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Dutchess County BOCES and Mid-Hudson Library System
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Social Studies

Great Web Sites

  • Internet Public Library Social Sciences
    An excellent, comprehensive gateway site for links to topics in the social sciences from the Internet Public Library. (http://www.ipl.org/ref/RR/static/soc00.00.00.html)
  • Internet Public Library- Law, Government and Political Science Reference
    Another excellent gateway site from the Internet Public Library. (http://www.ipl.org/ref/RR/static/gov0000.html)
  • Great Educational Web Sites - Social Sciences & History
    Social Science Links collected by a Library Media Specialist from Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, NY. (http://home.computer.net/~dibianco/)
  • The Yellow Pages : American Identities
    Resources on ethnic identities. Includes links to social science, gender, literature, philosophy and popular culture issues, just to name a few. (http://xroads.virginia.edu/~YP/ethnic.html)
  • All Politics
    The "All Politics" section of CNN.com's Web page (http://www.allpolitics.com/)
  • The Avalon Project
    Yale University's Avalon Project includes digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. (http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm)
  • Social Studies Sources
    A good collection of social studies links from Fred Risinger, Director of Professional Development, School Services and Summer Sessions in the School of Education at Indiana University, Bloomington. (http://education.indiana.edu/~socialst/)

Books in Your Libraries

  • Links to books & other materials in the libraries of the Mid-Hudson Library System.
  • Or enter your own keywords in the search box to search the catalog:
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