Electronic Journals
Databases, Indexes, and Abstracts (Multi-Subject)
Databases, Indexes, and Abstracts (Sociology)
Department Home Pages
Sociology Web Sites

Electronic Journals
 

    Child Abuse and Neglect Full-text  (1997-2003)
      Journal of Rural Studies Full-text (1997-2003)
     Social Forces - Full-text (2002-2003)
     Social Networks Full-text (1997-2003)
     Social Science And Medicine - Full-text (1997-2003)
     Social Science History   - Full-text (1999-2003) 
    Social Text - Full-text (1999-2002)

Databases, Indexes, and Abstracts (Multi-Subject)

Trial Databases - A rotating list of databases available for limited time periods.  It is a good idea to check this page for resources that might be useful for your research.

EBSCO   -  Includes Academic Search Premier, a scholarly, multi-disciplinary, full text database designed specifically for academic institutions.  Coverage includes nearly all academic areas of study - social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies, etc. 
[Available on campus and through proxy server ] 

Ethnic NewsWatch - Ethnic NewsWatch is a full-text collection of the 
newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. 
[Available on campus and through proxy server ] 

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
Find articles from newspapers around the world and legal information for your term papers. 
[Available on campus and through proxy server ] 

netLibrary
http://www.netlibrary.com
- An electronic library containing hundreds of electronic books.
[Available on and off campus.] 

Project Muse
Research different subjects in over 100 online journals. 
[Available on campus only and through the proxy server .] 

WorldCat - Records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century. 
[Available on campus and through the proxy server .] 
[Available on and off campus.] 

Databases, Indexes, and Abstracts (Sociology)

Cambridge Scientific Abstracts - Includes Social Service Abstracts (provides bibliographic coverage of current research on social services from 1980 onward) and Sociological Abstracts (research in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences from 1963 onward.) 
[Available On-campus and through proxy server .]

Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption Database - This NISC database  is a bibliographic resource on the maltreatment, safety, permanency and well-being of children.  Citations and abstracts are to books, journal articles, final reports from federally-funded grant, conference papers, unpublished papers, reports on completed or continuing research, as well as descriptions of service programs and prevention and treatment strategies.  Coverage is from 1965 onward.  
[Available On-campus and through proxy server .]

Infoshare - Population statistics, immigration trends, socio-economic indicators,  birth and death data, hospitalizations, local trade data, and more for New York City.  Other regions are being added. 
[Available On-campus and through proxy server .]

JSTOR
Offers full-text articles from the humanities and the social sciences.  Titles of special interest to those interested in Sociology are:  American Journal of Sociology (1895-2000), American Sociological Review (1936-1995), Annual Review of Sociology (1975-1995), Contemporary Sociology (1972-1995), Journal of Black Studies (1970-1997), Journal of Health and Social Behavior (1967-1995), Journal of Health and Human Behavior (1960-1966), Public Opinion Quarterly (1937-1995), Social Psychology Quarterly (1979-1995), Social Psychology (1978),  Sociometry (1937-1977), Sociology of Education (1963-1995), Journal of Educational Sociology (1927-1963).  There are also many sources on populations studies.
[Available on campus and through the proxy server .] 

Science Direct - Offers abstracts and full-text journals in sociology.  Coverage varies with each journal title. 
[Available On-campus and through proxy server .]

Social Sciences Abstracts   - Topics include Addiction Studies, Anthropology, Area Studies, Community Health & Medical Care, Corrections, Criminal Justice, Criminology, Economics, Environmental Studies, Ethics, Family Studies, Gender Studies, Geography, Gerontology, International Relations, Law, Minority Studies, Planning & Public Administration, Policy Sciences, Political Science, Psychiatry, Psychology, Public Welfare, Social Work, Sociology, Urban Studies.
  It is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles of at least one column in length from English-language periodicals published in the United States and elsewhere plus the full text of selected periodicals. Coverage includes a wide range of interdisciplinary fields covered in a broad array of social sciences journals. Abstracting coverage begins with periodicals published in January 1994. 
Abstracts range from 50 to 300 words and describe the content and scope of the source articles. Full text coverage begins in January 1995.
[Available On-campus and through proxy server .]

Sociological Abstracts - Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,700 serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Records added after 1974 contain in-depth and non evaluative abstracts of journal articles.
[Available On-campus and through proxy server .]

Department Home Pages

        Brooklyn College Sociology Department Web Page
          http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/soc/home.htm
          - Department information and useful links.

          College and University Programs - Sociology
          http://www.pscw.uva.nl/sociosite/socdeps/index.html
           - Arranged by institution name.

Sociology Web Sites

American FactFinder - U.S. Census Bureau
http://factfinder.census.gov/java_prod/dads.ui.homePage.HomePage

American Sociological Association
http://www.asanet.org 
- Includes section for students and research links. 

Annual Review of Population Law
http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/annual_review/annual_review.htm
- This database contains summaries and excerpts of legislation, constitutions, court decisions, and other official government documents from every country in the world relating to population policies, reproductive health, women's rights, and related topics. It is produced jointly by Harvard Law School and the United Nations Population Fund. 

Annual Reviews - Social Sciences
http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/socialhome.dtl

ArgusClearinghouse - Sociology Page
http://www.clearinghouse.net/cgi-bin/chadmin/viewcat/
Social_Sciences___Social_Issues/sociology?kywd++ 

Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/
- A vast archive of social science data preserved and maintained by the Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Internet Archive
http://www.archive.org/
- The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Has links to their movie collection , which focuses mainly on everyday life, culture, industry, and institutions in North America in the 20th century. 

The Marxism Page
http://www.anu.edu.au/polsci/marx/marx.html

The Marxists' Internet Archive
http://csf.colorado.edu/psn/marx/ 
- Biographical information, visual images, and writings of Marxist writers. 

The Online Data Service
http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/archive.html

Poverty Related Links
http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp/links/povlinks.htm 
- Links provided by the Institute for Research on Poverty, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Social Research Update
http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/sru/sru.html 
- Published by the Department of Sociology at the University of Surrey. 

SocioSite
http://www.pscw.uva.nl/sociosite/topics/index.html
 - Presents the resources and information that are important for the international sociological scene.

StatCat
http://ssrs.yale.edu/statcat/index.jsp
 - includes information about numeric datasets in the Yale Social Science Data Archive, as well as datasets available in the Yale University Library and on the Internet.

Sociology Online
http://www.sociologyonline.co.uk/
- Thousands of high quality Internet resources, each selected and described by academic librarians and subject specialists. 

Sociology Slide Shows
http://www.sociologyonline.co.uk/subjects/Slide.htm

Sociology Timeline from 1600 Through 1995
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/timeline.html 

SociolRealm
http://www.digeratiweb.com/sociorealm
- Links to sites relating to sociology. 

Statistical Abstract of the United States
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-02.html 
- From 1995 to 2000 and 2001-2002.

Urban Legends
http://www.snopes.com/

Urban Institute
http://www.urban.org
- Research reports on economic and social issues.  Transcripts, audio and video clips, and powerpoint presentations are available on the site.

White House Briefing Room - Social Statistics
http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/ssbr.html
- Provides links to government statistics on crime, demography, education and health.

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