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Library-supported Databases

Alternative Press Index (1991- )

Indexes approximately 250 alternative, radical, and left publications that report on and analyze cultural, economic, political and social change. Ninety percent of the publications indexed are unique to API.

Bibliography of Asian Studies (1971- )

Provides indexing to western-language monographs, articles and book chapters on all parts of Asia.

Ethnic NewsWatch Complete (1984- )

Provides a rich collection of articles, editorials and reviews with a broad diversity of perspectives and viewpoints from the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic and minority press.

HLAS Online (Handbook of Latin American Studies) (1935- )

Provides access to books, journal articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings on all aspects of Latin American studies, including Anthropology, Art, Economics, Government and Politics, International Relations, Literature, Music, Philosophy, and Sociology.

PAIS International (1972- )

Offers access to topics with an international focus,including public policy, public administration, government relations, political structures and international relations. Provides selective coverage of journal articles, books, book reviews, conference proceedings, and government documents.

PsycInfo (1887- )

Abstracts and indexes the professional and academic literature in the field of psychology and related disciplines. Covers more than 1,300 journals in more than 30 languages and includes references to book chapters, books, dissertations and technical reports.

Social Science Citation Index (1989- )

Provides citation tracing for 1,700 social sciences journals, as well as selected coverage of over 3,300 scientific and technical journals. Also searchable by author, title, journal, and keyword. Includes abstracts for over 60% of the citations. Please logoff when finished.

SocioAbs (1963- )

Indexes and abstracts articles from over 250 English language journals in the field of sociology. Also includes the subfile Social Planning/Policy & Development Abstracts SOPODA, which covers 1979 to the present.

General Directories

Social Science Information Gateway - SOSIG

SOSIG provides easy access to quality information sources over the networks. All of the resources that appear on the Gateway have been described, classified and entered into a searchable database.

Social Sciences WWW Virtual Library -- The Internet Guide to Social Sciences

This site provides access to documents, resources and information in the Social Sciences.

Yahoo's Sociology Page

Yahoo identifies and organizes sociology resources on the Internet.

Selected Sites

American Sociological Association

The American Sociological Association (ASA), is a non-profit membership association dedicated to advancing sociology as a scientific discipline and profession serving the public good. This site contains all sorts of information about the organization, including ASA conferences, publications, and employment opportunities.

ERIC Homepage

ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) is a national information system designed to provide users with ready access to an extensive body of education-related literature; this site offers a gateway to a number of excellent resources.

The Polling Report

This site offers polling results on a wide variety of topics (including abortion, the death penalty, gun control, global warming and more) from many of the top pollsters in the United States.

Yahoo's Society and Culture: Environment and Nature

A great place to go for a list of resources on Society and the Environment. Covers such topics as animal rights, ecotourism, environmental ethics, organizations, recycling, and more!

Adulthood and Aging

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

The NIA "promotes healthy aging by conducting and supporting biomedical, social, and behavioral research and public education."

Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center (ADEAR)

The ADEAR Center provides information on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. NIA provides this service.

The American Geriatrics Society (AGS)

AGS "is the premier professional organization of health care providers dedicated to improving the health and well-being of all older adults."

Social Gerontology & the Aging Revolution

Created by a professor from Trinity University, this site has an enormous amount of information relating to gerontological issues. It includes materials on politics, economics, biology, psychology and sociology of aging.

Crime, Delinquency and Criminal Justice

National Criminal Justice Research Service (NCJRS)

"NCJRS is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide."

PAVNET Online (Partnership's Against Violence Network)

PAVNET Online "is a new approach to give users information about techniques for combating violence in American society. It represents the cooperation of multiple Federal agencies to quickly bring informationon anti-violence programs to State and local officials. It is designed to relay the latest information in the most rapid way possible--via electronic media."

Death, Dying and Beveavement

The End of Life: Exploring Death in America

This interesting web site created by staff from National Public Radio (NPR), includes transcripts from various NPR programs dealing with death, a list of resources for people with life-threatening diseases, an extensive bibliography, readings and more.

Sociology of Death and Dying

Created by a professor from Trinity University, this site has all sorts of interesting information on death including how we die, death across cultures and time, death and social institutions, moral debates on deaths by abortion or capital punishment and more.

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Marriages and Families

Forum on Child and Family Statistics

This site, created by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, "offers easy access to federal and state statistics and reports on children and their families."

National Partnership for Women & Families

This organization uses public education and advocacy to promote fairness in the workplace, quality health care, and policies that help women and men meet the dual demands of work and family.

Sloan Work and Family Research Network

This site offers a host of information on work and family research.

Racial and Ethnic Relations

Migration and Ethnic Relations

This is a collection of links to major Internet resources in the field of migration and ethnic relations.

Social Research Design

The ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation

This ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) site contains the Educational Testing Service (ETS) Test Collection database with records on over 10,000 tests and research instruments; the records describe the instruments and provide availability information. Includes citations to review information from reference guides such as Mental Measurements Yearbooks and Test Critiques (resources available in the Hatfield library Reference collection).

Gallup Organization

This organization is responsible for conducting the Gallup Poll, a leading source of public opinion since 1935. Their web site makes available all sorts of polling information on a wide variety of topics.

ICPSR: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research

ICPSR provides: access to the world's largest archive of computerized social science data; training facilities for the study of quantitative social analysis techniques; and resources for social scientists using advanced computer technologies.

The Polling Report

This site offers polling results on a wide variety of topics (including abortion, the death penalty, gun control, global warming and more) from many of the top pollsters in the United States.

Research Methods Knowledge Base (RMKB)

This is a "comprehensive web-based textbook that addresses all of the topics in a typical introductory undergraduate or graduate course in social research methods." A great place to go for help with the whole research process, RMKB was created by a professor from Cornell University.

Survey Research Center

If you are interested in locating information on survey research, this site produced by Princeton University's Survey Research Center is a good place to look! It includes information on poll and survey findings and data, data collection, survey analysis, report preparation, survey research centers, market research and more.