Sociology Sources
Sociology Liaison:
Nancy Skipper
(607) 255-5176
nss3@cornell.edu
106 Olin Library
Find Books
Library Catalog (Cornell plus WorldCat libraries)
Featured on the Library Homepage, the Catalog includes Cornell online subscriptions and
print holdings as well as records for materials available in thousands of libraries to
facilitate borrowing. Also includes a small selection of journal articles.
For a more specific Catalog search, use the Advanced Search link provided on the Library Homepage.
Classic Catalog (Cornell only)
The original online catalog for electronic and print holdings of the Cornell University Library.
Catalog comparison chart and search tips
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Find Dissertations
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
Definitive subject, title and author guide to virtually every American dissertation
from 1861-1980. Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350-word abstracts written
by the author. Master’s theses published from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts.
More than 600,000are available in PDF formats for immediate free download. Citations to
pre-1980 dissertations also included.
Tips for Locating Dissertations
Strategies for locating dissertations from both Cornell and non-Cornell degree candidates.
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Find Articles/Papers
Sociological abstracts (OCLC Web : 1963- )
Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines
in the social and behavioral sciences. Provides citations from 1963 to the present, and
abstracts since 1974, to articles in over 1,500 journals, conference papers, books, and
dissertations. Direct links to full text articles are provided for selected journals.
SocINDEX (Ebsco)
Indexes and abstracts articles in more than 590 "core" Sociology journals, some dating back
to 1895. In addition, provides data mined from more than 500 "priority" coverage journals as
well as 1,040 "selective" coverage journals. Also includes indexing for books, monographs,
conference papers, and other sources. Offers coverage from all subdisciplines of sociology.
Direct links to full text articles are provided for many journals.
Social sciences citation index (Web of Science)
Indexes current and retrospective bibliographic information,1956 onward, from more than
1,700 high-impact social science journals. Also includes links to the full bibliographies
of articles. Cited-reference searching permits forward and backward literature reviews
(footnote tracking); related-record searching links articles that share similar works cited.
EconLit (OCLC Web: 1969- )
Index of books, journal articles, dissertations, and articles in books. Subjects covered in
include economic theory and history, fiscal theory, econometrics, agricultural economics,
public finance, demography, monetary theory, international economics and others.
ERIC
National education database sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. Contains over
one million citations covering research documents, journal articles, books, technical reports,
program descriptions and evaluations, and curricular materials in the field of education.
Also includes abstracts, citations, and selective full-text.
NBER Working Papers
NBER researchers initially report their findings in these scientific papers aimed at other
professional economists. Nearly 700 NBER Working Papers are published each year, and many
subsequently appear in scholarly journals.
Population Index
Through the year 2000, provides indexing for books, journal articles, working papers and
other materials with population subjects. Available full text, 1937-1999 through
JSTOR.
Population Index on
the Web has more than 45,000 abstracts published between 1986 through 2000. The database
can be searched by author, subject, geographic region, and citation text.
Race Relations Abstracts (Ebsco)
Indexes and abstracts over 300 publications providing the latest information and research
findings in the area of race relations, including discrimination, education, employment,
health, politics, law and legislation. In addition to journal articles, provides summaries
of books and conference papers from around the world.
Research Library (ProQuest)
Indexes and abstracts over 800 general interest magazines and scholarly journals in the
social sciences, humanities and sciences. Full text of many articles is provided. Also
included are citations to selected newspapers, and television and radio programs.
SSRN
Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of
social science research and is composed of a number of specialized research networks in each
of the social sciences. The eLibrary consists of an Abstract Database containing abstracts
on over 247,700 scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers and an Electronic Paper
Collection currently containing over 204,000 downloadable full text documents. The Networks
encourage readers to communicate directly with authors and other subscribers concerning
their own and others' research
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Find Online Journals
E-Journals
This site allows you to search for the 20,000+ electronic journals licensed by the Cornell
University Library.
JSTOR
JSTOR is a searchable database containing the full text back issues of several hundred
scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, mathematics, music, ecology and
botany, business and other fields. Last 5 years of journals are
not available through JSTOR.
American Journal of Sociology
Current issues (University of Chicago Press)
Back issues (JSTOR)
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Find background information
Annual Review of Sociology
Palo Alto, CA: Annual Reviews Inc., 1975-.
Synthesizes the primary research literature and identifies the principal contributions in
sociology and its subfields. A keyword search option accesses authoritative articles by
specific topic, methodology or theory.
The Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology: A User's Guide to Sociological Language
Johnson, Allan G.
2nd ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 2000. 413 p.
Also in print at:
Location: Olin Library Reference (Non-Circulating)
Call Number: HM425 .J64x 2000
The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology
Ritzer, George, ed.
11 Vols. Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub., 2007.
Also in print at:
Location: Olin Library Reference (Non-Circulating)
Call Number: HM425 .B53 2007 +
A definitive reference source for students, researchers, and academics. Commissioned
entries written and edited by an international team of scholars and teachers, including
Cornell faculty. Arranged alphabetically in 11 volumes. Detailed subject index at the
end. Valuable selective bibliographies lead to further reading. Provides explanations
of key concepts and extended explorations of major topics. Includes research and
theoretical developments from outside of the United States, especially Western Europe.
