Contents
Getting started
Finding journal articles
Statistical resources
Web resources
Getting started with a topic
Gale Virtual Reference Library: encyclopedias in the social sciences
Encyclopedia of Anthropology
Encyclopedia of Bioethics
Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood: In History and Society
Encyclopedia of Communication and Information
Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice
Encyclopedia of Disability
Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History in North America
Encyclopedia of Sociology
Encyclopedia of World Poverty
International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
Finding journal articles
Academic Search Elite
Alternative Press Index
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Google Scholar
- search for articles and books and conference papers across the disciplines
JSTOR- search within sociology journals or a single journal or across disciplines by keyword or phrase
- contains core journals in the field except most current 3-5 years
- 100% full text
Proquest Research Library - Social Science Module
Women's Studies International
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
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Statisical resources
ARDA
- data on world religions using online features for generating national profiles, GIS maps, church membership overviews, denominational heritage trees, tables, charts, and other reports
Fedstats
Census Bureau
Crime in the United States (Uniform Crime Reports by the FBI)
- print volumes from 1960 to 2004 available in Reference HV 6787 .A32
Gallup Poll Briefing
- Print subscription; monthly publication; back volumes in bound periodical stacks
- indexed in Proquest Social Science module
Lexis-Nexis Statistical
Onondaga County
- economic development/demographics, GIS mapping, economic development/marketplace/workforce
Statistical Yearbook in Reference HA 12.5 U58
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Web resources
Invisible Web resources
Intute
- search for the best of the Web in the social sciences
Governmental resources
USA.gov
New York State
Onondaga County
Research institutes
Center for Law and Social Policy
Children's Defense Fund
Justice Policy Institute
Pew Research Center
Rand Corporation
Urban Institute
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This page compiled by Inga H. Barnello. Last updated November 2, 2009.