Subject Resources: General Social Sciences
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![]() | 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers | |||
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![]() | 19th Century British Library Newspapers | |||
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![]() | AccessUN
Indexes United Nations documents and publications. | |||
| 1966 to the present | ![]() | |||
![]() | AGELINE
bibliographic coverage of social gerontology | |||
| SilverPlatter | 1978 to the present | ![]() | ||
| Ageline database
Open access to the bibliographic coverage of social gerontology | ||||
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![]() | Alt-HealthWatch
Full-text database focusing on alternative approaches to healthcare and wellness. | |||
| 1990 to the present | ![]() | |||
![]() | America: History and Life
Covers the history of the United States and Canada | |||
| 1964- | ![]() | |||
| American FactFinder
View, print, and download statistics about population, housing, industry, and business. | ||||
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![]() | ArticleFirst
Table of contents pages for more than 13,000 journals | |||
| 1990 to the present | ![]() | |||
![]() | ArticleFirst Database
Articles from more than 12,000 journals covering many subject areas | |||
| First Search (OCLC) | 1990 to the present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Chicago Manual of Style Online | |||
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![]() | Community of Science (COS)
Find funding, identify potential collaborators, publicize research, and conduct research online | |||
| Community of Science: COS | ![]() | |||
| COMPLUDOC: Base de Datos de Articulos de Revistas
Article and contents of over a thousand scholarly journals in the sciences, social sciences and humanities at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid | ||||
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![]() | COS Expertise
Community of Science Expertise - researcher profiles | |||
| Community of Science: COS | ![]() | |||
![]() | COS Funding Opportunities
Community of Science database of research funding opportunities | |||
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![]() | Cambridge Scientific Abstracts: CSA | ![]() | ||
![]() | COS Scholar Universe
Community of Science database of information about researchers worldwide | |||
| Cambridge Scientific Abstracts: CSA | ![]() | |||
![]() | COS Workbench
Community of Science free personal workspace | |||
| Community of Science: COS See More Info for access information. | ![]() | |||
![]() | CQ Library
Index and full text access to the CQ Weekly and The CQ Researcher. | |||
| 1983 to the present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Credo Reference (Xrefer) | |||
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![]() | Current Contents Connect
Up-to-date coverage of research-level journals in all fields. | |||
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![]() | Declassified Documents Reference System
Access to formerly classified U.S. government documents as they are declassified. | |||
| Post WWII to the present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Dissertation Abstracts
Covers every doctoral dissertation completed in the U.S. at accredited institutions for the last150 years | |||
| First Search (OCLC) See More Info for access information. | 1861- (indexing); 1980- (abstracting dissertations); 1988- (abstracting theses) | ![]() | ||
![]() | Early English Books Online (EEBO)
A digital library of early English books from 1400 to 1700. | |||
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![]() | eHRAF: Collection of Ethnography
Collection of ethnographic and other texts that are indexed by culture and subject | |||
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![]() | Essential Science Indicators (ESI) (Web of Knowledge)
Citation analysis tools, especially via institutions and departments. | |||
| Present and back ten (10) years | ![]() | |||
![]() | Expanded Academic ASAP
Articles from more than 1,500 scholarly, trade and general-interest publications, many in full-text. | |||
| 1980 -- present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Facts on File News Archive
Events, issues, statistics and people of the last 20 years. | |||
| 1980 to present | ![]() | |||
![]() | FACTS.com
Events, issues, statistics and people of the last 20 years. | |||
| 1980 to present | ![]() | |||
![]() | GenderWatch
Full text database of publications focusing on the impact of gender across subject areas. | |||
| Proquest | 1970 to the present | ![]() | ||
| HOMER