Historical depth as well as more recent developments. Additional features include a
timeline and a lexicon by subject area. The online version provides additions three
times a year, extending and updating coverage and functionality.
Dictionary of the Social Sciences. Oxford Reference Online Premium
edited by Craig Calhoun.
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2002. 563 p.
Also in print at:
Location: Olin Library Reference (Non-Circulating)
Call Number: H41 .D53x 2002 +
Dictionary of Sociology. Oxford Reference Online Premium
edited by Gordon Marshall.
Published: New York: Oxford University Press, 2009, 3rd ed. rev.
Also in print at:
Location: Olin Library Reference (Non-Circulating)
Call Number: HM425 .D5735 2009
Encyclopedia of American Social Movements
Ness, Emmanuel, ed.
Armonk, NY: Sharpe Reference, 2004
Location: Olin Library Reference (Non-Circulating)
Call number: HN57 .E594 2004 + v.1-4
This four-volume set examines every significant social movement in American history, covering
each movement's goals, tactics, and impact, as well as its leaders.
Encyclopedia of social measurement
Kempf-Leonard, Kimberly, ed.
Location: Olin Library Reference (Non-Circulating)
Call Number: H62.E53 .E53 2005 + v. 1-3
Guide to methodology including techniques, theories, designs, applications, sampling and
statistics.
Encyclopedia of social theory
Ritzer, George, ed.
Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, 2005
Location: Olin Library Reference (Non-Circulating)
Call number: HM425 .E47 2005 + v. 1-2
Over 300 entries examine key theories and the theorists behind them.
Encyclopedia of sociology
Borgatta, Edgar, F., ed.
2nd ed. New York : Macmillan, 2000. Vol. 1-5 with Index
Also in print at:
Location: Olin Library Reference (Non-Circulating)
Call Number: HM17 .E56 2000 +
Academic sociologists provide background articles with references on 370 major topics and
themes.
International Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology
Beckert, Jens and Milan Zafirovski, eds.
London; New York: Routledge, 2006
Location: Olin Library Reference (Non-Circulating)
Call number: HM35 .I565 2006
Significant encyclopedia in a burgeoning new field includes some 250 signed entries. Examines how economics
and society are interrelated. Entries are cross-referenced and include succinct bibliographies. Subject index.
Advisors include Cornell Professor Richard Swedberg.
International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences
Smelser, Neil J. and Paul B. Bates, eds.
Amsterdam; New York: Elsevier, 2001
Also in print at:
Location: Law Library Reference (Non-Circulating)
Call Number: H41 .I58x 2001
The printed edition of this online database runs to 24 volumes plus 2 index volumes. Both
are alphabetically organized and extensively cross-referenced throughout.
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Find Data and Statistics
Index:
LexisNexis Statistical
Provides comprehensive access to U.S. statistical information. Includes an index to over 100,000 U.S.
government, state, local, privately-produced and international statistical publications from 1973 to
present, abstracts and tables, and background information.
Data Archives:
CISER Data Archive
The Data Archive of the Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research (CISER) maintains
a collection of machine-readable social and economic data sets, consisting of over 19,000
online files and thousands of studies on CD-ROMs and diskettes. It is also a centralized
facility for information services on numeric data files, their acquisition, storage,
maintenance, and processing.
ICPSR
This web page provides search and browsing access to abstracts and data sets in the world's
largest archive of computerized social science data at the Inter-University Consortium for
Political and Social Research (ICPSR). ICPSR Direct allows Cornellians to download data
directly from links in the ICPSR catalog of holdings after they provide name, Cornell
affiliation, department, and e-mail address. After registering, you may obtain data by
entering your e-mail address and using a Cornell IP address. Access to off-campus Cornell
users is provided by the Cornell University Find Databases function. The CISER Data Archive
can assist students in downloading the complete files.
US Cross-sectional and time series:
2000 Census
The U.S. Census Bureau provides this gateway to data from the decennial census. The site
provides a range of access from packaged and searchable tables to downloadable data and
GIS files.
ARDA
The American Religion Data Archive (ARDA) collection includes quantitative data on churches
and church membership, religious professionals, and religious groups (individuals,
congregations and denominations). The web site facilitates comparisons across data files by
allowing users to search data files on topics of interest, download and compare the results.
Also provided are links to related sites as well as maps and reports on religious congregations
and membership.
CPS
The Current Population Survey (CPS) is a monthly survey of about 50,000 households conducted
by the Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The CPS is the primary source
of information on the labor force characteristics of the U.S. population as well as on a
variety of topics including school enrollment, income, health, voting, and fertility. This
government site provides search software for documents or the data.
DataWeb
Sponsored by the U.S. Census Bureau, DataWeb provides access across the Internet to
demographic, economic, environmental, health and other databases housed in different
systems in different agencies and organizations. The statistics, census data and survey
data are in a collection of systems and software that provide data query and extract
capabilities, as well as data analysis and visualization tools, i.e., the
DataFerrett.
