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Resources for Sociology

Contact

Dawn Cadogan
Social Sciences Librarian and Liaison to Sociolology, Psychology and Communication Sciences
860.486.6976
dawn.cadogan@uconn.edu@uconn.edu

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Use this form to suggest titles to be added to the Libraries' collections.

Library Collections and Services

The UCONN Libraries Catalog: HOMER
Document Delivery and Interlibrary Loan Service
  Available only to members of the UConn community.

Video Resources

Babbidge Library Citizen's Guide on the Freedom of Information Act

Campus Resources

Sociology Department
The Human Rights Institute
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

Electronic Journals and Citations

JSTOR Sociology Journals

- Full text electronic journals provided by Journal STORage
Contemporary Sociology
Demography
Family Planning Perspectives
International Family Planning Perspectives
International Family Planning Digest
International Family Planning Perspectives and Digest
Journal of Health and Social Behavior
Journal of Health and Human Behavior
Population: English Edition
Population and Development Review
Studies in Family Planning

Electronic Journals in Sociology available on the Web

American Journal of Sociology
Annual Review of Sociology
Canadian Journal of Sociology
CTheory, Concordia University, Canada
   International electronic review of books on theory, technology and culture
Future of Children
Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture
European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations
The Qualitative Report
   journal dedicated to qualitative research and critical inquiry
Socjournal

Citation Guides

ASA (American Sociological Association) Citation Guide
Turabian Citation Style

Web Site Citation

Columbia Guide to Style
! A Reference Guide to Internet Sources
APA (American Psychological Association) Style | Electronic References Return to Table of Contents

Key Websites for Sociology

Data - Meta Sites of Interest to Sociologists

Data and Statistical Services (Princeton University)
International Federation of Data Organisations
Public Data Resources for Sociologists (American Sociological Association), Section 1-12, 13-25, 26-40
Social Science Data Archive (University of California Los Angeles)
UC Data  (University of California Berkeley)

Statistics

Bureau of Labor Statistics | Statistical Sites on the World Wide Web
U.S. Census Bureau
Fedstats
Historical Social, Economic and Demographic Data from the US Decinneal Census
2003 Statistical Abstract of the United States
Statistical Resources on the Web

Survey Data Sites

The Gallup Organization
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research (University of Connecticut)

Specialized Subjects

African Studies
Asian American Studies
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Family Studies
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies
Latin American Studies
Social Work
Urban Studies
Women's Studies

Associations

American Sociological Association
The Society for the Study of Social Problems
Sociologists for Women in Society

Databases

General Databases

Research Database Locator
A current list of all library databases available over the Internet with direct links to each database.
LexisNexis
Social Sciences Citation Index
Women and Social Movements in the United States
Women's Studies International

Specialized Databases

Alternative Press Index
CQ Press Electronic Library
HAPI - Hispanic American Periodicals Index
  Indexes over 500 journals covering political, economic and social issues, 1970+
NCJRS Abstract Database
  National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts
PAIS International
  Public Affairs Information Service, an index to political, economic, and social issues in current debate
POPLINE
  Citations on population, family planning and related health care, law and policy issues, some dating back to 1827.
Sociological Abstracts
  Indexes a variety of literature in all fields of theoretical and applied sociology, 1963+
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