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Articles

  • Sociological Abstracts
    Sociological Abstracts indexes international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Database provides access to a larger group of journals then SocIndex and therefore is a great place to start your sociology research. Access a Fact Sheet to learn more about this database.
  • SocINDEX
    SocINDEX is a full-text database featuring articles, books, and conference papers focused on sociology. This is a great place to look for journal articles for research in the subject area of sociology.
  • Family & Society Studies Worldwide
    A comprehensive resource of research, policy, and practice literature in the fields of Family Science, Human Ecology, Human Development and Social Welfare.
  • Social Sciences Citation Index
    Social Sciences Citation Index via Web of Science -- a comprehensive index to social sciences journals. Sort results by Times Cited to learn the most cited articles for your search.
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Encyclopedias

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Handbooks

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Libraries and Resource Centres

  • Population Studies Centre
    The Population Studies Centre is housed in the Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario. Established in 1974, the Population Studies Centre fosters research between faculty and students and provides training facilities for graduate and undergraduate students.
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Statistics and Data

  • Equinox Data Delivery System
    Equinox provides desktop access to Statistics Canada Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) data and other geospatial and data products. It is the successor of the data delivery system formally know as the Internet Data Library System (IDLS). Visit Equinox Project Overview to learn more details about this project.
  • odesi: a voyage in data discovery
    A jointly funded project between the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) and OntarioBuys provides university researchers with access to datasets in a web-based data extraction system delivered through the Scholars Portal model. The project targets Statistics Canada datasets, datafiles from Gallup Canada and other polling companies, public-domain files such as the Canadian National Election Surveys and selected files from the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). The files are marked-up using DDI, an international, XML-based metadata tagging system which allows data resource discovery, distributed access, extraction and analysis ... researchers working with opinion polls will be able to search across hundreds of datasets and collections to see trends and historical patterns over time"--summarized from the project page.
  • E-STAT
    An interactive database containing articles from Canadian Social Trends and the latest edition of the Canada Year Book. Also includes Canadian social and economic data from the CANSIM database, as well as current and historical Census data dating back to 1665.
  • Statistics Canada

    Statistics Canada produces statistics in the following areas: population, resources, economy, society and culture. Statitsics include Census information plus approximately 350 surveys on "virtually all aspects of Canadian life."

  • Canadian Council on Social Development
    The CCSD research team specializes in social, economic, labour market and demographic issues, and provides statistical and research services to its clients.  Many of its research reports are available online.  Its "Stats & Facts" page contains tables of some of the more frequently requested information.
  • Historical Statistics of Canada
    Index of Canadian historical economic and social science statistics, including access to statistical tables. This volume contains about 1,088 statistical tables from the start of the Confederation in 1867 to the mid-1970s.
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Web Sites

  • AARP Internet Resources on Aging
    The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) has created this resource which provides links to over 900 sites related to aging. 
  • World Population Data Sheet
    From the Population Reference Bureau. Washington D.C - 2009 World Population Data Sheet.
  • National Clearinghouse on Family Violence
    The National Clearinghouse on Family Violence (NCFV) is a one-stop source for information on violence and abuse within the family. It operates on behalf of the 15 partner departments, agencies and Crown corporations of the federal Family Violence Initiative. The NCFV collects, develops and disseminates resources on prevention, protection and treatment. By increasing awareness, the NCFV encourages Canadian communities to become involved in reducing the occurrence of family violence.
  • World Population Prospects
    This site provides official UN estimates (1950-2000) and projections (2000-2050) for every country in the world, including estimates and projections of 28 demographic indicator (birth rates, deaths rates, infant mortality rates and life expectancy, etc.).
  • GlobalHealthFacts.org
    This site provides data by country on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other key health and socio-economic indicators. The data are displayed in tables, charts, and colour-coded maps and can be downloaded for custom analyses.
  • WWW Vitural Library: Sociology
    A list of Sociology websites maintained by Dr. Carl Cuneo, Dept. of Sociology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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