Search engines
On Line Resource Centers
Social science data
sets/Statistics
Software
www.eBlast.com
Links the world's best websites, plus related books, selections from leading
magazines, and the complete Encyclopedia Britannica.
www.askjeeves.com
Has a database of answers to 150 million questions; can at least point you
in the right direction.
http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~gprice/direct.htm
Good place to start a research project; contains a number of links not found
elsewhere
Oxford
University Press
Searchable database of titles including dictionaries and atlases.
On-line Libraries & Resource Centers
Center
for Mental Health Services
Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN); services for mental illness and online
database of mental health resources around the country.
The
Congressional Quarterly
In-depth, nonpartisan news and analysis of activity on Capitol Hill
Connecticut
State home
page
Links to every state agency website
Early Head Start National Resource Center (EHS NRC)
ERIC
Clearinghouse on Elementary Education and Early Childhood Education
Links and databases on education, child development, or parenting.
National
Center for Homeless Education
Resources on homelessness and education for children and youth.
National
Child Care Information Center (NCCIC)
Online information about child care.
National
Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues
American Bar Association; works to improve the outcomes for abused and neglected
children through improved laws and judicial decisions.
National
Coalition for Homelessness On-line Library
Contains detailed abstracts and citation and ordering information for
hundreds of reports on homelessness and poverty.
National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect
National
Maternal and Child Health Clearinghouse (NMCHC)
Current information about maternal and child health; contains materials produced
by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB)
National
Network for Child Care (NNCC)
Includes database of over 1000 publications and resources; an extensive list of
conferences, online discussion group, and more
National
Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness
Database on homelessness and mental illness.
Policy.com
Broad-based policy website with welfare reform and welfare-to-work pages;
includes reports, statistics, and background on federal and state
legislation.
Policy
Information Exchange Online (PIE Online)
Missouri Institute of Mental Health; includes a mental health
library.
Right
to Know Network
Databases, text files, and conferences on the environment, housing, and
sustainable development.
Social
Science Gateways
University of California, San Diego
Stateline.org
News and data for each state
Research
Forum on Children, Families, and the New Federalism
Welfare Information Network; features an on-line database
of research projects on welfare reform and child well-being.
Welfare
Information Network
Extensive collection of data and reports on poverty, national in
scope.
Social Science Data Sets/Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Publications and abstracts
CenStats
US Census Bureau; online access to a number of statistical publications from
the Census Bureau
Childstats
Forum on Child and Family Statistics; contains Federal and state
statistics and reports on children and families
Connecticut Economic
Information System
Statewide economic and demographic data, as well as info about other
states.
Data on the Internet Catalog
University of California at San Diego; numerous
internet sites containing numeric Social Science statistical data, data
catalogs, data libraries, social science gateways, and
addresses.
Data Program Library Service
University of Wisconsin-Madison; contains online data sets, codebooks,
links
Demographic Data Viewer
Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network;
interactive U.S. Demographic Information
Economagic
Free time series data for economic research, especially economic
forecasting.
Economic and Social Research
Council Data Archive
University of Essex, United Kingdom
EPI Datazone
Statewide and regional trends in wages & compensation, family
earnings & income, and employment.
Federal
Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
Federal and state statistics and reports on children and their families,
including: population and family characteristics, economic security, health,
behavior and social environment, and education.
FedStats
The Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy maintains this site
to provide easy access to the full range of statistics and information
produced by these agencies for public use.
Green Book
1998, 1996, & 1994 editions.
U.S. Congress, House Ways and Means Committee; contains reports and
statistics
Housing and Household
Economics Statistics
U.S. Census Bureau
Huduser
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Policy Development and
Research Information Service
Inter-university Consortium for
Political and Social Research
University of Michigan; contains data sets, information about data sets
Luxembourg Income Study
Publications, newsletter, international comparative income statistics
Monitoring
the Future
A continuing study of American youth; particularly values, behaviors, and
lifestyles
Murray Research Center
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Cambridge, MA; contains social
science data, particularly psychology, sociology, and education
New
York Stock Exchange Data
Statistical information tracking the general health of the market
Population Reference Bureau
Contains publications, research, data
Panel Study of Income
Dynamics
Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan; contains data sets,
information about data sets
Poverty Statistics
U.S. Census Bureau
Regional
Economic Information System
US Bureau of Economic Statistics; Local area economic data for states,
counties, and metropolitan areas for 1969-93.
Social Sciences Data Collection
University of California at San Diego; contains online data,
metadata
Social Statistics Briefing Room
The White House; links to current Federal social statistics.
Social Science Statistical
Laboratory
Yale University;
State and County
Demographic and Economic Profiles
U.S. Census Bureau; click-able map of United States which leads to state
maps with individual county profiles
State of the Cities
Data Systems
Customized data sets on US cities; stats gathered from US HUD, US
Census Bureau, and Bureau of Labor Statistics
Small Area Income and
Poverty Estimates
U.S. Census Bureau
Statistical Abstract of
the U.S.
U.S. Census Bureau; frequently requested tables online
STAT-USA
U.S.Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration;
economic information
Publications
FREE software that will enable you to access reports in PDF format