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Internet By Subject - Social Sciences
Developed by Connie Fly and
Kathie Lewis, Librarians
General
Social Studies
Economics
- Economic Data and
Links - Web page developed by Economics Professor at CSUFresno. Provides, local,
regional and world economic data to include a table that provides quick access to a
variety of up-to-date statistics of interest to teachers of economics. Students, news
organizations, and specialists in other disciplines should find it of interest as well.
- Economic
Snapshots - A weekly presentation of downloadable charts and short
analyses, Economic Snapshots is designed to graphically illustrate important economic issues. New every
Wednesday from the Economic Policy Institute.
- The Economic Statistics
Briefing Room - The purpose of this service is to provide easy access to current
Federal economic indicators.
- Resources for Economists
on the Internet - an excellent starting point.
- Worldwide 2002
Cost of Living Survey - Both interesting and informative,
Finfact’s Worldwide Cost of Living Survey for 2002 compares prices of more
than 200 items in 144 cities across the globe.
- WWW Virtual
Library Economics
Criminal
Justice
- CA Home Page:
Living - Law Enforcement - Several good links from the State of California's web site.
- California Attorney General's
Home Page
- California Deparment of
Corrections - Read about the department that operates all state prisons, oversees a
variety of community correctional facilities, and supervises all parolees during their
re-entry into society.
- California Gang
Investigator's Association - purpose is to assist in a coordinated approach to gang
investigations, training, and to foster exchanges of information. Provides links to
current California findings and gang legislation, and pending federal gang legislation.
- California
Victims of Crime ( California State Board of Control) - Read about state financial aid
available to victims of violent crime.
- California Youth and Adult
Correctional Agency
- Central Intelligence Agency
- Crime Statistics Link
Guide -Provides an excellent list of links to international and selected individual U.S. state, local and campus crime statistics.
- Federal Bureau of Invesigation
FBI
- Federal Bureau of Justice
Assistance
- Federal Bureau of Prisons Homepage
- Hate
Crimes (NCJRS) - provides definition, facts & figures,
legislation and additional resources
- Justice For All
- Justice Information Center
(NCJRS
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service) - The National Criminal Justice
Reference Service (NCJRS) is one of the most extensive sources of information on criminal
and juvenile justice in the world, providing services to an international community of
policymakers and professionals.
- Official
Directory of State Patrol & State Police - This site
contains a directory of state trooper and sheriff-related Web sites for each
of the fifty United States. In addition to each state's official state
police and state government Web sites, there are links to its police
academies and associations, history, news, memorials, recruiting, and other
related areas. There are also links to Web sites that have articles, poems,
specific divisions of law enforcement, and other information.
- Pacific Center for
Violence Prevention - The Pacific Center for Violence Prevention works to prevent youth violence in California.
- Partnerships Against Violence
- Police Officer's Internet
Directory - Provides a huge amount of links on such topics as law enforcement
agencies, and associations, employment, hate groups, investigations, special Ops,
suppliers, training events, and most wanted worldwide.
- Sexual
Assault Information Page
- Uniform
Crime Statistics 2000 {.pdf} - The FBI's annual report on
United States' crime levels. Data in the report are compiled from
approximately 17,000 law enforcement agencies as part of the FBI's Uniform
Crime Reporting (UCR) Program. The report, which contains
detailed tables and charts throughout, is available in seven sections in .pdf
format only. Sections include a summary, crime index offenses reported and
cleared, persons arrested, an analysis of motor vehicle theft, and a section
on law enforcement personnel.
- United State Department of
Justice ( Attorney General's Office)
- Visalia Police
Department
Statistics
Philosophy
Psychology
- American Psychological Association
- The APA is the world's largest organization of psychologist's. Learn about their student
and career information, membership, and publications.
- Dual Diagnosis Web Site
- Dual Diagnosis refers to co-occurring Mental Illness, Drug Addiction and/or Alcoholism
in various combinations. This site is designed to provide information and resources for
service providers, consumers, and family members who are seeking assistance and/or
education in this field.
- Electronic
Journals and Periodicals in Psychology and Related Fields - A comprehensive annotated
list of electronic journals related to psychology of the web.
- Encyclopedia
of Psychology - From the Department of Psychology, Jacksonville
(Alabama) State University. Links to psychology sites on the Web divided
into various categories such as Environment Behavior Relationships, People
and History, and Paradigms and Theories. There are also links to
psychological organizations and publications and a section on careers in the
field of psychology.
