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Reference Books

An American Profile -- Opinions and Behavior, 1972-1989
REF HM261.A85 1990

Current Issues: MacMillan Social Science Library (4 vol.)
REF HN59.2.C87 2003

Dictionary of Sexist Quotations
REF HQ1075. D52

A Dictionary of Sociology
REF HM425.D5735 2005

The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935-1971
REF HN90.P8

Historical Dictionary of Feminism
REF HQ1115.B65 2004

Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents and the Media (2 vol.)
REF HQ 784.M3.E53 2007

Encyclopedia of Modern American Extremists and Extremist Groups
REF HN90.R3.A75 2002

Encyclopedia of Modern American Social Issues
REF HN57.K73 1997

Encyclopedia of Social Theory (2 vol.)
REF HM425.E47 2005

Encyclopedia of Sociology
REF HM17.E5 1991

Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers (2 vol.)
REF HQ1236.R29 2001

Families in America
REF HQ536.T798 2002

Older Americans Almanac
REF HQ1064.U5.O416

Statistical Handbook on the American Family
REF HQ536.S727

World of Sociology
REF HM585W67 2000

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Databases

Academic OneFile: Provides access to peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. Extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.
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Academic Search Premier: Contains full-text for nearly 4,650 serials, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications. Many social science journals are indexed here.
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CQ Researcher: Offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics including health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy.
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JSTOR: Arts & Sciences Collection I: Includes the complete back runs of 119 titles in fifteen disciplines. Established in 1997, it is JSTOR's first collection and includes many of the core research and society published journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences.
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Opposing ViewPoints: Provides a complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
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Internet Resources

AcademicInfo: Sociology. An annotated directory of Internet resources.

Allyn & Bacon Sociology Links. Extensive collection of Internet links arranged by topic such as population and urbanization, family, socialization, criminal justice system etc.

American Factfinder. Site is the U.S. Census Bureau's main access point for Census 2000 data as well as statistics from 1990 census, 2004 population estimates, 1997 and 2002 economic censuses, 2003 Annual Survey of Manufacturers, and the American Community Survey.

CenStats. Site is maintained by the U.S. Census Bureau and contains population, housing and economic data for the United States.

Criminal Justice Links. Site contains internet links relating to crime, juvenile delinquency, police and the courts as well as to electronic journals and governmental sites.

Dead Sociologists' Index. A listing of various theorists in sociology with biographical information and a summary of their work and collection of Internet links arranged by topic.

Institute for Research on Poverty. The Institute is a national university-based center for the study of the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the U.S.  The site contains a large collection of links arranged by topic such as activism, homelessness, welfare reform, housing etc.

Intute:Social Sciences.  Metasite of sociology Internet sites.

Justice Information Center. Produced by the National Criminal Justice Reference Service, this site is a major source for information on criminal and juvenile justice. It also includes NCJRS Abstracts Database which summarizes criminal justice literature including journal articles, books and government reports.

Nationmaster.  Site contains statistics in over 20 categories for the nations of the world.  Charts and graphs can be created.

Social Science Data Archives. Homepage of the Council of European Social Science Archives which provides access to electronic data for social science teaching and research in Europe.

The SocioLog. Comprehensive guide to on-line resources in sociology, professional associations and university sociology departments.

A Sociological Tour through Cyberspace. Collection of Internet links to resources for general sociology material, data sets, materials on research methods and statistics, resources on writing research papers and selected sites on subject areas.

SocioSite. Megasite produced by the Sociological Institute of the University of Amsterdam to provide access to European and worldwide resources of academic sociology. It includes a comprehensive list of Internet links.

The SocioWeb. A comprehensive guide to sociology resources on the Internet divided into twelve categories including indexes and guides, commercial sites, sociological theory, journals, surveys and statistics, topical research etc.

StateMaster. Site contains statistics drawn from the Census Bureau, FBI and National Center for Educational Statistics. Charts and graphs can be created.

United Nations Population Information Network
. Site is maintained by Population Division of DESA of UN Secretariat to "coordinate population information activities at international, regional and national levels."

United Nations Statistics Division. Site is the official access point to statistical data compiled by the UN and other international agencies. Free access to much of the data; some require paid subscription.

WWW Virtual Library: Demography & Population Studies. Meta index of sites relating to population, regional and ethnic studies.

WWW Virtual Library: Sociology. Meta index of sociology Internet sites.

Yearbook of Immigration Statistics. A compilation of statistics on annual immigration into the U.S. and immigration law enforcement actions.

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