contacts all around the world - CWN seeks to provide loyal Catholics and other interested readers with all the news that affects their Church and their faith.

Noticias Eclesiales: http://www.eclesiales.org/english/index.html - An Italian news service with an English translation.

Office of Communications: http://www.nccbuscc.org/comm/index.htm - This is the official communications service of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Catholic News Service: http://www.catholicnews.com/ - The mission of Catholic News Service is the mission of the church itself -- to spread the Gospel through contemporary means of communication.

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The Fathers of the Church: http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/  - New Advent maintains this site, which contains the writings of the Church Fathers listed alphabetically.

Early Church Fathers: http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/  - Maintained by the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. The Early Church Fathers is a 38-volume collection of writings from the first 800 years of the Church. This collection is divided into three series, Ante-Nicene (ANF), Nicene and Post-Nicene Series I (NPNF1), and Nicene and Post-Nicene Series II (NPNF2). This site contains a search feature.

St. Pachomius Library: http://www.ocf.org/OrthodoxPage/reading/St.Pachomius/globalindex.html  -  Although this site is an Orthodox site, it contains links to many writings of saints, Church Fathers, and other Christian writers.

Church Fathers, Saints, and Christian Antiquities: http://ic.net/~erasmus/RAZ206.HTM  - Maintained by Dave Armstrong and contains links to Fathers of the Church, Early Church History /Archaeology / Manuscripts, and Saints and Notable Catholics. This site has a feature that allows you to discover what the Church Fathers and various other Saints had to say about a variety of topics

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The Catholic Encyclopedia: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/  - This is the classic 1913 edition maintained by New Advent.

The Encyclopedia of Early Church History: http://cedar.evansville.edu/~ecoleweb/  - Part of the University of Evansville Ecole project. Contains links to many original histories of the Church.

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General History                                                                                          
World History                                                                                                 
U.S. History                                                                                                 
Catholic History and Documents                                                                  
Research and Writing History for High School Students                                
Historical Documents                                                                                      Maps                                                                                                      
Catholic Documents                                                                           
Biographies
 

General History

History Sources Reference Desk: http://www.refdesk.com/facthist.html  - A list of 178 websites on a variety of historical topics.

WWW-VL History: http://www.ukans.edu/history/VL/  - This is one of the most comprehensive starting points for historical research. It is maintained at the University of Kansas.

Horus' Web Links to History Resources: http://www.ucr.edu/h-gig/index.html - The site is maintained by the University of California, Riverside Department of History and is a good place to start historical research.

Social Studies Links: http://killeenroos.com/links.htm - This is a very comprehensive site maintained by the School District of Killeen Texas.

Academic Info, World History Gateway: http://www.academicinfo.net/hist.html - A directory with hundreds of links to world history resources.

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World History

The Ancient World Web: http://www.julen.net/ancient/ - Lists over 1,100 links to websites on many topics in ancient history.

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html - This  site opens the door to hundreds of websites on ancient history. Fordham University maintains this site.

Ancient History Resources: http://www.snowcrest.net/jmike/ancient.html - Links to hundreds of sites with information about ancient Greece, Rome, and elsewhere.

Medieval and Renaissance Culture: http://ic.net/~erasmus/RAZ33.HTM - Compiled by Dave Armstrong, a noted Catholic apologist. Among the many topics with links to hundreds of sites are: Architecture, Art History , Castles, Cathedrals, Churches, and Abbeys, Literature and Documents, Monasticism and Orders, Music, Painting and Sculpture, Philosophy and Scholasticism, Saints and Other Notable Christian Figures, Science in the Middle Ages.

Byzantine & Medieval Studies Sites: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/medweb/ - This site is maintained at Fordham University and attempts to track all Byzantine material on the Internet, and all significant entry points for Medieval studies.

Internet Medieval Sourcebook: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html - A detailed source of Internet sites on the Middle Ages - 500-1,500 AD. This site is maintained by the Fordham University Center for Medieval Studies.

Argos: http://argos.evansville.edu/  - Maintained by the University of Evansville and contains a search engine with which to search the ancient and medieval Internet.

ORB: http://orb.rhodes.edu/  - ORB is an academic site for medieval studies, written and maintained by medieval scholars for the benefit of their fellow instructors and serious students. Contains an encyclopedia on medieval topics, a reference shelf, on-line textbooks, and links to hundreds of websites that contain information on the medieval period.

NetSURF: http://www.netserf.org/  - This site contains a very complete directory of medieval sources.

