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:: After Sept. 11: perspectives from the social sciences -- Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Web site, is as good a place as any to probe the social scientific significance of 9/11.
:: BBC News -- The BBC News Web site offers text, graphics, sound and video in its presentation of news stories on British politics, culture, and society and on international affairs.
:: Charity Navigator -- evaluates the financial health of over 5,300 of America's largest charities.
:: Faculty Resource -- Creative Commons a nonprofit organization, education site for lesson plans, course packets, etc.
:: Fedstats: one stop shopping for federal statistics -- A subject guide to Web sites of more than 70 statistics-producing agencies of the US government.
:: Free Speech Movement -- Preeminent source of primary materials on The Free Speech Movement of the sixties.
:: InfoNation -- InfoNation contains geographical, economic, demographic, and social indicators data for all 185 UN members.
:: Keeping America Informed -- United States Government Printing Office website.
:: Minority links: facts on the Hispanic/Latino population -- present basic statistics compiled from government data on the social and economic characteristics of nation's facts on the black/African America population, facts on the Asian, facts on the Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, and facts on the American Indian/ Alaska Native population inhabitants.
:: Moving Ideas -- posts the best ideas and resources from leading progressive research and advocacy institutions.
:: Ohio County Profiles -- 50,000 facts from over 50 sources
:: Public Agenda -- Public Agenda is a nonpartisan, nonprofit public opinion research and citizen education organization. A wide range of issues are addressed including school, health care reform, national security, AIDS, crime, economic competitiveness and the environment.
:: Social Sciences Virtual Library -- Sites are inspected and evaluated for their adequacy as information sources.
:: Statistical resources on the Web -- Hundreds of statistical files from a variety of primarily governmental sources-federal, academic, foreign, etc.
:: United Nations Population Information Network (POPIN) -- Maintained by the Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis (DESA) of the UN Secretariat.
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Economics	Return to top
:: E.H. Net encyclopedia -- free resource providing selective coverage of topics in economic and business history written and edited by scholars.
:: Bureau of Economic Analysis -- contains both historical and current NIPA (National Income and Product Accounts) tables, state and regional data, and US international trade data; full text of the BEA's Survey of Current Business publicaion.
:: Index of economic freedom -- presents a portrait of the economic freedom of 161 countries around the world.
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Geography	Return to top
:: CIA World Factbook -- Country listings, reference maps, and definitions.
:: MidEast Web -- Maps of the Middle East.
:: National Geographic Map Machine -- Maps of the world, physical maps, political maps, and more.
:: ReliefWeb Map Centre -- Includes unique maps reflecting humanitarian emergency situations, actors, and resources worldwide
:: United Nations Cartographic Section -- Maps and geographic information resources.
:: U.S. Department of State: Background Notes -- Geography link in each country's page displays the map.
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History	Return to top
:: The American Memory Collection -- The Library of Congress multimedia collections of digitized documents, photographs, recorded sound, moving pictures, and text from the Library's Americana collection.
:: Best of history Web sites -- 700 of the best history-related Web sites; links for "lesson Plans/ Activities" and "Teaching with Technology."
:: Center for History and New Media -- George Mason University web resource for all who are interested in the breadth and depth of historical materials, writing and scholarship; superb resource that is authoritative and informative.
:: Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive -- Online Access to text and audiovisual primary resource materials documenting civil rights in Mississippi
:: Council of State Historical Record Coordinators -- Defines and communicates archival records concerns at a national level
:: Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Medieval Europe Homepage -- provides links to medieval documents and readings.
:: The First American West: the Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820 -- collection is a rich resource for tracing the history, economy, and social life of the early trans-Appalachia West.
:: History in the news -- Promotes links to resources for the study of the Middle East.
:: Imperial War Museum Collections On-line -- Digital repository of items in the Imperial War Museum's collection over 16,000 records are available.
:: The Labyrinth -- Resources for medieval Studies. Sponsored by Georgetown University.
:: Local History -- Portsmouth Public Library page for local history and genealogy.
:: Ohio Historical Society -- Provides information to promote a knowledge of archaeology and history.
:: Presidential Libraries -- Personal papers, speeches, photographs, and memorabilia of former presidents
:: We Shall Overcome -- Provides both trip planning and a virtual tour exploring the African American Civil Rights Movement after WWII
:: The WWW Virtual Library: HISTORY -- Multiple history categories featured.
