Social Studies Links
These links are provided to support research
projects in
Financial Calculators
Kiplinger.com Dozens of calculators are available at this page to help you plan anything from a home mortgage to an investment portfolio. <http://www.kiplinger.com/tools/>
Calculator.com Rather than maintaining calculators, this site provides links to a variety of calculators, including financial calculators. <http://www.calculator.com/index.html>
Cars/Homes/Jobs Web Sites
Monroe County
Library System
The public library maintains a list of web sites with information about jobs in
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Under "Employment" the D and C provides the ability to search for employment both locally and nationally. The ability to post a resume is also available. <http://www.rochesterdandc.com/>
Yahoo! Classifieds In this excellent database, you may either browse for career opportunities of search for a specific job in a specific location. Often financial information about the company is included in the job description. <http://careers.yahoo.com/>
Legal Web Cites
The Supreme Court of the
On the Docket: Northwestern University This site, maintained by the Medill School of Journalism, is probably the best starting point for cases currently before the Supreme Court. <http://docket.medill.northwestern.edu/>
Supreme Court
Collection This
large database of Supreme Court decisions since 1990 and information about the
court is maintained by
FindLaw
FindLaw is a
commercial site which provides an introduction to the legal and judicial system
at both the federal and local level. <http://www.findlaw.com/>
Supreme Court 2001-2002 Term
– Case Index
<http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com/supreme_court/caseindex.html>
Supreme Court –
Opinions
<http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html>
American Bar
Association ABANetwork
Cases at a Glance offers an
advance look at the issues raised in every case slated for oral argument.
Continuously updated links will take you to the full text of the Court's
decisions as soon as they are handed down.
http://www.abanet.org/publiced/preview/previewcaseglancehome.html
Oyez Project The OYEZ Project of
Northwestern University aims to include all leading constitutional law cases in
its database.
<http://www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage>
The Federal Web
Locator The Federal Web Locator is a service provided
by the
WashingtonPost.com
Nation: Supreme Court 2001-02
This part of the Washington Post web site provides a list of cases on the
docket with links to stories about the cases.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/courts/supremecourt/20012002/>
Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index A cartoonist and subject guide to editorial cartoons. <http://cagle.msnbc.com/>
Editorial Cartoons United Media provides a sample of cartoons by cartoonist. <http://www.unitedmedia.com/editoons/>
Globe Cartoons Provided at this site are editorial cartoons on world affairs. Many of the cartoons have explanations of the meaning. <http://www.globecartoon.com/>
The Victorian Web An introduction to the French Revolution and its impact on Victorian society are emphasized at this site. <http://www.victorianweb.org/>
The Internet Modern History Source Book This site contains excellent primary source material on the French Revolution. <http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook13.html>
The
National Gallery Search the gallery collections for the French Revolution. The collection contains a summary of the revolution and its relation to the art of the time. There are links to paintings in the collection related to the French Revolution. <http://www.nga.gov/>
Primary Source Document Web Sites
American
Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library American Memory is a gateway to rich
primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the
National Park Service The National Park Service maintains the National Register of Historic Places. There are many photographs of American historic sites accompanied by descriptions of the historic and current importance of the sites. <http://www.nps.gov/>
Making of America Making of
America Digital History CenterThis site contains the complete text of Tindall and Shi's book which is rich in primary source material. <http://www2.wwnorton.com/college/history/america6/>
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum This well designed site contains excellent photographs with descriptive text. <http://www.ushmm.org/>
EuroDocs:
Primary Historical Documents From
Vatican
Exhibit Main Hall This site contains facsimiles of paintings or documents in the
The Ecole Initiative The Early Church On-Line Encyclopedia (Ecole) Initiative is a cooperative effort on the part of scholars across the Internet to establish a hypertext encyclopedia of early Church history (to the Reformation). Excellent art links are included. <http://www2.evansville.edu/ecoleweb/>
Eighteenth Century Resources This site links to many sites containing facsimile primary source materials. <http://www.andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/18th/index.html>
The Avalon Project at the
Yale Law School Documents in law, history and diplomacy maintained by the
The Internet Classics Archive 441 works of classical literature by 59 different authors, all in English translation. <http://classics.mit.edu/>
Project Gutenberg Project Gutenberg is a library of etexts. There are three portions of the Project Gutenberg Library, basically be described as: Light Literature; such as Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, Peter Pan, Aesop's Fables, etc.; Heavy Literature; such as the Bible or other religious documents, Shakespeare, Moby Dick, Paradise Lost, etc.; and References; such as Roget's Thesaurus, almanacs, and a set of encyclopedia, dictionaries, etc. <http://promo.net/pg/>
History - American and British This site contains primary and secondary source documents and links. It is maintained through the Rutgers University Libraries. <http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/history/history.shtml>
Hoovers Online This database is available
on the
MSN Money Central Type in the symbol
for your company and use the sidebar on the left side of the page. For weekly
updates the “Recent News” and “Research Wizard”
