Sociology: 4. Websites

Download, graph, and track 215,000 economic time series from 68 sources

Search the collections in the largest library in the world.

Government portal to the state's information

"Learn the steps to start a small business, get financing help from the government, and more."

A specialized search engine searching all US, state, and local government web pages

Enter a zip code to find out demographic information about that zone.

"This website offers easy access to statistics and reports on children and families, including: family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education and health. The Forum fosters coordination, collaboration, and integration of Federal efforts to collect and report data on conditions and trends for children and families."

This site includes statistics at the state level in areas such as insurance, health costs, minority health and women's health.

Published by the U.S. Census Bureau, this is "the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States."

Information on nearly 4,000 commercially available tests.

"The Test Collection at ETS is a library of more than 25,000 tests and other measurement devices that makes information on standardized tests and research instruments available to researchers, graduate students, and teachers. Collected from the early 1900s to the present, the Test Collection at ETS is the largest such compilation in the world."

Includes excellent tips on evaluating health information on the web

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