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Alternative Press Index Archive (1969-1990)Alternative Press Index Archive (1969-1990)

America: History and Life

CQ Researcher

Ethnic NewsWatch

Facts.com

Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)

Historical AbstractsHistorical Abstracts

Lands and Peoples

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

PsycInfo

Readers' Guide Retrospective

Anthropology

American Anthropological Association: http://www.aaanet.org/

Information for Anthropologists & students; programs; jobs and news related to Anthropology.
Resources in Ethnographics Studies: http://www.loc.gov/folklife/other.html

The American Folklife Center at Library of Congress provides this collection of resources in folkways, ethnomusicology, and other aspects of ethnography, particularly in the United States.
World Heritage: http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm

UNESCO 's nearly 700 World Heritage sites are listed and described here. These are places of enormous historical, natural and cultural importance throughout the world.

Political science

UCSB Infosurf Political Science: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subjects/polisci/politica.html

University of California Santa Barbara selected websites on Political Science: American Politics, Political Parties, US Fed. Gov't, Campaigns & Elections, Interest Groups, Public Policy, Public Administration, Comparative Politics, International Relations, etc. (Note: includes some databases only available to UCSB students.)
Foreign Affairs Online: http://www.people.virginia.edu/~rjb3v/rjb.html

Links to Web resources on U.S. government; foreign states; international law; international relations; think tanks; map resources; UN; NGO's and human rights.
Apsanet: American Political Science Assoc.: http://www.apsanet.org/

The American Political Science Association, the leading professional organization for the study of political science. Resources for Political Scientists, students and the public, including jobs in Political Science.
Pacific Northwest Political Science Assoc.: http://www.lclark.edu/~pnwpsa/resources.html

Hosted at Lewis & Clark College. Includes links to online Political Science journals; political news; and electoral, survey and geographic data.
Conflict & Terrorism: "http:/guides/conflict/"

The Multnomah County Library reference staff guide to websites and library resources about the conflict in Iraq; the war on terrorism; conflict hotspots in Afghanistan, the Middle East & Sudan; and nuclear tensions in North Korea, India/Pakistan and Iran.

Psychology

APA Resources for the Public: http://www.apa.org/topics/homepage.html

The American Psychological Association provides information on common psychological conditions and problems, as well as current psychology news, legal and ethics information, and research paper help.
C.G. Jung Page: http://www.cgjungpage.org/

The C.G. Jung page contains introductory material on Jungian psychology, many texts, and other links to things Jungian.
Classics in the History of Psychology: http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/author.htm

Classic works of psychology from Maslow to Freud to Jung to William James are available on this page.
Internet Mental Health: ://www.mentalhealth.com/p.html

An encyclopedia of mental health information, with full descriptions of psychological disorders, medications and therapies. Articles, books and pamphlets on many mental subjects.
The Nonverbal Dictionary of Gestures, Signs and Body Language Cues: http://members.aol.com/nonverbal2/diction1.htm#The NONVERBAL DICTIONARY

An illustrated dictionary of human communication, apart from language, sponsored by the Center for Nonverbal Studies.
Personality Disorders: http://personalitydisorders.mentalhelp.net/

This site explores the nature of ten different personality disorders, treatments and online resources, including organizations and support groups.
Psych Central: http://psychcentral.com/

Dr. John Grohol's Mental Health Pages contains a massive index to all things psychological on the Internet, covering disorders, treatments and research.
Psycline: Your Guide to Psychology and Social Science Journals on the Web: http://www.psycline.org/

Psycline is an excellent index to psychology and social science journals available on the Web. The Journal Locator feature offers several ways to search, and links to journals make for quick access. A great resource for students doing research papers.
Psych Web: ://www.psywww.com/

Psych Web contains many links of interest to teacher and students of psychology: links to psychology departments, journals, articles and study resources.

Sociology

ProCon.org: http://www.procon.org/

Pros and Cons of controversial issues. Each subtopic contains one or more questions about the issue, with background information, followed by supporting and opposing views. Everything is cited clearly, and the information is in short, easy to read paragraphs.
NORC: The General Social Survey: http://www.norc.org/projects/gensoc.asp

The National Opinion Research Center has conducted surveys on all aspects of American life for more than 25 years. Data from the General Social Survey, which is sponsored by the University of Chicago, is available here.
Population Reference Bureau: http://www.prb.org/

The PRB provides a wide variety of population information for students and researchers of all kinds. The Data Finder on this website is a database full of population information searchable by all kinds of variables, from countries all over the globe.
Social Science Research Council: http://www.ssrc.org/

The SSRC is an independent, international organization that seeks to bring together the best scholarship on major social issues. Their website contains a variety of in-depth reports and articles on contemporary and historical problems from myriad viewpoints.
A Sociology Timeline from 1600: http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/timeline.html

A timeline of important people, events and publications in the history of sociology, with links to biographies and primary texts.
SocioWeb: http://www.socioweb.com/~markbl/socioweb/

A comprehensive index of sociology sites

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