Useful Social Science Links

I haven't tried to be comprehensive here.
These are simply bookmarks I have accumulated over the years.

Note: some of the links could be dead and/or need updating
- if so, I'd be grateful for feedback.

Data Sources [1]
- Public Opinion Data
  - AAPOR
  - Berkeley - Survey Data Doc. & Analysis - CSA-SDA
  - ESOMAR Online Services
  - Essex Data Archive
  - European Public Opinion - The Eurobarometer
  - Gallup Organization - Many opinion trends available ... much of site by subscription only
  - General Social Survey (GSS) - Home Page
    - Browse GSS Variables
    - General Social Survey Resources (Queens College)
  - Global Barometer Indicators - Attitudes on political & economic institutions in new or transitional democracies
  - Herb Abelson's Survey Research Web Site (formerly Princeton) - A good place to start to search for links
  - Infratest dimap (German)
  - Institute for Research In Social Science (UNC) - includes searchable poll database
  - KaiserNetwork Health Poll Search - search the Roper Center on health issues (free service)
  - Los Angeles Times Poll
  - MORI - Market & Opinion Research International
  - National Council on Public Polls (NCPP) - Information on how polls are done and polling ethics
  - National Election Studies - University of Michigan: the main election polls
    - Guide to the Questions
  - New York Times - CBS News Poll
  - Pew - The People & The Press Home Page - You can also download their raw data
  - PollingReport.com - Public Opinion Online - A good place to start for current polls
  - Public Agenda Online: Public Opinion and Public Policy - Survey results on ongoing issues
  - Roper Center for Public Opinion Research - The world's biggest survey archive
    - You can search the Roper Center archive from the Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, if you have access (e.g. LSU Library). Follow the links to "Reference," then "Polls & Surveys."
  - Washington Post - [Polling ] Data Directory
  - ZA Cologne - Central Archive for Empirical Social Science Research
  - ZUMA - Centre for Survey Research and Methodology in Mannheim, Germany
- Census
  - Statistical Abstract of the United States (Census) - photocopy-quality pages (I think this link automatically stays current)
  - CenStats_ Titles
  - International Data Base (Census)
  - U.S. Census Bureau Home Page
  - American FactFinder for the 2000 Census - Main Page
    - Summary File 3 (SF 3)
    - Quick Tables
  - State & County QuickFacts
  - Population Estimates since 2000 - [with links to Age-Sex-Race breakdowns]
  - 1990 Information
    - U.S. Gazetteer (Get information about places by city name or zip code; view maps of places)
    - Baton Rouge information (Baton Rouge city; East Baton Rouge parish; and West Baton Rouge parish)
- Other
Sociology & Political Science
Research Institutes, Foundations (ex Ger)
News & Politics
- Advocate Online (Baton Rouge)
- Associated Press - TheWIRE
- Associated Press
- Berliner Morgenpost
- Boston Globe Online
- C-SPAN
- CNN Interactive
- CNN_Time AllPolitics
- Economist
- FAZ.de - Der Verlagsservice der F.A.Z. im Internet
- Harvard Crimson Online
- Kennedy School of Government - Live from the Forum - broadcasts of talks
- Le Monde diplomatique - English edition.
- National Journal's Cloakroom - Welcome
- News Resource - Search by Location
- NEWS.COM Computer News - CNET
- NPR Online- National Public Radio
- PBS Online
- Sueddeutsche Zeitung - Politics
- Zeit, die - Politik & Wirtschaft
- The New York Times
  - NYT Contents
  - NYT Current Film
  - NYT Front Page & Home
  - NYT General Help
  - NYT Search
  - NYToday
- The Washington Post
  - Columns by E.J. Dionne Jr. (my college roommate...)
  - News Front Page
  - Site Index - Detailed
  - Site Index
  - Washington Post Poll Vault
- Ezines
  - Salon Magazine
  - Slate
Government Sites & University Libraries
Bibliographic & Search
- Bookstores Online
  - Amazon.com
  - Barnes & Noble - BarnesandNoble.com
  - Bibliofind - Antiquarian Books, Used Books, Rare Books
  - Lehmann's Online Bookstore_ Begrüssung
  - Seminary Co-op Bookstore - at the University of Chicago: the world's best bookstore
- Directories
  - AcqWeb's Directory of Publishers and Vendors
  - AcqWeb (Librarians' secret source of info on books!)
  - BookWire - The First Place to Look for Book Information
  - DAAD Syllabi Data Base - syllabi on German topics
- Library & Search Sites - (Some LSU sites only available on-campus)
  - Harvard - the best; easy to use; telnet only (no graphic interface)
  - Library of Congress - go to LOCIS: comprehensive but not easy to use
  - JSTOR (LSU on-campus only)
  - LOLA_ LSU's Online Public Access Catalog
  - LSU Interlibrary Borrowing
  - LSU Libraries Home Page
  - LSU Webliography_ A Guide to Internet Resources
  - LSU_ Off Campus Gateway. Welcome!
  - New York Public Library Home Page
  - SilverPlatter - ERL (Electronic Reference Library) - WinSPIRS
  - UCal Melvyl Power search - very good & very usable
  - Uncover Query Screen
  - UnCoverWeb - Welcome
  - WebSPIRS Login to WebSPIRS (LSU)
- Publishers
Research Tools & Methods
LSU Sites
German Information
- General
- German Research, German Institutes

- Whole page updated: 2/12/01

1 This section partly updated 1/30/08