Surveys and assesses the many specialty areas of sociology from the established, such as the study of social problems, to the emerging, such as the sociology of nonhuman animals and society.  

Index to social gerontology literature.  

Index to social gerontology journals.  

Current and historical literature related to the growth and development of children through the age of 21.  

Print and electronic publications, websites, databases and more covering topics related to child safety, welfare and adoption.  

Covering major journals in criminology.  

Provides a “synthesis of diverse scholarship on both traditional and emerging forms of social, cultural, and aesthetic activism.”. Entry topics range from social movements, critical theory, and individual activists and theorists.  

Reviews topics including community design, community economics, human development, intentional communities, the internet and communities, rural life, social capital, urban studies, historical and contemporary communities, and global studies.  

Provides encyclopedia articles and primary sources covering “definitions, fundamental concepts, basic history, diversity, cultural contexts, experiences, health care issues, environmental constraints, helpful accommodations, social movements, laws and p  

An interdisciplinary approach to describing socioenvironmental issues, from race to rainforests, and the socioenvironmental landscape in many countries.  

Provides a “gender lens” on society by focusing on significant gender scholarship within commonly recognized areas of social research,” such as gender identity, crime, sexuality, and religion.  

Contains over 600 entries on topics such as aging, learning, and language development, encompassing the “growth and development of the human being, including physical, social, psychological, and emotional development from conception through death.”  

Explores relationships of many kinds, from roommates to families to coworkers. Some of the many areas of relationship science covered include types of relationships, theories and methods for studying relationships, and communication processes.  

Articles describe American racial and ethnic groups, race and ethnicity in world societies, concepts and theories related to race and ethnicity, and discrimination. The encyclopedia also discusses “issues of inequality that often intersect with the prim  

Short entries focus on the developmental process of religion and spirituality across the human life span.  

A multidisciplinary view of social problems in areas ranging from health to family to poverty and social class. It also discusses social theories and their applications to these problems.  

Introduces “key ideas, concepts, schools, and figures in social theory” from a multidisciplinary perspective.  

Surveys ”how Canada, the United States, and Mexico have dealt with social welfare issues” and “important events, developments, and the lives and work of some key contributors to social welfare developments.”  

Includes 400 subject entries and 200 brief biographies of key figures in the history of social work.  

Describe survey methods and errors. Topic categories include ethical issues, operations, measurement, nonresponse, sampling, and statistics.  

Provides readers with articles about urban history, sociology, geography, economics, architecture, sex and gender, and theory.  

Contains entries on poverty in individual countries, definitions and measurement techniques of poverty, causes of poverty, antipoverty organizations, and the political environment.   

Index to articles on family science, human ecology, and human development.  

Index to family studies literature.  

Index to articles from 1907-1984.  

Indexes popular and scholarly literature on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues.  

Full-text information on commercially-available, standardized English-language tests.  

Full text and citations of works covering all public policy issues.  

Methods, background, and examples from the field of qualitative research.  

The most comprehensive source for published research in urban studies.  

Articles from some peer-reviewed journals as well as monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and other sources.  

Provides access to the Web of Science suite and Journal Citation Reports.   

Biographies from various Who's Who publications.  

eBooks, general topics, non-fiction, reference, consumer.  

For scientific and technical proceedings.  

Index of papers presented at conferences.  

Index of conference proceedings.  

A comprehensive overview of the theories, models, techniques, and challenges involved in professional counseling.  

Offers 300 entries on identity as a socially constructed phenomenon.  

Handbook of descriptions of diagnostic categories for various mental disorders.  

Download microdata (data from individual records) from 2003 forward on how U.S. adults divide their time among activities, selecting only the samples and variables you need.  

Download microdata (data from individual records) from 2003 forward on how U.S. adults divide their time among activities, selecting only the samples and variables you need.  

Create county-by-county tables for hundreds of variables, including education, crime, employment, and land prices.  

Download microdata on people in the U.S. National Health Interview Survey from the 1960s to the present, selecting only the samples and variables you need.  

Download microdata (data from individual records) on people in the Current Population Survey, every March from 1962 to the present, selecting only the samples and variables you need.  

Download microdata (data from individual records) covering 480 million people in 211 censuses from around the world for 1960 forward, selecting only the samples and variables you need.  

Download microdata (data from individual records) on people in the U.S. census and American Community Survey, from 1850 to the present, selecting only the samples and variables you need.  

Tabular U.S. census data and GIS boundary files from 1790 to 2010, selecting only the samples and variables you need.  

Statistics published by the U.S. government and other agencies.