sections. <http://moneycentral.msn.com/home.asp>
Yahoo! Finance At the Yahoo home
page select “Finance”. Either enter your company’s
stock symbol or use the symbol look-up feature. You will be provided with
an up-to-the-minute quote as well as links to a company profile, news,
etc. <http://www.yahoo.com>
The Monroe County Public Library At the homepage select "Magazine Indexes and Other Databases", select the "Business" tab, and then select "Business and Company Resource Center" (you will need to press "Proceed" to enter the site). You will be prompted to enter your company’s name or symbol. You will receive brief company information with buttons to link to additional information. <http://www2.libraryweb.org/>
Federation of American Scientists: India Pakistan Nuclear Crisis This site links to political and scientific articles on the crisis. <http://www.fas.org/news/indopak.htm>
India
Pakistan Nuclear Central This site is maintained by the Nuclear
Control Institute in
Nuclear
Issues in India and Pakistan The
Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace Use the site search to
find articles on
Global
Policy Forum This not for profit
organization maintains a page with links to articles on the India Pakistan
nuclear crisis. <http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/indindx.htm>
EIA
Country Analysis Briefs: North Korea The U.S. Department of Energy Energy Information Administration provides an excellent
summary of the
“Did North Korea Cheat?” by Selig Harrison in Foreign Affairs Jan./Feb. 2005 <http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20050101faessay84109/selig-s-harrison/did-north-korea-cheat.html>
“Special Report on the North Korean Nuclear Weapons Statement” prepared by the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies < http://cns.miis.edu/pubs/week/050211.htm>
A Sociological Tour
through Cyberspace Prepared by Michael Kearl
of
Sociology of
the Family
Legal
Information Institute At this site
Child Welfare Information Gateway This comprehensive resource on all aspects of child welfare, includes information about adoption, child abuse, state laws, and statistics. http://www.childwelfare.gov/
GenderNet
In this site the World Bank explains its strategy for reducing gender
disparities and summarizes its experience on gender and development.
http://www.worldbank.org/gender/
Genderstats: A Database of Gender Statistics Compiled by the World Bank, this site contains basic statistics by country. http://genderstats.worldbank.org/
The Men's Center The
purpose of this site is to
assist men in finding male positive resources, information, and support
enabling men to lead healthy, productive and fulfilling lives.
http://www.themenscenter.com/
Women's Studies Database The University of Maryland Women's Studies Database serves those people interested in the women's studies profession and in general women's issues. http://www.mith2.umd.edu/WomensStudies/
How Race Is Lived in America - "Racial Issues and Identities: A Guide to Resources on the Web" provides links to web based resources. This site is maintained by The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/race/web-guide.html
Ethnicity, Race, and Culture Resources Provided by the Internet Public Library, this site provides links to resources on many different cultures. Many of the links are to historical information. http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/soc40.00.00/
The Center for the Study of White American Culture: A Multiracial Organization "Not an organization for white supremacists, as some people might infer, we are instead a multiracial organization that looks at whiteness and white American culture." Actually, this site has some of the best articles supporting issues from all races. The Antiracism section looks at all kinds of racism. http://www.euroamerican.org/
Administration on Aging Information here is provided by the US Department of Health and Human Services. The statistical section is very good. http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov/default.htm
Manas
Find information on Indian culture and history at this site created by an
Associate Professor of History at UCLA.
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/index.html
Gandhi
Information at this site on Gandhi and the salt march was prepared by UNESCO at
its site International UNESCO Education Server for Civic, Peace and Human
Rights Education. http://www.dadalos.org/int/Vorbilder/vorbilder/Gandhi/gandhi.htm
Spark Notes
Mahadamas Gandhi
You need to create a user name and password to use this popular site.
http://www.sparknotes.com/biography/gandhi/
BBC
News South Asia
BBC coverage of current issues in
World Health Organization South-East Asia
Regional Office (SEARO)
This site includes press releases on current problems, a health profile of each
country, special health issues in the region, etc. http://w3.whosea.org/
UC
Berkeley Southeast Asia Resources: Electronic Resources
Included here is a comprehensive list of links to sites about
http://lib.berkeley.edu/SSEAL/SoutheastAsia/seaelec2.html
UC
Berkeley South Asia Resources: Links
Included here is a list of links to sites about
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/SSEAL/SouthAsia/wsaonlin.html
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental organization, supported
by contributions from private individuals and foundations worldwide. At
this site, you may browse by reigon or browse by
country.
http://www.hrw.org/
Amnesty International
Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for
internationally recognized human rights. At AI, you may browse the entire
site or the site's news feature.
http://www.amnesty.org/
The Carter Center
The Carter Center, in partnership with Emory University, is guided by a
fundamental commitment to human rights and the alleviation of human suffering;
it seeks to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and democracy, and
improve health. Either browse the
http://www.cartercenter.org/homepage.html
Office of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights: United Nations
The "Issues in Focus" section is most
helpful. Human rights documents are also available here.
http://www.unhchr.ch/
Human Rights First
Originally called the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, this group seeks to
defend human rights through international and local legal systems worldwide.
