Current Subject: Social Sciences

American Political Science Association Online (apsanet) - Scope: brings together political scientists from all fields of inquiry, regions, and occupational endeavors within and outside academe in order to expand awareness and understanding of politics.

CensusScope - An online tool useful for exploring demographic trends, copying maps, charts and tables, or maniuplating census data. Based at the Social Sciences Data Analysis Network at the Univ. of Michigan. Census data from 2000 available at the national, state, county and metropolitan levels.

Center for History and New Media - The Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University uses digital media and computer technology to change the ways that people learn about and use the past by bringing together the most exciting and innovative digital media with the latest and best historical scholarship. The site includes Features, Tools, Resources, Projects, and History News Network.

Data Center on Transition Economies and Emerging Markets - An online data archive and portal from the Davidson Data Center and Network (DDCN) focusing on transition and emerging market economies. Jointly funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the William Davidson Institute (WDI), the site provides access to socio-economic micro and macro data on these economies at national, firm, household, and individual levels. Free one-time registration required to download datasets.

Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) - Digital facsimile of the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity that have been declassified and edited for publication. This is an incomplete run from 1863-1958 with missing volumes being added as they can be acquired and processed. The series is produced by the State Department's Office of the Historian and is being digitized by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries in collaboration with the University of Illinois at Chicago Libraries. It contains documents from Presidential libraries, Departments of State and Defense, National Security Council, Central Intelligence Agency, Agency for International Development, and other foreign affairs agencies as well as the private papers of individuals involved in formulating U.S. foreign policy.

International Sociological Assocation (ISA) - Scope: the International Sociological Association (ISA) is a non-profit association for scientific purposes in the field of sociology and social sciences.

Official Document System of the United Nations (ODS) - Covers all types of official United Nations documentation beginning in 1993, with older UN documents being added on a daily basis. ODS also provides access to the resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council from 1946 onwards.

United Nations Data Access System (UNdata) - Disseminates statistics by United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD, formerly United Nations Statistical Office), providing an integrated information resource with current, relevant and reliable statistics free of charge to the global community. Includes a glossary.