Catalog of the Information Services Division's library materials (all libraries except Health Sciences Libraries and Law Library catalogs) | ||||
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| Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction. | ||||
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| Internet Library of Early Journals (ILEJ)
Digital images of six eighteenth and nineteenth-century journals. | ||||
| Oxford University Press | varies by title | ![]() | ||
![]() | Left Index
Focused on the political, social, economic and cultural issues of the Left. | |||
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![]() | LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe
Full text business, financial, legal, medical, biographical, government and domestic and international newspaper resources. | |||
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![]() | NetLibrary
Collection of full-text electronic books. | |||
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![]() | NewsBank InfoWeb
Collection of primary source databases and access to world maps. | |||
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![]() | NewsBank NewsFile Collection
Full-text news resource covering over 500 national and international news sources. | |||
| 1991 to the present | ![]() | |||
![]() | NewsBank Retrospective
Full-text newspaper resource for contemporary American history (1971-1991). | |||
| 1971-1991 | ![]() | |||
![]() | Noticias en Espanol
Full text Spanish language news articles relevant to Hispanics, Chicanos and Latinos in the U.S. | |||
| 1992 to the present | ![]() | |||
![]() | PapersFirst Database
Published information received by The British Library Document Supply Center. | |||
| 1993- | ![]() | |||
![]() | Periodical Abstracts
Abstracts of general and academic journals in a variety of subjects. | |||
| First Search (OCLC) | 1987 to the present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Periodicals Index Online (1665-1991)
Indexes thousands of humanities and social sciences periodicals since 1665. | |||
| 1770-1991 | ![]() | |||
| PERSEE - Portail de revues scientifiques en sciences humaines et sociales | ||||
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![]() | ProceedingsFirst Database
Citations of every congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received at The British Library | |||
| 1993 to the present | ![]() | |||
![]() | ProQuest
Access databases of resources for arts, business, humanities, social sciences, science and newspaper resources. | |||
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![]() | PsycARTICLES
Full text articles published by the APA, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber | |||
| Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) | 1985 -- present | ![]() | ||
| Public Opinion Poll Question Database
Provides searchable access to specific poll questions produced by Louis Harris and other polling groups. | ||||
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![]() | RAND California
Statistics and documents on California economic and public policy issues. | |||
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![]() | Rarebooks.info
Rarebooks.info offers the largest bibliography on rare books in the world on the web | |||
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![]() | Social Sciences Citation Index
Citation database for the social sciences | |||
| 1965 to present | ![]() | |||
![]() | SourceOECD | |||
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![]() | STAT-USA
Economic, business and trade statistical data from the United States federal government. | |||
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![]() | Statistical Universe
Indexes printed federal, state, international statistical publications, and selected business and professional publications containing statistics. | |||
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![]() | Times Digital Archive | |||
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![]() | Universal Database of Russian Social Sciences and Humanities Journals | |||
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![]() | Violence & Abuse Abstracts
Covers current literature on interpersonal violence. | |||
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![]() | Wilson Biography Index
Indexes biographical material from English-language books and journals. | |||
| H.W. Wilson | 1984 - present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Wilson Book Review Digest Plus
Book reviews from current English-language periodicals. | |||
| H.W. Wilson | 1983 to the present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Wilson Essay and General Literature
