Materials on sociology can be found in the H section, with many topics covered in the HV section of the library. It is important to narrow a search with particular issues or subjects as the H section covers many topics within social science. Below are some titles that will be useful for research in social sciences.

About Children
Child Poverty in America Today
Concise Dictionary of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Domestic Violence Sourcebook
Encyclopedia of American Prisons
Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media
Encyclopedia of the City
Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology
Encyclopedia of Disability
Encyclopedia of Prisons & Correctional Facilities
Encyclopedia of Sociology
Gender and Women's Leadership : A Reference Handbook
Handbook of Lesbian and Gay Studies
Poverty in the United States : An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, and Policy
Prisons and Prison Systems : A Global Encyclopedia
The Sage Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods
Social Issues in America : An Encyclopedia
The Social Science Encyclopedia
Why Animals Matter : The Case for Animal Protection
Women in Prison : A Reference Handbook

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CQ Researcher
Comprehensive, multi-disciplinary full-text database.

SocINDEX
Index, abstracts, and full text for articles and other publications in sociology.

Digital Resource Commons - Poverty
Educational videos from Ohio universities on sociology topics.

Digital Resource Commons - Sociology
Educational videos from Ohio universities on sociology topics.

Sociology Film Collection
Films on Demand collection of educational videos on topics concerning sociology.

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Below are a few recommended websites. Remember that information you find on the web needs to be evaluated carefully. For more information on evaluating websites, check out the Evaluating Sources Research Guide.

Annie E. Casey Foundation
http://www.aecf.org/
Provides information to foster public policies, human services reforms that address the issues facing at-risk children and families.

Electronic International Journal of Time Use Research
http://www.eijtur.org/
An online referred full text research journal that focuses on time-use from a socio-economic interdependency perspective.

FEDSTATS
http://www.fedstats.gov/
Provides access to statistical information from over 100 government agencies.

Global Issues.org
http://www.globalissues.org/
Covers social, political, economic and environmental issues that affect us all.

The Heritage Foundation
http://www.heritage.org/
Provides information on public policy from the conservative viewpoint.

National Center for Policy Analysis
http://www.ncpa.org/
Promotes alternative policy initiatives from a conservative orientation emphasizing, in a polemic style, free enterprise solutions over further government regulation.

National Coalition for the Homeless
http://nationalhomeless.org/
Provides information on various components of homelessness as well as policy proposals for economic, health care and housing justice.

Online Dictionary of the Social Sciences
http://bitbucket.icaap.org/dict.pl
1000 entires that most sociological topics with comments and examples.

Public Agenda
http://publicagenda.org/
A non-partisan, nonprofit public opinion research organization. Public Agenda provides information relating to current social issues.

The Urban Institute
http://urban.org/
A policy research organization that provides information on social and economic issues. The institute gathers and analyzes data, conducts policy research on critical economic and social trends.

Web Center for Social Research Methods
http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/
A website that provides resources and links for applied social research and evaluation methods.

Women and Gender Studies Websites
http://www.libr.org/wgss/wgsslinks/index.html
Collection of websites that identify resources supporting women's and gender studies research. The resources are compiled and maintained by the Women's Studies Section of the Association of College and Research libraries.

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