University Libraries

Social Thought and Analysis

Subject librarian: Barbara Rehkop
Office hours: By appointment.
Email: brehkop@wustl.edu
Phone: (314) 935-7465
Fax: (314) 935-4919

IBSS: International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (1951- )

"Online resource for social science and interdisciplinary research. IBSS includes over two million bibliographic references to journal articles and to books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951. It is unique in its broad coverage of international material and incorporates over 100 languages and countries. Over 2,800 journals are regularly indexed and some 7,000 books are included each year. Abstracts are provided for half of all current journal articles and full text availability is continually increasing."

SocINDEX with Full Text(EBSCO)(1895- )

Journal index, some full text. Provides comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study. Access provided to WU by the Social Work Library.

WU access to Sociological Abstracts has been discontinued. Please try SocINDEX with Full Text above.

Social Sciences Citation Index, via Web of Science (1988- )

A multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the social sciences. Indexes 1,700 journals spanning 50 disciplines, as well as covering individually selected, relevant items from over 3,300 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals. Updated weekly.
Backfiles available in print: 1965-1987, shelved in Olin, Level B, Call Number: Z7161 S64.

Social Services Abstracts(1980- )

Journal index. Indexes current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.

Academic Search Premier (mostly 1975- ;some coverage prior to 1975)

Full-text. Journal index. Scholarly, multi-disciplinary database containing full text for more than 4,650 publications, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for all 8,183 journals in the collection.

Alternative Press Index (OCLC)(1991- )

Indexes nearly 290 alternative, radical, and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines that report and analyze the practices and theories of cultural, economic, political, and social change. Produced quarterly by the Alternative Press Center.

Alternative Press Index Archive (OCLC)(1969-1990)

Journal index. Older years of the database above. Covers cultural, economic, political & social change.

Annual Reviews - Social Sciences (Annual Reviews)

Provides citations to articles in social sciences journals. To search only social sciences journals, enter search terms, go to "Publications," highlight "Social Sciences," and click on "Search." Articles are not available online through this database, but many are accessible by using the Fulltext Electronic Journal Holdings page and in the Libraries.

Asian Studies WWW VL Search Engine (T.M. Ciolek, Australian National U.)

Provides access to "major Asian Studies' research resources recorded by the HotBot database." Has links to search engines on 16 Asian Pacific countries.

ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts

Journal Index. Covers health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations, and education. Updated monthly, ASSIA provides a comprehensive source of social science and health information.

Bibliography of Asian Studies

Contains references to western-language monographs, articles, and book chapters on all parts of Asia published since 1971.
Backfiles available in print: 1969-1991, Olin Level B, Call Number: Z3001 F25; 1947-1953, 1962-1970, West Campus Library, Call Number: Z3001 B5.

Clase and Periódica (OCLC) (1975- )

CLASE indexes documents published in Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences and humanities. PERIÓDICA covers journals specializing in science and technology. Contains more than 400,000 bibliographic citations from documents published in 2,600 scholarly journals published in the Spanish, Portuguese, French and English languages.

Contemporary Women's Issues (OCLC)

Journal index. Provides full-text access to global information on women from journals, newsletters, and research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies, and fact sheets. From 1992 to present, and updated 26 times/year.

Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest)

Covers 1861-present, updated monthly. Abstracts for doctoral dissertations included from July, 1980; abstracts for masters theses beginning Spring, 1988. The citations are the same as in Dissertation Abstracts Online (DAO) from FirstSearch, but the ProQuest version also has 24-page previews for many dissertations and theses.

Ethnic Newswatch (1990 - )

Indexes a full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press, covering many subject areas ranging from the more focused ethnic area studies to the arts, business, education, the environment, history, journalism, political science, and sociology.

Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS Online) (Library of Congress)

Provides abstracts and complete bibliographic information for published materials about Latin America on a wide range of topics in the humanities and social sciences. HLAS Online has information about the handbook, and a link to the online version. Also available on CD-ROM covering 1936-1994 (Ask at the Olin Level 1 Help Desk), and in print, 1936 to date (shelved on Level B, Z1605 H23).

HAPI (Hispanic American Periodicals Index)(1970- )

Journal index. Article citations about Central America, South America, the Caribbean, Mexico, Brazil, and Hispanics/Latinos in the United States. Subjects covered are in the social sciences and the humanities.

IBZ Online (1983- )

Journal index. An index of periodical literature covering basic research from all fields of knowledge. Particularly strong in the humanities and the social sciences.

ICPSR: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research

Information about and ftp access to computer data files in the social sciences, including election results, polls, surveys, and the census. These massive data sets can be manipulated at the Social Sciences Computing Facility in Eliot 111.

LexisNexis Statistical

Abstracts and index to U.S.government statistics (ASI), state government and privately published statistics (SRI), and international and intergovernmental statistics (IIS).

PAIS International (OCLC) (1972- )

Journal index. Indexes and abstracts books, periodical articles, and government publications in the fields of public affairs and public policy. Provides social and economic analyses of international, national, and local policies.