Focuses on humanities and social sciences literature | |||
| H.W. Wilson | ![]() | |||
![]() | Wilson Humanities and Social Sciences Retrospective
Dates covered: 1907 - 1984. Index to scholarly and specialized periodicals in the area of social sciences. | |||
| H.W. Wilson | 1907 -- 1984 | ![]() | ||
![]() | Wilson Readers' Guide Full Text
Articles from popular periodicals published in the U.S. and Canada. | |||
| H.W. Wilson | Indexing 1982+, Abstracting 1984+, “select” Full Text 1994+ | ![]() | ||
![]() | Wilson Social Sciences Full Text
International, English-language periodicals in sociology, anthropology, geography, economics, political science, and law | |||
| H.W. Wilson | Indexing 1982+, Abstracting 1984+, “select” Full Text 1994+ | ![]() | ||
![]() | World News Digest
Events, issues, statistics and people of the last 20 years. | |||
| 1980 to present | ![]() | |||
![]() | WorldCat
Union catalog of books and other materials in many languages located in libraries worldwide | |||
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eJournals | ||||
![]() | American Behavioral Scientist
Focuses on cross-disciplinary problems and research in the social sciences. | |||
![]() | First Search (OCLC) | v. 41, no. 1 (1997) -- 2004 | ![]() | |
![]() | Sage | v. 42 (1999) -- present | ![]() | |
![]() | American Imago
Explores the role of psychoanalysis in contemporary cultural and social theory. | |||
| Project Muse | v. 52, no. 1 (1995)-present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Applied Statistics
Series C of the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. | |||
| JSTOR | v. 1 - 49 (1952 - 2000) | ![]() | ||
![]() | Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics
Covers both theory and application of statistics. | |||
| First Search (OCLC) | v. 40, no. 1 (1998) -- 2005 | ![]() | ||
| Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health
Advances the promotion, prevention and early intervention (PPEI) approaches to mental health. | ||||
| Directory of Open Access Journals | 2002 -- Present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Behavioral Sciences & the Law
Themed, quarterly issues on law and the behavioral sciences. | |||
| Wiley Interscience | Vol. 14, no. 1 (1996)--present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Conflict Resolution Quarterly | |||
| Wiley Interscience | v. 19, no. 4 (2002) -- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Congressional Quarterly Researcher
In-depth coverage of timely issues. | |||
| Jan. 1991-present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Congressional Quarterly Weekly
Weekly news magazine of Congressional activity. | |||
| 1983 - present | ![]() | |||
![]() | European Legacy
Study of European intellectual and cultural history | |||
| MetaPress | v. 6, no. 1, 2000 -- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Evaluation Review
Interdisciplinary forum for those who develop, implement and utilize studies designed to improve the human condition. | |||
| First Search (OCLC) | Vol. 23, no. 1 (1999)-v. 28, no. 6 (2004) | ![]() | ||
![]() | Futures
Multidisciplinary journal investigating long-terms futures of society and culture. | |||
| ScienceDirect | v. 1, no. 1 (1968) -- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Human Relations
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![]() | First Search (OCLC) | v. 50, no. 1 (1997) -- 2004 | ![]() | |
![]() | Sage | Vol. 1, no. 1 (June 1947)-present | ![]() | |
![]() | Human Studies : A Journal for Philosophy and the Social Sciences | |||
| MetaPress (Springer) | v. 20, no. 1 (1997) -- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | International Journal of Forecasting | |||
| ScienceDirect | v. 1, no. 1 (1985) -- present | ![]() | ||
| Internet Journal of Mental Health
Online journal that accepts submissions with a broadly defined definition of mental health. | ||||
| Directory of Open Access Journals | 2001 -- Present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour
Articles examine the relationships of social structure with human agency. | |||
| First Search (OCLC) | v. 28, no. 1 (1998)-- 2005 | ![]() | ||
![]() | Journal of Adolescence
essential reading for psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and youth workers in practice, and for university and college faculty | |||
![]() | ScienceDirect | Vol. 18, no. 1 (Feb. 1995) -- present | ![]() | |
![]() | ScienceDirect Medicine & Dentistry Backfiles | Vol. 1, no. 1 (Mar. 1978)-v. 17, no. 6 (Dec. 1994) | ![]() | |
![]() | Journal of Adolescent Research
Studies individuals aged 10-20. | |||
![]() | First Search (OCLC) | v. 14, no. 1 (1999)-- 2004 | ![]() | |
