Sociology:  Research Guide

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Style Guides

• ASA Style Guide / Ref.  HM 73.A83 1997

• American Sociological Association Style Guide
   
• American Statistical Association Style Guide

• A Guide to Writing Sociology Papers / Writing Center Ref.  HM 73 .G78 1991

• Thesaurus of Sociological Indexing Terms / Ref.  Desk Coll.  Z  695.1.S63 B66 1999

• Gaia Atlas of First Peoples: A Future for the Indigenous World / Ref. GN 380.B85 1990
  Examines the way of life of the indigenous peoples of the world and the ecological, economic and political threats which they face.
   
• The New State of the Earth Atlas: A Concise Survey of the Environment Through Full-Color International Maps./ Ref. G 1046.G3 S4 1995
   
• State of Women in the World / Ref. G 1046.E1 S4 1997
   
• Third World Atlas / Ref. G 1046.G1.C7 1994
   
• World Bank Atlas / Ref. G1046.G1 W6 2000
   
• World Development Indicators / Ref. HC59.15 .W656 Annual

• The Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology: A User's Guide to Sociological Language
  Ref. HM 425.J64 2000
   
• Classical and Modern Social Theory
  Ref.  HM 606.D36 K53 2000
   
•  Concise Oxford Dictionary of Sociology
  Ref. HM 17.C66 1994
   
•  Encyclopedia of Religion and Society
  Ref. BL60 .E53 1998
   
• Encyclopedia of Social History
  Ref. HN 28.E53 1994
   
• Encyclopedia of Sociology
  Ref. HM 425.E5 2000  5 vols.

 
• Encyclopedia of World Cultures
  Ref. GN 550 .E53 1991 10 vols.
   
• Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Ref. B51 .R68 1998 10 vols.
   
• Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations.
  Ref. G 63.W67 2001
   
• Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life
  Ref. GN333 .W67 1998 4 vols.
   

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• Annual Review of Sociology
  Online , Ref. HM 1.A78
   
• Handbook of Language & Ethnic Identity
  P35 .H34 1999
   
• Handbook of Sociology
  Ref. HM 51.H249 1988
   
• Handbook of the Sociology of Gender
  Ref.  HQ1075 .C47 1999

• International Handbook of Contemporary Developments In Sociology
  Ref. HM 19.I59 1994
   

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• A Case for the Case Study
  HM 48.C37 1991
   
• Current Perspectives in Social Theory
  HM 1.C87 Annual.

 
•  Doing Feminist Research
  HQ 1180.D64 1981
   
• Engendering Statistics:  A Tool For Change

HQ 1073.H43 1996
 
• Feminist Methods in Social Research
  HQ 1180.R448 1992
   
• Field Research: A Sourcebook and Field Manual
  HM 48.F524 1982
   
• Interpreting Qualitative Data: Methods for Analysing Talk, Text and Interaction
  HM 48.S54 1993
   
• An Introduction to Sociology; Feminist Perspectives
  HM 24.A215 1997
   
• Liberating Method:  Feminism and Social Research
  HQ 1180.D48 1999
   
• Making Sense of Qualitative Data: Complementary Research Strategies
  HM 48.C6 1996
  "Contents: Varieties of data and varieties of analysis -- Concepts and coding -- Narratives and stories -- Meanings and metaphors -- Writing and representation -- Beyond the data -- Complementary strategies of computer-aided analysis -- Coda."
   
• Qualitative Research 
  Ref. H62.Q354 1999 4 vol
   
• Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences
  Ref. H41.R45 2001  2 vols.

 
• Sociology: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources
  Ref.  HM 51.A2 1997
   
• Sociological Methodology
  HM 24.S55   annual
   
• Sociological Methods & Research.

Periodical HM 1.S687  Annual

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Web sites

• CIA World Factbook,
• Data on the Net (U. California at San Diego, USA)
"Searchable or browseable collection of  Internet sites of numeric Social Science statistical data, data catalogs, data libraries, social science gateways, and addresses."
• World Population: A Guide to the WWW, by Richard Jensen, Regents College.
"A meta-site which links to demographic sites on the WWW.
• U.S. Census Bureau



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• Gale Country & World Rankings Reporter
  Ref.  HA 154.G35 1995
  "3,000 country and world area rankings on a variety of topics, including arts and leisure, demographics, education, government expenditures, taxes, etc., from government, business, and general interest sources."
   
• Human Development Report
  Ref. HD 72 .H85 Annual
   
• The Index of Leading Cultural Indicators: American Society at the End of the 20th Century.

HN60 .B46 1999
 
• The Little Data Book.  Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2000.

Ref. HC59.15 .L47 2000
 
• Social Indicators of Development.  Washington, D.C : World Bank
Annual
REf. HC 59.69 .S63
 
• Statistical Abstracts.  Bureau of Statistics, Treasury Department  Washington: G.P.O. Annual.

Ref. Desk Coll. HA 202 .A1
 
• Statistics Sources: A Subject Guide To Data on Industrial, Business, Social, Educational, Financial, and Other Topics for the United States and Internationally
  Ref.  HA 36.S7 1986
  " A good source for development and social indicators."
   
•  Vital Signs: The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future
  Ref. HC 10.V53  annual
             "Issued by the Worldwatch Institute."
   
• Women's Indicators and Statistics Database online
  "WISTAT, produced by the United Nations, is a compilation of currently available international statistics on the situation of women for 212 countries."
   
• World Development Indicators (The World Bank)  
  Ref. HC59.15 .W656 Annual
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• Alternative Press Index online; or  Ref. AI 3.A27
"Subject index to alternative, critical, or radical periodicals, both scholarly and popular. Covers a broad range of sociological subjects from a critical perspective."
 