Labyrinth: http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/index.html - This site is sponsored by the Georgetown University Medieval Studies Program and contains a complete directory on medieval topics with a search feature.

The WWW Virtual Library History Index of Medieval Europe: http://www.msu.edu/~georgem1/history/medieval.htm - This list of on-line references is maintained by The Michigan State University Graduate Student Medieval and Renaissance Consortium.

Virtual Library History of Early Modern History: http://www-geschichte.fb15.uni-dortmund.de/fnz/ - This site is maintained at Department of History, University of Dortmund, Germany. It covers history from the 16th Century to the present.

Internet Modern History Sourcebook: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html  - One of the most complete sources for finding information on the Internet on the 16th Century to the present. Fordham University maintains this site.

Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library & Renaissance Culture: http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/vatican/toc.html  - This value of this site speaks for itself.

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U.S. History

American and British History Resources on the Internet: http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/history/history.shtml   - This site is maintained by the Rutgers University Libraries. It contains Reference Resources, History Gateways, and Text Sites, Titles by Historic Period, and Archival and Manuscript Guides.

WWW Virtual Library of U.S. History: http://www.ukans.edu/history/VL/USA/index.html - One of the best starting points to conduct research in United States History.

Archiving Early America: http://earlyamerica.com/ - This sites main focus is primary source material from 18th Century America all displayed digitally. It contains a unique array of original newspapers, maps and writings.

American History Sites: http://www.seanet.com/Users/pamur/ahistory.html  - You can find links to about any subject on American history at this site.

American History Links: http://killeenroos.com/link/amhist.htm  - You can find links to many subjects on American history at this site.

Rutgers University Libraries:  http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/history/history.shtml - This site includes: Reference Resources; Archival and MSS. Guides; General History Portals; Sites Organized by Subject; Sites Organized by Period; Full-text Documents by Period; History Associations & History Listservs.

U.S. History Resources and Directories: http://www.academicinfo.net/histus.html - This site is maintained by Academic Info, which is an independent Internet subject directory compiled and maintained by Mike Madin with the assistance of a volunteer group of subject specialists. 

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Catholic History and Documents

The Ecole Initiative: http://cedar.evansville.edu/~ecoleweb/  - A collection maintained at the University of Evansville containing the writings of the Fathers of the Church and many of the Saints, early Church histories, and Church documents. Care must be taken because the writings of non-Catholics are included in this extensive collection.

Cybermonk's Links to Catholic History Sources: http://www.monksofadoration.org/historyc.html - This site is maintained by Brother John Raymond, otherwise known as the Cybermonk. He is thoroughly orthodox and maintains one of the most complete Catholic directories on the Internet.

Internet Theology Resources: Church History and Historical Theology: http://www.csbsju.edu/library/internet/theochht.html - A wonderful source for information about Church History on the Internet. The site is maintained by the Alcuin and Clemens Libraries of St. Benedict and St. John's University.

The Christian Classics Ethereal Library: http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/ - This site contains all 38 Volumes of the Early Church Fathers.

The U.S. Catholic Historical Society: http://cf.catholic.org/uschs/index.cfm - This site provides an online guide to repositories and collections of primary sources documenting the history of Catholicism in the United States.

The Church in Crises: A History of the General Councils: 325-1870 by Mgr. Philip Hughes: http://www.christusrex.org/www1/CDHN/coun0.html - A comprehensive survey of the origins, accomplishments and significance of the twenty General Councils of the Church. Explains the nature and function of General Councils, and tells how each was called and what it accomplished, in the context of the climate of the times, the men who took part, and the intellectual currents which lay behind the final pronouncements.

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Research and Writing History for High School Students

Reading, Writing, and Research for History: http://academic.bowdoin.edu/history/WritingGuides/ - You will find information at this site to help you conduct historical research and how to write research papers.

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Historical Documents 

Historical Text Archive: http://historicaltextarchive.com/index.php  Contains articles, books, documents, and photographs from many periods and areas of the world. Maintained at Mississippi State University.

Historical Documents on the Internet: http://www.cssjournal.com/hisdoc.html - This site contains a directory with links to document sources for every conceivable type of historical document for many periods and areas of the world.

The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School : Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy: http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm - This site contains hundreds of documents American history documents.

National Archives and Records Administration: http://www.nara.gov/alic/ - This site contains links to about every kind of document imaginable in U.S. history.

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Maps

There are hundreds of sites on the Internet to find maps of every description. Below are listed good starting places to find the ones you need.