![]() | Sage | v. 14, no. 1 (1999)-- present | ![]() | |
![]() | Journal of Child and Family Studies
The international forum for topical issues pertaining to the mental well-being of children, adolescents, and their families. | |||
| MetaPress (Springer) | v. 6, no. 1 (1997) -- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Journal of Divorce & Remarriage | |||
| Haworth Press | v.30, 1999-present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Journal of Family Issues
Social issues and problems related to marriage and family life. | |||
![]() | First Search (OCLC) | v. 20, no. 1 (1999)-- 2004 | ![]() | |
![]() | Sage | v. 20, no. 1 (1999)-- present | ![]() | |
![]() | Journal of Family Psychotherapy
an expanded forum for detailed clinical case studies, descriptions of successful treatment programs, innovative strategies in clinical practice. | |||
| Haworth Press | 1999 issue 1- | ![]() | ||
![]() | Journal of Family Social Work
It is the first peer-reviewed social work journal devoted to ecosystemic theory, examining the self of the clinician, research, and practice with couples and families. | |||
| Haworth Press | v.5,2000 - | ![]() | ||
![]() | Journal of Poverty | |||
| Haworth Press | v.3 1999 - v.7 2003 | ![]() | ||
![]() | Journal of Social Issues | |||
| First Search (OCLC) | Vol. 56- (2000- 2005 | ![]() | ||
![]() | Journal of Social Philosophy
Articles examine social issues from a philosophical perspective. | |||
| First Search (OCLC) | v. 30, no.1 (1999)--present | ![]() | ||
| Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment
An interdisciplinary forum that combines computer technology, learning theory, and assessment. | ||||
| Directory of Open Access Journals | 2002 -- Present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences
Scientific and cultural history of the social and behavioral sciences. | |||
| Wiley Interscience | Vol. 32, no. 1 (1996)--present | ![]() | ||
| Journal of Transdisciplinary Environmental Studies
Environmental issues and the integration of natural & social science with environmental management & planning. management and planning. | ||||
| Directory of Open Access Journals | 2002 -- Present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Journal of Youth and Adolescence | |||
| MetaPress (Springer) | v. 26, no. 1 (1997)-- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Mathematical Social Sciences | |||
| ScienceDirect | v. 1, no. 1 (1980) -- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Philosophy & Social Criticism
Articles elucidate the philosophical ideas that underlie social criticism. | |||
| First Search (OCLC) | v. 25, no. 1 (1999)--present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Articles deal with the philosophical foundations of the social sciences. | |||
![]() | Sage | v. 29, no. 1 (1999) -- present | ![]() | |
![]() | First Search (OCLC) | v. 29, no. 1 (1999) -- v. 34, no. 4 (2004) | ![]() | |
![]() | Public Understanding of Science
All aspects of the interrelationships between science and the public | |||
| Vol. 1, no. 1 (1992)--present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Science (Washington, D.C.)
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![]() | JSTOR | Vol. 1 (1883)-v. 23 (1894); New Series: Vol. 1 no. 1 (Jan. 4, 1895)-v.286, no. 5449 (Dec. 1999) | ![]() | |
![]() | Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text | Vol. 259, no 5091 (Jan. 1, 1993)-v. 306, no. 5698 (Nov. 5, 2004) | ![]() | |
![]() | Highwire Press | Vol. 274, no. 5285 (Oct. 11, 1996)-present | ![]() | |
![]() | Social Compass
Theme-based issues focus on a debate in religion and society. | |||
![]() | First Search (OCLC) | v. 46, no. 1 (1999) -- 2004 | ![]() | |
![]() | Sage | v. 46, no. 1 (1999)-- present | ![]() | |
![]() | Social Science Computer Review
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![]() | First Search (OCLC) | v. 17, no. 1(1999) -- 2004 | ![]() | |
![]() | Sage | v. 17, no. 1 (1999)-- present | ![]() | |
![]() | Social Science History
Studies theories and methods used by historians. | |||
![]() | Project Muse | v. 23, no. 4 (1999)--present | ![]() | |
![]() | JSTOR | v. 1 - 23 (1976 - 1999) | ![]() | |
![]() | Social Science Information Studies | |||
| ScienceDirect | v. 1/1 - 5/4, 1980-1985 | ![]() | ||
![]() | Social Science Journal | |||
| v. 32, no. 1 (1995) -- present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Social Studies of Science
Research on the concepts, processes, mediations and consequences of modern natural science and technology | |||
![]() | First Search (OCLC) | v. 28 (1998) -- present | ![]() | |
![]() | Sage | v. 29 (1999) -- present | ![]() | |
![]() | JSTOR | Vols. 5 - 31 (1975 - 2001) | ![]() | |