GSS
The General Social Surveys (GSS) are designed as part of a program of social indicator
research, replicating questionnaire items and wording in order to facilitate time-trend
studies. This collection is a cumulative dataset that merges all data collected as part of
the General Social Surveys from 1972 to the present. GSS files are available from the
CISER Data Archive
or ICPSR. The
NORC-GSS cumulative data file 1972-2002 on CD-ROM is available in the
Olin Library Electronic Text Center.
IPUMS
The Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) consists of thirty-seven high-precision
samples of the American population drawn from fifteen federal censuses and from the American
Community Surveys of 2000-2003. It assigns uniform codes across all the samples and brings
relevant documentation into a coherent form to facilitate analysis of social and economic change.
Statistical Information:
There are many other governmental and non-governmental sites providing access to statistical
information about the U.S.
governmental sites:
US Longitudinal:
NELS
For the National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS) a representative sample of eighth-graders
were first surveyed in the spring of 1988. A sample of these respondents were then resurveyed
through four follow-ups in 1990, 1992, 1994, and 2000, on a range of topics including: school,
work, and home experiences; educational resources and support; the role in education of their
parents and peers; neighborhood characteristics; educational and occupational aspirations;
and other student perceptions. Files are available from the National Center for Education
Statistics.
PSID
The Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) is an ongoing data collection effort begun in 1968
in an attempt to fill the need for a better understanding of the determinants of family income
and its changes. The questions asked fall generally under the headings of economic status,
economic behavior, demographics, and attitudes. Specifically, they deal with topics such as
employment, income sources and amounts, housing, car ownership, food expenditures,
transportation, do-it-yourself home maintenance and car repairs, education, disability,
time use, family background, family composition changes, and residential location. Files
are available from the CISER Data Archive or the ICPSR data archive.
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Find Public Opinion
Public Opinion Surveys
This CISER Data Archive site provides links to the most frequently cited opinion polls and
surveys including the NORC, Public Opinion Online including iPOLL, and Roper.
Polling and Public Opinion Data: A Research Guide
A guide prepared by Cornell Librarians focusing primarily on sources of data and reference
titles.
Polling the nations
A compilation of more than 14,000 surveys conducted by more than 700 polling organizations
in the United States and more than 80 other countries from 1986 to the present. Each of the
nearly 350,000 records reports a question asked and the responses given.
Poll track
Database of over 5,000 public opinion surveys on political races, important issues and national
figures. The section "Polling on key issues" provides a searchable archive of past opinion
poll results on such topics as: Abortion · Affirmative Action · Civil Rights
· Crime · Death Penalty · Drugs · Education · Gay &
Lesbian Issues · Gender & Politics · Gun Control · Health Care
· Immigration · The Internet · Morality · Poverty · Race
Relations · Religion · Social Issues · Terrorism
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
This site includes sources in opinion polling such as Gallup, Harris, Roper; ABC, CBS, CNN
and NBC; Los Angeles Times, New York Times, USA Today and the Wall Street Journal. The database
is maintained by the Roper Center, a non-profit education and research organization in the field
of public opinion, polls and public policy. To link to the Roper Center iPOLL site go to the
iPOLL login page and enter
your e-mail address. On your first login, you'll be asked to register. After your first visit, your
e-mail address acts as your login. Using iPOLL from the Roper Center site requires that you use the
site directly from a Cornell IP address on the Ithaca campus.
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Find Maps
Maps & Geospatial Information
An overview of print and digital resources in the Library, on campus and on the Internet.
Take a free online GIS class from ESRI's Virtual Campus
Students, faculty and staff can take free courses on ArcGIS, ArcView, ArcMap and other ESRI
geographic information systems.
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Find Web Sites
Intute: Sociology
Previously known as SOSIG (Social Science Information Gateway), Intute is a consortium of seven universities
in the United Kingdom. They provide comprehensive lists of links to best sites for data, journals, discussion
groups, societies, centers, resource guides, etc., with options for networking professionally and personalizing
access.
Evaluating Web Resources
Useful guidelines for evaluating web resources.
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Citation Management
ASA style guide
American Sociological Association
Washington, D.C.: The Association, 2007. 3rd ed.
Location: Olin Library Reference (Non-Circulating)
Call Number: HM569 .A54 2007
with
Quick Style Guide available online.
Cornell Library Citation Management
Bibliographic Software:
RefWorks is a web-based program that allows you to easily collect, manage, and organize
bibliographic references by interfacing with databases. RefWorks also interfaces directly with
Word, making it easy to import references and incorporate them into your writing, properly
formatted according to the style of your choice. For more information and to sign up for an
account:
http://www.refworks.cornell.edu
EndNote allows you to build your own database of bibliographic references from a variety
of resources, including library catalogs and periodical indexes. EndNote interfaces with several
standard word processing programs and provides direct connections to resources, making it easy
to import references and incorporate them in your writing.
RefWorks or EndNote is highly recommended for researchers.
workshops are regularly held on campus.
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Professional Associations
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