There is a good search engine which can be searched by country or issue.
http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/
Physicians for Human Rights
"Using medical and scientific methods, we investigate and expose
violations of human rights worldwide and we work to stop them." The
"Newsroom" feature is most useful as search results seem to be
returned in random order.
http://www.phrusa.org/index.html
United Nations Population Information
Network
Current and projected population data is available by region.
http://www.un.org/popin/data.html
Urbanization,
Unemployment and Migration in Africa: Theory and Policy
In this paper posted by the Population Council are statistics on both
population and urbanization trends. Also included is information on living
conditions, mortality rates, etc.
http://www.popcouncil.org/publications/wp/prd/104.html
Africa Action
The not-for-profit organization Africa Action published this background
paper on "Tribe". It provides an analysis of
tribe in
http://www.africaaction.org/docs97/eth9711.2.htm
African Studies Center
The African Studies Center is provided by UCLA for the purpose of
“educating global citizens”.
There are articles on topics such as poverty and genocide.
http://www.isop.ucla.edu/africa/
Secondary Schools: The Weakest Link in Africa
Inter Press Service News Agency is a reporting service providing articles to
newspapers around the world. This article includes both statistics and
analysis.
http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/interna.asp?idnews=18927
World
Education Forum: African Problems, African Solutions
Find here an easy to read summary of the educational situation is
http://www2.unesco.org/wef/en-press/press-kit_africa.shtm
Tiempo
Tiempo is the web publication of the Climatic
Research Unit of the
http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/tiempo/issue08/desert.htm#byline
Facts
and Figures: Desertification and Drought
2003 is the International Year of Fresh Water. Information at this web
site is provided by UNESCO.http://www.wateryear2003.org/en/ev.php@URL_ID=5137&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
CNN.com:
Africa Deal Seeks to End Misery
CNN reports on the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) which hopes
to make progress against poverty and hunger in
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/06/27/g8.africa/
The Carter Center
The Carter Center is a human rights organization which partners with
http://www.cartercenter.org/homepage.html
Transparency International: The Collation against Corruption
Transparency International is dedicated to identifying and eliminating
political corruption around the world.
This web site discusses the effects of political construction.
http://ww1.transparency.org/
AVERT.org
At this web site, the AVERT international AIDS charity has compiled an
extensive list of statistics about the AIDS epidemic.
http://www.avert.org/statindx.htm#afr
Human Rights Watch
At the Human Rights Watch home page, the user can find information by region or
by human rights concern, such as women, prisons, etc.
http://www.hrw.org/
World Bank: Data by Country
Tables of information are available on such topics as: demographics,
economy, and infrastructure.
http://www.worldbank.org/data/countrydata/countrydata.html
The Brookings Institution
Search "
http://www.brook.edu/
Al-Siyassa
Al-Dawliya: The International Politics Journal
"Corruption in
http://www.siyassa.org.eg/esiyassa/ahram/2001/1/1/ECON2.HTM
World Press Review Online
The article "
http://www.worldpress.org/africa/0215kenya.htm
Pew International
Journalism Program
The article at this web site provides highlights from a talk by Matthew Algeo: "Adapting Traditional Values is Key to
http://www.pewfellowships.org/seminars/2002/fall/sulayman_nyang.htm
BBC News
"Trafficking Nightmare for Nigerian Children" reports on the
enslavement of children from
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/841928.stm
The Social Psychology of
Modern Slavery
The article at this site explains modern slavery and the difficulties involved
in freeing the slaves.
http://www.mit.edu/people/etekle/Index/
Information About Countries of the World
The World
Factbook
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency provides the information about
countries at this site. It is largely statistical and provides excellent
statistical comparisons.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Country Studies Area
Handbooks
The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the
historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security
systems and institutions of countries throughout the world and examines the
interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural
factors. The handbooks are published by the
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Countries
of the World
This is a commercial site that provides a great deal
of free information about countries. It provides a profile of the country
along with its history, flag, national anthem, weather, and maps. The
historical information is quite extensive.
http://www.countryreports.org/
Information Please
Country information provided at this web site is: "Geography, Maps,
Flag, History, Current ruler, Area, Population, Capital, Largest cities,
Languages, Ethnicity/race, Religion, Literacy rate, Economy, Government".
