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Sociology Research Guide |
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Use this research guide as a starting point for finding books, articles, and Internet sites in sociology.
    
Web Sites
Statistics
- Bureau
of Labor Statistics (BLS)
- The BLS site offers data on all things related to workers in the U.S.:
demographics, occupational outlooks, wages, benefits, consumer spending,
unemployment, and more.
The BLS' Occupational Outlook Handbook is available in hardcopy
in the library [REF HB 2593 .A3 O23]
- Census
Bureau
- The Census Bureau collects and makes available data on many topics, including
social issues. Social issues can include poverty, ethnicity, housing,
and economics. Some data is available by state.
- Statistical
Abstract of the United States
- Browse for the table you need in the index. The Statistical Abstract has
loads of statistics on many topics, including crime. [Also available
in hardcopy in the library [REF HD 7096 .U6 U82]
Research
Topics & Web Sites
Find
articles on these topics in Academic
Search Elite, Opposing
Viewpoints, or LexisNexis.
Web sites that can help get you started researching each social issue
are provided below.
Comprehensive
Site
- Everyday Sociology
- A blog with entries written by Ph.D. sociologists, this site, "features interesting, informative, and most of all entertaining commentary from
sociologists around the United States." Additional reliable online sources are often linked to within the entries.
Intute-Sociology
- This is the sociology page from the Social Science Information Gateway. A gateway site to many other pages on sociology. You can search this site or browse using the subject directory.
Aging/Gerontology
U.S.
Administration on Aging (AOA)
Children
and Families
- Urban
Institute: a nonpartisan economic and social policy research organization
- Reports and statistics on current
social policy issues such as welfare, crime, the economy,
elderly, health, ethnicity, gender,
housing, and immigration.
Disabilities
- MedlinePlus
– Disabilities
- From the National Library of Medicine,
MedlinePlus offers links to authoritative sites relating to disabilities.
- Office
of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy
- The Office of Disability, Aging, and
Long-Term Care Policy, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, collects
data and prints reports concering all areas of disability, aging, and long-term care policy.
Domestic/Family
Violence
- Office
of Justice Programs (OJP)
- From the U.S.
Department of Justice, the OJP offers links to information on
the various forms of family violence.
Housing
and Homelessness
- State
of the Nation's Housing
- An annual report from the Joint
Center for Housing Studies (Harvard University) which does a nice job of reporting on the housing
issues facing the U.S.
- National
Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
- The aim of the NLCHP is to prevent
and end homelessness. Through their Web site, you can access reports, statistics, and current
questions around housing, income, education, civil rights, and homelessness.
Poverty
and Welfare Reform
- National
Poverty Center (NPC)
- The nonpartisan, university based
NPC conducts research on poverty's causes and consequences. Access their research
reports and statistics.
- Poverty
Guidelines, Research and Measurements
- The U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services provides data on poverty
measurements and links to national poverty research
institutes.
Substance
Abuse
- National
Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- From the National Institutes of Health,
the NIAAA provides links to publications, statistics and images related to alcohol abuse
and alcoholism.
- State
Data on Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions and Alcohol, Tobacco,
and Illicit Drug Use (SAMHSA)
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