Research Guides-- Social Sciences:
General Social Sciences
Web Resources / Electronic
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Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov
Comprehensive database of statistics from the United States Census Bureau
Gallup Poll
http://www.gallup.com
Measured and analyzed attitudes, opinions, and behavior. Published information
on current topics, politics, economic issues, and social issues all which have
been derived by polling and research. Some reports extend back to 1996.
Population Reference Bureau
http://www.prb.org/
Provides statistical data on fourteen demographic characteristics. Includes
both the 2000 Census and the Census Bureau's monthly Current population surveys.
Updated as data is released.
Topical
Archives
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/topical.html
Links, maintained by the University of Michigan, to archival statistical data
on health, education, aging, criminal justice, and more.
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Available by clicking on the title of the database below. Access from home
or work is available for these databases, please read the instructions for Off
Campus Users.
Academic
Search Elite
Wide range of academic areas including business, social sciences, humanities,
general academic, general science, education and multi-cultural. This comprehensive
database features full text for over 1,200 journals with many dating back to
1990, abstracts and indexing for over 3,000 scholarly journals, and coverage
of The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times (limited to indexing) and The
Christian Science Monitor. It also includes coverage of over 1,700 peer-reviewed
journals.
CQ
Researcher
Indepth analysis of policy, economic and political issue. Fulltext of articles
back to 1983. Great resource because the each issue is discussed from various
aspects or approaches.
Expanded
Academic ASAP
From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this
database meets research needs across all academic disciplines for anyone needing
fulltext and indexed peer-reviewed articles.
General
Reference Center Gold
Use this general interest/business database to search magazines, newspapers,
and reference books for information on business, industry, current events, the
arts, science, entertainment, etc.
JSTOR:
Journal Storage Project
A full-text database of more than 100 journals in the fields of African-American
studies, anthropology, Asian studies, ecology, economics, education, finance,
history, literature, mathematics, philosophy, political science, population/demography,
sociology, and statistics. Coverage begins with volume one of each title and
usually continues through the early 1990s. Eight journals have 100 or more years
of coverage; 35 journals have 50 or more years of coverage. Graphs, photographs,
and other images are included.
Online
Newspapers
Selected Wisconsin newspapers including the Wisconsin State Journal and The
Capital Times, plus The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune
and other national newspapers. If prompted for an ID and Password use: IPAUTO.
Statistical
Universe
Statistical Universe contains abstracting and indexing data for more than 5,000
federal statistical publications per year from 1973 to the present contained
in ASI (American Statistics Index). Statistical Universe also contains the full
text of more than 800 U.S. government statistical publications from 1995 to
1997, including the Statistical Abstract of the United States. Starting in 1998,
monthly updates add up to 650 full-text statistical publications each year.
In addition there are many links to full-text documents on government Web sites
(verified daily). Information and tables are frequently available in a variety
of formats, including GIF, XLS, CSV, and PDF. Starting in August 2000, indexing
will include table-level indexing.
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- Click on the title of the periodical to see what issues are available at
MATC libraries.
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National
Geographic
Respected publication with high-quality articles and photo essays on world cultures,
history, and natural science.
Newsweek
Respected, standard news weekly covering current topics, social issues and events,
business, and popular culture.
Time
Respected news weekly publication covering current events, news, social policy
and issues, and the arts.
US
News and World Report
Highly regarded news weekly, considered to be more objective than the other
major news magazines.
Utne
Reader
This monthly magazine includes the best articles from the alternative press,
many of them about American society and popular culture.
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For a complete listing of materials on social sciences, please consult the
online
library catalog.
Click on a title to see if it is available
in the library; a new window will open when you click a title.
Annual editions: social problems, 01/02.
361.1 AN613 2001/02
Editor, Kurt Finsterbusch
Culture wars: opposing viewpoints.
306.0973 C968
Mary E. Williams, book editor.
The official guide to American attitudes : who thinks what about the issues
that shape our lives.
Reference 306.0973 M682
By Susan Mitchell
Public opinion on: environment, race and immigration, religion, work and money,
marriage and family, women's roles, and sex and morality.
Social Science Encyclopedia
Reference 300.3 Sa678
Current brief articles outline current thinking and new trends in the social
sciences.
A Statistical portrait of the United States : social conditions and trends.
Reference 306.0973 ST797
Edited by Mark S. Littman
Population characteristic, Living arrangements, Education, Health, Labor force
and job Characteristics, Income, wealth, and poverty, Housing, Crime and criminal
justice,Voting, Leisure, volunteerism, and religiosity, Environment, Government.
Taking sides, Clashing views on controversial social issues.
320.9 T136 2001
Selected, edited, and with introductions by Kurt Finsterbusch.
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