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    Offers the most comprehensive demographic data for the United States. The site includes information and statistics on the nation's population, housing, business and manufacturing activity, international trade, farming, and state and local governments.
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    Provided by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government, Georgia DATA is Georgia's central data repository. Provides the public with quick and easy access to Georgia county and state data. Georgia Data Includes information on agriculture, courts and crime, education, economics and finance, health, government, housing, and more
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    Bibliographic database that cites articles from English-language periodicals. Periodical coverage includes some of the best-known scholarly journals and numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines. Coverage includes a wide range of interdisciplinary fields covered in a broad array of humanities and social sciences journals. Content from H.W. Wilson's International Index is also included. 1907 to 1984.
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    Focuses on content relating specifically to the relationship between races. Race relations is an area of study that pertains to the social, political, and economic relations between races and ethnicities. Specific areas covered include ethnic studies, discrimination, immigration studies, ideology, community relations, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. 1975 to present.
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  • Religion Database (ProQuest)
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    Provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. Abstracts and indexes over 1300 serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews. 1979 to current. ABSTRACTS ONLY.
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    The best-known statistical reference publication in the country. The authoritative go-to source behind nearly every reference desk in US libraries. Both an answer book and a guide to statistical sources. A comprehensive collection of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States; a snapshot of America and its people. Published by the US government 1878 to 2011, published by ProQuest 2011 to current.
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    Provides ongoing full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Major subject areas of study are represented, including business, science, technology, engineering, social sciences, education, and humanities.
  • University of Michigan Press Ebook Collection
    A comprehensive collection of over 1,700 of the University of Michigan Press’s scholarly ebooks. UMP, a library-based publisher, endeavors to advance the values of the library community and adhere to best practices when creating, presenting, and selling its peer-reviewed, faculty-selected titles. UMP aims to make its books available as broadly as possible with library-friendly terms, while fulfilling the University of Michigan's requirements for it to be largely self-sustaining.