- Psych Central - This
page serves as a Web Pointer to help you find information on mental health, psychology,
and support resources. It is divided into General Resources and Professional Resources.
- PSYC SITE:
Science of Psychology Resources - is a public service launch pad to Net sites that may
be of use to psychologists, and psychology students.
- PsychWeb: Scholarly
Psychology Resources on the Web - Contains links to sites which offer scholary
information about a subtopic within the field of psychology, commercial psychology-related
sites, psychology departments, psychology journals, and other megalists of psychology
resources and self-help sites on the web.
- Virtual Library:
Psychology - This document keeps track of online psychology information as part of The
World-Wide Web Virtual Library. Sites are inspected and evaluated for their adequacy as
information sources before they are linked from here.
- Yahoo! Social
Science:Psychology - Additional psychology links.
Sociology
World Countries and Cultures
- A+ Country Reports - A+
Country Reports offers a wealth of information on all of the
countries of the world. Like the CIA's World Factbook, A+ Country Reports
presents up-to-date information on population, geography, economy,
history, and politics. In addition, the site presents things such
as audio clips of national anthems and links to current weather reports.
- Cultural
Profiles - Intended as a guide to aid in cultural awareness of new immigrants
to Canada, the Cultural Profiles Project is an excellent source of
information for learning "what life is like" in countries
around the world. Each profile provides an overview of life and
customs in the profiled country, with sections on work, food, holidays,
family life, spirituality,
communication, education, sports and
recreation, landscape and climate, history, health
care, and arts and literature. Most entries include
photographs.
- Guide to Law
Online: Nations of the World - A collection of links to legal
resources for countries and territories of the world. Includes links to
constitutions, general legal guides, specific country information, and
executive, judicial, and legal branches. From the Law Library of Congress.
- Librarians'
Index to the Internet on Cultures of the World
- Library of
Congress - Country Studies / Area Handbook Series -" A continuing series of
online books prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under
the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army. Most
books in the series deal with a particular foreign country, describing and analyzing its
political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, and examining
the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors.
- Migration
Information Source - This site offers "fresh thought,
authoritative data, and global analysis of international migration and refugee
trends" and chronicles global migration movements. Global Data contains charts
and tables for several countries dating back to 1990 and Country Profiles
contains articles on various countries' immigration and emigration policies,
experience, patterns, and forecasts. There are also U.S. Historical Trends,
relates links, and a glossary.
- MSU Global Access - A
briefly annotated collection of over 4000 sites "to help people learn about
the world - its regions and peoples and important international issues."
Searchable by country, thematic area, constituency group, resource type,
language, and keyword. There are also travel precautions and September 11 and
aftermath information links. From Michigan State University (MSU).
- Portals
of the World - Portals to the World contain selective links providing
authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the
world. They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted
into a wide range of broad categories. The links were selected by Area
Specialists and other Library staff using Library of Congress selection
criteria. When completed, the project will include all the nations of the
world.
- Social
Security Programs Throughout the World - This publication
highlights the principal features of social security programs in more than 170
countries: old-age, survivors, and disability; sickness and maternity; work
injury; unemployment; and family allowances. A set of tables in each volume
provides information for each country on the types of social security
programs, types of mandatory systems for retirement income, contribution
rates, and demographic and other statistics related to social security.
- US State
Department Consular Information Sheets - Consular Information Sheets are available for
every country of the world. They include such information as location of the U.S. Embassy
or Consulate in the subject country, unusual immigration practices, health conditions,
minor political disturbances, unusual currency and entry regulations, crime and security
information, and drug penalties. If an unstable condition exists in a country that is not
severe enough to warrant a Travel Warning, a description of the condition(s) may be
included under an optional section entitled "Areas of Instability."
- World Cultures - an Internet
class. Includes learning modules, anthology of readings, a glossary of world cultures,
atlases and Internet resources on world cultures.
- World Statesmen -
This "is an attempt at a comprehensive and accurate list of the
heads of state and heads of government for all countries and territories,
going back to about 1700 or...earlier." Most entries also include brief
historical outlines, flags, and links to national anthems and constitutions.
There are lists of leaders of international organizations, war and colonial
indexes, information on titles of nobility (in Introduction), a bibliography,
and links to related resources.
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