LibGuides: SYG 2000: Introduction to Sociology: Other Resources

Social Issues

CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
CQ Researcher is often the first source that librarians recommend when researchers are seeking original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news. CQ Researcher is noted for its in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Reports are published weekly in print and online 44 times a year by CQ Press, an imprint of SAGE Publications.
Opposing Viewpoints In Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Opposing Viewpoints in Context is the premier online resource covering today’s hottest social issues, from Offshore Drilling to Climate Change, Health Care to Immigration. Opposing Viewpoints in Context helps students research, analyze and organize a broad variety of data for conducting research, completing writing assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations and more.

Public Agenda Online
This website offers information on a myriad of social issues, with a particular focus on public opinion regarding such issues. Browse the site by topic, or search the site.
Class Matters - Social Class in the United States of America
A team of reporters, working for the New York Times spent more than a year exploring ways that class - defined as a combination of income, education, wealth and occupation - influences destiny in a society that likes to think of itself as a land of unbounded opportunity.
RACE - Are We So Different?
Looking through the eyes of history, science and lived experience, the RACE Project explains differences among people and reveals the reality – and unreality – of race.
Gallup
Gallup delivers forward-thinking research, analytics, and advice to help leaders solve their most pressing problems. Combining more than 75 years of experience with its global reach, Gallup knows more about the attitudes and behaviors of the world's constituents, employees, and customers than any other organization.
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research (Cornell)
The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research is one of the world's leading archives of social science data, specializing in data from surveys of public opinion. The data held by the Roper Center range from the 1930s, when survey research was in its infancy, to the present. Most of the data are from the United States, but over 50 nations are represented.
PBS: Domestic and Social Issues

Statistics

Bureau of the Census Catalog. 1946- (U.S. Doc. C3.163/3:)and online athttp://www.census.gov/

County and City Data Book. 1949- (U.S. Doc. & Ref Desk. C3.134/2:C83/2/ and http://www.census.gov/statab/www/ccdb.html)

Current Population Reports. 1985- (U.S. Doc. C3.186:)
See also the Population Studies Center site athttp://www.census.gov/main/www/cprs.html.

Demographic Yearbook. Annual. (Ref. JX 1977 A2 St Stoa)

Statistical Abstract of the United States. 1878- (Ref. & Ref. Desk HA 202 U58)
See also Fedstats, available online at http://www.fedstats.gov/.

Statistical Abstract of the World. 1997. (Ref. Desk HA 154 .S68)

Statistical Sources on the Web

Vital Statistics of the United States. 1937- (U.S. DOC. HE 20.6210:year/vols.)
Vital statistics and other public health-related statistics may also be found at theNational Center for Health Statistics website athttp://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/default.htm

World-System Archives http://wsarch.ucr.edu/
See also the ISSP (International Social Science Programme) data and archives athttp://www.issp.org/.

Yale Social Science Data Archivehttp://ssrs.yale.edu/statcat/Welcome.do;jsessionid=C69BA8CCEB3FA8ECDF27536EBB6F9F92
See also Social Sciences Data Collection maintained by the UC at San Diego, http://libraries.ucsd.edu/locations/sshl/data-gov-info-gis/ssds/.

Associations and Metalists

Associations
American Sociological Association
International Sociological Association
Society for Applied Sociology

Metalists
U.S. Department of Human Services
SocioSite
Socioweb
Sociology Internet Sites