Subject Resources

Good Starting Points

Sociological Abstracts
Abstracts on all aspects of sociology and related disciplines. NOTE: This database has changed from FirstSearch to Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.  more info

Academic Search Premier
Provides full text for many topics. Great place to start research.  more info

Social Sciences Abstracts
Abstracts of articles on the social sciences.  more info

More Databases

Essay and General Literature Index
Find contents in collected works focusing on humanities and social sciences.  more info

ICPSR Direct
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Remote access only for UAA Students from the Anchorage Campus.  more info

Military & Government Collection.
Provides full text for over 330 military related periodicals and general interest magazines.  more info

NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research) Working Papers
Full-text research papers written by NBER economists on a broad range of topics. November 1994 to present.  more info

NTIS
The DARTS System is a product of the collaborative efforts of the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) and the Government Printing Office.  more info

Oxford Reference Collection - Politics & Social Sciences
Search reference books by subject area.  more info

PsycArticles
Full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology from 1985 to present.  more info

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.  more info

PsycInfo via Ebsco
Psychology and related fields since 1887.  more info

SIRS Researcher
Social, scientific, economic, and political issues worldwide.  more info

Social Sciences Citation Index
Multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the social sciences.  more info

Social Services Abstracts
CSA database for social work, human services, and related areas. (Formerly Social Work Abstracts)  more info

Wilson Select Plus
Provides full text for many topics. Great place to start research.  more info

Recommended Web Sites

ASA Format
Intended for students who are instructed to use ``ASA style``.  more info

Inter-University Consortium for Political & Social Research
Social science data and resources for researchers  more info

Social Sciences Virtual Library
Part of The World-Wide Web Virtual Library.  more info

Social Statistics Briefing Room
Provides easy access to current U. S. Federal economic indicators.  more info

Sociological Tour Through Cyberspace
An excellent page provided by Michael C. Kearl professor of sociology at Trinity College.  more info

Sociology Graduate Studies Information
From About.com, information for students considering graduate studies.  more info

SocioSite
Information and resources relevant to sociologists and other social scientists.  more info

WWW Virtual Library: Sociology
An extensive collection of links.  more info

Selected Print and CD-ROM

Encyclopedia of sociology
By Edgar F. Borgatta, editor-in-chief, Marie L. Borgatta, managing editor.  more info

Encyclopedia of social work
Published by the National Association of Social Workers.  more info