Popline (1970- )

Journal index. Provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals and other materials for worldwide coverage of population, family planning, and related health issues. Updated twice monthly.

Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

"A worldwide collaborative of several hundred leading scholars that is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research. It is composed of a number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences. Each of SSRN's networks encourages the early distribution of research results by reviewing and publishing submitted abstracts and by soliciting abstracts of top quality research papers around the world... SSRN's email abstracting journals cover 60 different subject areas. The Abstract Database contains information on over 21,000 scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers. The Electronic Paper collection currently contains over 8,500 downloadable electronic documents in Adobe Acrobat pdf format."

Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 (1970- )

Full-text. "Organized around the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000, the website seeks to advance scholarly debates and understanding."

DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals: Social Sciences

Sponsored by Lund University (Sweden), the Information Program of the Open Society Institute, and SPARC. These are quality-controlled scientific and scholarly journals that are freely available on the web. More journals will be added as they are identified. Now searchable at the article level.

JSTOR (Journal Storage)

Searchable database containing backfiles of several social science and humanities journals. Full-text coverage varies for each title, but each begins with vol. 1 and continues up to 2 to 5 years ago.

Social Sciences Electronic Journals

From the U. of Florida's Social Sciences Virtual Library.

Additional electronic journals

NESSTAR: Network Social Science Tools & Resources

"An infrastructure for data dissemination via the Internet. The NESSTAR Explorer provides an end user interface for searching, analysing and downloading data and documentation. The NESSTAR Publisher provides the tools and resources for making the data and documentation available via the Internet."

Research Resources for the Social Sciences (McGraw-Hill Ryerson)

A central jumping-off point for literature and data searching for sociologists and students in related disciplines.

Social Sciences Virtual Library (U. of Florida)

Keeps track of online information as part of The World-Wide Web Virtual Library. Sites are inspected and evaluated for their adequacy as information sources.

The Sociolog: Julian Dierkes' Comprehensive Guide to Sociology On-line (U. of British Columbia)

"Links to US and Canadian university sociology departments and a list of 725 sociology-oriented resource pages that cover general reference, e-journals, research institutes, professional associations, "SocioBlogs," thematic sites, and great sociologists." (Choice, 2005 suppl.)

Sociology Online

Developed by Tony Fitzgerald. Clearinghouse for the areas and subfields in sociology. Includes sections called SocioNews, SocioQuote, and has information on globalization.

SocioSite (University of Amsterdam)

Clearinghouse divided into 18 subject areas, including courses, journals, data archives, research centers, associations, newsletters, publishers, sociologists, and subject areas.

SOSIG: Social Science Information Gateway (University of Bristol)

Now better than ever with a new interface and other new features such as their Social Science Search Engine, Grapevine, and My Account.

Sociology Resources (Education Index)

Sites that Hobsons, an international college and career publisher, believes are the best.

UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences

One of 5 UNESCO sectors, Social and Human Sciences looks at themes such as ethics, human rights, philosophy, and social transformations. The website gives access to the programmatic areas of action, with links to various features including the newsletter.

University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR)

Acts "as an umbrella organization for several units, including the Survey Research Center, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Population Studies Center, Center for Political Studies, and Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research. All those units' pages are linked in the ISR Web site, so users can go directly to individual pages or search the ISR site and retrieve materials from any center (except ICPSR, which must be searched separately)." (from 2006sup CHOICE)

Yahoo! Sites for Social Science

Internet sites from the Yahoo! search engine.

Canadian Social Research Links

Thousands of annotated links from government agencies, academic sources, policy centers, and NGOs on dozens of topics. French version available. Maintained by Gilles Seguin.

Coombsweb - ANU Social Sciences Server (Australian National University)

Links to internet resources in the social sciences and Asian Studies.

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Al Bawaba

Links users to a wide variety of sites and resources from and about the Middle East, including categories such as News & Media, References & Resources, Religion & Philosophy, Culture & Society, and Governments & Organizations. In Arabic and in English.

Background Notes (Bureau of Public Affairs, U.S. Dept. of State)

"Factual publications that contain information on all the countries of the world with which the United States has relations. They include facts on the country's land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and its relations with other countries and the United States."

The Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science

Useful for researchers in geography, anthropology, urban planning, sociology, and geographic information systems. The Center's mission is "to develop unrestricted access to tools and perspectives that will advance the spatial analytic capabilities of researchers throughout the social sciences." Funded by the National Science Foundation.

COMM-ORG: The On-line Conference on Community Organizing and Development (U. of Wisconsin)

Directed toward the integration of the theory and practice of community organization.

Country Briefings - The Economist

Country profiles which contain background information, forecasts and statistics, market updates, new headlines, articles from The Economist, and links to additional information.

Country Studies (Library of Congress)

Beliefs, values, institutions, geography, politics, and economics of 100 countries. Each study has been prepared by a "multidisciplinary team of social scientists." Most were written during the period between the late 1980s and the present. Also see LC's
Portals to the World.