Historical Maps: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/hist_sites.html - A collection maintained at the University of Texas at Austin. This site is the best place to begin your search for historical maps. Includes links to many other collections.

Cartographic Images: http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/Ren/Ren1/carto.html - Another good site to find historical maps.

Old Historic Maps and Prints: http://www.raremaps.com/ -You can find old historic maps here of many types.

Antique Maps: http://www.baldwinsmaps.com/ - Another good place to find old historical maps.

Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century: http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htm -

HyperHistory: http://www.ipl.org/cgi-bin/common/redirect?http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html - HyperHistory presents 3'000 years of world history with a combination of colorful graphics, lifelines, timelines, and maps.

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Catholic Documents

Documents of the Roman Catholic Church: http://listserv.american.edu/catholic/church/church.html  - This site contains links to: documents of the Council of Trent; documents of the Second Vatican Council; encyclicals and other Papal Documents; Vatican statements; United States Bishop statements; the Catechism of the Catholic Church (British Edition); and writings of the Church Fathers/Doctors/Saints.

Catholic Documents and Apologetic/General Websites: http://ic.net/~erasmus/RAZ24.HTM - This site is maintained by Dave Armstrong and contains hundreds of Catholic resources.

New Advent Church Documents: http://newadvent.org/docs/ - Maintained by New Advent and includes many important Church documents from the past three centuries.

Guide to Early Church Documents: http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/christian-history.html - This site is maintained by ICLnet and contains links to: New Testament Canonical Information, writings of the Apostolic Fathers, Patristic Texts, Creeds and Canons.

Catholic Documents by Subject: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/People/spok/catholic/by-subject.html - Some of the topics are: abortion and human life issues; art and music; Sacred Bible and Scriptural Studies; communism and socialism; errors and heresy; the Sacraments; Jesus Christ and Christology; liturgy, marriage and family issues; Mary; Masonic groups; moral teachings; philosophy and theology; sexuality; social justice.

The Fathers of the Church: http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/ - This site is maintained by New Advent and contains the writings of the Church Fathers listed alphabetically.

Early Church Fathers: http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/ - Maintained by the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.

St. Pachomius Library: http://www.ocf.org/OrthodoxPage/reading/St.Pachomius/globalindex.html - Contains links to many writings of Saints, Church Fathers, and other Christian writers.

Church Fathers, Saints, and Christian Antiquities: http://ic.net/~erasmus/RAZ206.HTM- Maintained by Dave Armstrong and contains links to Fathers of the Church, early Church history /archaeology/manuscripts, and Saints and notable Catholics

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Biographies

Biographical Dictionary: http://www.s9.com/biography/ - This dictionary covers more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day. The dictionary can be searched by birth years, death years, positions held, professions, literary and artistic works, achievements, and other keywords.

Biography: http://biography.com/ - This site is maintained by A&E channel and contains the biographies of many contemporary celebrities and famous people.

Lives, the Biography Resource: http://amillionlives.com/ - The largest guide to biography sites on the Web. Links to thousands of biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, letters, narratives, oral histories and more. Individual lives of the famous, the infamous, and the not so famous are included. Group biographies about people who share a common profession, historical era or geography are also included.  Also includes general collections, resources on biographical criticism and special collections

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There are many tutorials about the Internet on the Internet, but the following are among the best.

Internet Tutorials: http://www.albany.edu/library/internet/  - Maintained by the University of New York Library at Albany. This tutorial will show you how to use search engines and directories as well as other instruments with which to find information on the Internet. One of the best on the Internet.

Finding Information on the Internet, A Tutorial: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html  - This tutorial is sponsored by the Teaching Library Internet Workshops, University of California, Berkeley. It can teach you everything that you need with which to do research on the Internet.

Explore the Internet: http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/explore.html  - Maintained by the Library of Congress. One of the best places with which to start to get information about the Internet and how to use it.

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MuseumNetworkCom: http://museumnetwork.com/ - You will have access to over 33,000 museums in the world at this site.

WebMuseum: http://metalab.unc.edu/wm/  - Links to museums all over the world.

The Virtual Library of Museums: http://www.icom.org/vlmp/ - Contact any museum in the world with this directory of museums.

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Priests for Life: http://www.priestsforlife.org/ - Priests for Life is an officially approved association of Catholic Clergy who give special emphasis to the pro-life teachings of the Church. They offer ongoing assistance to the clergy in addressing the topics of abortion and euthanasia, and training and resources to the entire pro-life movement. A wealth of information about the pro-life movement can be found at this site, including an extensive list with links to hundreds of pro-life organizations around the world.