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International Relations	Return to top
:: Africafocus: sights and sounds of continent -- collection of digitized visual images and sounds of Africa gathered by the African Studies Program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
:: Country Studies Series -- Description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of 101 countries. Notable omissions include Canada, France, the United Kingdom, and other Western nations, as well as a number of African nations.
:: Cryptome -- A repository for the kind of intelligence you can't find on the CIA's site. Posts tales of counter-subversion operations and InfoTech attacks and welcomes "documents for publication that are prohibited by governments world-wide."
:: Embassyworld.com --"provide a comprehensive list of contact resources for all the world's diplomatic offices."
:: EuroNews -- Aims to make world news and cultural information available across Europe
:: Federation of American Scientists -- The Washington, DC-based federation is best known for its half-century of analysis of US nuclear weapons policy and its advocacy of policies that would put off the end of the world for a while.
:: FIRST: facts on international relations and security trends -- The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) provides access to 39 databases prepared by 18 separate centers, programs, agencies, etc., from governmental to non-governmental organizations in eight countried in North America and Europe.
:: Foreign Consular Offices in the United States -- Addresses, phone numbers, and the names of officials from consulates throughout the U.S.
:: INCORE internet country guides -- Focus on providing scholarly information on ethnic conflicts in a few selected countries.
:: InfoNation -- Convenient and easily navigable, this site draws on information found in the UN Statistics Division publications World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook. Search in English, Spanish, and French.
:: Northwestern University Government Publications: International Information -- The most complete list of links to the Web sites of international organizations.
:: United Nations Documentation -- Easy-to-use, well-organized site elucidates the cryptic world of UN document symbols, lists basic tools for UN research, itemizes indexes to the vast literature of the UN, explores available full-text options, offers links to General Assembly, Security Council, and Economic and Social Council documents, resolutions, decisions, and speeches, and provides access to press releases summarizing UN activities.
:: World Values Survey -- learn more about values and cultural changes in societies all over the world.
:: The WWW Virtual Library: INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS -- Presents over 2000 annotated links in a range of international affairs topics. Sites are carefully selected for long-term value, favoring those with cost-free, high-quality information and analysis online.
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Political Science	Return to top
:: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities -- Nonpartisan, 51 member research organization and policy institute that focuses on budget issues and priorities
:: Center for Democracy & Technology -- works to promote democratic values and constitutional liberties in the digital age. and seeks practical solutions to enhance free expression and privacy in global communications technologies.
:: Center for Voting and Democracy -- Explains and advocates the proportional representation election system for the U.S.
:: CongressLink -- sponsored by the Dirksen Congressional Center and offers students and teachers "one-stop shopping" for basic information of Congress.
:: Congress.org -- useful membership directory for both houses of Congress.
:: Constitution of the United States of America -- contains the constitution, the twenty-seven amendments, and a historical accounting of seminal court rulings.
:: C-SPAN.org -- an important source of up-to-date information for people who need or want to follow the workings of government and learn more about public policy issues.
:: factcheck.org -- a nonprofit organization that monitors factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political figures.
:: Federal Election Commission -- Provides information on the electoral process and campaign laws including funds.
:: CIA FOIA Electronic Reading Room -- provides the public with an overview of electronic access to CIA to previously released documents.
:: Jonathan's Space Report -- Encyclopedic rundown of every space launch anywhere since space travel began. Check what the whistleblowers say on NASAWatch, an independent monitor of space agency activities.
:: Institute of Politics -- provides a searchable video archive spanning thirty years of public addresses and panel discussions held in the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
:: Library of Congress Country Studies -- About countries in the world under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Army.
:: National Election Studies -- Provides summary tables for NES studies. This website is of great value to any politically interested person.
:: National Intelligence Council -- is a CIA think tank that focuses on both current and long-term strategic issues.
:: National Security Archive -- Independent, nongovernmental, nonprofit research institute and library which serves as a clearinghouse or declassified U.S. documents
:: Ohio General Assembly -- gives access to current and previous legislation and directory of house and senate members.
:: The Ohio House of Representatives -- links to State House information including "Make your Voice heard."
:: The Ohio Senate -- links to state senate information including the Ohio Revised Code.
