Social Studies

Any questions at all ASK A LIBRARIAN

Use THIS LINK to view Native American cultures that lived in our area.
National Museum of the American Indian: http://nmai.si.edu/home/
National Archives/Researching American Indians and Alaska Natives: http://www.archives.gov/research/native-americans/
National Archives/Archives Library Information Center/Indians/Native Americans: http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/native-americans.html
Native American Sites: www.nativeculturelinks.com
Internet Sacred Text Archive: www.sacred-texts.com
Native Languages of the Americas: www.native-languages.org
**See the Database page for AMD Database (see a librarian for passwords)

Many websites are available, but be sure to evaluate the Author, Bias, Content, and Date before trusting information from any resource.

CIA World Factbook Everything you ever wanted to know about countries.
U. S. Department of State Use the background notes for each country.
Office of the US Trade Representative Specific trade information
BBC Search for your country and "country profile".
Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development The mission of the OECD is to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world. This is a good source for graphs and charts.
World Bank All things economic and population
Online Etymology Dictionary Good site to find the origin of your country's name.
Dining etiquette Dining etiquette and Table Manners.
Etiquette Scholar International dining etiquette by region.

US Census Bureau - American Fact Finder and many other data analysis tools and links
Demographics Research Group - conducts practical and policy-oriented analysis of census and demographic data; and communicates rigorous research and its policy implications to decision makers and the general public through meaningful publications and presentations.

West's Encyclopedia of American Law is available through the GVRL database
Court decisions are accessible to the public, search directly for the particular court (e.g., 11th Circuit Court or Charleston Municipal Curt)
Findlaw - go to "legal professionals" and search for a case. You'll need to know some preliminary information.
ProCon.org - search for your case
GoogleScholar - select case law and then the court you want to search, then search your topic. This covers federal courts and some state courts.
Supreme Court cases
- Cornell University Legal Information Institute
- Landmark cases @uscourts.gov
- Landmark Cases @bill of rights institute
- Studies by topic @streetlaw.org
- https://www.oyez.org/ - multimedia archive (audios of the arguments!) devoted to making the Supreme Court of the United States accessible to everyone.
- http://landmarkcases.c-span.org/ Videos on landmark cases

MSN Money Central Start with your search near the box that says "Get Quote," NOT in the box that says "Search Money." Explore the links on the left side of the screen.
Google Finance Start with your search near the box that says "Get Quote."
SCDiscus - Company Profies From here you can simply search for your company OR from www.scdiscus.org, go to A to Z list of databases and then to Business Source Premier. Do an Advanced Search. Click on Company Report from the boxes listed below. OR simply click on the database Company Profiles.