Overview - Social Security: An Undergraduate Research Guide - Research Guides at University of Wisconsin-Madison

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This Research Guide includes sources dealing with the history of social security and issues related to its current and future management.

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Credo Reference
A collection of 100 reference tools that may be searched collectively or individually. It includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, statistical sources, biographical tools, thesauri, books of quotations, image collections, and more.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (OVRC) provides viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles related to controversial social issues.
Public Agenda Issue Guides: Social Security
Public Agenda, a nonpartisan opinion research and civic engagement organization, presents public opinion and arguments related to the future of Social Security.
Social Security Online
This is the official U.S. government web site for Social Security Administration.
Social Security Network
Resources on the Social Security program and the debate about its future. Developed by The Century Foundation, a respected nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that researches public policy issues.