Information Please is part of Pearson Education,
an educational publisher.
http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html
Fodors
Many travel guide companies provide travel information on-line. Some of
these sites, like Fodors, provide information about
travel destinations, including points of interest.
http://www.fodors.com/index.cfm
Tourism Offices Worldwide Directory
The Tourism Offices Worldwide Directory is a guide to official tourist
information sources, such as: government tourism offices, convention and
visitors bureaus, and chambers of commerce. Businesses such as travel
agents, tour operators, and hotels are not included.
http://www.towd.com/
BBC News
”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7281023.stm
“Baby Hope for Earthquake Parents”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7440480.stm
The New England
Journal of Medicine
“The Effect of China’s One-Child Family Policy after 25
Years”
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/353/11/1171
China Population Development and
Research Center
”China Population”
http://www.cpirc.org.cn/en/eindex.htm
International Institute for Applied
Systems Analysis
”Can China Feed Itself”
http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/LUC/ChinaFood/index_h.htm
Animated population pyramid showing population change in China over a 100 year
period - between 1950 and 2050
http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/LUC/ChinaFood/data/anim/pop_ani.htm
China.org.cn
”Family Planning Law and
http://www.china.org.cn/english/2002/Oct/46138.htm
Energy Information Administration,
”Country Analysis”
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/contents.html
”
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/China/Profile.html
Congressional-executive
Commission on China
“2005 Annual Report”
“III.Monitoring Comliance
With Human Rights” “III(i) Population Planning: Findings”
http://www.cecc.gov/pages/annualRpt/annualRpt05/2005_3i_population.php
Office
of the United States Trade Representative:
North American FTA
”The Office
of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is an agency of over 200
people, a highly committed group of professionals who have decades of
specialized experience in trade issues and regions of the world. They negotiate
directly with foreign governments to create trade agreements, resolve disputes
and participate in global trade policy organizations. They also meet with
governments, business groups, legislators and public interest groups to gather
input on trade issues and explain the president’s trade policy
positions.”
http://www.ustr.gov/Trade_Agreements/Regional/NAFTA/Section_Index.html
Duke Law Library
and Technology: NAFTA
This is a research guide created for Duke law students.
http://www.law.duke.edu/lib/researchguides/nafta.html
LANIC: Mexico
Latin
American Network Information Center (LANIC)
is affiliated with the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at the University of
Texas at Austin. LANIC has received funding from the Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and UT Austin's
http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/Mexico/nafta/
Revisiting NAFTA: Still Not Working for North American Workers
Reprinted here is a policy statement from the Economic Policy Institute. It was published in September of 2006 and it
contains extensive statistics and references.
”The Economic Policy
Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that seeks to broaden the
public debate about strategies to achieve a prosperous and fair economy.”
http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/bp173
National
Association of American Manufactures (NAM)
http://nam.org/s_nam/sec.asp?CID=201740&DID=230308
“NAFTA
Should Have Stopped Illegal Immigration, Right?”
This article appeared in February 18, 2007 New York Times. Clicking on the graph brings-up interesting
statistics.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/18/weekinreview/18uchitelle.html?ex=1329454800&en=a25f2bf8e6431b9c&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
NAFTA
Secretariat
”The NAFTA Secretariat, comprised of a Canadian Section, a Mexican
Section and a United States Section, is responsible for the administration of
the dispute settlement provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA).
This site is a joint collaborative endeavor of the three national sections. It
contains information on the dispute settlement proceedings, legal texts and
panel decisions and reports respecting the NAFTA.”
http://www.nafta-sec-alena.org/DefaultSite/index_e.aspx
The NAFTA
Superhighway
Texas Representative Ron Paul published this statement in his October 30, 2006
“
http://www.house.gov/paul/tst/tst2006/tst103006.htm
“The
Illegal Immigration Crisis”
This paper is from the Senate Research Office in the state of
http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2007_08/senate/publications/atissue_september06.pdf
United States Citizenship and
Immigration Services
A variety of legal and procedural information is
available here.
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis
U.S.
Legal Permanent Residents: 2006
Department of Homeland Security Office of Immigration Statistics publishes this
Annual Flow Report.
http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/IS-4496_LPRFlowReport_04vaccessible.pdf
Border
Apprehensions: 2005
Department of Homeland Security Office of Immigration Statistics publishes this
Fact Sheet.
http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/ois_apprehensions_fs_2004.pdf
United
States Foreign Born Population
The United States Census Bureau not only provides excellent statistics, but
also explains the statistics. There are
many tables and reports available here.
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/foreign/reports.html
Fact
Sheet: Comprehensive Immigration Reform
This fact sheet on immigration reform is published by the White House.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/05/20060515-10.html
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