The DARE Database (UNESCO)

Includes an international directory of over 11,000 references to social science research & training institutes, social science specialists, social science documentation and information services, and social science periodicals. Also provides listings of peace, human rights, and international law institutions.

Data on the Net (University of California at San Diego)

Place to start for those seeking archival social science data (mostly on the US) on the Web.

DocuTicker (ResourceShelf)

A "daily update of new reports from government agencies, ngo's, think tanks, and other groups." Compiled by librarians.

East & Southeast Asia: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources (U. of Redlands)

Links may be accessed by country and by political, social, and cultural topics.

Gender and Development (World Bank)

"Describes how the Bank seeks to reduce gender disparities and enhance women's participation in economic development through its programs and projects. It summarizes knowledge and experience, provides gender statistics, and facilitates discussion on gender and development."

Human Rights Watch

Includes their World Report 2006, as well as breaking news, commentary, briefings, and campaign information.

IGC: PeaceNet (Institute for Global Communications, Palo Alto, CA)

Resource in peace, human rights, and social and economic justice.

INCORE Internet Country Guides

Over 40 guides which "provide information about Internet resources on conflict and ethnicity specific to particular countries and regions." Includes annotated resources on news and background information, email lists, newsgroups, articles, documents, maps, NGOs, and links to other sites.

Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy (Columbia University)

Successor to the Bureau for Applied Social Research, ISERP serves as the research arm of the social sciences at Columbia. Includes brief articles, working papers, and details about upcoming books. Also includes the Institute's quarterly newsletter, with information on sponsored events, along with full-text articles based on its research.

Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research (University of Albany)

Middle East Research Institute (MEMRI)

Information for users wanting a balanced perspective about conflict in the region, especially as it relates to U.S. policies. MEMRI "explores the Middle East through the region's media,...providing timely translations of Arabic, Farsi, and Hebrew media, as well as original analysis of political, ideological, intellectual, social, cultural, and religious trends in the Middle East. Founded in ...1998,... MEMRI is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit, 501 (c)3 organization." Headquarters are in Washington, DC., with branches in Berlin, London, and Jerusalem. MEMRI research is translated into several languages.

MERIP: Middle East Resources and Information Project

MERIP is an independent organization that provides information on Middle East politics, culture and society.

The Migration Information Source (Migration Policy Institute)

For all levels of researchers on immigration both in the US and abroad.

National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR)

"A nonprofit, nonpartisan institution that conducts advanced research on policy-relevant issues in Asia." Resources include AccessAsia, a clearinghouse on contemporary Asian affairs and policy-related issues; selected full-text publications, and links to other relevant sites.

Online Dictionary of the Social Sciences (Athabasca University and the International Consortium for the Advancement of Academic Publication)

Online version of a dictionary created by Gary Parkinson and Robert Drislane. Browsable using an alphabetically arranged index or can be searched using key words. Also has references to other related entries.

PAIR: Portal to Asian Internet Resources

Organized by the libraries of the Universities of Wisconsin and Minnesota and the Ohio State University, the site includes more than six thousand professionally selected, cataloged and annotated online resources.

Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research

Annotated list of "resources for methods in evaluation and social research." Most resources are to online sources. Compiled by Gene Shackman, Ph. D.

Social, Economic, and Political Change (Gene Shackman, Ph.D. in Sociology, SUNY-Albany)

"Looks at long term, large scale changes in social, political and economic systems at the national and international levels. The principal aim is to present information that can be used to explain historical change, growth and development."

Social Science Research Council

An independent, international association committed to the promotion of interdisciplinary research in the social sciences. Provides information about the SSRC and its academic conferences, grant opportunities, fellowship programs, scholarly exchanges, research committees, & council publications.
Their After September 11: Perspectives from the Social Sciences is a series of essays by prominent social scientists. The site aims to "provide the public and academic community with a deeper level of analysis than can be found on Op-Ed pages or talk shows." Updated regularly.

Social Watch (The Third World Institute)

"Social Watch is an international network informed by national citizens' groups aiming at following up the fulfillment of the internationally agreed commitments on poverty eradication and equality. These national groups report, through the national Social Watch report, on the progress - or regression- towards these commitments and goals." Includes the organization's annual report (available from the homepage) and its country-by-country reports.

Teaching Resources and Materials for Social Scientists (TRAMSS) (Economic and Social Research Council of the UK)

For graduate students and academics in the social sciences wishing to sharpen their skills in research and data analysis. Gives access to several thousand datasets in the U. of Essex Data Archives. Teaches users how to search one of the largest online social science data archives, how to download software and data, and how to run analyses on the data.

Timeline of Sociology (Ed Stephan, Professor Emeritus, Western Washington U.)

Lists major events in sociology from 1600 to 1995. Includes hundreds of links to pages about sociologists, sociological movements, and the full text of important works in the field. Continually updated.

The Web Center for Social Research Methods (William M. K. Trochim)

Provides materials for learning the fundamentals of social research.