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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.

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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

Connecticut State Library

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.

Housing Information Gateway

Library of Congress

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.   

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Social Science Data Sets/Statistics

American Factfinder
US Census Bureau; information about communities, economy, and society
Biz/Ed Data
Educational resources for the business and economics community

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

US Statistical Abstract

 

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