Social Science
AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES
Affirmative Action and Diversity Project: A collection of online resources about affirmative action and diversity.
African-American History: Contains the text of many well-known speeches and biographies of many famous African-Americans.
African Studies WWW: Contains a multimedia library and a directory of Africa-related resources online, as well as informative pages about each African country.
Afro-American Almanac: Current and historical information about African-American culture, including biographies, commentary, poetry and more.
American Slave Narratives: Transcripts of interviews of former slaves, with analysis.
BLACK Quest Power Resource Links: A directory of Web resources concerning the history, culture and society of African-Americans.
Changing America: A government report about socio-economic conditions of African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians and Native Americans in the U.S. over the last 25 years.
Bureau of Justice Statistics: A searchable collection of publications from the U.S Bureau of Justice.
Criminal Justice Links: An excellent, well-organized directory of criminal justice information on the Web.
Justice Information Center: A wealth of information from the National Criminal Justice Reference Service, including full-text NCJRS publications and all kinds of statistics.
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics: The online version of the annual publication.
Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress: Biographical information and pictures of Congress members since 1774.
Campaigns and Elections: A directory of political information on the Web, with a function that allows users to find out who their members of Congress are and get their voting records and such.
Congress.org: A basic searchable directory of Congress, including Congressional staff, with phone numbers, email addresses, and more.
Constitution of the U.S.A.: The text of the Constitution, discussion of many debated constitutional issues, and discussion of Supreme Court rulings related to constitutional law.
Electronic Embassy: Information about all of the foreign embassies in Washington, D.C.
FedStats: A subject guide to the Web sites of government agencies that produce statistics.
General Statutes of North Carolina: Searchable text of NC Statutes.
GPO Access: A multitude of full-text publications from the Government Printing Office.
Historical U.S. Census Browser: Provides census data from 1790 to 1970, searchable by state and county.
LII Supreme Court Collection: A huge amount of information about the Supreme Court, including the text of a decision on the day it is made, maintained by the Legal Information Institute.
North Carolina Courts: North Carolina court rules, opinions and information.
Oyez Project: Contains transcripts of Supreme Court arguments, text of decisions back to 1891, biographies of current and past justices, and much more.
Political Science Resources: A huge, searchable directory of political science resources online.
POTUS: Biographical, historical and political information about all of the U.S. Presidents.
State and Local Government on the Net: Links to state, county and city government web pages.
Statistical Abstract of the U.S.: The annual government statistical publication.
THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet: Full text of bills, laws, the Congressional Record, committee reports, and much more, along with guides to legislative information online.
United States Census: The census online.
United States Code: Searchable text of the U.S. Code.
FindLaw: A huge, excellent guide to every kind of law information on the Web.
Internet Legal Resource Guide: Directory of law Web sites, including online journals and the Legal Research search engine.
Law.net: A directory of law information on the Internet, with news and interactive forums.
LII Supreme Court Collection: A huge amount of information about the Supreme Court, including the text of a decision on the day it is made, maintained by the Legal Information Institute.
National Law Journal: An online journal of legal news.
North Carolina Courts: North Carolina court rules, opinions and information.
Oyez Project: Contains transcripts of Supreme Court arguments, text of decisions back to 1891, biographies of current and past justices, and much more.
Classics in the History of Psychology: Full text of historically important works in psychology, from Plato to Freud to modern psychologists.
National Institute of Mental Health: A huge amount of information about mental health, along with NIMH information, legislation and conference proceedings.
Psych Central: An excellent directory of mental health sites on the Web.
Psychology with Style: A guide to writing psychology research reports.
Social Psychology Network: An excellent guide to social psychology information online.
Alan Guttmacher Institute:
Information and policies about sexual behavior, abortion, STDs and
related topics.
Child Welfare Information Gateway: Information about child abuse and neglect,and adoption, including statistics, legislation, fact sheets, and much more.
Dead Sociologists' Society: Information on important sociological theorists - from our own Dr. Ridener!
Feminist Theory Website: All kinds of information from experts and specialists about feminism and women's issues.
ONE Institute: A huge resource library about gay and lesbian studies.
Popcultures.com: A huge guide to popular culture information on the Web, such as TV, cyberculture, and film.
Institute for Research on Poverty: Answers to frequently asked questions about poverty along with other information and links.
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library: A huge collection of human rights resources, including treaties, reports, U.N. documents and more.
University of Wisconsin Women's Studies: Information and some full-text publications about women's issues, along with a directory of related information on the Internet.
WSSLINKS: A directory of Internet resources in women's studies.
Asian
Studies WWW Virtual Library: Excellent directory of resources in Asian
culture, history, politics, and society, organized by topic, country and
region.
BBC News Country Profiles: Excellent profiles of countries, territories and international organizations.
Changing America: A government report about socio-economic conditions of African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians and Native Americans in the U.S. over the last 25 years.
CIA World Factbook: Information about and maps of every country.
Data on the Net: Directory
of social science data available on the Web.
Economist Country Profiles: Articles and information on many countries.
LINC (Log Into North Carolina): All kinds of statistics about the state and its counties, including customizable reports and links to census data.
North Carolina Web Site: All kinds of information about North Carolina.
Stateline.org: News, information, and data about all the states, along with links to further information. Includes hot issues, politics, more.
Statistical
Abstract of the U.S.: The annual government statistical publication.
