Social Science

     

American History (Return to the Social Science)

California History and Resources
Constitution, United Statues

Government, United States

Decades of the 20th Century

American Cultural History: The 20th Century excellent links, decade by decade

Decades: A Study of the 20th Century

20th Century Decades: General Links

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The Gilded Age (approximate time, 1876 - 1900)
A Classification of American Wealth (Raken Web Site)
Answers.Com on the Guilded Age (Wikipedia)
Robber Barons (Professor at Berkeley)
Famous Philanthropists (Planned Legacy)
People: Famous Amerians (Return to the Social Science)
American Jewish History
Black Cowboys and Pioneers
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage (Scholastic site)
Famous Americans (links to many sites)
Famous Arab Americans (Arab American Institute site)
From Revolution to Reconstruction (Biographies, documents, essays and more!)
Meet Amazing Americans (Library of Congress site)
National Women's Hall of Fame
Native American History and Culture (many great links)
Profiles of Famous Americans
Virtual American Biographies
Women's International Center

People: Influential People Around the World (Return to the Social Science)

Political Cartoons

Editorial and Political Cartoons in U.S. History
Political Cartoons of the 1920's
Pioneering Cartoonists of Color (this site may or may not have actual political cartoons)
Social Issues (Return to the Social Science) (Return to the Top)
FedStats (statistics)
Finding Data on the Internet
Food and Drug Administration (U.S. government site)
Homework Center: Social Issues (provided by Multnomah Public Library)
Human Rights Resources Page (Chico HS Library)
Internet Public Library:Teen Space (great teen social issues topics)
Documents in the News (Issues affecting the government)
Supreme Court Cases (Return to the Social Science)

Current Supreme Court Cases

FedWorld (case search or keyword search)

Landmark Supreme Court Cases
Supreme Court Decisions (1937-1975)
Supreme Court of the United States

United States – Information

50 States.Com

Constitutions, Statutes & Codes of State and Federal Government

EIA State Energy Codes

InfoPlease: The Fifty States

State and Local Government on the Web

Stately Knowledge

World History

Timeline of the Enlightenment Period

We Didn't Start the Fire

WorldHistory.Com's Age of Enlightenment

Atomic Bomb

Debating the Atomic Bomb

The Atomic Bomb and the End of WWII (National Security Archive)

The A-Bomb Museum

Atomic Bomb: Decision

Debate Over How to Use the Bomb (U.S. Dept. of Energy)

The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb (Truman Library)

Atomic Bomb (Grolier Encyclopedia article)

The Nagasaki Peace Declaration

Nuclear Files

 

Reference Books in the Helix Library 

General Encyclopedias are located at the back of the Library in the Reference Area. 

To learn about people, places and events of the Enlightenment Period, look at the various historical chronicles like Timetables of History (REF 902.02  Gru) and Annals of America (REF 973), as well other subject-specific reference books.

You could use the Library Online Catalog to find specific books in the nonfiction or reference collection.