Social Sciences

American Psychological Association This website is a resource for mental health issues and a wide range of psychological topics. Articles include definitions, current news, strategies and resources for dealing with conditions.

Argmax.com Created as a personal blog by economist John Irons, this award-winning site offers news, data, analysis and weblinks on a variety of economics topics.

Budget Hero Manage the federal budget, decide what gets cut and what stays, then see how the debt looks in 10 years!

Classics in the History of Psychology This is a comprehensive web resource for public domain documents (many primary sources) that form an essential part of the scholarly literature of the history of psychology and related discliplines.

Cultural Anthropology Tutorials The site offers tutorials on human communication, social organization, kinship, ethnicity and race, economic systems and more.

Economic Policy Institute (epi.org) The Economic Policy Institute is a non-profit, non-partisan think tank offering data and analysis to encourage public debate on achieving a "prosperous and fair economy."

Findlaw.com Findlaw is a comprehensive legal resource for legal professionals, students, researchers, and individuals that includes a searchable database of Supreme Court decisions since 1893.

Foreign Affairs Online This is an award winning site on international relations.

International database (IDB) The U.S. Census Bureau maintains this database of Demographic data by country.

Intute: Social Sciences Based in the UK, this site aims to provide links to reliable sources in the social sciences, business and law.

Pros and Cons of Controversial Issues

Social Issues Put together by Multnomah County Library, this site offers an annotated list of resources addressing a variety of social issues, arranged by pro and con positions.

U.S. Census Bureau's America Factfinder Demographic, social and economic data from the U.S. Census Bureau

The World Factbook Provided through the CIA and updated regularly, this site provides basic, factual reference material on nations of the world, including their geography, democraphics and culture, economy, government and transnational issues.