• American Statistics Index / Government Docs. GP 3.6/73:
 Haggard 2
"Index to statistics in government publications."
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• Annual Reviews Online: Sociology

• Bibliographic Index  1937 - /  Ref.  Z1002 .B594
"Provides "citations to book-length bibliographies, as well as bibliographies in books, articles, and pamphlets.  Covers a substantial number of sociological topics."
 
• Book Review Digest 1905 -  /   Ref.  Z 1219.B66
"Provides both an index and brief excerpts from book reviews.  Includes a number of sociology-related review sources, such as the American Journal of Sociology, Contemporary Sociology, Journal of Marriage and the Family, etc."
 
• Book Review Index 1965 - /  Ref.   Z 1035.A1 B6
"Reviews are traced through Contemporary Sociology, Sociological Review, Policy Studies Journal, and the Social Service Review, to name a few."
 
• CPI.Q Canadian Periodicals Index  (1988-) online
"Contains full-text or abstracts from more than 400 Canadian and international publications, and the full-text of selected sections of The Globe and Mail newspaper."  Also available in print,  Ref. AI  3.C243.
 
• Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Scholarly Journals, 1886-1974.  Ref. Z 1035.A1 C64

• Contemporary Women's Issues (1992-) online
"Provides full-text access to global, interdisciplinary information on women, located within journals, newsletters, and research reports from non-profit, governmental, and international agencies."
 
• Digital Dissertations  (Dissertation Abstracts International) online

• Ethnic NewsWatch
A full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Searchable in English or Spanish.
 
• Global NewsBank
News articles covering politics, economics, culture, business, science, technology and the environment from Africa, Asia, Europe, the former Soviet Union, the Pacific Rim, Central and South America, and the Middle East. All articles are in English and are from over 1000 translated broadcasts, news agency transmissions, wire services, newspapers, magazines and government documents."
 
• GPO Monthly Catalog (1976-) online
"Indexes congressional committee reports, hearings, debates, and documents from executive departments, and more. "Includes sources of  data important to sociologists, including data on population, aging, health, crime, income, and more."  Retrospective coverage by the print edition of the Monthly Catalog of Government Publications from 1900 to date is available in Haggard 2 Government Doc  GP 3.8/8: .
 
• Hispanic American Periodicals Index (1970-) online
"Indexes US-Hispanic and Latin American topics from more than 100 scholarly journals worldwide."
 
• Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature/   Ref.  HQ 728 .I56
   
• PAIS International (1972-) online
Contains over 400,000 citations and  abstracts of journal articles, books, book chapters, conference proceedings, government documents, and statistical directories. Includes the PAIS Bulletin (1976-90), PAIS Foreign Language Index (1972-90), PAIS International In Print (1991-), and Directory of Periodicals/Publishers (1990), located in the library,    Ref.  HB 1.A1 P823.
 
• POPLINE  General Access- online
POPLINE provides worldwide coverage of population, family planning, and related health issues, including family planning technology and programs, fertility, and population law and policy. In addition, POPLINE focuses on particular developing-country issues including demography, AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, maternal and child health, primary health care communication, and population and environment.  Primarily English language items but international in scope; publications from 1970 to the present with selected citations dating back to 1886.
 
• Population Index  1935 to the present, General Access - online
"The primary reference tool to world population literature. It presents an annotated bibliography of recently published books, journal articles, working papers, and other materials on population topics. This website provides a searchable and browsable database containing 42,662 abstracts of demographic literature published in Population Index in the period 1986- current. Also in print, Wilson 1E HB  848.P8.
 

• Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) Online via Web of Science (1995-)
Covers the journal literature in the social sciences.  Print (1966 to date), Ref.  AI 3.S614.
 
• Social Services Abstracts (1980- ) online
CSA Social Services Abstracts provide bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.
 
• Sociological Abstracts  (1963-) online
"The electronic version of Sociological Abstracts and Social Planning, Policy, and Development Abstracts (SOPODA), and provides indexing with abstracts of the world's literature in sociology and related disciplines."
 
• Statistics and indicators on women and men (UN)
  compilation of currently available international statistics on the situation of men & women for 212 countries."
   
• USGPI US Government Periodicals Index  General Access - online
"The U.S. government agencies publish approximately 170 magazines and newsletters with substantial research value. The articles in these periodicals cover everything from ... Scientific research projects in Antarctica to zoology, agriculture to the latest in cancer research to military science to toxicology, preservation of cultural artifacts to history to teaching English as a second language, approaches to selling US products in foreign markets to Medicare and health care finance issues... and more. CIS® Government Periodicals Universe provides subject and author indexing, and  is updated quarterly."
 
• Women Studies Abstracts  / Ref. HQ 1101.W772

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Websites of interest

• American Sociological Association

• Association for Humanist Sociology

• CESSDA Council of European Social Science Data Archive

• European Sociological Association
   
• General Social Survey Data @ NORC (National Organization for Research Chicago)
  Contains the GSS, which is "a standard ‘core’ of demographic and attitudinal questions, plus topics of special interest. The GSS is the largest project funded by the Sociology Program of the National Science Foundation and, except for U.S. the Census, the most frequently analyzed source of information in the social sciences."

• General Social Survey Data and Information Retrieval System
"The GSS (General Social Survey) is an almost annual "omnibus," personal interview survey of U.S. households conducted by the National Opinion Research Center."

• National Council on Family Relations
"Primary professional association for the study of marriage and family relations in North America and probably the world."
 
• The Pacific Sociological Association

• Social Sciences Virtual Library

• Sociology Links at Princeton

• Sociological Theory
Bibliography prepared by Ed Stephan for Soc. 302, Sociology Dept. WWU.
• SocioWeb

• World Lecture Hall Sociology

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