:: OMB Watch -- nonprofit research, educational, and advocacy organization that forces on budget issues, regulatory policy, nonprofit advocacy, access to government information.
:: Opensecrets -- does the math that the Federal Elections Commission site shuns. It boasts highly refined candidate contribution break-downs and tallied data on donors that's sortable by name, residence, and company.
:: Poly-cy: Internet resources for political science -- West Virginia University provides links to Political Science, International affairs, Public Policy, and Public Affairs.
:: Portsmouth Ohio City Charter -- local government information and links to mayor's , auditor's, solicitor's office. Link to city council and municipal court.
:: Presidential Libraries -- offers a brief history of the library system and its operation; an important component of the site is the Access to Records
:: Pro & Con (Congressional Digest Corp) -- Background information and arguments for and against controversial issues before the U.S. Congress and important cases before the Supreme Court.
:: Public Agenda Online -- Nonpartisan, nonprofit public opinion research and citizen education organization; in-depth analyses and opinion studies on critical policy issues.
:: State and Local Government -- Provides links to all 50 states, many counties, and a number of city governments.
:: Stateline.org -- information portal provides current news and analysis from sources in all fifty states
:: THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet -- one of the most important Web sources for legislative information
:: The Ultimate political science links page -- Rock Valley College provides quick links to sites of interest to political scientists and is organized into ten major sections.
:: Vote Smart -- Searchable database contains the voting records of 13,000 public office holders, along with their position statements and backgrounds.
Research Databases

Psychology	Return to top
:: American Psychological Association -- Get information on psychology and the applications of psychology from this website in a variety of ways. Many informative documents are included in PsychNET which you can access either through the site map or by using our site search engine. Informative stories on what is happening in psychology appear in the online edition of the APA Monitor, the association newspaper.
:: American Psychological Society -- Advances the scientific discipline and the giving away of psychology in the public interest.
:: APA Online -- The American Psychiatric Association is a national medical specialty society whose 40,500 physician members specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional illnesses and substance use disorders.
:: Encyclopedia of psychology --" links that represent the best available sites organized in a manner that furthers the understanding of Psychology as a science"
:: Internet mental health -- A free encyclopedia of mental health information.
:: National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder -- Clearinghouse for all information and activities related to posttraumatic stress disorder
:: National Institute of Mental Health -- A governmental agency that provides information on a variety of NIMH topics on mental health and disorders
:: ShrinkTank-Cool Psychology Sites -- A psychology/mental health BBS.
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Social Science	Return to top
:: Criminal justice links -- A comprehensive, cleverly presents site. Content includes law, court and criminal justice images and illustrations.
:: Justice Information Center: a service of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service -- Authoritative source for criminal justice information and law enforcement.
:: Rand -- A nonprofit institution that helps improve public policy through research and analysis.
:: United Nations Documentation -- Easy-to-use, well-organized site elucidates the cryptic world of UN document symbols, lists basic tools for UN research, itemizes indexes to the vast literature of the UN, explores available full-text options, offers links to General Assembly, Security Council, and Economic and Social Council documents, resolutions, decisions, and speeches, and provides access to press releases summarizing UN activities.
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Sociology & Anthropology	Return to top
:: A sociological tour through cyberspace -- This site is an invitation to thoughtful exploration and research in sociology.
:: ACTUP Oral History Project -- AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power is among first organizations to reflect the tremendous diversity of the GLBT community. Web site of oral histories of individuals who participated in this significant political movement.
:: Criminology & Public Policy -- articles on criminal justice policy issues.
:: Poverty related resources -- Developed by the Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
:: Social Statistics Briefing Room -- Provided by the White House, this website gives access to current Federal social statistics. Contains links to information produced by a number of Federal agencies.
:: SocioSite: Social Sciences Information System -- A megasite presented by the Sociological Institute of the University of Amsterdam and gives access to the European and worldwide scene of academic sociology.
:: SocioWeb -- The SocioWeb is an independent guide to the Sociological resources available on the Internet and is founded in the belief that the Internet can help to unite the sociological community in ways never before possible.
:: Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics -- Six topical sections: characteristics of the criminal justice system, public attitudes towards crime and criminal justice-related topics, nature and distribution of known offenses, characteristics and distributions of persons arrested, judicial processing of defendants, and persons under correctional supervision.
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