November 15, 2007

What's New

Highlighting INFOMINE's newly-added resources will now be a regular feature. Hundreds of resources are added to Infomine each month, and you can view the most recent additions in the sidebar of this page. For the complete What's New list, visit the What's New page for all subject categories or see this post about our RSS feeds. Websites chosen for inclusion here in these posts will be those the editors find most interesting or useful, so with that subjectivity caveat, here we go.

A Traveler's Guide to the History of Biology and Medicine
A unique travel guide describing places related to the history of biology and medicine. Focus is Europe from the 16th through 20th centuries, but there are also chapters on the United States and Canada.

CRS Annotated Constitution
Cornell's Legal Information Institute's edition of the Congressional Research Service's Annotated Constitution : Analysis and Interpretation. Contains links to documents cited.

Southeast Asia in the Ming Shi-lu
Database of all references to historical Southeast Asia in the Ming Shi-lu, the annals of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). In addition to the database (searchable by year, reign, place and personal names), site offers a publication on using the Ming Shi-lu as a source for research.

liibulletin
Electronic journal of the Cornell Law School. Contains previews of cases for upcoming Supreme Court terms, commentaries and summaries on various legal topics and New York Court of Appeals documents.

uboat.net : The U-boat War 1939-1945
Database of German U-boats and submarine warfare, with over 1,150 profiles of individual U-boats, their commanders and crews, shipwrecks, discoveries, images, and additional information on the more than 11,000 Allied warships and naval commanders of WWII.

USGS CoreCast
Official podcast site the U.S. Geological Survey with monthly episodes on science topics such as climate change, natural hazards, wildlife, and water quality.

Fact Sheet : America's Wars
Lists of numbers of servicemembers, deaths in service, nonmortal woundings, and living veterans for each United States war.

Immigration : U.S. Government Accountability Office
A selection of recent U.S. Government Accountability Office (formerly General Accounting Office) reports and testimonies that are related to immigration. Categories include: demographics; immigration enforcement; labor markets; and Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.