Welcome to the Social Sciences Subject Guide.
Audience: CUW undergraduate students in Communication, History, Political Science and Sociology courses.
Help Available: Please contact librarians with Ask a Librarian or on the Library Tab in the Portal (phone, email, chat)
How to Use: Click a tab to learn more about each topic.
APA Citation Style Guide
Choose a Focus
Guides
Multimedia/Primary Sources Online
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Digital Collection
- Making of America (History)
- Chronicling America (History)
- Library of Congress Digital Collections
- Civil Rights Digital Library
- National Security Archive
- Hathitrust Digital Library
- Fold3 (military records)
Popular Newspapers For Research
- Chicago Tribune -investigative & public service focus
- Los Angeles Times
- New York Times -news, issues, and social change
- Washington Post -international politics, security, and US Government
- Wall Street Journal -global & national business news
Always check to the political bias of a media source at: All Sides Website
You can search for books & ebooks in Primo
For General Instructions: Finding Books
Browse Print Books In the Library
Library of Congress Call Numbers
D World History
E & F History of the Americas
G Geography & Anthropology
HM-HV Sociology & Society
J Political Science
P 87 Communication & Mass Media
E-Books
Reference Books
Reference Books are located in the short stacks in the center of the Library. Need Help? Using Online Encyclopedias
| Encyclopedia of Sociology | REF HM425 .E5 2000 |
| International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences | Ebook |
| Ebook | |
| Encyclopedia of World History | Ebook |
| Encyclopedia of American Indian History | REF E77 .E48 2008 |
| Ebook |
Demographic Data & Statistics
Learn about groups of people and their characteristics
Online Sources
- Gapminder international economic, medical and social statistics
- UNICEF: international data about children and women
- International Database: demographic information for 228 countries with 5,000 or more people from UDS.
- American Fact Finder United States Community Information based on the US Census (2010)
- Open Data Network U.S. Data organized by state and metro area.
- Statistical Abstract of the United States: historical census data 1889-2010
Always use neutral and bias-rating sources below to verify information that sounds too good, bad, or strange to be true, especially when it comes to political or social opinions.
- UGA Fact Checking the News Guide
- Fact Checking Websites
- List of Fake News Sources (Don’t use these websites)
Web News Sources Organized by Social/Political Bias
Basic Facts about Places
Online Search Tools for Scholarly Articles
- Pew Research Center
Polls on a wide variety of topics - Gallop News (Public Opinion)
Current and historical polls on politics, the economy, and social issues around the world - American National Election Studies (ANES)
High-quality data from its own surveys on voting, public opinion, and political participation
- Policy Archive
Digital library of public policy research - GOVInfo
US Federal Government Search Portal for government Data - Comparative Agendas Project
“CAP enables scholars, students, policy-makers and the media to investigate trends in policy-making across time and between countries.” - Government Information Guide (Brown U)
See the “General Search Tools” section