![]() | Sociological Quarterly
Research and theory in all areas of sociological inquiry. | |||
| Blackwell-Synergy | 1997 -- Present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Statistics in Society
Series A of the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. | |||
| JSTOR | v. 1, no. 1 (1838)--v. 158, no. 3 (1995) | ![]() | ||
![]() | Technology and Culture
Scholarly articles on the history of technology. | |||
![]() | Project Muse | v. 39, no. 3 (1998)--present | ![]() | |
![]() | JSTOR | v. 1 - 39 (1959 - 1998) | ![]() | |
![]() | Theory and Decision | |||
| MetaPress (Springer) | v. 42, no. 1 (1997) -- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Topoi
A journal in the area of philosopjy: destabilizes, unsettles, objects, critiques | |||
| MetaPress (Springer) | v. 16, no. 1 (1997) -- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Yale Review | |||
| First Search (OCLC) | ![]() | |||
![]() | Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory
A narrative bibliography of work in the field of critical and cultural theory | |||
| Oxford University Press | v. 9, no. 1 (2002) -- present | ![]() | ||
eBooks | ||||
![]() | Credo Reference (Xrefer) | |||
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![]() | Ebrary
Internet-based library of over 30,000 electronic volumes | |||
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![]() | Gale encyclopedia of multicultural America
Contains 8,000 to 12,000 word essays on specific culture groups in the United States | |||
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![]() | NetLibrary Collection
Collection of full-text electronic books. | |||
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Web Sites | ||||
| American Radicalism Collection
Resources on radicalism in America | ||||
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| Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE
Digital library collections, catalogs and indexes | ||||
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| Data Bases Available to All USC Researchers
Databases locally available to USC researchers. | ||||
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![]() | Essential Science Indicators (ESI) (Web of Knowledge)
Citation analysis tools, especially via institutions and departments. | |||
| Present and back ten (10) years | ![]() | |||
| European Commission Libraries Catalog
Index to European Union publications and periodical articles about EU. | ||||
| 1983- | ![]() | |||
| Fedstats
Gateway site for U.S. government agency statistics | ||||
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| International Comparisons in Education
Collects, analyzes, and disseminates statistics and other data related to education in the United States and other nations. | ||||
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| Internet Library of Early Journals (ILEJ)
Digital images of six eighteenth and nineteenth-century journals. | ||||
| Oxford University Press | varies by title | ![]() | ||
| KIDS COUNT 2003 Data Book Online
State-by-state project of the Casey Foundation to track the status of children in the United States. | ||||
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| LA as Subject
The L.A. as Subject database is an on-line directory of less visible archives and collections in the Los Angeles region. | ||||
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| National statistics: the official UK statistics site
This is the UK's home of official statistics, reflecting Britain's economy, population and society at national and local level. | ||||
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| OECD Index
Bibliographical database of OECD Publications from 1970 onwards. | ||||
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| Official Statistics on the Web | ||||
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| PERSEE - Portail de revues scientifiques en sciences humaines et sociales | ||||
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| San Fernando Valley Statistics and Facts | ||||
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| United Nations Institute for Disarmament (UNIDIR)
Web site for the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) | ||||
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| United Nations Statistics Division
Provides links to a wide range of international statistical sources and country profiles | ||||
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| World Development Report 2004
Investigates how countries can accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by making services work for poor people. | ||||
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