Ultimate Pro Life Resource List: http://www.prolifeinfo.org/  - You will find a very comprehensive directory of resources on life issues at this site.

The Couple to Couple League: http://www.ccli.org/ - A lot of pro life information can be found at this site. The Couple to Couple League emphasizes natural planning.

Pro Life Action League: http://www.prolifeaction.org/ - This site is about Joe Scheidler's organization, who is one of the leading activists in the pro life movement.

Catholics United for Life: http://www.mich.com/~buffalo/ - Members of the Southeast Michigan branch meet weekly in front of several abortion clinics and pray the Rosary for the sake of the unborn babies and their mothers. They also meet monthly in church for adoration and prayer for the end to abortion.

National Right to Life: http://www.nrlc.org/ - The most prominent pro life organization in the U.S.

American Life League: http://www.all.org/ - This pro life organization is headed by Judie Brown, who organizes the yearly March for Life in Washington DC.

Human Life International: http://www.hli.org/  - HLI was founded by the great pro life priest, Fr. Paul Marx.

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There are many publications that call themselves Catholic, but many if not most of them have compromised the Catholic Faith over the years. Below are listed only publications that are truly orthodox and can be trusted. Most of them have been founded during the past 5-10 years. You will find an enormous amount of valuable information at these sites about your Faith. Most of them have available back issues of the magazines on their sites.

Catholic Answers: http://www.catholic.com/ - A leading Catholic apologetics magazine.

The Wanderer: http://www.thewandererpress.com/ - This publication has remained fiercely loyal to the Catholic Church over the years.

The National Catholic Register: www.ncregister.com - This publication is a weekly Catholic newspaper that claims to equip Catholics to build the Kingdom of Christ in society, promote the Culture of Life, and transform our civilization into one of justice and love. It contains news coverage, analyses, and op/ed columns about the life of the Church, the culture, and the world. It presents Church teaching and tradition with the news and gives readers insight into the realm of politics, media, business, the arts, education, health, bioethics, etc. from an authentically Catholic perspective.

Homiletic and Pastoral Review: http://www.catholic.net/RCC/Periodicals/Homiletic/april96/index.html - Edited by Fr. Kenneth Baker, this is a great source for trustworthy information about the Catholic Faith.

Envoy Magazine: http://www.envoymagazine.com/ - This award winning Catholic magazine is edited by Patrick Madrid, one of the country's leading apologists of the Catholic Faith.

New Oxford Review:  http://www.newoxfordreview.org/  - This great magazine is one of the most interesting publications in existence - it pulls no punches when defending the Catholic Faith.

This Rock:  http://www.catholic.com/ROCK/  - This Rock is an authentically Catholic magazine edited by Karl Keating, one of America's premier apologists of the Catholic Faith.

The Catholic Faith: http://www.catholic.net/RCC/Periodicals/Faith/faith.html - This is an orthodox publication of high literary standards that you can trust to provide you with information needed to defend the Catholic Faith. Fr. John Hardon SJ, who died in the spring of 2001 and was one of the best theologians and catechist of the Catholic Church, was the editor. At the urging of officials in the Vatican, he launched The Catholic Faith magazine to help parents, teachers, pastors, catechists, evangelists, and students to know, live and spread the Catholic Faith more effectively.

Catholic World Report: http://www.catholic.net/RCC/Periodicals/Igpress/cwr.html - This publication is probably the best source for news about the Catholic Church around the world. It is published by Fr. Joseph Fessio, SJ, founder and President of Ignatius Press and edited by a prominent faithful Catholic layman, Philip F. Lawler.

Culture Wars: http://culturewars.com/CultureWars/main.htm - Edited by E. Michael, Jones, one of the most prolific writers about morals and culture from an orthodox Catholic perspective. Among his many books are Degenerate Moderns: Modernity as Rationalized Sexual Misbehavior, Dionysos Rising: The Birth of Cultural Revolution out of the Spirit of Music, and John Cardinal Krol and the Cultural Revolution.

The Public Square: http://www.catholic.net/RCC/Periodicals/PublicSquare/public-square.html - This publication is edited by Richard John Neuhaus and is a Continuing Survey of Religion and Public Life.

First Things: http://www.firstthings.com/ - First Things is published by The Institute on Religion and Public Life, an interreligious, nonpartisan research and education institute whose purpose is to advance a religiously informed public philosophy for the ordering of society. Richard John Neuhaus is the Editor-in-Chief.

Crises Magazine: http://www.catholic.net/rcc/Periodicals/Crisis/index2.html - A publication dedicated to Politics, Culture, and the Church and published by the Morley Institute.

Our Sunday Visitor: http://www.osv.com/ - An old line Catholic magazine that has kept its orthodoxy.

Catholic Dossier: http://www.catholic.net/rcc/Periodicals/Dossier/dossierindex.html - This fine publication is edited by Ralph McInerny, a professor at the University of Notre Dame, and one of the leading scholarly defenders of the Catholic Faith.

St. Catherine Review: http://www.aquinas-multimedia.com/catherine/ - This publication, edited by several prominent orthodox Catholics, is faithful to the Holy Father and the Magisterium of the Church, mindful of tradition, and respectful of lawful Church authority. Publishes many articles on issues confronting the Church.

The Thomist: http://www.thomist.org/ - Journal of philosophy and theology in the tradition of the great doctor of the Church, St. Thomas Aquinas, the "Angelic Doctor."

Spirituality for Today: http://www.spirituality.org/ - Spirituality for Today is an interactive monthly magazine dedicated to a variety of current themes and questions concerning the Christian faith in this postmodern age.

Inside the Vatican: http://www.insidethevatican.com/ - Although not an official site of the Vatican, you will find out more about what is going on there in this publication than anywhere else.

Lay Witness: http://www.cuf.org/lay.htm - The official magazine of Catholics United for the Faith, one of the leading defenders of the Catholic Faith.

The Latin Mass: http://www.latinmassmagazine.com - A magazine dedicated to the preservation and restoration of the traditional Latin Mass and traditional Catholic thought, practice, and education.

St. Joseph Messenger: http://www.aquinas-multimedia.com/stjoseph/index.html - A great magazine for youth edited by Michael Rose, a prominent church architectural and liturgical reformer. This publication contains articles from an authentically Catholic perspective for youth on the arts, architecture, music, history, biography, geography, the Church, Tradition, poetry, and prayer.

Catholic Net: http://us.catholic.net/index.phtml - A great source for information about the orthodox Catholic press.

30 Days: http://www.30giorni.it/index_us.htm - An Italian based magazine with an English edition that contains a lot of information about the Catholic Church.

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Carmelite Literature on the Internet: http://www.karmel.at/lit/eng.htm - This site links to many Carmelite spiritual classics, such as the writings of St. John of the Cross, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Thrse of Lisieux, and Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross Discalced Carmelite (Blessed Edith Stein).

The Contemporary Challenge of John of the Cross: http://www.karmel.at/ics/others/d.html - This site contains a short history of St. John of the Cross. As the author  Leonard Doohan says, "St. John has a message for our time, not just for academics or members of contemplative religious orders, but for all those who seek God in an often confusing world."

Lectio Divina And the Practice of Teresian Prayer: http://www.karmel.at/ics/others/more.html -  This article by Sam Anthony Morello OCD, explains the the method of prayer of St. Teresa of Avila. Excellent resource.

Theology and Doctrine Guide to Medieval Spirituality: http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~degregor/spirituality.html - This site contains links to hundreds of spiritual writings of the saints and others prominent Catholics.

Prayer on the Internet: http://www.monksofadoration.org/prayer.html - This site contains many links to Catholic prayer.

Catholic Spirituality on the Internet: http://www.monksofadoration.org/spiritua.html - Contains dozens of links to sites on Catholic spirituality.

Who's Who in the History of Mysticism: http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/mys/whoswho.htm - This site has a large bibliography with links to the writings of mystics who lived down through the ages.

Internet Theology Resources: Spirituality: http://www.csbsju.edu/library/internet/theosp  - Annotated guide to resources for Christian spirituality, from the College of St. Benedict and St. John's University.
 

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The Virtual Holy Land: http://www.jesus2000.com/galilee/  - A wonderful site that will take you anywhere in the Holy Land.

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The sites listed and linked below will get you started on theological subjects.

Catholic Doctrine: http://www.monksofadoration.org/doctrine.html - Maintained by Br. John Raymond who lists sites of interest to laymen.

Theological Texts: http://www.monksofadoration.org/thltxt.html - Maintained by Br. John Raymond who lists sites of interest to laymen.

Theology Links: http://www.monksofadoration.org/theology.html - Maintained by Br. John Raymond who lists sites of interest to laymen.

Internet Theology Resources: http://www.csbsju.edu/library/internet/theosubj.html - Maintained by the St. John's University and Seminary at Collegeville, Minnesota.

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